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1989 Los Angeles Raiders
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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 315 points (19.7/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 297 points (18.6/g), 10th.
Differential of 18 points (1.1/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 8.6-7.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 16th.
Coached by Mike Shanahan (1-3-0) and Art Shell (7-5-0)
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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 | Jay Schroeder | 28 | 4 | 9 | 91 for 194, 1,550 yards, 8 td, 13 int, & 15 rushes for 38 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1984 |
| QB | Steve Beuerlein | 24 | 1 | 7 | 108 for 217, 1,677 yards, 13 td, 9 int, & 16 rushes for 39 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Raiders / 4th / 110th pick / 1987 |
| RB | Bo Jackson | 27 | 2 | 9 | 173 rushes for 950 yards, 4 td, & 9 catches for 69 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Raiders / 7th / 183rd pick / 1987 |
| RB | Marcus Allen | 29 | 7 | 5 | 69 rushes for 293 yards, 2 td, & 20 catches for 191 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 10th pick / 1982 |
| FB | Steve Smith | 25 | 2 | 16 | 117 rushes for 471 yards, 1 td, & 19 catches for 140 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Raiders / 3rd / 81st pick / 1987 |
| WR | Mervyn Fernandez | 30 | 2 | 13 | 57 catches for 1,069 yards, 9 td, & 2 rushes for 16 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Raiders / 10th / 277th pick / 1983 |
| WR | Willie Gault | 29 | 6 | 16 | 28 catches for 690 yards, 4 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 18th pick / 1983 |
| TE | Mike Dyal | 23 | Rook | 16 | 27 catches for 499 yards, 2 td | |
| LT | Rory Graves | 26 | 1 | 15 | ||
| LG | John Gesek | 26 | 2 | 16 | Los Angeles Raiders / 10th / 265th pick / 1987 |
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| C | Don Mosebar | 28 | 6 | 11 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 26th pick / 1983 |
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| RG | Steve Wisniewski | 22 | Rook | 15 | 3 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 29th pick / 1989 |
| RT | Bruce Wilkerson | 25 | 2 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1987 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Howie Long* | 29 | 8 | 11 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 48th pick / 1981 |
| NT | Bob Golic | 32 | 10 | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1979 |
| RDE | Scott Davis | 24 | 1 | 13 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 25th pick / 1988 |
| RDE | Mike Wise | 25 | 3 | 9 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 4th / 85th pick / 1986 |
| LOLB | Linden King | 34 | 11 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1977 |
| LILB | Thomas Benson | 28 | 5 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 36th pick / 1984 |
| RILB | Jerry Robinson | 33 | 10 | 11 | 0.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 21st pick / 1979 |
| ROLB | Greg Townsend | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 4th / 110th pick / 1983 |
| LCB | Terry McDaniel | 24 | 1 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 9th pick / 1988 |
| RCB | Lionel Washington | 29 | 6 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1983 |
| SS | Mike Harden | 31 | 9 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 5th / 131st pick / 1980 |
| SS | Zeph Lee | 26 | 2 | 6 | Los Angeles Raiders / 9th / 246th pick / 1986 |
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| FS | Eddie Anderson | 26 | 3 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 6th / 153rd pick / 1986 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jeff Jaeger | 25 | 2 | 0 | 23 of 34 field goals & 34 of 34 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1987 |
| P | Jeff Gossett | 32 | 8 | 0 | 67 punts for a 40.5 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Stefon Adams | 26 | 3 | 0 | 19 punt returns for a 8.2 average and 0 td | Los Angeles Raiders / 3rd / 80th pick / 1985 |
