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1989 Detroit Lions

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 312 points (19.5/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 364 points (22.8/g), 19th.
 Differential of -52 points (-3.2/g), 20th.
 Expected W-L: 6.6-9.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -16 (-1.0/g), 24th.

Coached by Wayne Fontes (7-9-0)

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 Phoenix Cardinals 13 16 13 258 99 159 1 19 329 264 65 1
2 Sun September 17 box L 0-2 @ New York Giants 14 24 19 410 315 95 5 21 345 216 129 1
3 Sun September 24 box L 0-3 Chicago Bears 27 47 20 305 107 198 5 23 542 323 219
4 Sun October 1 box L 0-4 Pittsburgh Steelers 3 23 13 240 222 18 4 20 315 213 102
5 Sun October 8 box L 0-5 @ Minnesota Vikings 17 24 20 237 84 153 4 14 229 138 91 3
6 Sun October 15 box W 1-5 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 16 20 376 237 139 4 14 191 103 88 1
7 Sun October 22 box L 1-6 Minnesota Vikings 7 20 21 282 198 84 5 13 264 147 117 1
8 Sun October 29 box L 1-7 @ Green Bay Packers 20 23 21 402 192 210 2 24 421 345 76 2
9 Sun November 5 box L 1-8 @ Houston Oilers 31 35 19 351 257 94 2 30 455 345 110 4
10 Sun November 12 box W 2-8 Green Bay Packers 31 22 8 128 54 74 2 30 432 328 104 4
11 Sun November 19 box L 2-9 @ Cincinnati Bengals 7 42 10 278 156 122 5 27 546 447 99 3
12 Thu November 23 box W 3-9 Cleveland Browns 13 10 15 271 125 146 1 14 359 289 70 2
13 Sun December 3 box W 4-9 New Orleans Saints 21 14 17 401 316 85 2 11 169 99 70 2
14 Sun December 10 box W 5-9 @ Chicago Bears 27 17 17 295 168 127 2 21 302 172 130 2
15 Sun December 17 box W 6-9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 33 7 24 382 212 170 2 6 225 163 62 5
16 Sun December 24 box W 7-9 @ Atlanta Falcons 31 24 17 376 197 179 2 27 413 324 89 1

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 312 4992 928 5.4 274 229 450 2939 11 24 5.8 139 421 2053 23 4.9 117 48 24 18
Team Defense 364 5537 1064 5.2 314 370 570 3916 19 16 6.4 189 454 1621 18 3.6 98 32 16 27
Lg Rank Offense 19 18 21 24 26 27 21 17 20 8 1 1 28 28
Lg Rank Defense 19 18 18 26 27 11 21 19 12 8 22 3 21 9

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. 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%
14 Bob Gagliano 31 qb 11 7 4-3-0 117 232 50.4 1671 6 2.6 12 5.2 75 7.2 5.1 14.3 151.9 61.2 25 153 5.9 4.0 9.7
9 Rodney Peete 23 QB 8 8 3-5-0 103 195 52.8 1479 5 2.6 9 4.6 69 7.6 5.8 14.4 184.9 67.0 27 164 5.9 4.3 12.2
17 Eric Hipple 32 1 1 0-1-0 7 18 38.9 90 0 0.0 3 16.7 30 5.0 -2.5 12.9 90.0 15.7 5 26 2.8 -3.1 21.7
16 Chuck Long 26 1 0 2 5 40.0 42 0 0.0 0 0.0 37 8.4 8.4 21.0 42.0 70.4 0 0 8.4 8.4 0.0
Team Total 26.2 16 7-9-0 229 450 50.9 3282 11 2.4 24 5.3 75 7.3 5.1 14.3 205.1 60.8 57 343 5.8 3.9 11.2
Opp Total 16 370 570 64.9 4193 19 3.3 16 2.8 7.4 6.4 11.3 262.1 86.2 40 277 6.4 5.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
20 Barry Sanders*+ 21 RB 15 13 280 1470 14 34 5.3 98.0 18.7 24 282 11.8 0 46 1.6 18.8 1752 14 10
14 Bob Gagliano 31 qb 11 7 41 192 4 19 4.7 17.5 3.7 192 4 3
9 Rodney Peete 23 QB 8 8 33 148 4 14 4.5 18.5 4.1 148 4 9
49 Tony Paige 27 16 4 30 105 0 16 3.5 6.6 1.9 2 27 13.5 0 15 0.1 1.7 132 0 1
26 Carl Painter 25 15 0 15 64 0 9 4.3 4.3 1.0 3 41 13.7 0 27 0.2 2.7 105 0 1
84 Richard Johnson 28 WR 16 15 12 38 0 14 3.2 2.4 0.8 70 1091 15.6 8 75 4.4 68.2 1129 8 3
23 Mel J. Gray 28 RET 10 1 3 22 0 14 7.3 2.2 0.3 2 47 23.5 0 30 0.2 4.7 69 0 0
16 Chuck Long 26 1 0 3 2 0 6 0.7 2.0 3.0 2 0 0
17 Eric Hipple 32 1 1 2 11 1 10 5.5 11.0 2.0 11 1 0
89 Keith McDonald 26 6 4 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.3 0.2 12 138 11.5 0 24 2.0 23.0 136 0 0
75 Lomas Brown 26 LT 16 16 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 3 0 0
82 Robert Clark 24 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 748 18.2 2 69 2.6 46.8 748 2 2
24 Jason Phillips 23 WR 16 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 352 11.7 1 55 1.9 22.0 352 1 1
87 Walter Stanley 27 WR 14 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 304 12.7 0 37 1.7 21.7 304 0 5
81 Stacey Mobley 24 wr 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 158 12.2 0 30 1.3 15.8 158 0 0
80 John Ford 23 7 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 56 11.2 0 37 0.7 8.0 56 0 0
83 Troy Johnson 27 9 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 29 14.5 0 22 0.2 3.2 29 0 0
89 Jeff Chadwick 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.0 9.0 9 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 421 2053 23 34 4.9 128.3 26.3 229 3282 14.3 11 75 14.3 205.1 5335 34 37
Opp Total 16 454 1621 18 3.6 101.3 28.4 370 3916 10.6 19 23.1 244.8 5537 37 28

