1999 Green Bay Packers season

1999 Green Bay Packers season
1999 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Ray Rhodes
General manager	Ron Wolf
Home field	Lambeau Field
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	4th NFC Central
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	None
	← 1998; Packers seasons; 2000 →;

Green Bay hosts the Denver Broncos in preseason at Camp Randall Stadium on August 23, 1999

The 1999 season was the Green Bay Packers' 79th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 81st overall. It was the first and only season for head coach Ray Rhodes.^[1] The Packers finished 8–8, posting their worst record since Brett Favre took over the helm as the Packers' starting quarterback, and also missing the playoffs for the first time since 1992.

Offseason[]

Additions	Subtractions
LB Anthony Davis (Chiefs)	P Sean Landeta (Eagles)
G Raleigh McKenzie (Chargers)	DT Bob Kuberski (Patriots)

1999 NFL draft[]

In the 1999 NFL draft, the Packers selected free safety Antuan Edwards in the first round (25th overall).^[2] Notably, the Packers drafted future Pro Bowl wide receiver Donald Driver in the seventh round (213th overall).^[2]

1999 NFL Draft selections
Round	Sel#	Player	Pos.	College
1	25	Antuan Edwards	FS	Clemson
2	47	Fred Vinson	CB	Vanderbilt
3	87	Mike McKenzie	CB	Memphis
3	94	Cletidus Hunt	DT	Kentucky State
4	131	Aaron Brooks	QB	Virginia
4	133	Josh Bidwell	P	Oregon
5	159	De'mond Parker	RB	Oklahoma
5	163	Craig Heimburger	G	Missouri
6	196	Dee Miller	WR	Ohio State
6	203	Scott Curry	T	Montana
7	212	Chris Akins	FS	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
7	213	Donald Driver	WR	Alcorn State

Players highlighted in yellow indicate players selected to the Pro Bowl during their NFL career.

Undrafted free agents[]

1999 Undrafted Free Agents of note
Player	Position	College
Zola Davis	Wide receiver	South Carolina
Tod McBride	Cornerback	UCLA
Basil Mitchell	Running back	TCU

Personnel[]

Staff[]

**1999 Green Bay Packers staff**

	Front office President and Chief Executive Officer – Bob Harlan Senior Vice President of Administration – John Jones Executive Vice President and General Manager – Ron Wolf Vice President of Personnel – Ken Herock Director of Player Personnel – Ted Thompson Director of Player Finance/Football Operations – Andrew Brandt Director of Pro Personnel – Reggie McKenzie Pro Personnel Assistant – Vince Workman Head coaches Head Coach – Ray Rhodes Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Sherman Lewis Quarterbacks – Mike McCarthy Running Backs – Harry Sydney Wide Receivers – Charlie Baggett Tight Ends – Jeff Jagodzinski Offensive Line – Larry Beightol Assistant Offensive Line – Irv Eatman Offensive Assistant/Quality Control – Ken Zampese			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Emmitt Thomas Defensive Line – Mike Trgovac Linebackers – Johnny Holland Defensive Backs – Joe Vitt Assistant Defensive Backs – Lionel Washington Defensive Assistant/Quality Control – Special teams coaches Special Teams – Steve Ortmayer Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Barry Rubin Strength and Conditioning Assistant –

Roster[]

**1999 Green Bay Packers final roster**

	Quarterbacks 2 Aaron Brooks 4 Brett Favre 11 Matt Hasselbeck Running backs 33 William Henderson FB 28 Basil Mitchell 25 Dorsey Levens 38 Matt Snider FB Wide receivers 85 Corey Bradford 80 Donald Driver 86 Antonio Freeman 82 Desmond Howard 84 Bill Schroeder Tight ends 81 Tyrone Davis 49 Lamont Hall 83 Jeff Thomason		Offensive linemen 61 Scott Curry T 72 Earl Dotson T 58 Mike Flanagan C 75 Craig Heimburger G 63 Raleigh McKenzie G 62 Marco Rivera G 78 Ross Verba T 68 Mike Wahle G 52 Frank Winters C Defensive linemen 96 Vaughn Booker DE 93 Gilbert Brown DT 71 Santana Dotson DT 90 Vonnie Holliday DE 97 Cletidus Hunt DE 98 Billy Lyon DT 95 Keith McKenzie DE 99 Jermaine Smith DT		Linebackers 50 Anthony Davis 55 Bernardo Harris OLB 53 George Koonce MLB 57 Jim Nelson MLB 54 Jude Waddy OLB Defensive backs 47 Tyrone Bell 36 LeRoy Butler SS 24 Antuan Edwards CB 27 Tod McBride CB 34 Mike McKenzie CB 21 Craig Newsome CB 42 Darren Sharper FS 31 Fred Vinson CB 37 Tyrone Williams CB Special teams 8 Ryan Longwell K 10 Louie Aguiar P 60 Rob Davis LS		Reserve lists 70 Joe Andruzzi T (IR) 88 Jahine Arnold WR (IR) 46 Rodney Artmore S (IR) 9 Josh Bidwell P (IR) 89 Mark Chmura TE (IR) 43 Scott McGarrahan FS (IR) 22 De'Mond Parker RB (IR) 51 Brian Williams OLB (IR) Practice squad 20 WR 49 Lawrence Hart TE 65 G/T 19 WR Rookies in italics

