1999 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

American college football season

1999 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	3–8 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach	Carl Torbush (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Darrell Moody (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Base defense	4–3
Captain	Ryan Carfley, Deon Dyer, Billy-Dee Greenwood, Brian Schmitz
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons← 1998 2000 →

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

The 1999 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Carl Torbush.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	12:00 p.m.	No. 23 Virginia	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ABC	L 17–20	59,000
September 11	6:00 p.m.	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 42–30	30,245
September 25	3:30 p.m.	No. 1 Florida State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 10–42	60,000
October 2	3:30 p.m.	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ABC	L 20–31	81,737
October 9	3:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	L 24–31	46,110
October 16	1:30 p.m.	Houston*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 12–20	38,000
October 23	3:30 p.m.	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ABC	L 7–45	27,077
October 30	1:30 p.m.	Furman*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 3–28	33,000
November 6	1:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)		L 3–19	40,000
November 11	8:00 p.m.	vs. NC State	Ericsson Stadium Charlotte, NC (rivalry)	ESPN	W 10–6	41,159
November 20	12:00 p.m.	Duke	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	JPS	W 38–0	35,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

1999 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`1`	Ronald Curry	So
WR	`6`	Danny Davis	So
WR	`8`	Jamal Jones	Fr
QB	`16`	Bill Bigham	Jr
FB	`38`	Deon Dyer	Sr
TE	`82`	Alge Crumpler	Jr
WR	`88`	Sam Aiken	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`11`	Anthony Anderson	So
CB	`27`	Jason Horton	Fr
LB	`30`	David Thornton	So
LB	`41`	Quincy Monk	So
LB	`44`	Brandon Spoon	Sr
DE	`49`	Julius Peppers	Fr
DT	`87`	Ryan Sims	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`92`	Jeff Reed	Jr

"Heels hit a new low; I-AA Furman routs UNC". The News and Observer. October 31, 1999. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Emerson Field (1916–1926) Kenan Memorial Stadium (1927–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Duke: Victory Bell NC State South Carolina Virginia: South's Oldest Rivalry Wake Forest
Culture & lore	First forward pass Rameses The Marching Tar Heels 2010 football scandal 2011 academic-athletic scandal
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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