1999 Cincinnati Bengals season

The 1999 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 32nd year in professional football and its 30th with the National Football League (NFL). In what would be the final season of pro football being played at Riverfront Stadium, then known as Cinergy Field, the Bengals struggled out of the gates again losing 10 of their first 11 games. After winning two straight, the Bengals faced the expansion Cleveland Browns in the final game at Riverfront Stadium. The Bengals would win the game 44–28Template:Efn before losing their final two games to finish with a 4–12 record.

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 12	at Tennessee Titans	L 35–36	0–1	Adelphia Coliseum	65,272
2	September 19	San Diego Chargers	L 7–34	0–2	Cinergy Field	47,660
3	September 26	at Carolina Panthers	L 3–27	0–3	Ericcson Stadium	61,269
4	October 3	St. Louis Rams	L 10–38	0–4	Cinergy Field	45,481
5	October 10	at Cleveland Browns	W 18–17	1–4	Cleveland Browns Stadium	73,048
6	October 17	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 3–17	1–5	Cinergy Field	59,669
7	October 24	at Indianapolis Colts	L 10–31	1–6	RCA Dome	55,996
8	October 31	Jacksonville Jaguars	L 10–41	1–7	Cinergy Field	49,138
9	November 7	at Seattle Seahawks	L 20–37	1–8	Kingdome	66,303
10	November 14	Tennessee Titans	L 14–24	1–9	Cinergy Field	46,017
11	November 21	Baltimore Ravens	L 31–34	1–10	Cinergy Field	43,279
12	November 28	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–20	2–10	Three Rivers Stadium	50,907
13	December 5	San Francisco 49ers	W 44–30	3–10	Cinergy Field	53,463
14	December 12	Cleveland Browns	W 44–28	4–10	Cinergy Field	59,972
15	Bye
16	December 26	at Baltimore Ravens	L 0–22	4–11	PSINet Stadium	68,036
17	January 2, 2000	at Jacksonville Jaguars	L 7–24	4–12	Alltel Stadium	70,532

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Team leaders

Passing

Player	Att	Comp	Yds	TD	INT	Rating
Jeff Blake	389	215	2670	16	12	77.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	YPC	Long	TD
Corey Dillon	263	1200	4.6	50	5

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Darnay Scott	68	1022	15.0	76	7

Defensive

Player	Tackles	Sacks	INTs	FF	FR
Brian Simmons	111	3.0	0	0	1
Michael Bankston	56	6.0	0	0	0
Rodney Heath	46	0.0	3	2	1

Kicking and punting

Player	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Points
Doug Pelfrey	27	18	66.7%	27	27	100.0%	81

Player	Punts	Yards	Long	Blkd	Avg.
Will Brice	60	2475	72	2	41.3

Special teams

Player	KR	KRYards	KRAvg	KRLong	KRTD	PR	PRYards	PRAvg	PRLong	PRTD
Tremain Mack	51	1382	27.1	99	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Damon Griffin	15	296	19.7	42	0	23	195	8.5	34	0

Awards and records

Milestones

• Corey Dillon, 3rd 1000 yard rushing season (1,200 rushing yards)
• Darnay Scott, 1st 1000 yard receiving season (1,022 receiving yards)

External links

• 1999 Cincinnati Bengals at Pro-Football-Reference.com

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