1999 Seattle Seahawks season

The 1999 Seattle Seahawks season was the franchise's 24th season in the National Football League, the last playing their home games at the Kingdome and the first under head coach Mike Holmgren. It was also the first season that Seattle made the playoffs in eleven seasons. It would be Seattle's last playoff appearance as an American Football Conference team. They would not return to the playoffs until 2003, after being moved to the National Football Conference.

Offseason

After the 1998 season, head coach Mike Holmgren left Green Bay to become the coach of the Seahawks. Holmgren was hired on January 8, 1999, to be the executive vice president, general manager and head coach.

1999 expansion draft

Pick	Name	Position	Expansion team
8	Jason Kyle	Long snapper	Cleveland Browns season\|Cleveland Browns]
30	Eric Stokes	Safety	Cleveland Browns

Undrafted free agents

Player	Position	College
Jamie Kohl	Kicker	Iowa State
Kevin Kreinhagen	Quarterback	Indianapolis

Personnel

Final roster

Starters in bold.
Denotes players that were selected for the 2000 Pro Bowl.

Schedule

Regular season

Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC Central.

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	Recap
Wild Card	January 9, 2000	Miami Dolphins season\|Miami Dolphins]	L 17–20	0–1	Kingdome

This game was the last event held in the Kingdome. On March 26, 2000, the Kingdome was imploded to make way for Seahawks Stadium.

Game summaries

Regular season

Week 1: vs. Detroit Lions

’s debut as Seahawks head coach was a 28-20 loss to a Detroit Lions team playing without now-retired Barry Sanders and which had beaten him as 1998 [Green Bay Packers season|Packers coach the year before] at The Silverdome. Despite scoring two touchdowns in the final ten minutes Jon Kitna failed on a fourth down attempt in the final minute.

Week 2: at Chicago Bears

started and threw two touchdowns in the final quarter erasing a 13-0 Bears lead. The Bears drove down in the final 2:42 but Brian Gowins’ missed 48-yard kick secured Holmgren’s first win as Seahawks coach.

Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers

The Seahawks finished their two-game road trip by intercepting Kordell Stewart three times and Mike Tomczak twice while kicker Todd Peterson booted five field goals and running back John Edward Rogers caught a Steelers punt at his six and scored, in a 29-10 romp.

Week 4: vs. Oakland Raiders

led three touchdown drives for the Raiders in the game’s first thirty-five minutes; in that span Jon Kitna had a touchdown to Derrick Mayes, a field goal drive and an interception, but in a roughly eleven minute span down 21-9 Kitna threw another touchdown and two successful field goals. The Raiders got the ball back with forty-five seconds left but a 61-yard kick missed for the 22-21 Seahawks win.

Week 6: at San Diego Chargers

The Seahawks fell 13-10 at Jack Murphy Stadium on a missed field goal attempt and two punts in the fourth quarter. Despite interceptions on four straight possessions encompassing the third quarter and part of the fourth Erik Kramer led the Chargers to two field goals, the game winner on the final play.

Week 7: vs. Buffalo Bills

’s two touchdowns and three Todd Peterson field goals put the Seahawks ahead of the Bills 23-0, enough to withstand two Doug Flutie touchdowns; on Buffalo’s last two possessions Flutie was sacked, fumbling the ball once.

Week 8: at Green Bay Packers

Once fellow members of Bill Walsh’s staff on the Forty-Niners, Mike Holmgren faced his former defensive coordinator and now successor as Packers head coach Ray Rhodes. Shawn Springs’ blocked punt touchdown and Corey Bradford’s 74-yard catch opened a 7-7 game that then became a Seahawks rout as Brett Favre was intercepted four times and benched for Matt Hasselbeck. The 27-7 win left the Seahawks 5-2. Entering 2023 this was the last time the Seahawks defeated the Packers at Lambeau Field.

Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Seahawks season started turning for the worse in a 16-3 loss to the Buccaneers. Jon Kitna had a dismal day with five interceptions and just 197 yards.

Week 13: at Oakland Raiders

The Raiders clawed to a 17-0 lead and Seattle’s comeback attempt resulted in three touchdowns, two turnovers, and a 30-21 loss

Week 14: vs. San Diego Chargers

After the Seahawks clawed out a 16-13 lead the Chargers booted two additional field goals and the Seahawks fumbled once and missed three kicks of their own on their final four possessions; they thus had squandered an 8-2 start and at 8-5 were tied with Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City] atop the AFC West.

Week 15 at Denver Broncos

The wildest game of the year occurred at Mile High Stadium. It was mostly a battle of Jason Elam and Todd Peterson field goals until the final four minutes saw the Seahawks outscore the Broncos 13-7; Seattle’s final ten points came in the final 62 seconds on a touchdown, onside kick, and field goal. In overtime Jon Kitna was strip sacked and Glenn Cadrez scored; the 36-30 loss now left the Seahawks’ playoff hopes in the air st 8-6.

Postseason

Seattle entered the postseason as the #3 seed in the AFC.

AFC Wild Card Playoff: vs. #6 Miami Dolphins

In what was the final game played at the Kingdome, the Seahawks lost to Dan Marino and the Dolphins, giving up the lead with just under 5 minutes to play. This was Marino's final playoff win in his career, and the final playoff game for Seattle as an AFC team.