1999 Seattle Seahawks season explained

Team:Seattle Seahawks
Year:1999
Record:9–7
Division Place:1st AFC West
Coach:Mike Holmgren
General Manager:Mike Holmgren
Owner:Paul Allen
Stadium:Kingdome
Playoffs:Lost Wild Card Playoffs
(vs. Dolphins) 17–20
Pro Bowlers:OT Walter Jones
DT Cortez Kennedy
LB Chad Brown
Ap All-Pros:PR Charlie Rogers (1st team)
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The 1999 Seattle Seahawks season was the franchise's 24th season in the National Football League (NFL), the last playing their home games at the Kingdome and the first under head coach Mike Holmgren. It was also the first season that Seattle made the playoffs in eleven seasons. It would be Seattle's last playoff appearance as an American Football Conference (AFC) team. They would not return to the playoffs until 2003, after being moved to the National Football Conference (NFC).

Offseason

After the 1998 season, head coach Mike Holmgren left Green Bay to become the coach of the Seahawks. Holmgren was hired on January 8, 1999, to be the executive vice president, general manager and head coach.[1]

NFL draft

See main article: 1999 NFL draft.

Undrafted free agents

1999 Undrafted Free Agents of note!Player!Position!College
Jamie KohlKickerIowa State
Kevin KreinhagenQuarterbackIndianapolis

Personnel

Final roster

[2]

Schedule

Preseason

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordGame siteRecap
1Buffalo BillsL 10–240–1KingdomeRecap
2at San Francisco 49ersL 23–240–2Candlestick ParkRecap
3Arizona CardinalsW 41–71–2KingdomeRecap
4at Indianapolis ColtsL 28–311–3RCA DomeRecap

Source: Seahawks Media Guides[3] [4]

Regular season

Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC Central.

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordGame siteRecap
1September 12Detroit LionsL 20–280–1KingdomeRecap
2September 19at Chicago BearsW 14–131–1Soldier FieldRecap
3September 26at Pittsburgh SteelersW 29–102–1Three Rivers StadiumRecap
4October 3Oakland RaidersW 22–213–1KingdomeRecap
5Bye
6October 17at San Diego ChargersL 10–133–2Qualcomm StadiumRecap
7October 24Buffalo BillsW 26–164–2KingdomeRecap
8at Green Bay PackersW 27–75–2Lambeau FieldRecap
9November 7Cincinnati BengalsW 37–206–2KingdomeRecap
10November 14Denver BroncosW 20–177–2KingdomeRecap
11November 21at Kansas City ChiefsW 31–198–2Arrowhead StadiumRecap
12November 28Tampa Bay BuccaneersL 3–168–3KingdomeRecap
13December 5at Oakland RaidersL 21–308–4Network Associates ColiseumRecap
14December 12San Diego ChargersL 16–198–5KingdomeRecap
15December 19at Denver BroncosL 30–36 8–6Mile High StadiumRecap
16December 26Kansas City ChiefsW 23–149–6KingdomeRecap
17January 2at New York JetsL 9–199–7Giants StadiumRecap

Bold indicates division opponents.

Source: 1999 NFL season results[5]

Postseason

This game was the last event held in the Kingdome (1976–2000). On March 26, 2000, the Kingdome was imploded to make way for Seahawks Stadium.

Game summaries

Preseason

Week P4: at Indianapolis Colts

Regular season

Week 1: vs. Detroit Lions

Mike Holmgren’s debut as Seahawks head coach was a 28-20 loss to a Detroit Lions team playing without now-retired Barry Sanders and which had beaten him as Packers coach the year before at The Silverdome. Despite scoring two touchdowns in the final ten minutes Jon Kitna failed on a fourth down attempt in the final minute.

Week 2: at Chicago Bears

Glenn Foley started and threw two touchdowns in the final quarter erasing a 13-0 Bears lead. The Bears drove down in the final 2:42 but Brian Gowins’ missed 48-yard kick secured Holmgren’s first win as Seahawks coach (and third straight win over the Bears).

Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers

The Seahawks finished their two-game road trip by intercepting Kordell Stewart three times (ex-Niner Merton Hanks scored on the first pick not three minutes in) and Mike Tomczak twice while kicker Todd Peterson booted five field goals and running back John Edward Rogers caught a Steelers punt at his six and scored, in a 29-10 romp.

Week 4: vs. Oakland Raiders

Rich Gannon led three touchdown drives for the Raiders in the game’s first thirty-five minutes; in that span Jon Kitna had a touchdown to Derrick Mayes (a two-point try to Sean Dawkins failed), a field goal drive and an interception, but in a roughly eleven minute span down 21-9 Kitna threw another touchdown (to Reggie Brown) and two successful field goals. The Raiders got the ball back with forty-five seconds left but a 61-yard kick missed for the 22-21 Seahawks win.

Week 6: at San Diego Chargers

The Seahawks fell 13-10 at Jack Murphy Stadium on a missed field goal attempt and two punts in the fourth quarter. Despite interceptions on four straight possessions encompassing the third quarter and part of the fourth Erik Kramer led the Chargers to two field goals, the game winner on the final play.

Week 7: vs. Buffalo Bills

Jon Kitna’s two touchdowns and three Todd Peterson field goals put the Seahawks ahead of the Bills 23-0, enough to withstand two Doug Flutie touchdowns; on Buffalo’s last two possessions Flutie was sacked, fumbling the ball once.

Week 8: at Green Bay Packers

Once fellow members of Bill Walsh’s staff on the Forty-Niners, Mike Holmgren faced his former defensive coordinator and now successor as Packers head coach Ray Rhodes. Shawn Springs’ blocked punt touchdown and Corey Bradford’s 74-yard catch opened a 7-7 game that then became a Seahawks rout as Brett Favre was intercepted four times and benched for Matt Hasselbeck. The 27-7 win left the Seahawks 5-2. Entering 2023 this was the last time the Seahawks defeated the Packers at Lambeau Field.[6]

Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Seahawks season started turning for the worse in a 16-3 loss to the Buccaneers. Jon Kitna had a dismal day with five interceptions and just 197 yards.

Week 13: at Oakland Raiders

The Raiders clawed to a 17-0 lead and Seattle’s comeback attempt resulted in three touchdowns, two turnovers, and a 30-21 loss

Week 14: vs. San Diego Chargers

After the Seahawks clawed out a 16-13 lead the Chargers booted two additional field goals and the Seahawks fumbled once and missed three kicks of their own on their final four possessions; they thus had squandered an 8-2 start and at 8-5 were tied with Kansas City atop the AFC West.

Week 15 at Denver Broncos

The wildest game of the year (66 combined points a season high for both teams) occurred at Mile High Stadium. It was mostly a battle of Jason Elam and Todd Peterson field goals until the final four minutes saw the Seahawks outscore the Broncos 13-7; Seattle’s final ten points came in the final 62 seconds on a touchdown, onside kick, and field goal. In overtime Jon Kitna was strip sacked and Glenn Cadrez scored; the 36-30 loss now left the Seahawks’ playoff hopes in the air st 8-6.

Week 17: at New York Jets

Postseason

See main article: 1999–2000 NFL playoffs. Seattle entered the postseason as the #3 seed in the AFC.

AFC Wild Card Playoff: vs. #6 Miami Dolphins

External links

Notes and References

  1. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY,, p.87
  2. Web site: Home . pro-football-reference.com.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407021434/http://seahawksmedia.com/MediaGuideArchives/1999MG2.pdf 1999 Seahawks Media Guide
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407012218/http://seahawksmedia.com/MediaGuideArchives/2000MG2.pdf 2000 Seahawks Media Guide
  5. http://www.nfl.com/teams/schedule?team=SEA&season=1999&seasonType=REG 1999 NFL season results
  6. Web site: Packers beat Seahawks 28-23; face 49ers for NFC championship. 12 January 2020.