1999 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1999 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	# – BCS National Champion; $ – BCS representative as conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1999 Virginia Cavaliers football
1999 Virginia Cavaliers football
MicronPC.com Bowl, L 21–63 vs. Illinois
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1999 record	7–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	George Welsh (18th season);
Offensive coordinator	Gary Tranquill (1st consecutive, 5th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Lantz (9th season)
Captain	Travis Griffith, Thomas Jones, Noel LaMontagne, Byron Thweatt
Home stadium	Scott Stadium; (capacity: 44,000)
	Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was George Welsh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	12:00 pm	at North Carolina	No. 23	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ABC	W 20–17	59,000
September 11	3:30 pm	at Clemson	No. 22	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ABC	L 14–33	66,922
September 18	7:00 pm	Wake Forest		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN2	W 35–7	50,000
September 25	9:00 pm	at No. 17 BYU*		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN2	W 45–40	65,453
October 2	6:00 pm	No. 8 Virginia Tech*	No. 24	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 7–31	51,800
October 9	1:00 pm	Duke		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		L 17–24 ^2OT	43,600
October 16	3:30 pm	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC	W 47–26	49,507
October 30	7:00 pm	No. 1 Florida State		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ESPN	L 10–35	47,900
November 6	3:30 pm	No. 7 Georgia Tech		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 45–38	44,500
November 13	1:00 pm	Buffalo*		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 50–21	40,100
November 20	12:00 pm	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	JPS	W 34–30	32,334
December 30	6:00 pm	vs. Illinois*		Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (MicronPC.com Bowl)	TBS	L 21–63	31,089
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

v t Virginia Cavaliers football
Venues	Madison Hall Field (1888–1912) Lambeth Field (1913–1930) Scott Stadium (1931–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Florida State: Jefferson-Eppes Trophy Maryland North Carolina: South's Oldest Rivalry Virginia Tech: Commonwealth Cup
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song" Cavalier Marching Band 1990 Georgia Tech game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders W. A. Lambeth
Seasons	1887 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

1999 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	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