The 1999 Season

Record: 8-8
Second Place in the NFC East

Synopsis:

The good news for the Dallas Cowboys was that they are the defending NFC Eastern Division Champions.   The bad news is that they are the defending NFC Eastern Division Champions.   Why ?   Because what comes with the division championship is the harder schedule for the 1999 season, and oh boy what a schedule.  The off-season kept the Cowboys in the news- and not in a good way.   Drug problems, again, were the topic.   Defensive lineman Leon Lett may have tested positive to drugs and faces a lifetime suspension by the NFL.   Additionally, former 15-season Cowboy (Cowboy record) Mark Tuinei died of a herion overdose.  
 
 
The 1999 Season was a new season, but the Cowboys were playing the same song.  Although improved, the Cowboys still had problems in the red zone and this cost them dearly in many games.  After the beginning the season well, including a terrific come-from-behind overtime victory vs. the Redskins, the Cowboys again faultered down the stretch.  Despite the 8-8 record, the Cowboys made the playoffs, but required a victory in last game vs. New York Giants after blowing earlier opportunities against the 8-8 New York Jets at home and the 3-13 New Orleans Saints.  Their season ended with a loss to the Minnesota Vikings after the Vikings scored 24 unanswered points to put the game out of reach.
 
 
The 1990's ended with an overall record of 101-59 (0.631) including 12-5 in the playoffs.  The "Team of the Nineties" won 3 Super Bowl Championships, made the playoffs 8 times, and won the NFC Eastern Division Championship 6 times (including a record 5 times in a row).  After going the 29 years win only one head coach, the Cowboys are entering the next decade with their fourth new head coach in the past 11 years.

Notables:

 

 

Preseason

Week

Date

Opponent

W/L

Score

-

Aug 9 (Mon)

Cleveland at Canton, OH

L

17-20 (OT)

-

Aug 15

at Oakland

L

03-10

-

Aug 21 (Sat)

at New England

L

14-34

-

Aug 29

Denver

W

22-12

-

Sept 2 (Thurs)

Jacksonville

L

06-27


Regular Season

Week

Date

Opponent

W/L

Score

1

Sept 12

at Washington

W

41-35 (OT)

2

Sept 20 (Mon)

Atlanta

W

24-07

3

Sept 26

- bye -

-

--

4

Oct 4

Arizona

W

35-07

5

Oct 10

at Philadelphia

L

10-13

6

Oct 18 (Mon)

at NY Giants

L

10-13

7

Oct 24

Washington

W

38-20

8

Oct 31

at Indianapolis

L

24-34

9

Nov 8 (Mon)

at Minnesota

L

17-27

10

Nov 14

Green Bay

W

27-13

11

Nov 21

at Arizona

L

09-13

12

Nov 25 (Thurs)

Miami

W

20-00

13

Dec 5

at New England

L

06-13

14

Dec 12

Philadelphia

W

20-10

15

Dec 19

NY Jets

L

21-22

16

Dec 24 (Fri)

at New Orleans

L

24-31

17

Jan 2

NY Giants

W

26-18


Playoffs

Week

Date

Opponent

W/L

Score

WC

Jan 9

at Minnesota

L

10-27

 

August 15, 2000
jrbeasley@email.msn.com