1999 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1999 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg 125 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 21 20 8–4 5–3 George O'Leary 6th Ralph Friedgen 8th Ted Roof 1st Bobby Dodd Stadium Gator Bowl L 13–28 vs. Miami (FL) 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 1999 AP Eastern September 4 12:00 pm w y y 10 Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD FSN 49–14 30,311 September 11 8:00 pm l y 10 Florida State 1 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL ABC 35–41 80,187 September 18 7:00 pm w y 12 UCF Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA 41–10 45,355 September 30 8:00 pm w 9 Maryland Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ESPN 49–31 44,612 October 9 3:30 pm w y 7 North Carolina Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ABC 31–24 OT 46,110 October 16 12:00 pm w y 8 Duke Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC JPS 38–31 16,648 October 30 3:30 pm w 7 NC State Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ABC 27–17 46,012 November 6 3:30 pm l y 7 Virginia Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ABC 38–45 44,500 November 13 3:30 pm w 13 Clemson Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA rivalry JPS 45–42 46,085 November 20 3:30 pm l y 14 Wake Forest Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC 23–26 25,620 November 27 1:00 pm w y 20 Georgia 16 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate ABC 51–48 OT 46,450 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-tech-gets-its-kicks-in-ot/157460623/ The State Tech gets its kicks in OT November 28, 1999 October 19, 2024 Newspapers.com January 1 4:00 pm l y y 17 Miami (FL) 23 Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL Gator Bowl NBC 13–28 43,416 Rankings 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings AP 0 16 11 10 10 12 10 9 7 8 8 7 7 13 14 20 17 17 20 Coaches Poll 0 16 11 11* 10 13 12 12 8 9 8 7 7 14 12 16 16 15 21 BCS 9 15 8 7 15 13 NR NR NR References Georgia Tech Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football seasons Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football