1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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.^[1]

1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Aloha Bowl champion
1999 Aloha Bowl, W 23–3 vs. Arizona State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Caldwell (7th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	George Belu (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Jamie Barresi (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	James Bell (3rd season)
Captain	Jammie Deese, Dustin Lyman, DaLawn Parrish, Ben Sankey
Home stadium	Groves Stadium (capacity: 31,500)
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	12:00 pm	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	FSN	W 34–15	29,646
September 18	7:00 pm	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN2	L 7–35	50,000
September 25	12:00 pm	No. 25 NC State	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	JPS	W 31–7	23,450
October 2	6:30 pm	Rutgers*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 17–10	20,772
October 9	12:00 pm	Maryland	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	JPS	L 14–17	19,321
October 16	7:00 pm	at No. 1 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		L 10–33	78,105
October 23	3:30 pm	UAB*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 47–3	20,578	^[2]
October 30	12:00 pm	Clemson	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	JPS	L 3–12	21,105
November 6	1:30 pm	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)		W 19–3	40,000
November 13	1:30 pm	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 35–48	29,457
November 20	3:30 pm	No. 14 Georgia Tech	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 26–23	25,230
December 25	3:30 pm	vs. Arizona State*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	W 23–3	40,974
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 13 Ben Sankey   Sr WR 21 Jammie Deese Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 43 Dustin Lyman   Sr DT 90 Fred Robbins   Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jim Caldwell Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Ben Sankey	133/224	1,496
Rushing	Morgan Kane	275	1,161
Receiving	Jammie Deese	32	444

References

1. "1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
2. "UAB suffers worst loss since joining I-A". The Courier-Journal. October 24, 1999. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.