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
87 Walter Stanley 27 WR 14 12 36 496 0 74 13.8 9 95 0 19 10.6 895
23 Mel J. Gray 28 RET 10 1 11 76 0 15 6.9 24 640 0 57 26.7 785
25 Paul Palmer 25 5 0 11 255 0 62 23.2 255
32 Bruce Alexander 24 8 1 5 100 0 25 20.0 100
20 Barry Sanders*+ 21 RB 15 13 5 118 0 43 23.6 1870
67 Ken Dallafior 30 RG 16 11 2 13 0 13 6.5 13
28 Jerry Woods 23 2 0 2 28 0 15 14.0 28
39 Ray Crockett 22 16 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
34 James Griffin 28 16 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
26 Carl Painter 25 15 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 119
Team Total 26.2 16 47 572 0 74 12.2 61 1272 0 62 20.9 7179
Opp Total 16 46 0 65 1037 1 16.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
6 Jim Arnold 28 P 16 0 82 3538 64 1 43.1
3 Eddie Murray* 33 K 16 0 3 3 9 8 8 8 1 1 21 20 95.2% 36 36 100.0%
Team Total 26.2 16 3 3 9 8 8 8 1 1 21 20 95.2% 36 36 100.0% 82 3538 64 1 43.1
Opp Total 16 33 23 69.7% 42 41 97.6% 80 3296 41.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
54 Chris Spielman* 24 LILB 16 16 5.0 1 0 2 31 0 125
36 Bennie Blades 23 SS 16 16 2 0 1 0 0 100
35 William White 23 FS 15 15 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 1 81
93 Jerry Ball* 25 NT 16 16 9.0 0 0 3 0 0 73
21 Terry Taylor 28 LCB 15 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 35 0 57
57 Victor P. Jones 23 RILB 11 9 0 0 2 0 0 50
39 Ray Crockett 22 16 0 1 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 46
58 George Jamison 27 rolb 10 6 2.0 33
98 Dennis Gibson 25 rilb 6 6 1 10 0 10 0 0 3 -4 0 29
42 Michael Brim 23 2 0 7
9 Rodney Peete 23 QB 8 8 9 3 0 0
20 Barry Sanders*+ 21 RB 15 13 10 0 0 0
59 Jimmy Williams 29 LOLB 16 16 4.0 5 15 0 9 0 1 0 0
55 Mike L. Cofer 29 ROLB 15 7 9.0
43 Jerry Holmes 32 RCB 16 16 6 77 1 36
87 Walter Stanley 27 WR 14 12 5 1 0 0
76 Eric Williams 27 LDE 16 16 5.5
14 Bob Gagliano 31 qb 11 7 3 2 -1 0
97 Kevin Brooks 26 RDE 15 15 2.0 1 1 3 0
84 Richard Johnson 28 WR 16 15 3 0 0 0
82 Robert Clark 24 WR 16 16 2 0 0 0
49 Tony Paige 27 16 4 1 1 0 0
24 Jason Phillips 23 WR 16 6 1 1 0 0
75 Lomas Brown 26 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
29 Bruce McNorton 30 8 0 1.0
44 John Miller 23 9 0 0 1 0 0
51 Niko Noga 27 14 1 1 0 0 0
26 Carl Painter 25 15 0 1 0 0 0
96 Lawrence Pete 23 16 0 1.0
28 Jerry Woods 23 2 0 1 0 0 0
34 James Griffin 28 16 1 0.5
Team Total 26.2 16 40.0 16 107 1 36 4 37 26 84 1 601
Opp Total 16 57 28 12 1

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 Eddie Murray* 33 K 16 0 36 20 96
20 Barry Sanders*+ 21 RB 15 13 14 84
84 Richard Johnson 28 WR 16 15 8 48
14 Bob Gagliano 31 qb 11 7 4 24
9 Rodney Peete 23 QB 8 8 4 24
82 Robert Clark 24 WR 16 16 2 12
17 Eric Hipple 32 1 1 1 6
43 Jerry Holmes 32 RCB 16 16 1 6
24 Jason Phillips 23 WR 16 6 1 6
35 William White 23 FS 15 15 1 6
Team Total 26.2 16 23 11 1 1 36 20 312
Opp Total 16 18 19 1 41 23 1 364