1999 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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

1999 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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 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	Source
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 ^OT	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	[1]
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

Roster

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	Head coach Carl Torbush Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

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