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1999 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach Ray Rhodes
Home field Lambeau Field
Results
Record 8-8
Place 4th NFC Central
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1999 Green Bay Packers season was the first and last 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.

Contents

Offseason

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.

Personnel

Staff

1999 Green Bay Packers staff

Front Office

  • Executive Vice President/General Manager – Ron Wolf

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  

Defensive Coaches

Special Teams Coaches

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Barry Rubin
  • Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Mark Lovat

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Preseason

Date Opponent Result Game site Record
August 14, 1999 New York Jets W 27-16 Lambeau Field 1-0
August 23, 1999 Denver Broncos W 27-12 Camp Randall Stadium 2-0
August 28, 1999 New Orleans Saints W 38-17 Louisiana Superdome 3-0
September 2, 1999 Miami Dolphins W 25-17 Lambeau Field 4-0

Regular season

The Packers finished with an 8-8 record in 4th place in the NFC Central division, behind the 8-8 Detroit Lions due to a conference record tiebreaker.[4]

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Game site Record
1 September 12, 1999 Oakland Raiders W 28-24 Lambeau Field 1-0
2 September 19, 1999 Detroit Lions L 15-23 Pontiac Silverdome 1-1
3 September 26, 1999 Minnesota Vikings W 23-20 Lambeau Field 2-1
4 Bye
5 October 10, 1999 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 26-23 Lambeau Field 3-1
6 October 17, 1999 Denver Broncos L 10-31 Mile High Stadium 3-2
7 October 24, 1999 San Diego Chargers W 31-3 Qualcomm Stadium 4-2
8 November 1, 1999 Seattle Seahawks L 7-27 Lambeau Field 4-3
9 November 7, 1999 Chicago Bears L 13-14 Lambeau Field 4-4
10 November 14, 1999 Dallas Cowboys L 13-27 Texas Stadium 4-5
11 November 21, 1999 Detroit Lions W 26-17 Lambeau Field 5-5
12 November 29, 1999 San Francisco 49ers W 20-3 3Com Park 6-5
13 December 5, 1999 Chicago Bears W 35-19 Soldier Field 7-5
14 December 12, 1999 Carolina Panthers L 31-33 Lambeau Field 7-6
15 December 20, 1999 Minnesota Vikings L 20-24 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 7-7
16 December 26, 1999 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10-29 Raymond James Stadium 7-8
17 January 2, 2000 Arizona Cardinals W 49-24 Lambeau Field 8-8

Standings

NFC Central
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11 5 0 .688 270 235 W-2
Minnesota Vikings 10 6 0 .625 399 335 W-3
Detroit Lions 8 8 0 .500 322 323 L-4
Green Bay Packers 8 8 0 .500 357 341 W-1
Chicago Bears 6 10 0 .375 272 341 L-2

Awards and records

  • Brett Favre, NFC Leader, Attempts (595)

Milestones

  • Brett Favre, Third 4,000 Yard Passing Season (finished season with 4,091)

References

  1. ^ Agrest, Jeff (2000-01-07). "It takes two to tango". profootballweekly.com. http://archive.profootballweekly.com/content/archives/features_1999/daily_010700.asp. Retrieved 2007-02-09.  
  2. ^ a b "NFL Draft History - Green Bay Packers". NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/teams/GB. Retrieved 2007-02-09.  
  3. ^ "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. http://www.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/coaches/. Retrieved 2009-11-13.  
  4. ^ "1999 NFL standings". NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/history/standings/1999. Retrieved 2007-02-09.  
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