The 1999

1999 NFL season

The 1999 NFL season was the 80th regular season of the National Football League. The Cleveland Browns returned to the field for the first time since the 1995 season...

 Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

 season began with the promotion of Defensive coordinator

Defensive coordinator

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 Gunther Cunningham

Gunther Cunningham

Gunther Cunningham is an American football defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions. Cunningham has presided over some of the most successful defenses in NFL history , typically ranking at the top of the league in many statistical categories.Cunningham was born in 1946 in war-torn Munich,...

 to Head coach

Head coach

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 following the resignation of Marty Schottenheimer

Marty Schottenheimer

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 after the Chiefs' 1998 season

1998 Kansas City Chiefs season

The 1998 Kansas City Chiefs season began with high hopes of the team avenging its loss in the 1998 playoffs to the eventual Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, but instead the Chiefs failed to succeed in the highly competitive AFC West. The team finished with a 7–9 record and 4th place in the AFC...

. The team finished with a 9–7 record and 2nd place in the AFC West

AFC West

The AFC West is a division of the National Football League's American Football Conference, currently comprising the Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Oakland Raiders.-History:...

. The 1999 season marked the team's 40th season and also the anniversary of the founding of owner Lamar Hunt

Lamar Hunt

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's American Football League

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.

In the final game of the season against the Oakland Raiders

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, the Chiefs were denied a trip to the playoffs and a AFC West

AFC West

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 division title when Raiders kicker Joe Nedney

Joe Nedney

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 kicked a field-goal in overtime. Coincidentally, Nedney, with the San Francisco 49ers

San Francisco 49ers

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, kicked a field goal in overtime against the Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

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 in 2006

2006 NFL season

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 and the Chiefs gained the wild-card ticket to the playoffs.

Staff

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attedance
1	September 12, 1999	at Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 20–17	58,381
2	September 19, 1999	Denver Broncos Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 26–10	78,683
3	September 26, 1999	Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...	W 31–21	78,384
4	October 3, 1999	at San Diego Chargers San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 21–14	58,099
5	October 10, 1999	New England Patriots New England Patriots The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...	W 16–14	78,636
6	Bye
7	October 21, 1999	at Baltimore Ravens Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...	W 35–8	68,771
8	October 31, 1999	San Diego Chargers San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 34–0	78,473
9	November 7, 1999	at Indianapolis Colts Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....	L 25–17	56,689
10	November 14, 1999	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...	L 17–10	64,927
11	November 21, 1999	Seattle Seahawks Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...	L 31–19	78,714
12	November 28, 1999	at Oakland Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 37–34	48,632
13	December 5, 1999	at Denver Broncos Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 16–10	73,855
14	December 12, 1999	Minnesota Vikings Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...	W 31–28	78,932
15	December 18, 1999	Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...	W 35–19	78,697
16	December 26, 1999	at Seattle Seahawks Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...	L 23–14	66,332
17	January 2, 2000	Oakland Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 41–38	79,026

Standings

AFC West AFC West The AFC West is a division of the National Football League's American Football Conference, currently comprising the Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Oakland Raiders.-History:...
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Seattle Seahawks 1999 Seattle Seahawks season The 1999 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 24th season with the National Football League. The 1999 season was the final season the Seahawks played at the Kingdome and was head coach Mike Holmgren's first season with the team...	9	7	0	.563	338	298	L-1
Kansas City Chiefs	9	7	0	.563	390	322	L-2
San Diego Chargers 1999 San Diego Chargers season The 1999 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 5–11 record in 1998. In was Mike Riley's first season as the teams head coach.-Staff:-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	8	8	0	.500	269	316	W-2
Oakland Raiders 1999 Oakland Raiders season The 1999 Oakland Raiders season was their 40th in the league. They matched their previous season's output of 8–8. Thirteen of the team's sixteen games were decided by a touchdown or less.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	8	8	0	.500	390	329	W-1
Denver Broncos 1999 Denver Broncos season The 1999 Denver Broncos season was the team's 40th year in professional football and its 30th with the National Football League. After winning their second consecutive Super Bowl with a win over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl XXXIII in Miami, the team suffered the retirement of Super Bowl XXXIII...	6	10	0	.375	314	318	L-1