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Record: 3-13-0, Finished 4th in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 279 points (17.4/g), 22nd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 437 points (27.3/g), 28th.
Differential of -158 points (-9.9/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 4.1-11.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.6/g), 5th.
Coached by Jim Hanifan (0-4-0) and Marion Campbell (3-9-0)
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1989 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 10 | box | L | 0-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 21 | 31 | 16 | 314 | 271 | 43 | 21 | 363 | 195 | 168 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 17 | box | W | 1-1 | Dallas Cowboys | 27 | 21 | 23 | 333 | 243 | 90 | 18 | 349 | 241 | 108 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 24 | box | L | 1-2 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 9 | 13 | 11 | 208 | 103 | 105 | 3 | 15 | 214 | 84 | 130 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | October 1 | box | L | 1-3 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 21 | 23 | 17 | 333 | 258 | 75 | 1 | 27 | 448 | 295 | 153 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 8 | box | L | 1-4 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 26 | 19 | 353 | 315 | 38 | 1 | 21 | 438 | 273 | 165 | 1 |
| 6 | Sun | October 15 | box | W | 2-4 | New England Patriots | 16 | 15 | 14 | 312 | 240 | 72 | 2 | 13 | 241 | 148 | 93 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 2-5 | @ | Phoenix Cardinals | 20 | 34 | 22 | 351 | 240 | 111 | 2 | 21 | 299 | 174 | 125 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun | October 29 | box | L | 2-6 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 13 | 20 | 11 | 148 | 91 | 57 | 3 | 17 | 392 | 261 | 131 | 2 |
| 9 | Sun | November 5 | box | W | 3-6 | Buffalo Bills | 30 | 28 | 20 | 340 | 213 | 127 | 19 | 329 | 211 | 118 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 12 | box | L | 3-7 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 45 | 11 | 192 | 119 | 73 | 1 | 30 | 515 | 280 | 235 | 2 |
| 11 | Sun | November 19 | box | L | 3-8 | New Orleans Saints | 17 | 26 | 15 | 267 | 190 | 77 | 1 | 21 | 354 | 148 | 206 | 4 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 3-9 | @ | New York Jets | 7 | 27 | 12 | 213 | 147 | 66 | 1 | 24 | 318 | 138 | 180 | 2 |
| 13 | Sun | December 3 | box | L | 3-10 | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 23 | 13 | 263 | 226 | 37 | 2 | 23 | 425 | 296 | 129 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 10 | box | L | 3-11 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 43 | 15 | 255 | 188 | 67 | 3 | 23 | 457 | 237 | 220 | 1 |
| 15 | Sun | December 17 | box | L | 3-12 | Washington Redskins | 30 | 31 | 15 | 374 | 346 | 28 | 2 | 26 | 507 | 376 | 131 | 3 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 24 | box | L | 3-13 | Detroit Lions | 24 | 31 | 27 | 413 | 324 | 89 | 1 | 17 | 376 | 197 | 179 | 2 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 279 | 4669 | 947 | 4.9 | 261 | 312 | 578 | 3514 | 17 | 12 | 5.6 | 173 | 318 | 1155 | 11 | 3.6 | 75 | 23 | 11 | 13 |
| Team Defense | 437 | 6025 | 1040 | 5.8 | 516 | 259 | 437 | 3554 | 19 | 20 | 7.6 | 163 | 572 | 2471 | 26 | 4.3 | 336 | 32 | 12 | 17 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 22 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 28 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 21 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Miller | 24 | QB | 15 | 15 | 3-12-0 | 280 | 526 | 53.2 | 3459 | 16 | 3.0 | 10 | 1.9 | 72 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 230.6 | 76.1 | 41 | 318 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 7.2 |
| Hugh Millen | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 31 | 50 | 62.0 | 432 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 47 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 13.9 | 86.4 | 79.7 | 10 | 71 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 16.7 | |
| Scott Fulhage | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.8 | 116.7 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | |
| Keith L. Jones | 23 | RB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 3-13-0 | 312 | 578 | 54.0 | 3903 | 17 | 2.9 | 12 | 2.1 | 72 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 12.5 | 243.9 | 76.4 | 51 | 389 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 259 | 437 | 59.3 | 3554 | 19 | 4.3 | 20 | 4.6 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 13.7 | 222.1 | 80.8 | 31 | 183 | 7.6 | 5.7 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| John Settle | 24 | FB | 15 | 15 | 179 | 689 | 3 | 20 | 3.8 | 45.9 | 11.9 | 39 | 316 | 8.1 | 2 | 33 | 2.6 | 21.1 | 1005 | 5 | 1 |
| Keith L. Jones | 23 | RB | 14 | 9 | 52 | 202 | 6 | 19 | 3.9 | 14.4 | 3.7 | 41 | 396 | 9.7 | 0 | 46 | 2.9 | 28.3 | 598 | 6 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 27 | rb | 15 | 7 | 47 | 176 | 1 | 22 | 3.7 | 11.7 | 3.1 | 39 | 436 | 11.2 | 1 | 32 | 2.6 | 29.1 | 612 | 2 | 1 |
| Kenny Flowers | 25 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 24 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chris Miller | 24 | QB | 15 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 20 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
| Greg Paterra | 22 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 74 | 0 | 2 | |
| Michael Haynes | 24 | WR | 13 | 11 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 21 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 40 | 681 | 17.0 | 4 | 72 | 3.1 | 52.4 | 716 | 4 | 0 |
| Floyd Dixon | 25 | wr | 16 | 5 | 2 | -23 | 0 | 0 | -11.5 | -1.4 | 0.1 | 25 | 357 | 14.3 | 2 | 53 | 1.6 | 22.3 | 334 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Fulhage | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Hugh Millen | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Shawn Collins | 22 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 58 | 862 | 14.9 | 3 | 47 | 3.6 | 53.9 | 862 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ron Heller | 26 | TE | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33 | 324 | 9.8 | 1 | 30 | 2.2 | 21.6 | 324 | 1 | 1 | |
