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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)
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1989 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Randall Cunningham* | 26 | 4 | 16 | 290 for 532, 3,400 yards, 21 td, 15 int, & 104 rushes for 621 yards and 4 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 37th pick / 1985 |
| RB | Keith Byars | 26 | 3 | 15 | 133 rushes for 452 yards, 5 td, & 68 catches for 721 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 10th pick / 1986 |
| FB | Anthony Toney | 27 | 3 | 14 | 172 rushes for 582 yards, 3 td, & 19 catches for 124 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 37th pick / 1986 |
| WR | Cris Carter | 24 | 2 | 15 | 45 catches for 605 yards, 11 td, & 2 rushes for 16 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 3rd pick / 1987 Supp |
| WR | Ron Johnson | 31 | 4 | 9 | 20 catches for 295 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 3 yards and 0 td | Seattle Seahawks / 7th / 170th pick / 1981 |
| WR | Mike Quick | 30 | 7 | 5 | 13 catches for 228 yards, 2 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 20th pick / 1982 |
| TE | Keith Jackson*+ | 24 | 1 | 12 | 63 catches for 648 yards, 3 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 13th pick / 1988 |
| TE | Jimmie Giles | 35 | 12 | 5 | 16 catches for 225 yards, 2 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1977 |
| LT | Matt Darwin | 26 | 3 | 12 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 106th pick / 1986 |
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| LG | Mike Schad | 26 | 2 | 16 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 23rd pick / 1986 |
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| C | David Alexander | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 121st pick / 1987 |
| RG | Ron Solt | 27 | 5 | 12 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 19th pick / 1984 |
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| RT | Ron R. Heller | 27 | 5 | 16 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 112th pick / 1984 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Reggie White*+ | 28 | 4 | 16 | 11.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1984 Supp |
| LDT | Mike Pitts | 29 | 6 | 16 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 16th pick / 1983 |
| RDT | Jerome Brown | 24 | 2 | 16 | 10.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 9th pick / 1987 |
| RDE | Clyde Simmons | 25 | 3 | 16 | 15.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 233rd pick / 1986 |
| LLB | Seth Joyner | 25 | 3 | 14 | 5.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 208th pick / 1986 |
| MLB | Byron Evans | 25 | 2 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 93rd pick / 1987 |
| RLB | Al Harris | 33 | 10 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 9th pick / 1979 |
| LCB | Izel Jenkins | 25 | 1 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 288th pick / 1988 |
| RCB | Eric Allen*+ | 24 | 1 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 30th pick / 1988 |
| SS | Andre Waters | 27 | 5 | 13 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Wes Hopkins | 28 | 6 | 15 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 35th pick / 1983 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Luis Zendejas | 28 | 2 | 0 | 9 of 15 field goals & 23 of 23 extra points | |
| P | John Teltschik | 25 | 3 | 0 | 57 punts for a 39.4 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Bears / 9th / 249th pick / 1986 |
| PR | Henry Williams | 27 | Rook | 0 | 30 punt returns for a 8.9 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Mark Higgs | 23 | 1 | 1 | 16 kick returns for a 18.3 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 205th pick / 1988 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | David Alexander | 25 | C-G-T | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 7/28/1964 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 121st pick / 1987 |
| 21 | Eric Allen*+ | 24 | DB | 15 | 15 | 184 | 5-10 | Arizona State | 11/22/1965 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 30th pick / 1988 |
| 58 | Ty Allert | 26 | LB | 7 | 0 | 233 | 6-2 | Texas | 7/23/1963 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 95th pick / 1986 |
