1999 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1999 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record3–8 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeFun and gun
Defensive coordinatorBob Trott (4th season)
Base defense4–3
MVPScottie Montgomery
CaptainChris Combs, Eric Jones, Scottie Montgomery, Austin Smithwick
Home stadiumWallace Wade 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 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team participated as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The team was led by head coach Carl Franks.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 113:30 pmat East Carolina*FSNL 9–2742,052[1]
September 1812:00 pmNorthwestern*JPSL 12–15 OT18,720
September 257:00 pmVanderbilt*dagger
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 14–3120,483
October 212:00 pmvs. No. 1 Florida StateJPSL 23–5137,310
October 91:00 pmat VirginiaW 24–17 2OT43,600
October 1612:00 pmNo. 8 Georgia Tech
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
JPSL 31–3816,648
October 2312:00 pmNC State
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC (rivalry)
JPSL 24–31 OT26,179
October 301:00 pmat MarylandW 25–2230,222
November 61:00 pmat ClemsonL 7–5877,573
November 131:00 pmWake Forest
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC (rivalry)
W 48–3529,457
November 2012:00 pmat North CarolinaJPSL 0–3835,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster[edit]

1999 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
C 71 Troy Andrew Jr
FL 22 Richmond Flowers Jr
G 79 Shawn Lynch So
G 77 John Miller So
WR 2 Scottie Montgomery Jr
QB 7 Kevin Thompson Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
SS 13 Darius Clark Sr
DE 93 Chris Combs Sr
LB 99 Brian McCormack Sr
LB 50 Kurt Miller Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2003-05-01

Team players in the NFL[edit]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Chris Combs Defensive end 6 173 Pittsburgh Steelers

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ECU clamps down on Duke". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 12, 1999. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "2001 Schedule". goduke.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2001. Retrieved December 4, 2012.