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1999 Miami

9–⁠4 (6–⁠1 Big East), coached by Butch Davis, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Miami in 1999, game by game: won vs. No. 9 Ohio State 23–12; won vs. Florida A&M 57–3; lost vs. No. 3 Penn State 23–27; lost vs. East Carolina 23–27; lost at No. 1 Florida State 21–31; won at Boston College 31–28; won vs. West Virginia 28–20; won at Pittsburgh 33–3; lost at No. 2 Virginia Tech 10–43; won vs. Rutgers 55–0; won vs. Syracuse 45–13; won vs. Temple 55–0; won vs. No. 17 Georgia Tech 28–13+55−33Won 23–12 vs. No. 9 Ohio State+11No. 9 Ohio StateWon 57–3 vs. Florida A&M+54Florida A&MLost 23–27 vs. No. 3 Penn State-4No. 3 Penn StateLost 23–27 vs. East Carolina-4East CarolinaLost 21–31 at No. 1 Florida State-10No. 1 Florida StateWon 31–28 at Boston College+3Boston CollegeWon 28–20 vs. West Virginia+8West VirginiaWon 33–3 at Pittsburgh+30PittsburghLost 10–43 at No. 2 Virginia Tech-33No. 2 Virginia TechWon 55–0 vs. Rutgers+55RutgersWon 45–13 vs. Syracuse+32SyracuseWon 55–0 vs. Temple+55TempleWon 28–13 vs. No. 17 Georgia Tech+15No. 17 Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29vs9Ohio StateW 23–⁠1235%
Sep 4vsFlorida A&MW 57–⁠391%
Sep 18vs3Penn StateL 23–⁠2752%
Sep 25vsEast CarolinaL 23–⁠2760%
Oct 9at1Florida StateL 21–⁠3121%
Oct 23atBoston CollegeW 31–⁠2858%
Oct 30vsWest VirginiaW 28–⁠2069%
Nov 6atPittsburghW 33–⁠364%
Nov 13at2Virginia TechL 10–⁠4328%
Nov 20vsRutgersW 55–⁠091%
Nov 27vsSyracuseW 45–⁠1359%
Dec 4vsTempleW 55–⁠089%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs17Georgia TechGator BowlW 28–⁠1350%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 28–⁠13 in the Gator Bowl; No. 15 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big East.

In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 96 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
  2. Wk 2: 8
  3. Wk 3: 8
  4. Wk 4: 8
  5. Wk 5: 9
  6. Wk 6: 18
  7. Wk 7: 19
  8. Wk 8: 24
  9. Wk 9: 23
  10. Wk 10: 23
  11. Wk 11: 22
  12. Wk 12: 19
  13. Wk 15: 23
  14. Wk 16: 23
  15. Final: 15

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
9–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Big East
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 8
Points
432–⁠220
Coach
Butch Davis
Elo
1683 +93 this season
SP+ rating
22.7 No. 10 of 114; offense No. 19, defense No. 12
SRS
17.5 No. 11 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Larry Coker
Defensive coordinator
Greg Schiano
Most valuable player
Bubba Franks

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 1Bubba Franks TEGreen Bay Packers
Rd 2Michael Boireau DEMinnesota Vikings
Rd 3Nate Webster LBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 5Richard Mercier OGBaltimore Ravens
Rd 7Mondriel Fulcher TEOakland Raiders

All-Big East

5 first team, 6 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.