1999 New Orleans Saints season
Head coachMike Ditka
Home fieldLouisiana Superdome
Results
Record3–13
Division place5th NFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersT Willie Roaf

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]

Offseason

NFL Draft

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 draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 5 Ricky Williams *  RB Texas
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

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 Lemmerman

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Zaven Yaralian
  • Defensive line – Walt Corey
  • Defensive backs – Carlos Mainord
  • Defensive assistant/pass rush – Rickey Jackson
  • Defensive assistant/linebackers – Ned James

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

Roster

1999 New Orleans Saints final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad

  • 48 Cuncho Brown TE
  • 67 Tom Schau T
  • 16 L.C. Stevens WR


Rookies in italics
 53 active, 13 inactive, 3 practice squad

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 12 Carolina Panthers W 19–10 1–0 Louisiana Superdome 58,166
2 September 19 at San Francisco 49ers L 21–28 1–1 3Com Park 67,685
3 Bye
4 October 3 at Chicago Bears L 10–14 1–2 Soldier Field 66,944
5 October 10 Atlanta Falcons L 17–20 1–3 Louisiana Superdome 57,289
6 October 17 Tennessee Titans L 21–24 1–4 Louisiana Superdome 51,875
7 October 24 at New York Giants L 3–31 1–5 Giants Stadium 77,982
8 October 31 Cleveland Browns L 16–21 1–6 Louisiana Superdome 48,817
9 November 7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 16–31 1–7 Louisiana Superdome 47,129
10 November 14 San Francisco 49ers W 24–6 2–7 Louisiana Superdome 52,198
11 November 21 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 23–41 2–8 Alltel Stadium 69,772
12 November 28 at St. Louis Rams L 12–43 2–9 Trans World Dome 65,864
13 December 5 at Atlanta Falcons L 12–35 2–10 Georgia Dome 62,568
14 December 12 St. Louis Rams L 14–30 2–11 Louisiana Superdome 46,838
15 December 19 at Baltimore Ravens L 8–31 2–12 PSINet Stadium 67,597
16 December 24 Dallas Cowboys W 31–24 3–12 Louisiana Superdome 47,835
17 January 2, 2000 at Carolina Panthers L 13–45 3–13 Ericcson Stadium 56,929
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC West
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(1) St. Louis Rams 13 3 0 .813 526 242 L1
Carolina Panthers 8 8 0 .500 421 381 W1
Atlanta Falcons 5 11 0 .313 285 380 W2
San Francisco 49ers 4 12 0 .250 295 453 L3
New Orleans Saints 3 13 0 .188 260 434 L1

Statistics

Passing

Player G QB Rat. Comp. Att. Pct. Yards Yards/Att. TD INT
Billy Joe Hobert 9 68.9 85 159 53.5 970 6.1 6 6
Billy Joe Tolliver 10 58.9 139 268 51.9 1916 7.1 7 16
Jake Delhomme 2 62.4 42 76 55.3 521 6.9 3 5
Danny Wuerffel 4 30.8 22 48 45.8 191 4.0 0 3

Rushing

Player G Att. Yards Yards/Att. TD
Ricky Williams 12 253 884 3.5 2
Lamar Smith 13 60 205 3.4 0
Wilmont Perry 7 48 180 3.8 0
Troy Davis 16 20 32 1.6 0
Aaron Craver 13 17 40 2.4 0

Receiving

Player G Rec Yards Yards/Rec TD
Eddie Kennison 16 61 835 13.7 4
Keith Poole 15 42 796 19.0 6
Andre Hastings 15 40 564 14.1 1
Ricky Williams 12 28 172 6.1 0
Cameron Cleeland 11 26 325 12.5 1
Lamar Smith 13 20 151 7.6 1
Aaron Craver 13 19 154 8.1 0
Lawrence Dawsey 10 16 196 12.3 1
Scott Slutzker 11 11 164 14.9 1
Troy Davis 16 7 53 7.6 0
Josh Wilcox 8 6 61 10.2 0
Brett Bech 8 4 65 16.3 1
Wilmont Perry 7 4 26 6.5 0
Dino Philyaw 13 2 23 11.5 0
P. J. Franklin 3 2 13 6.5 0

Kick Returns

Player G Returns Yards Yards/Return TD
Dino Philyaw 13 53 1165 22.0 0
Troy Davis 16 20 424 21.2 0
Wilmont Perry 7 2 6 3.0 0
Lawrence Dawsey 10 1 20 20.0 0
Brett Bech 8 1 12 12.0 0
Kendall Gammon 16 1 9 9.0 0
Aaron Craver 13 1 3 3.0 0

Punt Returns

Player G Returns Yards Yards/Return TD
Eddie Kennison 16 35 258 7.4 0

Punting

Player G Punts Yards Yards/Punt Punts Blocked
Tommy Barnhardt 16 82 3262 39.8 0

Kicking

Player G Extra Points Att. Extra Points Made Extra Point Pct. Field Goals Att. Field Goals Made Field Goal Pct. Total Points Scored
Doug Brien 16 20 21 95 24 29 82.8 92

Interceptions

Player G Int Yards TD
Ashley Ambrose 16 6 27 0
Willie Clay 16 3 32 0
Keith Mitchell 16 3 22 0
Fred Weary 16 2 49 0
Mark Fields 14 2 0 0
Rob Kelly 16 1 6 0
Alex Molden 13 1 2 0
Sammy Knight 16 1 0 0

Sacks

Player G Sacks
La'Roi Glover 16 8.5
Willie Whitehead 16 7.0
Brady Smith 16 6.0
Troy Wilson 16 5.5
Wayne Martin 16 4.5
Mark Fields 14 4.0
Keith Mitchell 16 3.5
Jared Tomich 8 3.0
Austin Robbins 14 2.0
Chris Hewitt 12 1.0

References

  1. ^ "Last Winless NFL Team(s) in Each Season". Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.


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