| 49 | Todd Bell | 31 | DB-LB | 4 | 4 | 207 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 11/28/1958 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 95th pick / 1981 |
| 99 | Jerome Brown | 24 | DT | 16 | 16 | 292 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 2/4/1965 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 9th pick / 1987 |
| 41 | Keith Byars | 26 | RB-TE | 16 | 15 | 245 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 10/14/1963 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 10th pick / 1986 |
| 87 | Carlos Carson | 31 | WR | 6 | 1 | 180 | 5-11 | LSU | 12/28/1958 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 114th pick / 1980 |
| 80 | Cris Carter | 24 | WR | 16 | 15 | 202 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 11/25/1965 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 3rd pick / 1987 Supp |
| 6 | Matt Cavanaugh | 33 | QB | 9 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 10/27/1956 | 10 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 50th pick / 1978 |
| 12 | Randall Cunningham* | 26 | QB | 16 | 16 | 212 | 6-4 | UNLV | 3/27/1963 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 37th pick / 1985 |
| 78 | Matt Darwin | 26 | T-C | 15 | 12 | 268 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 3/11/1963 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 106th pick / 1986 |
| 2 | Steve DeLine | 28 | K | 3 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Colorado State | 8/19/1961 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 189th pick / 1987 |
| 24 | Alan Dial | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | UCLA | 2/2/1965 | Rook | |
| 36 | Robert Drummond | 22 | RB | 16 | 1 | 205 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 6/21/1967 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 76th pick / 1989 |
| 84 | Anthony Edwards | 23 | WR | 9 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | New Mexico Highlands | 5/26/1966 | Rook | |
| 56 | Byron Evans | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-2 | Arizona | 2/23/1964 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 93rd pick / 1987 |
| 42 | Eric Everett | 23 | DB | 16 | 1 | 165 | 5-10 | Texas Tech | 7/13/1966 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 122nd pick / 1988 |
| 33 | William Frizzell | 27 | DB | 16 | 0 | 203 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 9/8/1962 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 259th pick / 1984 |
| 86 | Gregg Garrity | 29 | WR | 9 | 0 | 171 | 5-10 | Penn State | 11/24/1960 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 140th pick / 1983 |
| 83 | Jimmie Giles | 35 | TE | 16 | 5 | 239 | 6-3 | Alcorn State | 11/8/1954 | 12 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1977 |
| 90 | Mike Golic | 27 | DT-NT-DE | 16 | 0 | 274 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 12/12/1962 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 255th pick / 1985 |
| 54 | Britt Hager | 23 | LB | 16 | 0 | 231 | 6-1 | Texas | 2/20/1966 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 81st pick / 1989 |
| 95 | Al Harris | 33 | DE-LB | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-5 | Arizona State | 12/31/1956 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 9th pick / 1979 |
| 73 | Ron R. Heller | 27 | T | 16 | 16 | 298 | 6-5 | Penn State | 8/25/1962 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 112th pick / 1984 |
| 22 | Mark Higgs | 23 | RB | 15 | 1 | 199 | 5-7 | Kentucky | 4/11/1966 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 205th pick / 1988 |
| 34 | Terry Hoage | 27 | DB | 6 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Georgia | 4/11/1962 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 68th pick / 1984 |
| 48 | Wes Hopkins | 28 | DB | 16 | 15 | 213 | 6-1 | SMU | 9/26/1961 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 35th pick / 1983 |
| 88 | Keith Jackson*+ | 24 | TE | 14 | 12 | 250 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 4/19/1965 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 13th pick / 1988 |
| 46 | Izel Jenkins | 25 | DB | 16 | 13 | 191 | 5-10 | North Carolina State | 5/27/1964 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 288th pick / 1988 |
| 53 | Dwayne Jiles | 28 | LB | 1 | 0 | 242 | 6-4 | Texas Tech | 11/23/1961 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 121st pick / 1985 |
