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1999 Boston College

8–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Big East), coached by Tom O’Brien.

Schedule and results

Boston College in 1999, game by game: won vs. Baylor 30–29; won at Navy 14–10; won at Rutgers 27–7; won vs. Northeastern 33–22; lost at Temple 14–24; won vs. Pittsburgh 20–16; lost vs. No. 23 Miami 28–31; won at Syracuse 24–23; won vs. West Virginia 34–17; won at Notre Dame 31–29; lost at No. 2 Virginia Tech 14–38; lost vs. Colorado 28–62+20−34Won 30–29 vs. Baylor+1BaylorWon 14–10 at Navy+4NavyWon 27–7 at Rutgers+20RutgersWon 33–22 vs. Northeastern+11NortheasternLost 14–24 at Temple-10TempleWon 20–16 vs. Pittsburgh+4PittsburghLost 28–31 vs. No. 23 Miami-3No. 23 MiamiWon 24–23 at Syracuse+1SyracuseWon 34–17 vs. West Virginia+17West VirginiaWon 31–29 at Notre Dame+2Notre DameLost 14–38 at No. 2 Virginia Tech-24No. 2 Virginia TechLost 28–62 vs. Colorado-34Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsBaylorW 30–⁠2965%
Sep 18atNavyW 14–⁠1046%
Sep 25atRutgersW 27–⁠756%
Oct 2vsNortheasternW 33–⁠2289%
Oct 9atTempleL 14–⁠2470%
Oct 16vsPittsburghW 20–⁠1659%
Oct 23vs23MiamiL 28–⁠3142%
Oct 30atSyracuseW 24–⁠2320%
Nov 13vsWest VirginiaW 34–⁠1755%
Nov 20atNotre DameW 31–⁠2934%
Nov 26at2Virginia TechL 14–⁠3815%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsColoradoInsight.com BowlL 28–⁠6240%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 62–⁠28 in the Insight.com Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big East.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 13: 25
  2. Wk 14: 22
  3. Wk 15: 25
  4. Wk 16: 25

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1999.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 3rd in Big East
AP final
Unranked peak No. 22
Points
297–⁠308
Coach
Tom O’Brien
Elo
1479 +37 this season
SP+ rating
0.0 No. 62 of 114; offense No. 63, defense No. 61
SRS
0.2 No. 57 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dana Bible
Defensive coordinator
Frank Spaziani
Captains
Pedro Cirino, Chris Hovan and Butch Palaza
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 1Chris Hovan DTMinnesota Vikings
Rd 5Frank Chamberlin LBTennessee Titans
Rd 6Darnell Alford OTKansas City Chiefs

All-Big East

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1999 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1999 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech7–⁠011–⁠12
Miami6–⁠19–⁠415
Boston College4–⁠38–⁠4
Syracuse3–⁠47–⁠5
West Virginia3–⁠44–⁠7
Pittsburgh2–⁠55–⁠6
Temple2–⁠52–⁠9
Rutgers1–⁠61–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.