1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1999 record 7–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach Jim Caldwell (7th year)
Home stadium Groves Stadium
(Capacity: 31,500)
1999 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#1 Florida State $#   8 0         12 0  
#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

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 11 12:00 PM at Army* Michie StadiumWest Point, NY FSN W 34–15   29,646
September 18 7:00 PM at Virginia Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA ESPN2 L 7–35   50,000
September 25 12:00 PM #25 NC State Groves StadiumWinston-Salem, NC JPS W 31–7   23,450
October 2 6:30 PM Rutgers Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 17–10   20,772
October 9 12:00 PM Maryland Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC JPS L 14–17   19,321
October 16 7:00 PM at #1 Florida State Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL L 10–33   78,105
October 23 3:30 PM UAB*dagger Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 47–3   20,578
October 30 12:00 PM Clemson Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC JPS L 3–12   21,105
November 6 1:30 PM at North Carolina Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC W 19–3   40,000
November 13 1:30 PM at Duke Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC L 35–48   29,457
November 20 3:30 PM #14 Georgia Tech Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 26–23   25,230
December 25 3:30 PM vs. Arizona State* Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl) ABC W 23–3   40,974
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Team leaders

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

  1. "1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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