Preseason[]

Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
August 14	New York Jets	W 27–16	1–0	Lambeau Field	59,815
August 23	vs Denver Broncos	W 27–12	2–0	Camp Randall Stadium	78,184
August 28	at New Orleans Saints	W 38–17	3–0	Louisiana Superdome	53,074
September 2	Miami Dolphins	W 25–17	4–0	Lambeau Field	59,810

Regular season[]

The Packers finished in fourth place in the NFC Central division with an 8–8 record, behind the 8–8 Detroit Lions due to a conference record tiebreaker.^[3]

Schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 12	Oakland Raiders	W 28–24	1–0	Lambeau Field	59,872
2	September 19	at Detroit Lions	L 15–23	1–1	Pontiac Silverdome	76,202
3	September 26	Minnesota Vikings	W 23–20	2–1	Lambeau Field	59,868
4	Bye
5	October 10	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 26–23	3–1	Lambeau Field	59,868
6	October 17	at Denver Broncos	L 10–31	3–2	Mile High Stadium	73,352
7	October 24	at San Diego Chargers	W 31–3	4–2	Qualcomm Stadium	68,274
8	November 1	Seattle Seahawks	L 7–27	4–3	Lambeau Field	59,869
9	November 7	Chicago Bears	L 13–14	4–4	Lambeau Field	59,867
10	November 14	at Dallas Cowboys	L 13–27	4–5	Texas Stadium	64,634
11	November 21	Detroit Lions	W 26–17	5–5	Lambeau Field	59,869
12	November 29	at San Francisco 49ers	W 20–3	6–5	3Com Park	68,304
13	December 5	at Chicago Bears	W 35–19	7–5	Soldier Field	66,944
14	December 12	Carolina Panthers	L 31–33	7–6	Lambeau Field	59,869
15	December 20	at Minnesota Vikings	L 20–24	7–7	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	64,203
16	December 26	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 10–29	7–8	Raymond James Stadium	65,273
17	January 2, 2000	Arizona Cardinals	W 49–24	8–8	Lambeau Field	59,818

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries[]

Week 1[]

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Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks[]

Week 8: Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	7	7	7	6	27
Packers	0	7	0	0	7

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: November 1
Game time: 8:07pm CST
Game weather: Clear, 40 °F (4 °C)
Game attendance: 59,869
Referee: Ron Blum (17)
TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Boomer Esiason and Lesley Visser
Recap, Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Shawn Springs 61-yard return of blocked field goal (Todd Peterson kick), 4:45. Seahawks 7–0.

Second quarter

GB – Corey Bradford 74-yard pass from Brett Favre (Ryan Longwell kick), 10:17. Tied 7–7. Drive: 4 plays, 85 yards, 2:05.
SEA – Derrick Mayes 10-yard pass from Jon Kitna (Todd Peterson kick), 5:48. Seahawks 14–7. Drive: 6 plays, 52 yards, 2:40.

Third quarter

SEA – Sean Dawkins 2-yard pass from Jon Kitna (Todd Peterson kick), 10:30. Seahawks 21–7. Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards, 4:30.

Fourth quarter

SEA – Todd Peterson 19-yard field goal, 9:11. Seahawks 24–7. Drive: 7 plays, 15 yards, 2:07.
SEA – Todd Peterson 29-yard field goal, 6:36. Seahawks 27–7. Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards, 3:35.

Top passers

SEA – Jon Kitna – 12/19, 109 yards, 2 TD
GB – Brett Favre – 14/35, 180 yards, TD, 4 INT

Top rushers

SEA – Ricky Watters – 31 rushes, 125 yards
GB – Dorsey Levens – 24 rushes, 104 yards

Top receivers

SEA – Derrick Mayes – 4 receptions, 36 yards, TD
GB – Corey Bradford – 3 receptions, 106 yards, TD

Standings[]

NFC Central
view talk	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
⁽²⁾ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	11	5	0	.688	270	235	W2
⁽⁴⁾ Minnesota Vikings	10	6	0	.625	399	335	W3
⁽⁶⁾ Detroit Lions	8	8	0	.500	322	323	L4
Green Bay Packers	8	8	0	.500	357	341	W1
Chicago Bears	6	10	0	.375	272	341	L2

Awards and records[]

Brett Favre, NFC leader, pass attempts (595)

Milestones[]

Brett Favre, third 4,000-yard passing season (finished season with 4,091)

References[]

^ Agrest, Jeff (January 7, 2000). "It takes two to tango". profootballweekly.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2006. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "NFL Draft History – Green Bay Packers". NFL.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
^ "1999 NFL standings". NFL.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com

[rhodes-1] Agrest, Jeff (January 7, 2000). "It takes two to tango". profootballweekly.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2006. Retrieved February 9, 2007.

[1999draft-2] "NFL Draft History – Green Bay Packers". NFL.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2007.

[1999standings-3] "1999 NFL standings". NFL.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-09.

[4] Pro-Football-Reference.com

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