Game Name: | Big 12 Championship Game |
Subheader: | Conference Championship |
Date Game Played: | December 4 |
Year Game Played: | 1999 |
Football Season: | 1999 |
Stadium: | Alamodome |
City: | San Antonio, Texas |
Visitor School: | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Visitor Name Short: | Nebraska |
Visitor Nickname: | Cornhuskers |
Visitor Record: | 10–1 |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 3 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 3 |
Visitor Rank Bcs: | 3 |
Visitor Coach: | Frank Solich |
Visitor 1Q: | 10 |
Visitor 2Q: | 5 |
Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home School: | University of Texas at Austin |
Home Name Short: | Texas |
Home Nickname: | Longhorns |
Home Record: | 9–3 |
Home Rank Ap: | 12 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 12 |
Home Rank Bcs: | 11 |
Home Coach: | Mack Brown |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 0 |
Home 3Q: | 0 |
Home 4Q: | 6 |
Referee: | Hal Dowden |
Attendance: | 65,035 |
Us Network: | ABC |
Us Announcers: | Brent Musburger and Gary Danielson |
The 1999 Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 4, 1999, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. This was the 4th Big 12 Championship Game and determined the 1999 champion of the Big 12 Conference.[1] The game featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers, champions of the North division, and the Texas Longhorns, champions of the South division. Both teams had faced each other earlier in the regular season, with the Longhorns defeating the Cornhuskers 24–20. However in the rematch in the championship game, Nebraska would defeat them 22–6 and secure the Big 12 title.[2]
See main article: 1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.
See main article: 1999 Texas Longhorns football team.