| KR | Stefon Adams | 26 | 3 | 0 | 22 kick returns for a 19.3 average and 0 td | Los Angeles Raiders / 3rd / 80th pick / 1985 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Stefon Adams | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 189 | 5-10 | East Carolina | 8/11/1963 | 3 | Los Angeles Raiders / 3rd / 80th pick / 1985 |
| Mike Alexander | 24 | WR | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/19/1965 | Rook | Los Angeles Raiders / 8th / 199th pick / 1988 |
| Marcus Allen | 29 | RB | 8 | 5 | 210 | 6-2 | USC | 3/26/1960 | 7 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 10th pick / 1982 |
| Eddie Anderson | 26 | DB | 15 | 10 | 210 | 6-1 | Fort Valley State | 7/22/1963 | 3 | Seattle Seahawks / 6th / 153rd pick / 1986 |
| Thomas Benson | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 238 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 9/6/1961 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 36th pick / 1984 |
| Steve Beuerlein | 24 | QB | 10 | 7 | 220 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 3/7/1965 | 1 | Los Angeles Raiders / 4th / 110th pick / 1987 |
| Tim Brown | 23 | WR | 1 | 1 | 195 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 7/22/1966 | 1 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 6th pick / 1988 |
| Russell Carter | 27 | DB | 9 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | SMU | 2/10/1962 | 5 | New York Jets / 1st / 10th pick / 1984 |
| Joe Costello | 29 | DE | 2 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Central Connecticut State | 6/1/1960 | 3 | |
| Derrick Crudup | 24 | DB-RB | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Florida,Oklahoma | 2/15/1965 | Rook | Los Angeles Raiders / 7th / 171st pick / 1988 |
| Scott Davis | 24 | DT-DE-LB | 14 | 13 | 280 | 6-7 | Illinois | 7/8/1965 | 1 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 25th pick / 1988 |
| Mike Dyal | 23 | TE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 5/20/1966 | Rook | |
| Bobby Joe Edmonds | 25 | RB | 7 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Arkansas | 9/26/1964 | 3 | Seattle Seahawks / 5th / 126th pick / 1986 |
| Vince Evans | 34 | QB | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | USC | 6/14/1955 | 12 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 140th pick / 1977 |
| Mervyn Fernandez | 30 | WR | 16 | 13 | 205 | 6-3 | San Jose State | 12/29/1959 | 2 | Los Angeles Raiders / 10th / 277th pick / 1983 |
| Willie Gault | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 181 | 6-0 | Tennessee | 9/5/1960 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 18th pick / 1983 |
| John Gesek | 26 | G-C | 16 | 16 | 282 | 6-5 | Sacramento State | 2/18/1963 | 2 | Los Angeles Raiders / 10th / 265th pick / 1987 |
| Bob Golic | 32 | NT-DT-LB-DE | 16 | 16 | 264 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 10/26/1957 | 10 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1979 |
| Jeff Gossett | 32 | P | 16 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Eastern Illinois | 1/25/1957 | 8 | |
| Rory Graves | 26 | T | 15 | 15 | 288 | 6-6 | Ohio State | 7/21/1963 | 1 | |
| Mike Harden | 31 | DB | 15 | 12 | 192 | 6-1 | Michigan | 2/16/1958 | 9 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 131st pick / 1980 |
| Mike Haynes | 36 | DB | 13 | 1 | 192 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 7/1/1953 | 13 | New England Patriots / 1st / 5th pick / 1976 |
| Ethan Horton | 27 | TE-RB | 16 | 1 | 235 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 12/19/1962 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 15th pick / 1985 |
| Ricky Hunley | 28 | LB | 12 | 1 | 242 | 6-2 | Arizona | 11/11/1961 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 7th pick / 1984 |
| Bo Jackson | 27 | RB | 11 | 9 | 227 | 6-1 | Auburn | 11/30/1962 | 2 | Los Angeles Raiders / 7th / 183rd pick / 1987 |
| Jeff Jaeger | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Washington | 11/26/1964 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1987 |
| Trey Junkin | 28 | TE-LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Louisiana Tech | 1/23/1961 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 93rd pick / 1983 |
