The 1999 season was the

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(NFL) and their 54th overall. This was also

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's last season in the league as he was forced to retire due to concussions. San Francisco started the season with a 3–1 record, but Young suffered his season- and career-ending concussion against the

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in Week 3. After defeating the Cardinals and the

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without Young, the 49ers went on to lose 10 of the remaining 11 games of the season. It was the first time the team had missed the postseason since

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, their second time missing the postseason in 17 seasons, and their first losing season (excluding the strike shortened 1982 season) since

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'' calculates that the 1999 49ers had the second-worst pass defense they had ever tracked.Football Outsiders – DVOA 7.0: Worst Teams Ever
better than only the pass defense of the 1996 Ravens.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Personnel

Staff

Head Coach - Steve Mariucci

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

References

External links

1999 49ers on Pro Football Reference

49ers Schedule on jt-sw.com

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