1999 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1999 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Gator Bowl, L 13–28 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 20
Record	8–4 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	George O'Leary (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ralph Friedgen (8th season)
Defensive coordinator	Ted Roof (1st season)
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium

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 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented Georgia Tech as member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by sixth-year head coach George O'Leary, the Yellow Jackets compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for second in the ACC. Georgia Tech was invited to the Gator Bowl, where the Yellow Jackets lost to the Miami Hurricanes. The team played home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	12:00 pm	at Navy*	No. 10	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	FSN	W 49–14	30,311
September 11	8:00 pm	at No. 1 Florida State	No. 10	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 35–41	80,187
September 18	7:00 pm	UCF*	No. 12	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 41–10	45,355
September 30	8:00 pm	Maryland	No. 9	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN	W 49–31	44,612
October 9	3:30 pm	North Carolina	No. 7	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 31–24 OT	46,110
October 16	12:00 pm	at Duke	No. 8	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	W 38–31	16,648
October 30	3:30 pm	NC State	No. 8	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 27–17	46,012
November 6	3:30 pm	at Virginia	No. 7	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	L 38–45	44,500
November 13	3:30 pm	Clemson	No. 13	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	JPS	W 45–42	46,085
November 20	3:30 pm	at Wake Forest	No. 12	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		L 23–26	25,620
November 27	1:00 pm	No. 16 Georgia*	No. 20	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	W 51–48 OT	46,450
January 1	4:00 pm	vs. No. 23 Miami (FL)*	No. 17	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	NBC	L 13–28	43,416
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	11	10	10	12	10	9	7	8	8	7	7	13	14	20	17	17	20
Coaches Poll	11	11*	10	13	12	12	8	9	8	7	7	14	12	16	16	15	21
BCS	Not released									8	7	15	13	—	—	—	Not released