The 1999 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints' thirty-third season in the National Football League (NFL). This was Mike Ditka's third and final season as the Saints' head coach, as he was fired, along with his entire coaching staff and general manager Bill Kuharich, three days after the conclusion of the season.
During 1999, the Saints became the first team to lose to the expansion Cleveland Browns and in the process became the only team since the NFL/AFL merger in 1970 to lose to the last winless team in successive seasons.[1]
With the only pick in the draft the New Orleans Saints selected running back Ricky Williams out of the University of Texas with the fifth pick in the first round. The Saints traded all of their draft picks in the 1999 draft in order to move up so they could draft Williams, as well as a first round pick in the 2000 NFL Draft that eventually was used by the Washington Redskins to draft LaVar Arrington.
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The 1999 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints thirty third season in the National Football League NFL This was Mike Ditka s third and final season as the Saints head coach as he was fired along with his entire coaching staff and general manager Bill Kuharich three days after the conclusion of the season 1999 New Orleans Saints seasonHead coachMike DitkaHome fieldLouisiana SuperdomeResultsRecord3 13Division place5th NFC WestPlayoff finishDid not qualifyPro BowlersT Willie Roaf 1998 Saints seasons 2000 During 1999 the Saints became the first team to lose to the expansion Cleveland Browns and in the process became the only team since the NFL AFL merger in 1970 to lose to the last winless team in successive seasons 1 Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 NFL Draft 2 Personnel 2 1 Staff 2 2 Roster 3 Regular season 3 1 Schedule 3 2 Standings 4 Statistics 4 1 Passing 4 2 Rushing 4 3 Receiving 4 4 Kick Returns 4 5 Punt Returns 4 6 Punting 4 7 Kicking 4 8 Interceptions 4 9 Sacks 5 ReferencesOffseason EditNFL Draft Edit See also Ricky Williams trade With the only pick in the draft the New Orleans Saints selected running back Ricky Williams out of the University of Texas with the fifth pick in the first round The Saints traded all of their draft picks in the 1999 draft in order to move up so they could draft Williams as well as a first round pick in the 2000 NFL Draft that eventually was used by the Washington Redskins to draft LaVar Arrington Main article 1999 NFL Draft 1999 New Orleans Saints draftRound Pick Player Position College Notes1 5 Ricky Williams RB Texas Made roster Pro Football Hall of Fame Made at least one Pro Bowl during careerPersonnel EditStaff Edit 1999 New Orleans Saints staff Front office Owner Tom Benson President general manager chief operating officer Bill Kuharich Vice president of football operations assistant general manager Charles Bailey Director of college scouting Bruce LemmermanHead coaches Head coach Mike Ditka Assistant head coach linebackers Rick VenturiOffensive coaches Offensive coordinator Danny Abramowicz Quarterbacks Tom Clements Running backs Lary Kuharich Wide receivers Harold Jackson Tight ends offensive line assistant Dan Neal Offensive line Bill Meyers Offensive assistant Judd Garrett Offensive assistant tight ends Rodney Holman Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator Zaven Yaralian Defensive line Walt Corey Defensive backs Carlos Mainord Defensive assistant pass rush Rickey Jackson Defensive assistant linebackers Ned JamesSpecial teams coaches Special teams Bobby AprilStrength and conditioning Strength and conditioning Mike Woicik Assistant strength and conditioning Markus PaulRoster Edit 1999 New Orleans Saints final roster Quarterbacks 9 Jake Delhomme 12 Billy Joe Hobert 11 Billy Joe Tolliver 7 Danny WuerffelRunning backs 32 Aaron Craver FB 28 Troy Davis KR 33 Wilmont Perry 37 Dino Philyaw KR 40 Marvin Powell FB 26 Lamar Smith 34 Ricky WilliamsWide receivers 81 Lawrence Dawsey 80 P J Franklin 88 Andre Hastings 82 Eddie Kennison PR 83 Keith PooleTight ends 85 Cameron Cleeland 47 Josh Wilcox Offensive linemen 69 Tom Ackerman C G 62 Jerry Fontenot C 79 Mike Halapin G 60 Robert Hunt G 65 Chris Naeole G 77 Willie Roaf T 78 Daryl Terrell T 68 Kyle Turley TDefensive linemen 97 La Roi Glover DT 96 Uhuru Hamiter DE DT 93 Wayne Martin DE DT 64 Robert Newkirk DT 95 Austin Robbins DT 91 Brady Smith DE 98 Willie Whitehead DE DT 92 Troy Wilson DE Linebackers 56 Chris Bordano MLB 51 Phil Clarke MLB 55 Mark Fields