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1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Aloha Bowl champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorGeorge Belu (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJamie Barresi (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorJames Bell (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
CaptainJammie Deese, Dustin Lyman, DaLawn Parrish, Ben Sankey
Home stadiumGroves 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 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 7–5 record, finished in a three-way tie for fifth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and defeated Arizona State in the 1999 Aloha Bowl.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 1112:00 pmat Army*
FSNW 34–1529,646
September 187:00 pmat Virginia
ESPN2L 7–3550,000
September 2512:00 pmNo. 25 NC State
JPSW 31–723,450
October 26:30 pmRutgers*
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 17–1020,772
October 912:00 pmMaryland
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
JPSL 14–1719,321
October 167:00 pmat No. 1 Florida State
L 10–3378,105
October 233:30 pmUAB*dagger
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 47–320,578[2]
October 3012:00 pmClemson
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
JPSL 3–1221,105
November 61:30 pmat North Carolina
W 19–340,000
November 131:30 pmat Duke
L 35–4829,457
November 203:30 pmNo. 14 Georgia Tech
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 26–2325,230
December 253:30 pmvs. Arizona State*
ABCW 23–340,974
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

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1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 13 Ben Sankey  Sr
WR 21 Jammie Deese Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 43 Dustin Lyman  Sr
DT 90 Fred Robbins  Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Team leaders

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Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Ben Sankey 133/224 1,496
Rushing Morgan Kane 275 1,161
Receiving Jammie Deese 32 444

References

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  1. ^ "1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "UAB suffers worst loss since joining I-A". The Courier-Journal. October 24, 1999. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.