| 85 | Ron Johnson | 31 | WR | 14 | 9 | 190 | 6-3 | Long Beach State | 9/21/1958 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 7th / 170th pick / 1981 |
| 31 | Tyrone E. Jones | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 223 | 6-4 | Arkansas State,LSU | 11/9/1966 | Rook | |
| 59 | Seth Joyner | 25 | LB-DB | 14 | 14 | 241 | 6-2 | Texas-El Paso | 11/18/1964 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 208th pick / 1986 |
| 94 | Steve Kaufusi | 26 | DE-DT | 16 | 0 | 274 | 6-4 | BYU | 10/17/1963 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 12th / 319th pick / 1988 |
| 37 | Sammy Lilly | 24 | DB | 15 | 0 | 178 | 5-9 | Georgia Tech | 2/12/1965 | Rook | New York Giants / 8th / 202nd pick / 1988 |
| 89 | Dave Little | 28 | TE | 16 | 1 | 233 | 6-2 | Middle Tenn. State | 4/18/1961 | 5 | |
| 74 | Mike Pitts | 29 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 277 | 6-5 | Alabama | 9/25/1960 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 16th pick / 1983 |
| 82 | Mike Quick | 30 | WR | 6 | 5 | 190 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 5/14/1959 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 20th pick / 1982 |
| 66 | Ken Reeves | 28 | T-G | 14 | 3 | 270 | 6-5 | Texas A&M | 10/4/1961 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 156th pick / 1985 |
| 55 | Mike Reichenbach | 28 | LB | 16 | 4 | 235 | 6-2 | East Stroudsburg | 9/14/1961 | 5 | |
| 50 | Dave Rimington | 29 | C | 6 | 1 | 288 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 5/22/1960 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 25th pick / 1983 |
| 4 | Max Runager | 33 | P | 4 | 0 | 189 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 3/24/1956 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 211th pick / 1979 |
| 7 | Roger Ruzek | 29 | K | 5 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Weber State | 12/17/1960 | 2 | |
| 79 | Mike Schad | 26 | G | 16 | 16 | 290 | 6-5 | Queens (Canada) | 10/2/1963 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 23rd pick / 1986 |
| 51 | Ricky Shaw | 24 | LB | 8 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Oklahoma State | 7/28/1965 | 1 | New York Giants / 4th / 92nd pick / 1988 |
| 23 | Heath Sherman | 22 | RB | 15 | 1 | 195 | 6-0 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 3/27/1967 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 162nd pick / 1989 |
| 96 | Clyde Simmons | 25 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 292 | 6-5 | Western Carolina | 8/4/1964 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 233rd pick / 1986 |
| 68 | Reggie Singletary | 25 | G-T-DT | 1 | 0 | 279 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 1/17/1964 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 12th / 315th pick / 1986 |
| 52 | Jessie Small | 23 | LB | 16 | 1 | 239 | 6-3 | Eastern Kentucky | 11/30/1966 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 49th pick / 1989 |
| 65 | Ron Solt | 27 | G | 13 | 12 | 279 | 6-3 | Maryland | 5/19/1962 | 5 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 19th pick / 1984 |
| 61 | Ben Tamburello | 25 | G-C | 16 | 4 | 278 | 6-3 | Auburn | 9/9/1964 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 65th pick / 1987 |
| 10 | John Teltschik | 25 | P | 10 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Texas | 3/8/1964 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 249th pick / 1986 |
| 25 | Anthony Toney | 27 | RB | 14 | 14 | 227 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 9/23/1962 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 37th pick / 1986 |
| 14 | Rick Tuten | 24 | P | 2 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | Florida State,Miami (FL) | 1/5/1965 | Rook | |
| 20 | Andre Waters | 27 | DB | 16 | 13 | 200 | 5-11 | Cheyney | 3/10/1962 | 5 | |
| 92 | Reggie White*+ | 28 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 291 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 12/19/1961 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1984 Supp |
| 81 | Henry Williams | 27 | WR | 13 | 0 | 185 | 5-6 | East Carolina | 5/31/1962 | Rook | |
| 8 | Luis Zendejas | 28 | K | 8 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | Arizona State | 10/22/1961 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 26.6 | 16 | 228.1 | 6-1.7 | 3.4 |