1999 Duke Blue Devils football team

1999 Duke Blue Devils football
1999 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	3–8 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Carl Franks (1st season);
Offensive scheme	Fun and gun
Defensive coordinator	Bob Trott (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Scottie Montgomery
Captain	Chris Combs, Eric Jones, Scottie Montgomery, Austin Smithwick
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

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.

1999 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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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	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	3:30 pm	at East Carolina*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	L 9–27	42,052	^[1]
September 18	12:00 pm	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	L 12–15 ^OT	18,720
September 25	7:00 pm	Vanderbilt*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 14–31	20,483	^[2]
October 2	12:00 pm	vs. No. 1 Florida State	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL	JPS	L 23–51	37,310
October 9	1:00 pm	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 24–17 ^2OT	43,600
October 16	12:00 pm	No. 8 Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	L 31–38	16,648
October 23	12:00 pm	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 24–31 ^OT	26,179
October 30	1:00 pm	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 25–22	30,222
November 6	1:00 pm	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		L 7–58	77,573
November 13	1:00 pm	Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)		W 48–35	29,457
November 20	12:00 pm	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	JPS	L 0–38	35,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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

Roster
Last update: 2003-05-01

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

^ "ECU clamps down on Duke". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 12, 1999. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Devils score, but not enough". The News and Observer. September 26, 1999. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2001 Schedule". goduke.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2001. Retrieved December 4, 2012.

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