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1999 Virginia

7–⁠5 (5–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by George Welsh.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1999, game by game: won at North Carolina 20–17; lost at Clemson 14–33; won vs. Wake Forest 35–7; won at No. 17 BYU 45–40; lost vs. No. 8 Virginia Tech 7–31; lost vs. Duke 17–24; won at NC State 47–26; lost vs. No. 1 Florida State 10–35; won vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech 45–38; won vs. Buffalo 50–21; won at Maryland 34–30; lost vs. Illinois 21–63+29−42Won 20–17 at North Carolina+3North CarolinaLost 14–33 at Clemson-19ClemsonWon 35–7 vs. Wake Forest+28Wake ForestWon 45–40 at No. 17 BYU+5No. 17 BYULost 7–31 vs. No. 8 Virginia Tech-24No. 8 Virginia TechLost 17–24 vs. Duke-7DukeWon 47–26 at NC State+21NC StateLost 10–35 vs. No. 1 Florida State-25No. 1 Florida StateWon 45–38 vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech+7No. 7 Georgia TechWon 50–21 vs. Buffalo+29BuffaloWon 34–30 at Maryland+4MarylandLost 21–63 vs. Illinois-42Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atNorth CarolinaW 20–⁠1746%
Sep 11atClemsonL 14–⁠3367%
Sep 18vsWake ForestW 35–⁠773%
Sep 25at17BYUW 45–⁠4044%
Oct 2vs8Virginia TechL 7–⁠3155%
Oct 9vsDukeL 17–⁠2485%
Oct 16atNC StateW 47–⁠2645%
Oct 30vs1Florida StateL 10–⁠3529%
Nov 6vs7Georgia TechW 45–⁠3841%
Nov 13vsBuffaloW 50–⁠2195%
Nov 20atMarylandW 34–⁠3063%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsIllinoisMicronPC.com BowlL 21–⁠6359%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Illinois 63–⁠21 in the MicronPC.com Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 24
  2. Wk 2: 23
  3. Wk 3: 22
  4. Wk 6: 24

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.

Consensus All-AmericanThomas Jones, RB

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 22
Points
345–⁠365
Coach
George Welsh
Elo
1560 −58 this season
SP+ rating
6.6 No. 45 of 114; offense No. 23, defense No. 78
SRS
4.8 No. 42 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gary Tranquill
Defensive coordinator
Rick Lantz
Captains
Travis Griffith, Thomas Jones, Noel LaMontagne and Byron Thweatt

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 1Thomas Jones RBArizona Cardinals
Rd 3John St. Clair CSt. Louis Rams
Rd 6Shannon Taylor LBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 6Antwan Harris DBNew England Patriots

All-ACC

3 first team, 2 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.