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| 1999 New Orleans Saints season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Mike Ditka |
| Home field | Louisiana Superdome |
| Results | |
| Record | 3–13 |
| Division place | 5th NFC West |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
| Pro Bowlers | T 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]
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.
| 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 | |||||
Front office
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| Defensive coaches
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| 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. | ||||||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Player | G | Returns | Yards | Yards/Return | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Kennison | 16 | 35 | 258 | 7.4 | 0 |
| Player | G | Punts | Yards | Yards/Punt | Punts Blocked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Barnhardt | 16 | 82 | 3262 | 39.8 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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