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1989 Kansas City Chiefs
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Record: 8-7-1, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 318 points (19.9/g), 17th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 286 points (17.9/g), 8th.
Differential of 32 points (2.0/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 9.0-7.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 21st.
Coached by Marty Schottenheimer (8-7-1)
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1989 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Steve DeBerg | 35 | 11 | 10 | 196 for 324, 2,529 yards, 11 td, 16 int, & 14 rushes for -8 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 275th pick / 1977 |
| RB | Herman Heard | 28 | 5 | 10 | 63 rushes for 216 yards, 0 td, & 25 catches for 246 yards and 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 61st pick / 1984 |
| FB | Christian Okoye*+ | 28 | 2 | 14 | 370 rushes for 1,480 yards, 12 td, & 2 catches for 12 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 1987 |
| WR | Pete Mandley | 28 | 5 | 12 | 35 catches for 476 yards, 1 td, & 2 rushes for 1 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1984 |
| WR | Stephone Paige | 28 | 6 | 12 | 44 catches for 759 yards, 2 td | |
| WR | Emile Harry | 26 | 3 | 6 | 33 catches for 430 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 9 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 89th pick / 1985 |
| TE | Jonathan Hayes | 27 | 4 | 16 | 18 catches for 229 yards, 2 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1985 |
| LT | John Alt | 27 | 5 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 |
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| LG | Mark Adickes | 28 | 3 | 11 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1984 Supp |
| LG | Rich Baldinger | 30 | 7 | 8 | New York Giants / 10th / 270th pick / 1982 |
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| C | Mike Webster | 37 | 15 | 16 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 125th pick / 1974 |
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| RG | Dave Lutz | 30 | 6 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 34th pick / 1983 |
| RT | Irv Eatman | 28 | 3 | 13 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 204th pick / 1983 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Neil Smith | 23 | 1 | 15 | 6.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1988 |
| NT | Bill Maas | 27 | 5 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1984 |
| NT | Dan Saleaumua | 25 | 2 | 8 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 5 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 7th / 175th pick / 1987 |
| RDE | Leonard Griffin | 27 | 3 | 11 | 6.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1986 |
| RDE | Mike Bell | 32 | 10 | 6 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1979 |
| LOLB | Chris Martin | 29 | 6 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| LILB | Walker Lee Ashley | 29 | 6 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1983 |
| RILB | Dino Hackett | 25 | 3 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 1986 |
| ROLB | Derrick Thomas* | 22 | Rook | 16 | 10.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 4th pick / 1989 |
| LCB | Albert Lewis*+ | 29 | 6 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 61st pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Kevin Ross* | 27 | 5 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 173rd pick / 1984 |
| SS | Kevin Porter | 23 | 1 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 59th pick / 1988 |
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| FS | Deron Cherry | 30 | 8 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Nick Lowery | 33 | 11 | 0 | 24 of 33 field goals & 34 of 35 extra points | |
| P | Kelly Goodburn | 27 | 2 | 0 | 67 punts for a 40.1 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Pete Mandley | 28 | 5 | 12 | 19 punt returns for a 7.9 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1984 |
| KR | Danny Copeland | 23 | Rook | 0 | 26 kick returns for a 17.9 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 244th pick / 1988 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Mark Adickes | 28 | G | 16 | 11 | 278 | 6-4 | Baylor | 4/22/1961 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Tommie Agee | 25 | RB | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Auburn | 2/22/1964 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 5th / 119th pick / 1987 |
| John Alt | 27 | T | 16 | 16 | 298 | 6-8 | Iowa | 5/30/1962 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 |
| Walker Lee Ashley | 29 | LB | 16 | 15 | 234 | 6-0 | Penn State | 7/28/1960 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1983 |
| Rich Baldinger | 30 | G-T | 16 | 8 | 285 | 6-4 | Wake Forest | 12/31/1959 | 7 | New York Giants / 10th / 270th pick / 1982 |
| Lew Barnes | 27 | WR | 2 | 0 | 163 | 5-8 | Oregon | 12/27/1962 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 138th pick / 1986 |
| Mike Bell | 32 | DE | 15 | 6 | 255 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 8/30/1957 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1979 |
| Lloyd Burruss | 32 | DB | 9 | 1 | 204 | 6-0 | Maryland | 10/31/1957 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 78th pick / 1981 |
| Mark Cannon | 27 | C | 11 | 0 | 258 | 6-3 | Texas-Arlington | 6/14/1962 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 294th pick / 1984 |
| Paul Ott Carruth | 28 | RB | 2 | 1 | 220 | 6-1 | Alabama | 7/22/1961 | 3 | |
| Carlos Carson | 31 | WR | 7 | 3 | 180 | 5-11 | LSU | 12/28/1958 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 114th pick / 1980 |
| Deron Cherry | 30 | DB | 15 | 15 | 197 | 5-11 | Rutgers | 9/12/1959 | 8 | |
| Gene Chilton | 25 | C-T | 16 | 0 | 281 | 6-3 | Texas | 3/27/1964 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1986 |
| Bruce Clark | 31 | DE-DT | 11 | 0 | 273 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/31/1958 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1980 |
| Louis Cooper | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Western Carolina | 8/5/1963 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 11th / 305th pick / 1985 |
