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1999 North Carolina

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Carl Torbush.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1999, game by game: lost vs. No. 23 Virginia 17–20; won at Indiana 42–30; lost vs. No. 1 Florida State 10–42; lost at Clemson 20–31; lost at No. 7 Georgia Tech 24–31; lost vs. Houston 12–20; lost at Maryland 7–45; lost vs. Furman 3–28; lost vs. Wake Forest 3–19; won vs. NC State 10–6; won vs. Duke 38–0+38−38Lost 17–20 vs. No. 23 Virginia-3No. 23 VirginiaWon 42–30 at Indiana+12IndianaLost 10–42 vs. No. 1 Florida State-32No. 1 Florida StateLost 20–31 at Clemson-11ClemsonLost 24–31 at No. 7 Georgia Tech-7No. 7 Georgia TechLost 12–20 vs. Houston-8HoustonLost 7–45 at Maryland-38MarylandLost 3–28 vs. Furman-25FurmanLost 3–19 vs. Wake Forest-16Wake ForestWon 10–6 vs. NC State+4NC StateWon 38–0 vs. Duke+38Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vs23VirginiaL 17–⁠2054%
Sep 11atIndianaW 42–⁠3059%
Sep 25vs1Florida StateL 10–⁠4236%
Oct 2atClemsonL 20–⁠3155%
Oct 9at7Georgia TechL 24–⁠3128%
Oct 16vsHoustonL 12–⁠2069%
Oct 23atMarylandL 7–⁠4548%
Oct 30vsFurmanL 3–⁠2880%
Nov 6vsWake ForestL 3–⁠1948%
Nov 11vsNC StateW 10–⁠631%
Nov 20vsDukeW 38–⁠059%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Duke 38–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 109th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 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
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
186–⁠272
Coach
Carl Torbush
Elo
1431 −157 this season
SP+ rating
-2.9 No. 75 of 114; offense No. 97, defense No. 39
SRS
0.0 No. 58 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Darrell Moody
Captains
Ryan Carfley, Deon Dyer, Billy-Dee Greenwood and Brian Schmitz
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 4Deon Dyer RBMiami Dolphins

All-ACC

2 first team

First 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.