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).
Seattle finished out the season with a 9-7 record, which tied them atop a very weak AFC West with the Kansas City Chiefs, but the Seahawks won the tiebreaker over the Chiefs because they beat them twice in the regular season. In their final game at the Kingdome, the Seahawks lost to the Miami Dolphins in what turned out to be the final career playoff win for Dan Marino.
Beginning the next season, the Seahawks played their home games at Husky Stadium while construction for Lumen Field was taking place. They didn't move into their new and current home until the 2002 season.
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.NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, , p.87
1999 expansion draft
+ Seahawks selected during the expansion draft Pick Name Position Expansion team8 Jason Kyle Long snapper Cleveland Browns30 Eric Stokes Safety
NFL draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1999 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeJamie KohlKickerIowa StateKevin KreinhagenQuarterbackIndianapolis
Personnel
Staff
Final roster
Starters in bold. (*) Denotes players that were selected for the 2000 Pro Bowl.
Schedule
Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap 1 Buffalo Bills L 10–24 0–1 Kingdome Recap 2 at San Francisco 49ers L 23–24 0–2 Candlestick Park Recap 3 Arizona Cardinals W 41–7 1–2 Kingdome Recap 4 at Indianapolis Colts L 28–31 1–3 RCA Dome Recap
Source: Seahawks Media Guides1999 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.2000 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
Regular season Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC Central.
Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap 1 September 12 Detroit Lions L 20–28 0–1 Kingdome Recap 2 September 19 at Chicago Bears W 14–13 1–1 Soldier Field Recap 3 September 26 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 29–10 2–1 Three Rivers Stadium Recap 4 October 3 Oakland Raiders W 22–21 3–1 Kingdome Recap 5Bye 6 October 17 at San Diego Chargers L 10–13 3–2 Qualcomm Stadium Recap 7 October 24 Buffalo Bills W 26–16 4–2 Kingdome Recap 8 at Green Bay Packers W 27–7 5–2 Lambeau Field Recap 9 November 7 Cincinnati Bengals W 37–20 6–2 Kingdome Recap 10 November 14 Denver Broncos W 20–17 7–2 Kingdome Recap 11 November 21 at Kansas City Chiefs W 31–19 8–2 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 12 November 28 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 3–16 8–3 Kingdome Recap 13 December 5 at Oakland Raiders L 21–30 8–4 Network Associates Coliseum Recap 14 December 12 San Diego Chargers L 16–19 8–5 Kingdome Recap 15 December 19 at Denver Broncos L 30–36 8–6 Mile High Stadium Recap 16 December 26 Kansas City Chiefs W 23–14 9–6 Kingdome Recap 17 January 2 at New York Jets L 9–19 9–7 Giants Stadium Recap Bold indicates division opponents. Source: 1999 NFL season results1999 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.
Postseason
Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Game site Recap Wild Card January 9, 2000 Miami Dolphins (6) L 17–20 0–1 Kingdome Recap
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.
Standings
Game summaries
Preseason
Week P1: vs. Buffalo Bills
Week P2: at San Francisco 49ers
Week P3: vs. Arizona Cardinals
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.
Week 9: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos
Week 11: at Kansas City Chiefs
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 16: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week 17: at New York Jets
Despite the loss, courtesy of the Raiders win over Kansas City, Seattle was still able to clinch what would turn out to be their last AFC West Division title along with the #3 seed in the AFC. This would also be their last Divisional title until 2004, when they've already returned to the NFC West beginning in 2002.
Postseason
Seattle entered the postseason as the #3 seed in the AFC.
AFC Wild Card Playoff: vs. #6 Miami Dolphins In what was the final game played at the Kingdome, the Seahawks lost to Dan Marino and the Dolphins, giving up the lead with just under 5 minutes to play. This was Marino's final playoff win in his career, and the final playoff game for Seattle as an AFC team.
References
External links
1999 Seattle Seahawks season at ESPN 1999 Seattle Seahawks at Pro Football Reference (Profootballreference.com) 1999 Seattle Seahawks Statistics at jt-sw.com 1999 Seattle Seahawks Schedule at jt-sw.com