1999 Baltimore Ravens season

1999 Baltimore Ravens season
Head coach	Brian Billick
Home field	PSINet Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	3rd AFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1999 Baltimore Ravens season was the team's fourth year in the National Football League (NFL). The team won 8 games and lost 8 games, missing the playoffs. They started the season 2-5 and then they blew out the expansion 1999 Cleveland Browns which many felt was the turning point on what was to come in the near future for the team. Then they played tough against the top division rival Jacksonville Jaguars and then trounced the eventual AFC Champions Tennessee Titans and finish the season strong with a 8-8 record.

Offseason

New logo

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 1996 to 1998. Bouchat sued the team for $10 million, and 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 Baltimore Sun poll.^[2] The updated logo remains in use by the team.

NFL Draft

1999 Baltimore Ravens draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	10	Chris McAlister *	Cornerback	Arizona
4	105	Brandon Stokley	Wide receiver	Louisiana–Lafayette
4	129	Edwin Mulitalo	Guard	Arizona
7	216	Anthony Poindexter	Safety	Virginia
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1999 Baltimore Ravens staff
	Front office Owner and CEO – Art Modell President and COO – David Modell Vice President of Player Personnel – Ozzie Newsome Director of College Scouting – Phil Savage Director of Pro Personnel – James Harris Head coaches Head Coach – Brian Billick Assistant Head Coach – Steve Shafer Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Matt Cavanaugh Running Backs – Matt Simon Wide Receivers – Milt Jackson Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line – Wade Harman Offensive Line – Jim Colletto			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Marvin Lewis Defensive Line – Rex Ryan Linebackers – Jack Del Rio Defensive Backs – Steve Shafer Assistant Defensive Backs – Donnie Henderson Defensive Assistant – Mike Smith Special teams coaches Special Teams – Russ Purnell Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Jeff Friday Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Chip Morton

Roster

1999 Baltimore Ravens roster
	Quarterbacks 12 Tony Banks 10 Stoney Case 19 Scott Mitchell Running backs 30 Obafemi Ayanbadejo FB 29 Chuck Evans FB 34 Jay Graham 33 Priest Holmes 32 Errict Rhett 44 Tony Vinson FB Wide receivers 88 Justin Armour 86 Billy Davis 87 Qadry Ismail 85 Patrick Johnson 84 Jermaine Lewis PR 11 Marcus Nash 80 Brandon Stokley		Tight ends 49 Ryan Collins 85 Greg DeLong 89 A. J. Ofodile 81 Aaron Pierce 80 Lovett Purnell 82 Frank Wainright Offensive linemen 74 James Atkins G/T 69 Jeff Blackshear G 62 Mike Flynn C 71 Spencer Folau T 61 Everett Lindsay G 60 Jeff Mitchell C 64 Edwin Mulitalo G 75 Jonathan Ogden T 70 Harry Swayne T		Defensive linemen 90 Rob Burnett DE 92 Martin Chase DT 91 Lional Dalton DT 99 Michael McCrary DE 96 Fernando Smith DE 98 Tony Siragusa DT 93 Keith Washington DE 79 Larry Webster DT Linebackers 58 Peter Boulware OLB 51 Cornell Brown OLB 50 Brad Jackson OLB 52 Ray Lewis MLB 53 Tyrell Peters MLB/OLB 55 Jamie Sharper OLB		Defensive backs 45 Corey Harris FS/KR 20 Kim Herring SS 25 DeRon Jenkins CB 28 Chris McAlister CB 27 Stevon Moore SS 22 Duane Starks CB 37 Bennie Thompson SS 38 James Trapp CB 26 Rod Woodson FS Special teams  5 Kyle Richardson P  3 Matt Stover K Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 12, 1999	at St. Louis Rams	L 27–10	0–1–0	62,100
2	September 19, 1999	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 23–20	0–2–0	68,965
3	September 26, 1999	Cleveland Browns	W 17–10	1–2–0	68,803
4	October 3, 1999	at Atlanta Falcons	W 19–13 (OT)	2–2–0	50,712
5	October 10, 1999	at Tennessee Titans	L 14–11	2–3–0	65,486
6	Bye
7	October 21, 1999	Kansas City Chiefs	L 35–8	2–4–0	68,771
8	October 31, 1999	Buffalo Bills	L 13–10	2–5–0	68,673
9	November 7, 1999	at Cleveland Browns	W 41–9	3–5–0	72,898
10	November 14, 1999	at Jacksonville Jaguars	L 6–3	3–6–0	67,391
11	November 21, 1999	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 34–31	4–6–0	43,279
12	November 28, 1999	Jacksonville Jaguars	L 30–23	4–7–0	68,428
13	December 5, 1999	Tennessee Titans	W 41–14	5–7–0	67,854
14	December 12, 1999	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 31–24	6–7–0	46,715
15	December 19, 1999	New Orleans Saints	W 31–8	7–7–0	67,597
16	December 26, 1999	Cincinnati Bengals	W 22–0	8–7–0	68,036
17	January 2, 2000	at New England Patriots	L 20–3	8–8–0	50,263

Standings

AFC Central
	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

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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 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. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2

External links

• 1999 Baltimore Ravens at Pro-Football-Reference.com