| Emanuel King | 26 | LB | 16 | 3 | 250 | 6-4 | Alabama | 8/15/1963 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 25th pick / 1985 |
| Linden King | 34 | LB | 14 | 13 | 241 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 6/28/1955 | 11 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1977 |
| Pete Koch | 27 | NT-DE-DT | 4 | 0 | 270 | 6-6 | Maryland | 1/23/1962 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 16th pick / 1984 |
| Dan Land | 24 | DB-RB | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Albany State (GA) | 7/3/1965 | 2 | |
| Zeph Lee | 26 | DB-RB | 13 | 6 | 208 | 6-3 | USC | 6/17/1963 | 2 | Los Angeles Raiders / 9th / 246th pick / 1986 |
| Howie Long* | 29 | DE-NT | 14 | 11 | 268 | 6-5 | Villanova | 1/6/1960 | 8 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 48th pick / 1981 |
| Terry McDaniel | 24 | DB | 16 | 15 | 180 | 5-10 | Tennessee | 2/8/1965 | 1 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 9th pick / 1988 |
| Vann McElroy | 29 | DB | 7 | 4 | 193 | 6-2 | Baylor | 1/13/1960 | 7 | Los Angeles Raiders / 3rd / 64th pick / 1982 |
| Don Mosebar | 28 | C-T-G | 12 | 11 | 285 | 6-6 | USC | 9/11/1961 | 6 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 26th pick / 1983 |
| Mark Mraz | 24 | DE | 11 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | Utah State | 2/9/1965 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 125th pick / 1987 |
| Vance Mueller | 25 | RB | 16 | 2 | 210 | 6-0 | Occidental | 5/5/1964 | 3 | Los Angeles Raiders / 4th / 103rd pick / 1986 |
| Bill Pickel | 30 | NT-DT-DE | 16 | 3 | 265 | 6-5 | Rutgers | 11/5/1959 | 6 | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 54th pick / 1983 |
| Kerry Porter | 25 | RB | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Washington State | 9/23/1964 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 171st pick / 1987 |
| Dennis Price | 24 | DB | 5 | 0 | 175 | 6-1 | UCLA | 6/14/1965 | 1 | Los Angeles Raiders / 5th / 131st pick / 1988 |
| Jerry Robinson | 33 | LB | 11 | 11 | 223 | 6-2 | UCLA | 12/18/1956 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 21st pick / 1979 |
| Tim Rother | 24 | DT | 16 | 0 | 285 | 6-7 | Nebraska | 9/28/1965 | Rook | Los Angeles Raiders / 4th / 90th pick / 1988 |
| Jay Schroeder | 28 | QB | 11 | 9 | 215 | 6-4 | UCLA | 6/28/1961 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1984 |
| Jackie Shipp | 27 | LB | 3 | 3 | 235 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 3/17/1962 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 14th pick / 1984 |
| Steve Smith | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-1 | Penn State | 8/30/1964 | 2 | Los Angeles Raiders / 3rd / 81st pick / 1987 |
| Steve Strachan | 26 | RB | 16 | 0 | 221 | 6-1 | Boston College | 3/22/1963 | 4 | Los Angeles Raiders / 11th / 303rd pick / 1985 |
| Greg Townsend | 28 | DE-LB-DT-NT | 16 | 12 | 264 | 6-3 | TCU | 11/3/1961 | 6 | Los Angeles Raiders / 4th / 110th pick / 1983 |
| Dan Turk | 27 | C-G | 16 | 4 | 290 | 6-4 | Drake,Wisconsin | 6/25/1962 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 101st pick / 1985 |
| Timmie Ware | 27 | WR | 13 | 0 | 171 | 5-10 | USC | 4/2/1962 | 3 | |
| Lionel Washington | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 6-0 | Tulane | 10/21/1960 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1983 |
| Bruce Wilkerson | 25 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 295 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 7/28/1964 | 2 | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1987 |
| Otis Wilson | 32 | LB | 1 | 1 | 227 | 6-2 | Louisville,Syracuse | 9/15/1957 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 19th pick / 1980 |
| Mike Wise | 25 | DE | 16 | 9 | 271 | 6-7 | California-Davis | 6/5/1964 | 3 | Los Angeles Raiders / 4th / 85th pick / 1986 |
| Steve Wisniewski | 22 | G | 15 | 15 | 305 | 6-4 | Penn State | 4/7/1967 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 29th pick / 1989 |
| Steve Wright | 30 | T-G-TE | 16 | 3 | 271 | 6-6 | Northern Iowa | 4/8/1959 | 8 | |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 230.1 | 6-2.5 | 4.3 |