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1999 Georgia Tech

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by George O’Leary, finished No. 20 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1999, game by game: won at Navy 49–14; lost at No. 1 Florida State 35–41; won vs. UCF 41–10; won vs. Maryland 49–31; won vs. North Carolina 31–24; won at Duke 38–31; won vs. NC State 48–21; lost at Virginia 38–45; won vs. Clemson 45–42; lost at Wake Forest 23–26; won vs. No. 16 Georgia 51–48; lost vs. No. 23 Miami 13–28+35−15Won 49–14 at Navy+35NavyLost 35–41 at No. 1 Florida State-6No. 1 Florida StateWon 41–10 vs. UCF+31UCFWon 49–31 vs. Maryland+18MarylandWon 31–24 vs. North Carolina+7North CarolinaWon 38–31 at Duke+7DukeWon 48–21 vs. NC State+27NC StateLost 38–45 at Virginia-7VirginiaWon 45–42 vs. Clemson+3ClemsonLost 23–26 at Wake Forest-3Wake ForestWon 51–48 vs. No. 16 Georgia+3No. 16 GeorgiaLost 13–28 vs. No. 23 Miami-15No. 23 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atNavyW 49–⁠1468%
Sep 11at1Florida StateL 35–⁠4130%
Sep 18vsUCFW 41–⁠1072%
Sep 30vsMarylandW 49–⁠3177%
Oct 9vsNorth CarolinaW 31–⁠2472%
Oct 16atDukeW 38–⁠3179%
Oct 30vsNC StateW 48–⁠2178%
Nov 6atVirginiaL 38–⁠4559%
Nov 13vsClemsonW 45–⁠4271%
Nov 20atWake ForestL 23–⁠2669%
Nov 27vs16GeorgiaW 51–⁠4863%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs23MiamiGator BowlL 13–⁠2850%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 28–⁠13 in the Gator Bowl; No. 20 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 10
  3. Wk 3: 10
  4. Wk 4: 12
  5. Wk 5: 10
  6. Wk 6: 9
  7. Wk 7: 7
  8. Wk 8: 8
  9. Wk 9: 8
  10. Wk 10: 7
  11. Wk 11: 7
  12. Wk 12: 13
  13. Wk 13: 14
  14. Wk 14: 20
  15. Wk 15: 17
  16. Wk 16: 17
  17. Final: 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.

Heisman voteJoe Hamilton, second

Davey O’Brien AwardJoe Hamilton, QB

Consensus All-AmericanJoe Hamilton, QB

Broyles AwardRalph Friedgen, coach

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
No. 20 peak No. 7
Points
461–⁠361
Coach
George O’Leary
Elo
1627 +17 this season
SP+ rating
14.1 No. 23 of 114; offense No. 2, defense No. 89
SRS
13.4 No. 17 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ralph Friedgen
Defensive coordinator
Ted Roof

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 2Travares Tillman DBBuffalo Bills
Rd 3Dez White WRChicago Bears
Rd 7Joe Hamilton QBTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-ACC

3 first team, 3 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 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.