# 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 44–28 before losing their final two games to finish with a 4–12 record.

## Offseason
### NFL draft

1999 Cincinnati Bengals draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 3 | Akili Smith | Quarterback | Oregon |
| 2 | 33 | Charles Fisher | Defensive back | West Virginia |
| 3 | 65 | Cory Hall | Defensive back | Fresno State |
| 4 | 98 | Craig Yeast | Wide receiver | Kentucky |
| 5 | 135 | Nick Luchey | Fullback | Miami (FL) |
| 6 | 173 | Kelly Gregg | Defensive tackle | Oklahoma |
| 7 | 209 | Tony Coats | Guard | Washington |
| 7 | 245 | Scott Covington | Quarterback | Miami (FL) |
| 7 | 249 | Donald Broomfield | Defensive tackle | Clemson |
| Made roster ||||||

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 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 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 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.

### Standings

AFC Central :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK |
| $^{(1)}$ Jacksonville Jaguars | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 396 | 217 | W1 |
| $^{(4)}$ Tennessee Titans | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 392 | 324 | W4 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 324 | 277 | L1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 317 | 320 | L1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 283 | 460 | L2 |
| Cleveland Browns | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 217 | 437 | L6 |

## 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)