1999 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
| 1999 Virginia Tech Hokies football | |
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Big East champion Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy | |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 3 |
| AP | No. 2 |
| Record | 11–1 (7–0 Big East) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Rickey Bustle (6th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple |
| Defensive coordinator | Bud Foster (5th season) |
| Base defense | 4–4 |
| Home stadium | Lane Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Virginia Tech $ | 7 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Miami (FL) | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 3 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Tech as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Frank Beamer, the Hokies compiled an overall record of 11–1 with a mark of 7–0 in conference play, winning the Big East title. Virginia's Tech's the only blemish came in the 2000 Sugar Bowl, the BCS National Championship Game, where the Hokies lost to the Florida State Seminoles. The team finished with a program-best No. 2 ranking in the final AP poll.
Michael Vick led the Hokies to an 11–0 start, only the second perfect regular season in school history, and the national title game against Florida State. Although Virginia Tech lost 46–29, Vick was able to bring the team back from a 21-point deficit to take a 29–28 lead into the fourth quarter. During the season, Vick appeared on the cover of an ESPN The Magazine issue. Vick led the NCAA in passing efficiency that year, setting a record for a freshman (180.4), which was also good enough for the third-highest all-time mark. Vick was awarded an ESPY Award as the nation's top college player, and won the first-ever Archie Griffin Award as college football's most valuable player. He was invited to the 1999 Heisman Trophy presentation and finished third in the voting behind Ron Dayne and Joe Hamilton. Vick's third-place finish matched the highest finish ever by a freshman up to that point, first set by Herschel Walker in 1980 (Adrian Peterson later broke that mark, finishing second in 2004).