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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
1989 AFC Champions
Scored 362 points (22.6/g), 8th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 226 points (14.1/g), 1st.
Differential of 136 points (8.5/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 12.1-3.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 3rd.
Simple Rating System: Total 9.3, Offense: 3.7, Defense: 5.7, SoS: 0.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Dan Reeves
Offensive Coordinator: Chan Gailey
Defensive Coordinator: Wade Phillips
Training Camp: University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colorado)
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 10 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Kansas City Chiefs | 34 | 20 | 14 | 250 | 150 | 100 | 2 | 14 | 287 | 242 | 45 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Mon | September 18 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 28 | 14 | 26 | 382 | 181 | 201 | 2 | 28 | 413 | 319 | 94 | 4 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 24 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | Los Angeles Raiders | 31 | 21 | 18 | 283 | 113 | 170 | 3 | 15 | 360 | 270 | 90 | 6 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | L | 3-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 16 | 10 | 241 | 161 | 80 | 3 | 16 | 296 | 201 | 95 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 8 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 10 | 24 | 335 | 179 | 156 | 1 | 12 | 211 | 93 | 118 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | W | 5-1 | Indianapolis Colts | 14 | 3 | 20 | 319 | 150 | 169 | 2 | 7 | 128 | 84 | 44 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | W | OT | 6-1 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 24 | 21 | 15 | 371 | 316 | 55 | 1 | 23 | 363 | 224 | 139 | 4 |
| 8 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | L | 6-2 | Philadelphia Eagles | 24 | 28 | 22 | 320 | 216 | 104 | 6 | 17 | 313 | 98 | 215 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | W | 7-2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34 | 7 | 22 | 414 | 261 | 153 | 2 | 7 | 170 | 77 | 93 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | W | 8-2 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 13 | 12 | 213 | 112 | 101 | 1 | 20 | 312 | 171 | 141 | 2 | |
| 11 | Mon | November 20 | boxscore | W | 9-2 | @ | Washington Redskins | 14 | 10 | 19 | 232 | 106 | 126 | 2 | 14 | 223 | 146 | 77 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 26 | boxscore | W | 10-2 | Seattle Seahawks | 41 | 14 | 18 | 353 | 216 | 137 | 21 | 325 | 192 | 133 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | L | OT | 10-3 | @ | Los Angeles Raiders | 13 | 16 | 26 | 332 | 176 | 156 | 2 | 11 | 257 | 178 | 79 | 1 |
| 14 | Sun | December 10 | boxscore | L | 10-4 | New York Giants | 7 | 14 | 18 | 367 | 284 | 83 | 16 | 261 | 148 | 113 | ||||
| 15 | Sat | December 16 | boxscore | W | 11-4 | @ | Phoenix Cardinals | 37 | 0 | 28 | 475 | 271 | 204 | 2 | 7 | 101 | 79 | 22 | 3 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 24 | boxscore | L | 11-5 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 19 | 16 | 206 | 109 | 97 | 3 | 18 | 387 | 305 | 82 | 6 | |
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| Division | Sun | January 7 | boxscore | W | 12-5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24 | 23 | 19 | 364 | 226 | 138 | 1 | 19 | 404 | 229 | 175 | 2 | ||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 14 | boxscore | W | 13-5 | Cleveland Browns | 37 | 21 | 22 | 497 | 377 | 120 | 2 | 14 | 256 | 190 | 66 | 3 | ||
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 28 | boxscore | L | 13-6 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 55 | 12 | 167 | 103 | 64 | 4 | 28 | 461 | 317 | 144 | ||