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1989 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics

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League Standings

Glossary
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO PtDif
AFC East
Buffalo Bills 9 7 0 .563 409 317 92
Indianapolis Colts 8 8 0 .500 298 301 -3
Miami Dolphins 8 8 0 .500 331 379 -48
New England Patriots 5 11 0 .313 297 391 -94
New York Jets 4 12 0 .250 253 411 -158
AFC Central
Cleveland Browns 9 6 1 .594 334 254 80
Pittsburgh Steelers 9 7 0 .563 265 326 -61
Houston Oilers 9 7 0 .563 365 412 -47
Cincinnati Bengals 8 8 0 .500 404 285 119
AFC West
Denver Broncos 11 5 0 .688 362 226 136
Kansas City Chiefs 8 7 1 .531 318 286 32
Los Angeles Raiders 8 8 0 .500 315 297 18
Seattle Seahawks 7 9 0 .438 241 327 -86
San Diego Chargers 6 10 0 .375 266 290 -24
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO PtDif
NFC East
New York Giants 12 4 0 .750 348 252 96
Philadelphia Eagles 11 5 0 .688 342 274 68
Washington Redskins 10 6 0 .625 386 308 78
Phoenix Cardinals 5 11 0 .313 258 377 -119
Dallas Cowboys 1 15 0 .063 204 393 -189
NFC Central
Minnesota Vikings 10 6 0 .625 351 275 76
Green Bay Packers 10 6 0 .625 362 356 6
Detroit Lions 7 9 0 .438 312 364 -52
Chicago Bears 6 10 0 .375 358 377 -19
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 11 0 .313 320 419 -99
NFC West
San Francisco 49ers 14 2 0 .875 442 253 189
Los Angeles Rams 11 5 0 .688 426 344 82
New Orleans Saints 9 7 0 .563 386 301 85
Atlanta Falcons 3 13 0 .188 279 437 -158

Playoff Games

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
WildCard Sun December 31 box W Pittsburgh Steelers @ Houston Oilers 26 23
WildCard Sun December 31 box W Los Angeles Rams @ Philadelphia Eagles 21 7
Division Sat January 6 box W Cleveland Browns Buffalo Bills 34 30
Division Sat January 6 box W San Francisco 49ers Minnesota Vikings 41 13
Division Sun January 7 box W Denver Broncos Pittsburgh Steelers 24 23
Division Sun January 7 box W Los Angeles Rams @ New York Giants 19 13
ConfChamp Sun January 14 box W Denver Broncos Cleveland Browns 37 21
ConfChamp Sun January 14 box W San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Rams 30 3
SuperBowl Sun January 28 box W San Francisco 49ers N Denver Broncos 55 10

Award Winners

AP MVPJoe Montana
PFWA MVPJoe Montana
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVPJoe Montana
Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)Joe Montana
AP Offensive Player of the YearJoe Montana
AP Defensive Player of the YearKeith Millard
Super Bowl MVPJoe Montana
AP Offensive Rookie of the YearBarry Sanders
AP Defensive Rookie of the YearDerrick Thomas
Walter Payton Man of the YearWarren Moon
AP Comeback Player of the YearOttis Anderson

