1999 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1999 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1999 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Gator Bowl, L 13–28 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 20
Record	8–4 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	George O'Leary (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ralph Friedgen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ted Roof (1st season)
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium; (Capacity: 46,000)
	Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was George O'Leary. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

1999 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e
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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	12:00 pm	at Navy*	No. 10	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	FSN	W 49–14	30,311
September 11	8:00 pm	at No. 1 Florida State	No. 10	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 35–41	80,187
September 18	7:00 pm	UCF*	No. 12	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 41–10	45,355
September 30	8:00 pm	Maryland	No. 9	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN	W 49–31	44,612
October 9	3:30 pm	North Carolina	No. 7	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 31–24 ^OT	46,110
October 16	12:00 pm	at Duke	No. 8	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	W 38–31	16,648
October 30	3:30 pm	NC State	No. 8	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 27–17	46,012
November 6	3:30 pm	at Virginia	No. 7	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	L 38–45	44,500
November 13	3:30 pm	Clemson	No. 13	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	JPS	W 45–42	46,085
November 20	3:30 pm	at Wake Forest	No. 12	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		L 23–26	25,620
November 27	1:00 pm	No. 16 Georgia*	No. 20	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	W 51–48 ^OT	46,450	^[1]
January 1	4:00 pm	vs. No. 23 Miami (FL)*	No. 17	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	NBC	L 13–28	43,416
*Non-conference game Homecoming 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
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	11	10	10	12	10	9	7	8	8	7	7	13	14	20	17	17	20
Coaches Poll	11	11*	10	13	12	12	8	9	8	7	7	14	12	16	16	15	21
BCS	Not released									8	7	15	13	—	—	—	Not released

References

^ "Tech gets its kicks in OT". The State. November 28, 1999. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "Tech gets its kicks in OT". The State. November 28, 1999. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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