1999 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jweiss11 (talk | contribs) at 20:27, 10 October 2016 (ce in lead). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

{{{year}}} [[{{{team}}} football]]
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 2
1999 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Virginia Tech $   7 – 0     11 – 1  
No. 15 Miami (FL)   6 – 1     9 – 4  
Boston College   4 – 3     8 – 4  
Syracuse   3 – 4     7 – 5  
West Virginia   3 – 4     4 – 7  
Pittsburgh   2 – 5     5 – 6  
Temple   2 – 5     2 – 9  
Rutgers   1 – 6     1 – 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Virginia Tech competed as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hokies were led by Frank Beamer in his 13th year as head coach. Virginia Tech finished the regular season undefeated but lost in the national championship game to the Florida State Seminoles.

Regular season

Michael Vick led the Hokies to an 11–1 season and to the Bowl Championship Series national title game in the Sugar Bowl against Florida State. Although Virginia Tech lost 46–29, Vick was able to bring the team back from a 21-point deficit to take a 29–28 lead into the fourth quarter. During the season, Vick appeared on the cover of an ESPN The Magazine issue.

Vick led the NCAA in passing efficiency that year, setting a record for a freshman (180.4), which was also good enough for the third-highest all-time mark (Colt Brennan holds the record at 185.9 from his 2006 season at Hawaii). Vick was awarded an ESPY Award as the nation's top college player, and won the first-ever Archie Griffin Award as college football's most valuable player. He was invited to the 1999 Heisman Trophy presentation and finished third in the voting behind Ron Dayne and Joe Hamilton. Vick's third-place finish matched the highest finish ever by a freshman up to that point, first set by Herschel Walker in 1980 (Adrian Peterson later broke that mark, finishing second in 2004).

Schedule

September 41:00 PMJames Madison*No. 11

W 47–0 51,907 September 111:00 PMUAB*No. 11

  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA

W 31–10 51,907 September 238:00 PMClemson*No. 8

  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA

ESPNW 31–11 51,907 October 26:00 PMat No. 24 Virginia*No. 8

ESPN2W 31–7 51,800 October 96:00 PMat RutgersNo. 6

W 58–20 30,764 October 166:00 PMNo. 16 SyracusedaggerNo. 4

  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA

ESPNW 62–0 53,130 October 307:00 PMat PittsburghNo. 3

ESPN2W 30–17 42,678 November 63:30 PMat West VirginiaNo. 3

CBSW 22–20 56,906 November 137:30 PMNo. 19 Miami (FL)No. 2

  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry)

ESPNW 43–10 53,130 November 2012:00 PMat TempleNo. 2

ESPN2W 62–7 25,822 November 262:30 PMNo. 22 Boston CollegeNo. 2

  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry)

CBSW 38–14 53,130 January 48:00 PMvs. No. 1 Florida State*No. 2

ABCL 29–46 79,280

Template:CFB Schedule End[1]

1999 team players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
John Engelberger Defensive End 2 35 San Francisco 49ers
Ike Charlton Defensive Back 2 52 Seattle Seahawks

[2]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=343&season=1999
  2. ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2000.htm
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1999_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team&oldid=743708081"