1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1999
| team = Wake Forest Demon Deacons
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference
| short_conf = ACC
| record = 7–5
| conf_record = 3–5
| head_coach = Jim Caldwell
| hc_year = 7th
| cooff_coach1 = George Belu
| cooc1_year = 1st
| cooff_coach2 = Jamie Barresi
| cooc2_year = 1st
| off_scheme = Pro-style
| def_coach = James Bell
| dc_year = 3rd
| def_scheme = 4–3
| captain = Jammie Deese
| captain2 = Dustin Lyman
| captain3 = DaLawn Parrish
| captain4 = Ben Sankey
| stadium = Groves Stadium
| champion = Aloha Bowl champion
| bowl = 1999 Aloha Bowl
| bowl_result = W 23–3 vs. Arizona State
}}
{{1999 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web|title=1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 24, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/wake-forest/1999-schedule.html}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1999
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 11
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Army
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| tv = FSN
| score = 34–15
| attend = 29,646
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 18
| time = 7:00 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Virginia
| site_stadium = Scott Stadium
| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 7–35
| attend = 50,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 25
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = w
| opponent = NC State
| opprank = 25
| site_stadium = Groves Stadium
| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC
| gamename = rivalry
| tv = JPS
| score = 31–7
| attend = 23,450
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| time = 6:30 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Rutgers
| site_stadium = Groves Stadium
| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC
| tv =
| score = 17–10
| attend = 20,772
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = Maryland
| site_stadium = Groves Stadium
| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC
| tv = JPS
| score = 14–17
| attend = 19,321
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| time = 7:00 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Florida State
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium = Doak Campbell Stadium
| site_cityst = Tallahassee, FL
| tv =
| score = 10–33
| attend = 78,105
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| time = 3:30 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| homecoming = y
| opponent = UAB
| site_stadium = Groves Stadium
| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC
| tv =
| score = 47–3
| attend = 20,578
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90484291/uab-suffers-worst-loss-since-joining-i-a/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=UAB suffers worst loss since joining I-A|date=October 24, 1999|accessdate=December 12, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = Clemson
| site_stadium = Groves Stadium
| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC
| tv = JPS
| score = 3–12
| attend = 21,105
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 6
| time = 1:30 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = North Carolina
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 19–3
| attend = 40,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| time = 1:30 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Duke
| site_stadium = Wallace Wade Stadium
| site_cityst = Durham, NC
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 35–48
| attend = 29,457
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 20
| time = 3:30 pm
| w/l = w
| opponent = Georgia Tech
| opprank = 14
| site_stadium = Groves Stadium
| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC
| tv =
| score = 26–23
| attend = 25,230
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 25
| time = 3:30 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Arizona State
| site_stadium = Aloha Stadium
| site_cityst = Halawa, HI
| gamename = Aloha Bowl
| tv = ABC
| score = 23–3
| attend = 40,974
}}
}}
Roster
{{American football roster/Header|year=1999|team=Wake Forest Demon Deacons|teamcolors=y
|offensive_players=
{{American football roster/Player|num=13|class=Sr|first=Ben|last=Sankey|pos=QB|rs=yes|link=y}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=21|class=Sr|first=Jammie|last=Deese|pos=WR|link=y}}
|defensive_players=
{{American football roster/Player|num=43|class=Sr|first=Dustin|last=Lyman|pos=LB|rs=yes|link=y}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=90|class=Sr|first=Fred|last=Robbins|pos=DT|rs=yes|link=y}}
|special_teams_players=
}}
{{American football roster/Footer|roster_url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991012063205/http://fansonly.com/schools/wake/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wake-m-footbl-mtt.html|accessdate=
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|asst_coach=
}}
Team leaders
| class="wikitable"
! Category !! Team Leader!! Att/Cth !! Yds | |||
| style="background: ##ddffdd;"
| Passing | Ben Sankey | 133/224 | 1,496 |
| style="background: ##ffdddd;"
| Rushing | Morgan Kane | 275 | 1,161 |
| style="background: ##ddffdd;"
| Receiving | Jammie Deese | 32 | 444 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Wake Forest Demon Deacons football navbox}}
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