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1989 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 342 points (21.4/g), 13th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 274 points (17.1/g), 5th.
 Differential of 68 points (4.2/g), 11th.
 Expected W-L: 10.1-5.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +24 (1.5/g), 1st.

Coached by Buddy Ryan (11-5-0)

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 W 1-0 Seattle Seahawks 31 7 18 365 234 131 17 270 193 77 3
2 Sun September 17 box W 2-0 @ Washington Redskins 42 37 32 474 409 65 3 16 492 272 220 6
3 Sun September 24 box L 2-1 San Francisco 49ers 28 38 22 315 161 154 3 19 444 385 59 3
4 Mon October 2 box L 2-2 @ Chicago Bears 13 27 23 435 368 67 6 22 374 261 113 3
5 Sun October 8 box W 3-2 New York Giants 21 19 18 243 85 158 20 323 239 84 1
6 Sun October 15 box W 4-2 @ Phoenix Cardinals 17 5 18 353 186 167 4 20 337 223 114 8
7 Sun October 22 box W 5-2 Los Angeles Raiders 10 7 13 195 63 132 20 268 142 126 2
8 Sun October 29 box W 6-2 @ Denver Broncos 28 24 17 313 98 215 2 22 320 216 104 6
9 Sun November 5 box L 6-3 @ San Diego Chargers 17 20 24 373 195 178 3 17 358 254 104 3
10 Sun November 12 box L 6-4 Washington Redskins 3 10 12 204 157 47 2 14 254 155 99 1
11 Sun November 19 box W 7-4 Minnesota Vikings 10 9 22 270 179 91 1 18 219 136 83 5
12 Thu November 23 box W 8-4 @ Dallas Cowboys 27 0 22 381 243 138 1 10 191 68 123 5
13 Sun December 3 box W 9-4 @ New York Giants 24 17 13 279 130 149 2 17 294 236 58 5
14 Sun December 10 box W 10-4 Dallas Cowboys 20 10 19 280 158 122 14 194 107 87 1
15 Mon December 18 box L 10-5 @ New Orleans Saints 20 30 22 408 281 127 4 21 291 205 86 1
16 Sun December 24 box W 11-5 Phoenix Cardinals 31 14 26 432 165 267 1 14 265 197 68 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sun December 31 box L 11-6 Los Angeles Rams 7 21

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 342 5320 1123 4.7 321 294 538 3112 23 16 5.3 171 540 2208 14 4.1 120 32 16 30
Team Defense 274 4894 1017 4.8 481 258 529 3289 26 30 5.6 171 426 1605 6 3.8 281 56 26 29
Lg Rank Offense 13 12 9 9 18 8 6 25 4 5 12 8 9 17
Lg Rank Defense 5 8 9 18 12 24 1 7 6 7 1 10 1 1

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%
Randall Cunningham* 26 QB 16 16 11-5-0 290 532 54.5 3400 21 3.9 15 2.8 66 6.4 5.5 11.7 212.5 75.5 45 343 5.3 4.5 7.8
Matt Cavanaugh 33 9 0 3 5 60.0 33 1 20.0 1 20.0 13 6.6 -0.4 11.0 3.7 79.6 0 0 6.6 -0.4 0.0
Roger Ruzek 29 5 0 1 1 100.0 22 1 100.0 0 0.0 22 22.0 32.0 22.0 4.4 158.3 0 0 22.0 32.0 0.0
Team Total 26.6 16 11-5-0 294 538 54.6 3455 23 4.3 16 3.0 66 6.4 5.5 11.8 215.9 76.2 45 343 5.3 4.5 7.7
Opp Total 16 258 529 48.8 3289 26 4.9 30 5.7 6.2 4.2 12.7 205.6 61.4 62 424 5.6 3.0

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
Anthony Toney 27 FB 14 14 172 582 3 44 3.4 41.6 12.3 19 124 6.5 0 15 1.4 8.9 706 3 4
Keith Byars 26 RB 16 15 133 452 5 16 3.4 28.3 8.3 68 721 10.6 0 60 4.3 45.1 1173 5 4
Randall Cunningham* 26 QB 16 16 104 621 4 51 6.0 38.8 6.5 621 4 17
Mark Higgs 23 RET 15 1 49 184 0 13 3.8 12.3 3.3 3 9 3.0 0 8 0.2 0.6 193 0 3
Heath Sherman 22 15 1 40 177 2 37 4.4 11.8 2.7 8 85 10.6 0 17 0.5 5.7 262 2 4
Robert Drummond 22 16 1 32 127 0 16 4.0 7.9 2.0 17 180 10.6 1 21 1.1 11.3 307 1 0
Cris Carter 24 WR 16 15 2 16 0 11 8.0 1.0 0.1 45 605 13.4 11 42 2.8 37.8 621 11 1
Matt Cavanaugh 33 9 0 2 -3 0 0 -1.5 -0.3 0.2 -3 0 1
Max Runager 33 4 0 2 5 0 5 2.5 1.3 0.5 5 0 0
Ron Johnson 31 WR 14 9 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 20 295 14.8 1 34 1.4 21.1 298 1 2
Carlos Carson 31 6 1 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0 -1.5 0.2 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.2 2.0 3 0 0
Mike Reichenbach 28 16 4 1 30 0 30 30.0 1.9 0.1 30 0 0
John Teltschik 25 P 10 0 1 23 0 23 23.0 2.3 0.1 23 0 0
Keith Jackson*+ 24 TE 14 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 63 648 10.3 3 33 4.5 46.3 648 3 1
Jimmie Giles 35 te 16 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 225 14.1 2 66 1.0 14.1 225 2 0
Gregg Garrity 29 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 209 16.1 2 31 1.4 23.2 209 2 0
Mike Quick 30 wr 6 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 228 17.5 2 40 2.2 38.0 228 2 0
Henry Williams 27 RET 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 32 8.0 0 11 0.3 2.5 32 0 1
Anthony Edwards 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 74 37.0 0 66 0.2 8.2 74 0 2
Dave Little 28 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 8 4.0 1 7 0.1 0.5 8 1 1
Team Total 26.6 16 540 2208 14 51 4.1 138.0 33.8 294 3455 11.8 23 66 18.4 215.9 5663 37 43
Opp Total 16 426 1605 6 3.8 100.3 26.6 258 3289 12.7 26 16.1 205.6 4894 32 44

