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1989 Atlanta Falcons

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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)

1989 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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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

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 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

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G 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

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt 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

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
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

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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

Scoring Summary

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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