1999 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team

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1999 North Carolina A&T Aggies football
Black college football national champion
MEAC champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinals, L 3–41 vs. Youngstown State
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
1999 record11–2 (8–0 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAggie Stadium
(Capacity: 21,500)
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 North Carolina A&T $^   8 0     11 2  
No. 4 Florida A&M ^   7 1     11 4  
Hampton   5 3     8 4  
Bethune–Cookman   4 4     7 4  
Howard   4 4     5 6  
Delaware State   4 4     4 7  
South Carolina State   2 5     4 6  
Norfolk State   1 7     2 9  
Morgan State   0 7     2 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1999 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team represented North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by head coach Bill Hayes and played their home games at Aggie Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina, as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The Aggies finished the season 11–2 and 8–0 in MEAC play to win their 10th MEAC football championship. They received the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the Quarterfinals to Youngstown State. The team's performance earned them their third black college football national championship.

Previous season[]

They finished the season 9–3, 6–2 in conference play to finish in 3rd in the MEAC and did not receive an at-large bid for the Division I-AA playoffs.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 5vs. *
W 20-7
September 11at *W 20-7
September 25at *
L 7-40
October 2at W 28-14
October 9at W 41-24
October 16W 30-6
October 24dagger
  • Aggie Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 51-0
October 30at
W 19-18
November 6
  • Aggie Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 24-13
November 13
  • Aggie Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 30-15
November 20
  • Aggie Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC (Rivalry)
W 27-7
November 27at *
W 24-10
December 4at Youngstown State*
L 3-41
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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Postseason[]

2000 NFL Draft[]

The 2000 NFL Draft was held on April 15–16, 2000 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The following A&T players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.

Player Position Round Overall Pick NFL Team
Maurice Smith RB —- Undrafted FA Atlanta Falcons

References[]

  1. ^ "NC A&T Aggies 1999 Schedule". cfbinfo.com. CFBinfo. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
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