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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)
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1989 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 3 | DET | Barry Sanders HOF | RB | 10 | 1989 | 1998 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 153 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3062 | 15269 | 99 | 352 | 2921 | 10 | Oklahoma State |
| 2 | 30 | DET | John Ford | WR | 1 | 1989 | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 0 | Virginia | ||||||||
| 3 | 59 | DET | Mike Utley | G | 3 | 1989 | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | Washington State | |||||||||||
| 4 | 86 | DET | Ray Crockett | DB | 14 | 1989 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 214 | Baylor | |||||||||||
| 5 | 115 | DET | Lawrence Pete | NT | 5 | 1989 | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | Nebraska | |||||||||||
| 6 | 141 | DET | Rodney Peete | QB | 15 | 1989 | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 104 | 1344 | 2346 | 16338 | 76 | 92 | 270 | 1139 | 16 | USC | |||
| 7 | 170 | DET | Jerry Woods | DB | 2 | 1989 | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Northern Michigan | |||||||||||
| 8 | 197 | DET | Chris Parker | DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | West Virginia | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 226 | DET | Derek MacCready | DE | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ohio State | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 253 | DET | Jason Phillips | WR | 5 | 1989 | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 49 | 578 | 2 | Houston | ||||||||
| 11 | 282 | DET | Keith Karpinski | LB | 1 | 1989 | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | Penn State | |||||||||||
| 12 | 309 | DET | James Cribbs | DE | 1 | 1989 | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Memphis | |||||||||||