| Danny Copeland | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Eastern Kentucky | 1/24/1966 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 244th pick / 1988 |
| Steve DeBerg | 35 | QB | 12 | 10 | 210 | 6-3 | San Jose State | 1/19/1954 | 11 | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 275th pick / 1977 |
| Chris Dressel | 28 | TE | 7 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Stanford | 2/7/1961 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 69th pick / 1983 |
| Irv Eatman | 28 | T | 13 | 13 | 293 | 6-7 | UCLA | 1/1/1961 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 204th pick / 1983 |
| Mike Elkins | 23 | QB | 1 | 0 | 221 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 7/20/1966 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1989 |
| Kenny Gamble | 24 | RB-DB | 2 | 0 | 197 | 5-10 | Colgate | 3/8/1965 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 251st pick / 1988 |
| Kelly Goodburn | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Emporia State,Iowa State | 4/14/1962 | 2 | |
| Leonard Griffin | 27 | DE-NT | 16 | 11 | 268 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 9/22/1962 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1986 |
| Dino Hackett | 25 | LB | 13 | 13 | 228 | 6-3 | Appalachian State | 6/28/1964 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 1986 |
| Michael Harris | 23 | C-G | 3 | 0 | 306 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 8/30/1966 | Rook | |
| Emile Harry | 26 | WR | 16 | 6 | 175 | 5-11 | Stanford | 4/5/1963 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 89th pick / 1985 |
| Stacy Harvey | 24 | LB | 9 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 3/8/1965 | Rook | |
| Jonathan Hayes | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 248 | 6-5 | Iowa | 8/11/1962 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1985 |
| Herman Heard | 28 | RB | 16 | 10 | 184 | 5-10 | Fort Lewis,Southern Colorado | 11/24/1961 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 61st pick / 1984 |
| Kenny Hill | 31 | DB | 8 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Yale | 7/25/1958 | 8 | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 194th pick / 1980 |
| Ron Jaworski | 38 | QB | 6 | 3 | 196 | 6-2 | Youngstown State | 3/23/1951 | 15 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 37th pick / 1973 |
| Mike Junkin | 25 | LB | 5 | 0 | 241 | 6-3 | Duke | 11/21/1964 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 5th pick / 1987 |
| Albert Lewis*+ | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 196 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 10/6/1960 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 61st pick / 1983 |
| Nick Lowery | 33 | K | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Dartmouth | 5/27/1956 | 11 | |
| Dave Lutz | 30 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-6 | Georgia Tech | 12/20/1959 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 34th pick / 1983 |
| Bill Maas | 27 | NT-DE | 10 | 10 | 271 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 3/2/1962 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1984 |
| Pete Mandley | 28 | WR | 13 | 12 | 191 | 5-10 | Northern Arizona | 7/29/1961 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1984 |
| Chris Martin | 29 | LB | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-2 | Auburn | 12/19/1960 | 6 | |
| Rob McGovern | 23 | LB | 16 | 2 | 225 | 6-2 | Holy Cross | 10/1/1966 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 255th pick / 1989 |
| Todd McNair | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Temple | 10/7/1965 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 220th pick / 1989 |
| Greg Meisner | 30 | NT-DE | 12 | 0 | 257 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 4/23/1959 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1981 |
| Mike Morris | 28 | C-G | 5 | 0 | 276 | 6-5 | Truman State | 2/22/1961 | 2 | |
| Christian Okoye*+ | 28 | RB | 15 | 14 | 253 | 6-1 | Azusa Pacific | 8/16/1961 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 1987 |
| Stephone Paige | 28 | WR | 14 | 12 | 184 | 6-2 | Fresno State | 10/15/1961 | 6 | |
| J.C. Pearson | 26 | DB | 16 | 3 | 187 | 5-11 | Cal Poly-Pomona,Washington | 8/17/1963 | 3 | |
| Steve Pelluer | 27 | QB | 5 | 3 | 209 | 6-4 | Washington | 7/29/1962 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 113th pick / 1984 |
| Stan Petry | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 174 | 5-11 | TCU | 8/14/1966 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 88th pick / 1989 |
| Kevin Porter | 23 | DB | 16 | 16 | 215 | 5-10 | Auburn | 4/11/1966 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 59th pick / 1988 |
| Alfredo Roberts | 24 | TE-WR | 16 | 2 | 250 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 3/1/1965 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 197th pick / 1988 |
| Kevin Ross* | 27 | DB | 15 | 13 | 185 | 5-9 | Temple | 1/16/1962 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 173rd pick / 1984 |
| Dan Saleaumua | 25 | DT-NT-DE | 16 | 8 | 305 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 11/11/1964 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 175th pick / 1987 |
| James Saxon | 23 | FB | 16 | 2 | 237 | 5-11 | San Jose State | 3/23/1966 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 139th pick / 1988 |
| Neil Smith | 23 | DE | 15 | 15 | 270 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 4/10/1966 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1988 |
| Angelo Snipes | 26 | LB | 2 | 0 | 222 | 6-0 | West Georgia | 1/11/1963 | 3 | |
| Derrick Thomas* | 22 | LB | 16 | 16 | 243 | 6-3 | Alabama | 1/1/1967 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 4th pick / 1989 |
| Robb Thomas | 23 | WR | 8 | 1 | 175 | 5-11 | Oregon State | 3/29/1966 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 143rd pick / 1989 |
| Clarence Weathers | 27 | WR | 11 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Delaware State | 1/10/1962 | 6 | |
| Mike Webster | 37 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 3/18/1952 | 15 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 125th pick / 1974 |
| Naz Worthen | 23 | WR | 10 | 1 | 177 | 5-8 | North Carolina State | 3/27/1966 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 60th pick / 1989 |
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 229.2 | 6-1.6 | 4.2 |