Regular season

Michael Vick

Michael Vick

Michael Dwayne Vick is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League...

 led the Hokies

Virginia Tech Hokies football

The Virginia Tech Hokies football team is a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I-FBS, in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They have more wins in team history than any other program in the ACC. Their home games are played at Lane Stadium which seats over...

 to an 11–1 season and to the Bowl Championship Series

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 national title game in the 2000 Nokia Sugar Bowl

2000 Sugar Bowl

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 against Florida State

1999 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1999 Florida State Seminoles football team was the national champion of the 1999 college football season. The team finished 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 #1 team from the preseason through the bowl...

. 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

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issue.

Vick led the NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 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 (Colt Brennan

Colt Brennan

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 holds the record at 185.9 from his 2006 season at Hawaii

Hawaii

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). Vick was awarded an ESPY Award as the nation's top college player, and won the first-ever Archie Griffin Award

Archie Griffin Award

The Archie Griffin Award, named after the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner in history Archie Griffin, was first presented to Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick in 1999. The specially designed ring is one of the few college football awards presented after all bowl games are completed and...

 as college football's most valuable player

Most Valuable Player

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. He was invited to the 1999 Heisman Trophy

Heisman Trophy

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 presentation and finished third in the voting behind Ron Dayne

Ron Dayne

Ron Dayne is a former American football running back who is currently a free agent. He holds the NCAA record for career rushing yards, and he won the 1999 Heisman Trophy.-Early life:...

 and Joe Hamilton

Joe Hamilton (football player)

Joe Hamilton is a former American football player who now serves as running backs coach at Georgia State University. Before joining the Georgia State football staff in 2010, he had played professionally as a quarterback, most recently for the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League...

. Vick's third-place finish matched the highest finish ever by a freshman up to that point, first set by Herschel Walker

Herschel Walker

Herschel Junior Walker is an American mixed martial artist and a former American football player. He played college football for the University of Georgia Bulldogs and earned the 1982 Heisman Trophy. He began his professional career with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League...

 in 1980 (Adrian Peterson later broke that mark, finishing second in 2004

2004 NCAA Division I-A football season

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).

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Hokies points	Opponents	Record
1	Sept. 4		Win	47	0	1-0
2	Sept. 11	Alabama-Birmingham 1999 UAB Blazers football team The 1999 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the college football season of 1999, and was the ninth team fielded by the school. The team's head coach was Watson Brown, who was entering his fifth season as the program's head coach. They played their home...	Win	31	10	2-0
3	Sept. 23	Clemson	Win	31	11	3-0
4	Oct. 2	@	Win	31	7	4-0
5	Oct. 9	@	Win	58	20	5-0
6	Oct. 16		Win	62	0	6-0
7	Oct. 30	@ Pittsburgh 1999 Pittsburgh Panthers football team The 1999 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1999 college football season.-Schedule:-Team Players drafted into in the NFL:...	Win	30	17	7-0
8	Nov. 6	@	Win	22	20	8-0
9	Nov. 13		Win	43	10	9-0
10	Nov. 20	@	Win	62	7	10-0
11	Nov. 26		Win	38	14	11-0
12	Jan. 4	Florida State 1999 Florida State Seminoles football team The 1999 Florida State Seminoles football team was the national champion of the 1999 college football season. The team finished 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 #1 team from the preseason through the bowl...	Loss	29	46	11-1

1999 Team Players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
John Engelberger	Defensive End	2	35	San Francisco 49ers
Ike Charlton	Defensive Back	2	52	Seattle Seahawks