1999 Pittsburgh Steelers season
The 1999 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise’s 67th season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League. For the second consecutive season the Steelers failed to make the playoffs after starting off the season by winning 5 of their first 8 games. Losing seven of the remaining eight dropped Pittsburgh to 6–10 for the year, their worst record under Bill Cowher. The 1999 Steelers are the only NFL team since at least 1940 to concede so many as five safeties in one season. Offseason NFL draft Undrafted Free Agents Personnel Staff Notable additions include Joey Porter and Aaron Smith. Roster Preseason Schedule Regular season Schedule Game summaries Week 1 (Sunday September 12, 1999): at Cleveland Browns Week 2 (Sunday September 19, 1999): at Baltimore Ravens at PSINet Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland Game time: 1:00 PM EDT Game weather: Game attendance: 68,965 Referee: Gerald Austin TV announcers: (CBS) Don Criqui (play by play), Steve Tasker (color commentator) Scoring drives: Pittsburgh – Stewart 8 run (Brown kick) Baltimore – Rhett 2 run (Stover kick) Pittsburgh – Huntley 17 run (Brown kick) Baltimore – FG Stover 45 Pittsburgh – FG Brown 32 Baltimore – FG Stover 28