| 1999 Florida State Seminoles football | |
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Consensus national champion ACC champion Sugar Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 1 |
| AP | No. 1 |
| Record | 12–0 (8–0 ACC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Mark Richt (6th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Defensive coordinator | Mickey Andrews (16th season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Doak Campbell Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the college football season of 1999. Winning the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship and winning the 2000 Sugar Bowl BCS National Championship game, the team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. The team entered the season with high expectations after losing to Tennessee in the inaugural BCS Championship game. FSU entered the 1999 pre-season ranked No. 1 in all national pre-season polls,[1][2] picked unanimously to win the ACC and expected to contend for a national championship.[3][4] The Seminoles finished 11–2 in 1998, extending their NCAA record to 13 straight seasons with at least 10 victories and ranked among the nation's top four teams.[5][6]
The Seminoles finished the 1999 season with a perfect 12–0 record and was the first in NCAA history to go "wire-to-wire" being ranked continuously as the nation's No. 1 team from the preseason through the bowl season. The 1999 Seminoles are considered to be one of the greatest college football teams of all time. [7] This marked the 13th consecutive season that the Seminoles will have finished in the Top 5 rankings of both the AP and coaches poll.[5] The 2000 Sugar Bowl BCS National Championship game also marked the 17th consecutive season Bowden lead the Seminoles to a bowl game.
- ^ "1999 ESPN/USA Today Preseason Poll. The Seminoles start the season in first". seminoles.com. August 5, 1999. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ "Florida State No. 1 in AP Preseason Poll. The run for the national title begins". seminoles.com. August 14, 1999. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ "1999-00 College Bowl Projections". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. August 11, 1999. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ "1999 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW; THE NEW YORK TIMES PRESEASON TOP 20". The New York Times. August 29, 1999. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ a b "Perfect Ending". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. January 5, 2000. Archived from the original on August 31, 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
accmediaday9was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Brian Errkin (January 5, 2000). "'Noles go wire to wire". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
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