| Brad Beckman | 25 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 102 | 9.3 | 1 | 21 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 102 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stacey Bailey | 29 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 170 | 21.3 | 0 | 41 | 0.5 | 11.3 | 170 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wilkins | 26 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 179 | 22.4 | 3 | 36 | 0.6 | 13.8 | 179 | 3 | 0 | ||
| George Thomas | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | 16 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Deion Sanders | 22 | RCB/lcb | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | -8 | 0.1 | -0.5 | -8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 318 | 1155 | 11 | 22 | 3.6 | 72.2 | 19.9 | 312 | 3903 | 12.5 | 17 | 72 | 19.5 | 243.9 | 5058 | 28 | 26 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 572 | 2471 | 26 | 4.3 | 154.4 | 35.8 | 259 | 3554 | 13.7 | 19 | 16.2 | 222.1 | 6025 | 45 | 26 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Deion Sanders | 22 | RCB/lcb | 15 | 10 | 28 | 307 | 1 | 68 | 11.0 | 35 | 725 | 0 | 72 | 20.7 | 1024 |
| Keith L. Jones | 23 | RB | 14 | 9 | 23 | 440 | 0 | 29 | 19.1 | 1038 | |||||
| Greg Paterra | 22 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 129 | 0 | 31 | 16.1 | 203 | ||||||
| Brian Jordan | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 8.5 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 9.0 | 61 | |
| George Thomas | 25 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 142 | 0 | 28 | 20.3 | 188 | ||||||
| Brad Beckman | 25 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 117 | ||||||
| Aundray Bruce | 23 | LOLB | 16 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | |||||
| James Primus | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 32 | 341 | 1 | 68 | 10.7 | 80 | 1509 | 0 | 72 | 18.9 | 6908 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 43 | 0 | 60 | 1188 | 0 | 19.8 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Scott Fulhage | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 84 | 3472 | 65 | 1 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul McFadden | 28 | K | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 75.0% | 18 | 18 | 100.0% | |||||
| Greg Davis | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 63.6% | 12 | 12 | 100.0% | ||||||||||
| Chris Miller | 24 | QB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 71.9% | 30 | 30 | 100.0% | 84 | 3472 | 65 | 1 | 41.3 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 36 | 31 | 86.1% | 49 | 48 | 98.0% | 56 | 2341 | 41.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Chris Miller | 24 | QB | 15 | 15 | 13 | 5 | -3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Marcus Cotton | 23 | 16 | 1 | 9.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tim Green | 26 | ROLB | 16 | 14 | 5.0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Deion Sanders | 22 | RCB/lcb | 15 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | ||||
| Aundray Bruce | 23 | LOLB | 16 | 13 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||
| Tony Casillas | 26 | NT | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 152 | |||||||
| Evan Cooper | 27 | SS | 16 | 13 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Tim Gordon | 24 | FS | 14 | 13 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Scott Case | 27 | rcb | 14 | 8 | 1.0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 38 | ||||||||
| Charles Dimry | 23 | rcb | 16 | 5 | 1.0 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 40 | 31 | ||||||||
| Brian Jordan | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Millen | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Rade | 29 | LILB | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Scott Fulhage | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -20 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Gann | 26 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||
| Gene Lang | 27 | rb | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Paterra | 22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Settle | 24 | FB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ben Thomas | 28 | RDE | 16 | 13 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jessie Tuggle | 24 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 183 | |||||||
| Tony Zackery | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Brad Beckman | 25 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rick Bryan | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Butler | 30 | LCB | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Stan Clayton | 24 | LG | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Heller | 26 | TE | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Moore | 25 | fs | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Michael Reid | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Elbert Shelley | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Malcolm Taylor | 29 | 13 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkins | 26 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 31.0 | 20 | 285 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 523 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 51 | 26 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul McFadden | 28 | K | 9 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 63 | |||||||||
| Keith L. Jones | 23 | RB | 14 | 9 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Greg Davis | 24 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 33 | ||||||||||
| John Settle | 24 | FB | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 30 | |||||||||
| Michael Haynes | 24 | WR | 13 | 11 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Collins | 22 | WR | 16 | 16 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Gary Wilkins | 26 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Dixon | 25 | wr | 16 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Gene Lang | 27 | rb | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Brad Beckman | 25 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Butler | 30 | LCB | 16 | 11 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Kenny Flowers | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ron Heller | 26 | TE | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Deion Sanders | 22 | RCB/lcb | 15 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Chris Miller | 24 | QB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 23 | 279 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 26 | 19 | 48 | 31 | 1 | 437 |