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1999 East Carolina

9–⁠3 (4–⁠2 Conference USA), coached by Steve Logan.

Schedule and results

East Carolina in 1999, game by game: won vs. West Virginia 30–23; won vs. Duke 27–9; won at South Carolina 21–3; won vs. No. 9 Miami 27–23; won at Army 33–14; lost vs. Southern Miss 22–39; won vs. Tulane 52–7; won at Houston 19–3; lost at UAB 17–36; won vs. Cincinnati 48–34; won vs. NC State 23–6; lost vs. TCU 14–28+45−19Won 30–23 vs. West Virginia+7West VirginiaWon 27–9 vs. Duke+18DukeWon 21–3 at South Carolina+18South CarolinaWon 27–23 vs. No. 9 Miami+4No. 9 MiamiWon 33–14 at Army+19ArmyLost 22–39 vs. Southern Miss-17Southern MissWon 52–7 vs. Tulane+45TulaneWon 19–3 at Houston+16HoustonLost 17–36 at UAB-19UABWon 48–34 vs. Cincinnati+14CincinnatiWon 23–6 vs. NC State+17NC StateLost 14–28 vs. TCU-14TCU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsWest VirginiaW 30–⁠2337%
Sep 11vsDukeW 27–⁠971%
Sep 18atSouth CarolinaW 21–⁠361%
Sep 25vs9MiamiW 27–⁠2340%
Oct 2atArmyW 33–⁠1465%
Oct 9vsSouthern MissL 22–⁠3958%
Oct 23vsTulaneW 52–⁠753%
Oct 30atHoustonW 19–⁠360%
Nov 6atUABL 17–⁠3671%
Nov 13vsCincinnatiW 48–⁠3477%
Nov 20vsNC StateW 23–⁠669%
Dec 22Bowls & playoffvsTCUMobile Alabama BowlL 14–⁠2856%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to TCU 28–⁠14 in the Mobile Alabama Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Conference USA.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 70 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 19
  2. Wk 7: 16
  3. Wk 8: 23
  4. Wk 9: 20
  5. Wk 10: 17
  6. Wk 11: 18
  7. Wk 12: 24
  8. Wk 13: 23
  9. Wk 14: 21
  10. Wk 15: 20
  11. Wk 16: 20

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.

Consensus All-AmericanAndrew Bayes, P

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Conference USA
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
333–⁠225
Coach
Steve Logan
Elo
1559 +80 this season
SP+ rating
10.0 No. 35 of 114; offense No. 53, defense No. 28
SRS
8.5 No. 28 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Doug Martin
Defensive coordinator
Tim Rose
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

1999 Conference USA standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Southern Miss6–⁠09–⁠314
East Carolina4–⁠29–⁠3
Louisville4–⁠27–⁠5
UAB4–⁠25–⁠6
Memphis4–⁠25–⁠6
Houston3–⁠37–⁠4
Army1–⁠53–⁠8
Tulane1–⁠53–⁠8
Cincinnati0–⁠63–⁠8

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