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1999 Maryland

5–⁠6 (2–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Ron Vanderlinden.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1999, game by game: won at Temple 6–0; won vs. Western Carolina 51–10; won vs. West Virginia 33–0; lost at No. 9 Georgia Tech 31–49; won at Wake Forest 17–14; lost vs. Clemson 30–42; won vs. North Carolina 45–7; lost vs. Duke 22–25; lost at NC State 17–30; lost at No. 1 Florida State 10–49; lost vs. Virginia 30–34+41−39Won 6–0 at Temple+6TempleWon 51–10 vs. Western Carolina+41Western CarolinaWon 33–0 vs. West Virginia+33West VirginiaLost 31–49 at No. 9 Georgia Tech-18No. 9 Georgia TechWon 17–14 at Wake Forest+3Wake ForestLost 30–42 vs. Clemson-12ClemsonWon 45–7 vs. North Carolina+38North CarolinaLost 22–25 vs. Duke-3DukeLost 17–30 at NC State-13NC StateLost 10–49 at No. 1 Florida State-39No. 1 Florida StateLost 30–34 vs. Virginia-4Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atTempleW 6–⁠048%
Sep 11vsWestern CarolinaW 51–⁠1076%
Sep 18vsWest VirginiaW 33–⁠038%
Sep 30at9Georgia TechL 31–⁠4923%
Oct 9atWake ForestW 17–⁠1438%
Oct 16vsClemsonL 30–⁠4257%
Oct 23vsNorth CarolinaW 45–⁠752%
Oct 30vsDukeL 22–⁠2575%
Nov 6atNC StateL 17–⁠3039%
Nov 13at1Florida StateL 10–⁠498%
Nov 20vsVirginiaL 30–⁠3437%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia 34–⁠30; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 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
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
292–⁠260
Coach
Ron Vanderlinden
Elo
1434 +34 this season
SP+ rating
1.8 No. 57 of 114; offense No. 62, defense No. 53
SRS
4.6 No. 44 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Heffner
Defensive coordinator
Wally Ake

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 4Lewis Sanders DBCleveland Browns
Rd 7Delbert Cowsette DTWashington Redskins

All-ACC

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Brad MessinaOTAP-2
  • Jamie WuOGAP-2
  • John WaerigTEAP-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

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.