1999 New Orleans Saints season

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

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

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

  • Head coach – Mike Ditka
  • Assistant head coach/linebackers – Rick Venturi

Offensive 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 James

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Bobby April

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Mike Woicik
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Markus Paul

Roster
1999 New Orleans Saints final roster
Quarterbacks

Running 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 Williams

Wide receivers

  • 81 Lawrence Dawsey
  • 80 P. J. Franklin
  • 88 Andre Hastings
  • 82 Eddie Kennison PR
  • 83 Keith Poole

Tight ends

  • 85 Cam 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 T

Defensive 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
  • 58 Joe Tuipalo OLB

Defensive 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
  • 21 Robert Williams CB

Special 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)
  • 61 Justin Burroughs C (IR)
  • 87 John Farquhar TE (IR)
  • 23 Chris Hewitt S (IR)
  • 94 Joe Johnson DE (IR)
  • 73 Bryan LaBelle T (IR)
  • -- Marc Lillibridge LB (IR)
  • 84 Scott Slutzker TE (IR)
  • 52 Vinson Smith LB (IR)
  • 53 Donnie Spragan LB (IR)
  • 90 Jared Tomich DE (IR)
  • 63 Wally Williams G (IR)


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 1330.813526242L1
Carolina Panthers 880.500421381W1
Atlanta Falcons 5110.313285380W2
San Francisco 49ers 4120.250295453L3
New Orleans Saints 3130.188260434L1

Statistics

Passing
Player G QB Rat. Comp. Att. Pct. Yards Yards/Att. TD INT
Billy Joe Hobert968.98515953.59706.166
Billy Joe Tolliver1058.913926851.919167.1716
Jake Delhomme262.4427655.35216.935
Danny Wuerffel430.8224845.8 1914.003

Rushing
Player G Att. Yards Yards/Att. TD
Ricky Williams122538843.52
Lamar Smith13602053.40
Wilmont Perry7481803.80
Troy Davis1620321.60
Aaron Craver1317402.40

Receiving
Player G Rec Yards Yards/Rec TD
Eddie Kennison166183513.74
Keith Poole154279619.06
Andre Hastings154056414.11
Ricky Williams12281726.10
Cameron Cleeland112632512.51
Lamar Smith13201517.61
Aaron Craver13191548.10
Lawrence Dawsey101619612.31
Scott Slutzker111116414.91
Troy Davis167537.60
Josh Wilcox866110.20
Brett Bech846516.31
Wilmont Perry74266.50
Dino Philyaw1322311.50
P. J. Franklin32136.50

Kick Returns
Player G Returns Yards Yards/Return TD
Dino Philyaw1353116522.00
Troy Davis162042421.20
Wilmont Perry7263.00
Lawrence Dawsey1012020.00
Brett Bech811212.00
Kendall Gammon16199.00
Aaron Craver13133.00

Punt Returns
Player G Returns Yards Yards/Return TD
Eddie Kennison16352587.40

Punting
Player G Punts Yards Yards/Punt Punts Blocked
Tommy Barnhardt1682326239.80

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 Brien16202195242982.892

Interceptions
Player G Int Yards TD
Ashley Ambrose166270
Willie Clay163320
Keith Mitchell163220
Fred Weary162490
Mark Fields14200
Rob Kelly16160
Alex Molden13120
Sammy Knight16100

Sacks
Player G Sacks
La'Roi Glover168.5
Willie Whitehead167.0
Brady Smith166.0
Troy Wilson165.5
Wayne Martin164.5
Mark Fields144.0
Keith Mitchell163.5
Jared Tomich83.0
Austin Robbins142.0
Chris Hewitt121.0

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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