OLB 59 Keith Mitchell OLB 50 Kevin Mitchell MLB Joe Tuipalo OLBDefensive backs 43 Ashley Ambrose CB 30 Je Rod Cherry SS 42 Willie Clay FS 22 Tyronne Drakeford CB 36 Corey Harris CB 44 Rob Kelly FS 29 Sammy Knight SS 25 Alex Molden CB 24 Fred Weary CB Robert Williams CBSpecial teams 6 Tommy Barnhardt P 10 Doug Brien K 86 Kendall Gammon C Reserve lists 54 Ink Aleaga LB IR 89 Brett Bech WR IR Justin Burroughs C IR 87 John Farquhar TE IR 23 Chris Hewitt S IR 94 Joe Johnson DE IR Bryan LaBelle T IR 58 Marc Lillibridge LB IR 84 Scott Slutzker TE IR 52 Vinson Smith LB IR Donnie Spragan LB IR 90 Jared Tomich DE IR 63 Wally Williams G IR Practice squad Cuncho Brown TE Tom Schau T L C Stevens WRRookies in italics 53 active 13 inactive 3 practice squadRegular season EditSchedule Edit Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance1 September 12 Carolina Panthers W 19 10 1 0 Louisiana Superdome 58 1662 September 19 at San Francisco 49ers L 21 28 1 1 3Com Park 67 6853 Bye4 October 3 at Chicago Bears L 10 14 1 2 Soldier Field 66 9445 October 10 Atlanta Falcons L 17 20 1 3 Louisiana Superdome 57 2896 October 17 Tennessee Titans L 21 24 1 4 Louisiana Superdome 51 8757 October 24 at New York Giants L 3 31 1 5 Giants Stadium 77 9828 October 31 Cleveland Browns L 16 21 1 6 Louisiana Superdome 48 8179 November 7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 16 31 1 7 Louisiana Superdome 47 12910 November 14 San Francisco 49ers W 24 6 2 7 Louisiana Superdome 52 19811 November 21 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 23 41 2 8 Alltel Stadium 69 77212 November 28 at St Louis Rams L 12 43 2 9 Trans World Dome 65 86413 December 5 at Atlanta Falcons L 12 35 2 10 Georgia Dome 62 56814 December 12 St Louis Rams L 14 30 2 11 Louisiana Superdome 46 83815 December 19 at Baltimore Ravens L 8 31 2 12 PSINet Stadium 67 59716 December 24 Dallas Cowboys W 31 24 3 12 Louisiana Superdome 47 83517 January 2 2000 at Carolina Panthers L 13 45 3 13 Ericcson Stadium 56 929Note Intra division opponents are in bold text Standings Edit NFC Westviewtalkedit W L T PCT PF PA STK 1 St Louis Rams 13 3 0 813 526 242 L1Carolina Panthers 8 8 0 500 421 381 W1Atlanta Falcons 5 11 0 313 285 380 W2San Francisco 49ers 4 12 0 250 295 453 L3New Orleans Saints 3 13 0 188 260 434 L1Statistics EditPassing Edit Player G QB Rat Comp Att Pct Yards Yards Att TD INTBilly Joe Hobert 9 68 9 85 159 53 5 970 6 1 6 6Billy Joe Tolliver 10 58 9 139 268 51 9 1916 7 1 7 16Jake Delhomme 2 62 4 42 76 55 3 521 6 9 3 5Danny Wuerffel 4 30 8 22 48 45 8 191 4 0 0 3Rushing Edit Player G Att Yards Yards Att TDRicky Williams 12 253 884 3 5 2Lamar Smith 13 60 205 3 4 0Wilmont Perry 7 48 180 3 8 0Troy Davis 16 20 32 1 6 0Aaron Craver 13 17 40 2 4 0Receiving Edit Player G Rec Yards Yards Rec TDEddie Kennison 16 61 835 13 7 4Keith Poole 15 42 796 19 0 6Andre Hastings 15 40 564 14 1 1Ricky Williams 12 28 172 6 1 0Cameron Cleeland 11 26 325 12 5 1Lamar Smith 13 20 151 7 6 1Aaron Craver 13 19 154 8 1 0Lawrence Dawsey 10 16 196 12 3 1Scott Slutzker 11 11 164 14 9 1Troy Davis 16 7 53 7 6 0Josh Wilcox 8 6 61 10 2 0Brett Bech 8 4 65 16 3 1Wilmont Perry 7 4 26 6 5 0Dino Philyaw 13 2 23 11 5 0P J Franklin 3 2 13 6 5 0Kick Returns Edit Player G Returns Yards Yards Return TDDino Philyaw 13 53 1165 22 0 0Troy Davis 16 20 424 21 2 0Wilmont Perry 7 2 6 3 0 0Lawrence Dawsey 10 1 20 20 0 0Brett Bech 8 1 12 12 0 0Kendall Gammon 16 1 9 9 0 0Aaron Craver 13 1 3 3 0 0Punt Returns Edit Player G Returns Yards Yards Return TDEddie Kennison 16 35 258 7 4 0Punting Edit Player G Punts Yards Yards Punt Punts BlockedTommy Barnhardt 16 82 3262 39 8 0Kicking Edit Player G Extra Points Att Extra Points Made Extra Point Pct Field Goals Att Field Goals Made Field Goal Pct Total Points ScoredDoug Brien 16 20 21 95 24 29 82 8 92Interceptions Edit Player G Int Yards TDAshley Ambrose 16 6 27 0Willie Clay 16 3 32 0Keith Mitchell 16 3 22 0Fred Weary 16 2 49 0Mark Fields 14 2 0 0Rob Kelly 16 1 6 0Alex Molden 13 1 2 0Sammy Knight 16 1 0 0Sacks Edit Player G SacksLa Roi Glover 16 8 5Willie Whitehead 16 7 0Brady Smith 16 6 0Troy Wilson 16 5 5Wayne Martin 16 4 5Mark Fields 14 4 0Keith Mitchell 16 3 5Jared Tomich 8 3 0Austin Robbins 14 2 0Chris Hewitt 12 1 0References Edit Last Winless NFL Team s in Each Season Archived from the original on 2013 01 11 Retrieved 2013 02 02 Saints on Pro Football Reference Saints on jt sw com This article relating to an American football season is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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