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
Captains	Chris Combs; Eric Jones; Scottie Montgomery; Austin Smithwick;
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Carl Franks, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the ACC. The team played home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Record3–8 (3–5 ACC)

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OffensiveschemeFun and gun

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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

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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

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