1999 Baltimore Ravens season

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1999 Baltimore Ravens season
Owner Art Modell
General manager Ozzie Newsome
Head coach Brian Billick
Offensive coordinator Matt Cavanaugh
Defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis
Home field PSINet Stadium
Results
Record8–8
Division place3rd AFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers T Jonathan Ogden
DE Michael McCrary
LB Peter Boulware
LB Ray Lewis
S Rod Woodson

The 1999 season was the Baltimore Ravens' fourth season in the National Football League (NFL) and the first under head coach Brian Billick. Though they missed the playoffs, they played tough against top division rival Jacksonville and trounced the eventual AFC Champion Titans to help finish the season strong with an 8–8 record.

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The 1999 season also marked the first time the team played in Cleveland since relocating from the city following the 1995 season. On November 7, they faced the "reactivated" Browns, who replaced the original franchise after its move.

Offseason

The Ravens were forced to switch their helmet logo for the 1999 season. Security guard Frederick Bouchat contended that he had created the Ravens’ logo—a “B” inside a winged shield—that had been used from the 1996 through 1998 seasons. Bouchat sued the team for $10 million, and although he received no damages, a judge upheld a jury's verdict supporting the claim [1]

The team's new logo—the profile of a raven's head with the letter "B"—was voted on by 7,000 fans in a poll by The Baltimore Sun . [2] The updated logo remains in use by the team.

NFL draft

1999 Baltimore Ravens draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
110 Chris McAlister  *  Cornerback Arizona
4105 Brandon Stokley   Wide receiver Louisiana–Lafayette
4129 Edwin Mulitalo   Guard Arizona
7216 Anthony Poindexter   Safety Virginia
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[3]

Staff

1999 Baltimore Ravens staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Head athletic trainer – Bill Tessendorf
  • Strength and conditioning – Jeff Friday
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Chip Morton
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Paul Ricci

Roster

1999 Baltimore Ravens roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

 Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

 Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

Reserve

Rookies in italics
53 active, 7 reserve, 4 practice squad

[4]

Preseason

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecord
1August 12at Philadelphia Eagles W 10–71–0
2August 21at Atlanta Falcons W 19–62–0
3August 28 Carolina Panthers W 28–243–0
4September 3 New York Giants W 28–244–0
[5]

Regular season

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordTVAttendance
1September 12at St. Louis Rams L 10–270–1Gus Johnson, Brent Jones62,100
2September 19 Pittsburgh Steelers L 20–230–2Don Criqui, Steve Tasker68,965
3September 26 Cleveland Browns W 17–101–2Ian Eagle, Mark May68,803
4October 3at Atlanta Falcons W 19–13 (OT)2–2Gus Johnson, Brent Jones50,712
5October 10at Tennessee Titans L 11–142–3Bill Macatee, Beasley Reece65,486
6 Bye
7October 21 Kansas City Chiefs L 8–352–4Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann, Paul Maguire, Solomon Wilcots68,771
8October 31 Buffalo Bills L 10–132–5Ian Eagle, Mark May68,673
9November 7at Cleveland Browns W 41–93–5Bill Macatee, Beasley Reece72,898
10November 14at Jacksonville Jaguars L 3–63–6Gus Johnson, Brent Jones67,391
11November 21at Cincinnati Bengals W 34–314–6Gus Johnson, Brent Jones43,279
12November 28 Jacksonville Jaguars L 23–304–7Gus Johnson, Brent Jones68,428
13December 5 Tennessee Titans W 41–145–7Gus Johnson, Steve Tasker67,854
14December 12at Pittsburgh Steelers W 31–246–7Ian Eagle, Mark May46,715
15December 19 New Orleans Saints W 31–87–7Scott Graham, Dave Lapham, Jim Gallagher67,597
16December 26 Cincinnati Bengals W 22–08–7Bill Macatee, Beasley Reece68,036
17January 2at New England Patriots L 3–208–8Craig Bolerjack, Beasley Reece50,263

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTPFPASTK
(1) Jacksonville Jaguars 1420.875396217W1
(4) Tennessee Titans 1330.813392324W4
Baltimore Ravens 880.500324277L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 6100.375317320L1
Cincinnati Bengals 4120.250283460L2
Cleveland Browns 2140.125217437L6

[6]

References

  1. ↑ Federal judge upholds jury's verdict in Ravens logo lawsuit at CNNSI.com, 22 February 1999; retrieved 10 November 2013.
  2. ↑ PLUS: PRO FOOTBALL – BALTIMORE; Ravens Adopt New Logo at The New York Times , published 1 March 1999; retrieved 10 November 2013
  3. ↑ "1999 Baltimore Ravens draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ "1999 Baltimore Ravens starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ 1999 Baltimore Ravens schedule and results
  6. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2
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