1999 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team

1999 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football
NCAA Division II champion
MIAA champion
ConferenceMid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Record14–1 (9–0 MIAA)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorScott Bostwick (6th season)
Home stadiumBearcat Stadium
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 NW Missouri State $^   9 0     14 1  
No. 7 Pittsburg State ^   8 1     10 2  
Missouri Western   6 3     7 4  
Central Missouri State   5 4     7 4  
Washburn   4 5     6 5  
Emporia State   4 5     5 6  
Truman State   4 5     4 7  
Missouri Southern   3 6     5 6  
Southwest Baptist   2 7     2 9  
Missouri–Rolla   0 9     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

The 1999 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team was an American football team that won the 1999 NCAA Division II Football Championship.

The team represented Northwest Missouri State University in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) during the 1999 NCAA Division II football season. In their sixth season under head coach Mel Tjeerdsma, the Bearcats compiled a 14–1 record (9–0 against conference opponents) and won the MIAA championship.[1]

The team advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs and won the national championship by defeating Carson–Newman, 58–52, in the championship game.[2]

The team played its home games at Bearcat Stadium in Maryville, Missouri.

  1. ^ "1999 Football Schedule". Bearcat Sports. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).