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1999 Duke

3–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Carl Franks.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1999, game by game: lost at East Carolina 9–27; lost vs. Northwestern 12–15; lost vs. Vanderbilt 14–31; lost vs. No. 1 Florida State 23–51; won at Virginia 24–17; lost vs. No. 8 Georgia Tech 31–38; lost vs. NC State 24–31; won at Maryland 25–22; lost at Clemson 7–58; won vs. Wake Forest 48–35; lost at North Carolina 0–38+13−51Lost 9–27 at East Carolina-18East CarolinaLost 12–15 vs. Northwestern-3NorthwesternLost 14–31 vs. Vanderbilt-17VanderbiltLost 23–51 vs. No. 1 Florida State-28No. 1 Florida StateWon 24–17 at Virginia+7VirginiaLost 31–38 vs. No. 8 Georgia Tech-7No. 8 Georgia TechLost 24–31 vs. NC State-7NC StateWon 25–22 at Maryland+3MarylandLost 7–58 at Clemson-51ClemsonWon 48–35 vs. Wake Forest+13Wake ForestLost 0–38 at North Carolina-38North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atEast CarolinaL 9–⁠2729%
Sep 18vsNorthwesternL 12–⁠1550%
Sep 25vsVanderbiltL 14–⁠3154%
Oct 2vs1Florida StateL 23–⁠518%
Oct 9atVirginiaW 24–⁠1715%
Oct 16vs8Georgia TechL 31–⁠3821%
Oct 23vsNC StateL 24–⁠3141%
Oct 30atMarylandW 25–⁠2225%
Nov 6atClemsonL 7–⁠5822%
Nov 13vsWake ForestW 48–⁠3538%
Nov 20atNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠3841%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 38–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

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
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
217–⁠363
Coach
Carl Franks
Elo
1367 −37 this season
SP+ rating
-10.2 No. 90 of 114; offense No. 75, defense No. 93
SRS
−5.3 No. 78 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Bob Trott
Captains
Chris Combs, Eric Jones, Scottie Montgomery and Austin Smithwick
Most valuable player
Scottie Montgomery
Offense
Fun and gun
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 6Chris Combs DTPittsburgh Steelers

All-ACC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Sims LenhardtKAP-2
  • Brian MortonPAP-2
  • Scottie MontgomeryRSAP-2

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

1999 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠012–⁠01
Georgia Tech5–⁠38–⁠420
Virginia5–⁠37–⁠5
Clemson5–⁠36–⁠6
Wake Forest3–⁠57–⁠5
NC State3–⁠56–⁠6
Duke3–⁠53–⁠8
Maryland2–⁠65–⁠6
North Carolina2–⁠63–⁠8

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