1999 Cincinnati Bengals season

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1999 Cincinnati Bengals season
Cincinnati Bengals black wordmark (1997-2003).png
Head coach Bruce Coslet
Home field Cinergy Field
Results
Record4–12
Division place5th AFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers RB Corey Dillon

The 1999 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 32nd year in professional football and its 30th with the National Football League (NFL). In what would be the final season of pro football being played at Riverfront Stadium, then known as Cinergy Field, the Bengals struggled out of the gates again losing 10 of their first 11 games. After winning two straight, the Bengals faced the expansion Cleveland Browns in the final game at Riverfront Stadium. The Bengals would win the game 44–28 [lower-alpha 1] before losing their final two games to finish with a 4–12 record.

Contents

Offseason

NFL draft

1999 Cincinnati Bengals draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
13 Akili Smith   Quarterback Oregon
233 Charles Fisher   Defensive back West Virginia
365 Cory Hall  Defensive back Fresno State
498 Craig Yeast   Wide receiver Kentucky
5135 Nick Luchey   Fullback Miami (FL)
6173 Kelly Gregg   Defensive tackle Oklahoma
7209Tony Coats  Guard Washington
7245 Scott Covington  QuarterbackMiami (FL)
7249Donald Broomfield Defensive tackle Clemson
      Made roster  

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Personnel

Staff

1999 Cincinnati Bengals staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Kim Wood

Roster

1999 Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad

53 active, 10 inactive, 3 practice squad


Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 12at Tennessee Titans L 35–360–1 Adelphia Coliseum 65,272
2September 19 San Diego Chargers L 7–340–2 Cinergy Field 47,660
3September 26at Carolina Panthers L 3–270–3 Ericcson Stadium 61,269
4October 3 St. Louis Rams L 10–380–4Cinergy Field45,481
5October 10at Cleveland Browns W 18–171–4 Cleveland Browns Stadium 73,048
6October 17 Pittsburgh Steelers L 3–171–5Cinergy Field59,669
7October 24at Indianapolis Colts L 10–311–6 RCA Dome 55,996
8October 31 Jacksonville Jaguars L 10–411–7Cinergy Field49,138
9November 7at Seattle Seahawks L 20–371–8 Kingdome 66,303
10November 14 Tennessee Titans L 14–241–9Cinergy Field46,017
11November 21 Baltimore Ravens L 31–341–10Cinergy Field43,279
12November 28at Pittsburgh Steelers W 27–202–10 Three Rivers Stadium 50,907
13December 5 San Francisco 49ers W 44–303–10Cinergy Field53,463
14December 12 Cleveland Browns W 44–284–10Cinergy Field59,972
15 Bye
16December 26at Baltimore Ravens L 0–224–11 PSINet Stadium 68,036
17January 2, 2000at Jacksonville Jaguars L 7–244–12 Alltel Stadium 70,532

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTPFPASTK
(1) Jacksonville Jaguars 1420.875396217W1
(4) Tennessee Titans 1330.813392324W4
Baltimore Ravens 880.500324277L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 6100.375317320L1
Cincinnati Bengals 4120.250283460L2
Cleveland Browns 2140.125217437L6

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Team leaders

Passing

PlayerAttCompYdsTDINTRating
Jeff Blake 3892152670161277.6

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsYPCLongTD
Corey Dillon 26312004.6505

Receiving

PlayerRecYdsAvgLongTD
Darnay Scott 68102215.0767

Defensive

PlayerTacklesSacksINTsFFFR
Brian Simmons 1113.0001
Michael Bankston 566.0000
Rodney Heath 460.0321

Kicking and punting

PlayerFGAFGMFG%XPAXPMXP%Points
Doug Pelfrey 271866.7%2727100.0%81
PlayerPuntsYardsLongBlkdAvg.
Will Brice 60247572241.3

Special teams

PlayerKRKRYardsKRAvgKRLongKRTDPRPRYardsPRAvgPRLongPRTD
Tremain Mack 51138227.1991000.000
Damon Griffin 1529619.7420231958.5340

Awards and records

Milestones

Notes

  1. Coach Bruce Coslet took running back Corey Dillon out of that game in the third quarter even though he was on pace to break the league's single-game rushing record of 275 yards, set by the late Walter Payton almost 22 years before. Asked why afterwards, Coslet reminded reporters that Payton had set that record in a 10–7 game. [1]

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