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1999 NC State

6–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mike O’Cain.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1999, game by game: won vs. No. 17 Texas 23–20; won vs. South Carolina 10–0; won vs. William & Mary 38–9; lost at No. 1 Florida State 11–42; lost at Wake Forest 7–31; won vs. Clemson 35–31; lost vs. Virginia 26–47; won at Duke 31–24; lost at No. 7 Georgia Tech 21–48; won vs. Maryland 30–17; lost vs. North Carolina 6–10; lost at No. 23 East Carolina 6–23+29−31Won 23–20 vs. No. 17 Texas+3No. 17 TexasWon 10–0 vs. South Carolina+10South CarolinaWon 38–9 vs. William & Mary+29William & MaryLost 11–42 at No. 1 Florida State-31No. 1 Florida StateLost 7–31 at Wake Forest-24Wake ForestWon 35–31 vs. Clemson+4ClemsonLost 26–47 vs. Virginia-21VirginiaWon 31–24 at Duke+7DukeLost 21–48 at No. 7 Georgia Tech-27No. 7 Georgia TechWon 30–17 vs. Maryland+13MarylandLost 6–10 vs. North Carolina-4North CarolinaLost 6–23 at No. 23 East Carolina-17No. 23 East Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 28vs17TexasW 23–⁠2041%
Sep 4vsSouth CarolinaW 10–⁠075%
Sep 11vsWilliam & MaryW 38–⁠985%
Sep 18at1Florida StateL 11–⁠4222%
Sep 25atWake ForestL 7–⁠3156%
Oct 9vsClemsonW 35–⁠3159%
Oct 16vsVirginiaL 26–⁠4755%
Oct 23atDukeW 31–⁠2459%
Oct 30at7Georgia TechL 21–⁠4822%
Nov 6vsMarylandW 30–⁠1761%
Nov 11vsNorth CarolinaL 6–⁠1069%
Nov 20at23East CarolinaL 6–⁠2331%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to East Carolina 23–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 24
  2. Wk 3: 23
  3. Wk 4: 20
  4. Wk 5: 25

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
6–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
244–⁠302
Coach
Mike O’Cain
Elo
1474 −53 this season
SP+ rating
-3.2 No. 76 of 114; offense No. 89, defense No. 50
SRS
−0.4 No. 61 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jimmy Kiser
Defensive coordinators
Kent Briggs and Jeff Snipes

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 3Lloyd Harrison DBWashington Redskins
Rd 6Tony Scott DBNew York Jets

All-ACC

1 first team, 1 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.