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
Henry Williams 27 RET 13 0 30 267 0 24 8.9 14 249 0 28 17.8 548
Mark Higgs 23 RET 15 1 16 293 0 30 18.3 486
Heath Sherman 22 15 1 13 222 0 45 17.1 484
Anthony Edwards 23 9 0 7 64 0 28 9.1 3 23 0 11 7.7 161
Dave Little 28 16 1 2 14 0 12 7.0 22
Keith Byars 26 RB 16 15 1 27 0 27 27.0 1200
Team Total 26.6 16 37 331 0 28 8.9 49 828 0 45 16.9 6822
Opp Total 16 37 0 60 1307 1 21.8

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
John Teltschik 25 P 10 0 57 2246 58 0 39.4
Luis Zendejas 28 K 8 0 1 1 2 2 5 3 7 3 15 9 60.0% 23 23 100.0%
Roger Ruzek 29 5 0 1 1 3 2 6 4 1 1 11 8 72.7% 14 14 100.0%
Max Runager 33 4 0 17 568 52 0 33.4
Steve DeLine 28 3 0 2 1 5 2 7 3 42.9% 3 3 100.0%
Rick Tuten 24 2 0 7 256 45 0 36.6
Randall Cunningham* 26 QB 16 16 6 319 91 0 53.2
Team Total 26.6 16 2 2 5 4 13 8 13 6 33 20 60.6% 40 40 100.0% 87 3389 91 0 39.0
Opp Total 16 26 14 53.8% 33 30 90.9% 85 3570 42.0

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
Randall Cunningham* 26 QB 16 16 17 4 -6 0
Clyde Simmons 25 RDE 16 16 15.5 1 60 1 60 3 0 0 0 0 135
Jerome Brown 24 RDT 16 16 10.5 0 2 17 0
Reggie White*+ 28 LDE 16 16 11.0 3 0 1 10 0 123
Eric Allen*+ 24 RCB 15 15 8 38 0 18 0 1 0 7 0 48
Mike Pitts 29 LDT 16 16 7.0 0 0 2 0 0 110
William Frizzell 27 16 0 1.5 4 58 0 27 0 3 12 0
Keith Byars 26 RB 16 15 4 4 6 0
Byron Evans 25 MLB 16 16 2.0 3 23 0 15 0 0 3 21 0 184
Heath Sherman 22 15 1 4 3 0 0
Anthony Toney 27 FB 14 14 4 3 -3 0
Wes Hopkins 28 FS 16 15 3.5 0 3 77 0
Al Harris 33 RLB 16 16 2.0 2 18 0 11 0 2 0 0 1
Seth Joyner 25 LLB 14 14 5.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 123
Andre Waters 27 SS 16 13 1.0 1 20 0 20 0 0 3 21 1 137
Eric Everett 23 16 1 4 64 1 30
Mike Golic 27 16 0 3.0 1 23 0 23
Mark Higgs 23 RET 15 1 3 1 0 0
Izel Jenkins 25 LCB 16 13 4 58 0 22
Henry Williams 27 RET 13 0 1 3 0 0
Anthony Edwards 23 9 0 2 1 0 0
David Alexander 25 C 16 16 1 1 -4 0
Todd Bell 31 4 4 1 13 0 13 0 1 0 0
Cris Carter 24 WR 16 15 1 1 0 0
Britt Hager 23 16 0 0 0 2 9 0 11
Ron Johnson 31 WR 14 9 2 0 0 0
Matt Cavanaugh 33 9 0 1 0 0 0
Robert Drummond 22 16 1 0 1 0 0
Jimmie Giles 35 te 16 5 0 1 0 0
Keith Jackson*+ 24 TE 14 12 1 0 0 0
Dwayne Jiles 28 1 0 0 1 0 0
Dave Little 28 16 1 1 0 -14 0
Ken Reeves 28 14 3 0 1 0 0
Mike Reichenbach 28 16 4 0 1 0 0
Max Runager 33 4 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 62.0 30 375 2 60 9 43 49 161 1 878 1
Opp Total 16 45 44 18 2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Cris Carter 24 WR 16 15 11 66
Luis Zendejas 28 K 8 0 23 9 50
Roger Ruzek 29 5 0 14 8 38
Keith Byars 26 RB 16 15 5 30
Randall Cunningham* 26 QB 16 16 4 24
Keith Jackson*+ 24 TE 14 12 3 18
Anthony Toney 27 FB 14 14 3 18
Steve DeLine 28 3 0 3 3 12
Gregg Garrity 29 9 0 2 12
Jimmie Giles 35 te 16 5 2 12
Mike Quick 30 wr 6 5 2 12
Heath Sherman 22 15 1 2 12
Robert Drummond 22 16 1 1 6
Eric Everett 23 16 1 1 6
Ron Johnson 31 WR 14 9 1 6
Dave Little 28 16 1 1 6
Clyde Simmons 25 RDE 16 16 1 6
Andre Waters 27 SS 16 13 1 6
Al Harris 33 RLB 16 16 1 2
Team Total 26.6 16 14 23 1 2 40 20 1 342
Opp Total 16 6 26 1 30 14 2 274