1999 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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1999 Virginia Cavaliers football
MicronPC.com Bowl, L 21–63 vs. Illinois
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record7–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Gary Tranquill (5th season)
Defensive coordinator Rick Lantz (9th season)
Captains
Home stadium Scott Stadium
Seasons
  1998
2000  
1999 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Florida State $#  8 0   12 0  
No. 17 Georgia Tech  5 3   8 4  
Virginia  5 3   7 5  
Clemson  5 3   6 6  
Wake Forest  3 5   7 5  
NC State  3 5   6 6  
Duke  3 5   3 8  
Maryland  2 6   5 6  
North Carolina  2 6   3 8  
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was George Welsh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 412:00 pmat North Carolina No. 23 ABC W 20–1759,000
September 113:30 pmat Clemson No. 22ABCL 14–3366,922
September 187:00 pm Wake Forest ESPN2 W 35–750,000
September 259:00 pmat No. 17 BYU *ESPN2W 45–4065,453
October 26:00 pmNo. 8 Virginia Tech *No. 24
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
ESPN2L 7–3151,800
October 91:00 pm Duke Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 17–24 2OT43,600
October 163:30 pmat NC State ABCW 47–2649,507
October 307:00 pmNo. 1 Florida State
ESPN L 10–3547,900
November 63:30 pmNo. 7 Georgia Tech
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ABCW 45–3844,500
November 131:00 pm Buffalo *
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 50–2140,100
November 2012:00 pmat Maryland JPS W 34–3032,334
December 306:00 pmvs. Illinois * TBS L 21–6331,089 [1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP 24232224
Coaches Poll —*1924
BCS Not releasedNot released

Roster

1999 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 3 Bryson Spinner Fr
RB 6 Thomas Jones Sr
QB 17Dan EllisJr
RB 23Arlen HarrisFr
FB 41 Patrick Washington Jr
C 50 John St. Clair Sr
OT 60Drew NelsonFr
G 77 Noel LaMontagne Sr
TE 81 Chris Luzar So
TE 86 Casey Crawford Sr
TE 87 Billy Baber Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 9 Shannon Taylor Redshirt.svg  Sr
DB 26 Antwan Harris Sr
LB 32 Byron Thweatt Jr
LB 33 Donny Green Jr
LB 39 Angelo Crowell Fr
DT 98 Monsanto Pope So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. O'Brien, David (December 31, 1999). "Illinois humbles Virginia". South Florida Sun Sentinel . p. 1C. Retrieved October 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.