Team Offense

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Passing Rushing
Rk Tm G Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
1 San Francisco 49ers 16 442 6268 1021 6.1 350 339 483 4302 35 11 8.1 209 493 1966 14 4.0 124 25 14 17
2 Los Angeles Rams 16 426 6042 1027 5.9 321 308 523 4133 29 18 7.4 197 472 1909 19 4.0 107 29 11 17
3 Buffalo Bills 16 409 5853 1045 5.6 334 281 478 3589 32 20 7.0 177 532 2264 15 4.3 136 41 21 21
4 Cincinnati Bengals 16 404 6101 1083 5.6 348 288 513 3618 32 13 6.5 183 529 2483 17 4.7 136 32 19 29
5 Washington Redskins 16 386 6253 1116 5.6 338 337 581 4349 24 17 7.2 217 514 1904 14 3.7 101 37 20 20
6 New Orleans Saints 16 386 5328 999 5.3 304 284 461 3380 23 19 6.8 167 502 1948 19 3.9 108 31 12 29
7 Houston Oilers 16 365 5427 1028 5.3 327 295 496 3499 23 16 6.6 185 495 1928 16 3.9 112 33 17 30
8 Denver Broncos 16 362 5093 1071 4.8 308 256 474 3001 21 20 5.8 163 554 2092 15 3.8 125 32 12 20
9 Green Bay Packers 16 362 5780 1045 5.5 342 354 600 4048 27 20 6.2 207 397 1732 13 4.4 114 33 13 21
10 Chicago Bears 16 358 5375 1028 5.2 302 267 484 3088 21 25 6.0 147 516 2287 22 4.4 136 42 17 19
11 Minnesota Vikings 16 351 5255 1053 5.0 326 272 499 3189 17 19 5.9 172 514 2066 12 4.0 126 33 14 28
12 New York Giants 16 348 4963 1046 4.7 298 248 444 3074 17 16 6.3 157 556 1889 17 3.4 118 30 14 23
13 Philadelphia Eagles 16 342 5320 1123 4.7 321 294 538 3112 23 16 5.3 171 540 2208 14 4.1 120 32 16 30
14 Cleveland Browns 16 334 5042 1011 5.0 285 309 529 3433 20 15 6.1 161 448 1609 14 3.6 101 30 15 23
15 Miami Dolphins 16 331 5546 1011 5.5 310 331 601 4216 26 25 6.9 201 400 1330 10 3.3 88 41 16 21
16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 320 4842 1025 4.7 288 302 570 3335 23 28 5.4 174 412 1507 10 3.7 84 37 9 30
17 Kansas City Chiefs 16 318 5265 1017 5.2 304 259 435 3038 14 23 6.6 165 559 2227 18 4.0 120 41 18 19
18 Los Angeles Raiders 16 315 4989 912 5.5 259 201 414 2951 21 22 6.4 143 454 2038 9 4.5 93 34 12 23
19 Detroit Lions 16 312 4992 928 5.4 274 229 450 2939 11 24 5.8 139 421 2053 23 4.9 117 48 24 18
20 Indianapolis Colts 16 298 4813 979 4.9 273 253 493 2960 18 17 5.7 140 458 1853 11 4.0 118 27 10 15
21 New England Patriots 16 297 5456 1129 4.8 335 302 610 3707 17 27 5.8 187 485 1749 12 3.6 114 39 12 34
22 Atlanta Falcons 16 279 4669 947 4.9 261 312 578 3514 17 12 5.6 173 318 1155 11 3.6 75 23 11 13
23 San Diego Chargers 16 266 4910 986 5.0 267 270 515 3037 15 19 5.5 149 432 1873 13 4.3 95 36 17 23
24 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 265 3996 955 4.2 244 210 404 2178 10 13 4.8 117 500 1818 17 3.6 106 31 18 21
25 Phoenix Cardinals 16 258 4641 986 4.7 262 279 523 3280 17 30 5.7 157 407 1361 10 3.3 83 44 14 22
26 New York Jets 16 253 5011 1032 4.9 292 338 570 3415 14 24 5.4 189 400 1596 11 4.0 91 41 17 12
27 Seattle Seahawks 16 241 4596 1010 4.6 290 316 559 3204 21 23 5.3 180 405 1392 5 3.4 86 37 14 24
28 Dallas Cowboys 16 204 4294 898 4.8 246 266 513 2885 14 27 5.3 145 355 1409 7 4.0 78 42 15 23
Avg Team 329.7 5218.6 1018.3 5.1 300.3 285.7 512.1 3374.1 20.8 20.0 6.1 170.4 466.7 1844.5 13.9 4.0 107.6 35.0 15.1 22.3
League Total 9232 146120 28511 5.1 8409 8000 14338 94474 582 559 6.1 4772 13068 51646 388 4.0 3012 981 422 625
Avg Tm/G 20.6 326.2 63.6 5.1 18.8 17.9 32.0 210.9 1.3 1.2 6.1 10.7 29.2 115.3 0.9 4.0 6.7 2.2 0.9 1.4

Passing Offense

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Rk Tm G 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%
1 Washington Redskins 16 337 581 58.0 4349 24 4.1 17 2.9 80 7.5 6.6 12.9 271.8 83.2 21 127 7.0 6.1 3.5
2 San Francisco 49ers 16 339 483 70.2 4302 35 7.2 11 2.3 95 8.9 8.6 12.7 268.9 112.3 45 282 7.6 7.3 8.5
3 Miami Dolphins 16 331 601 55.1 4216 26 4.3 25 4.2 78 7.0 5.6 12.7 263.5 74.3 10 86 6.8 5.3 1.6
4 Los Angeles Rams 16 308 523 58.9 4133 29 5.5 18 3.4 78 7.9 6.9 13.4 258.3 88.2 32 236 7.0 6.1 5.8
5 Green Bay Packers 16 354 600 59.0 4048 27 4.5 20 3.3 79 6.7 5.7 11.4 253.0 80.5 48 277 5.8 4.8 7.4
6 New England Patriots 16 302 610 49.5 3707 17 2.8 27 4.4 65 6.1 4.4 12.3 231.7 59.5 34 265 5.3 3.7 5.3
7 Cincinnati Bengals 16 288 513 56.1 3618 32 6.2 13 2.5 74 7.1 6.5 12.6 226.1 88.5 41 332 5.9 5.5 7.4
8 Buffalo Bills 16 281 478 58.8 3589 32 6.7 20 4.2 78 7.5 6.3 12.8 224.3 87.2 35 242 6.5 5.4 6.8
9 Atlanta Falcons 16 312 578 54.0 3514 17 2.9 12 2.1 72 6.1 5.4 11.3 219.6 73.6 51 389 5.0 4.4 8.1
10 Houston Oilers 16 295 496 59.5 3499 23 4.6 16 3.2 55 7.1 6.1 11.9 218.7 83.1 37 287 6.0 5.1 6.9
11 Cleveland Browns 16 309 529 58.4 3433 20 3.8 15 2.8 97 6.5 5.6 11.1 214.6 78.6 34 192 5.8 4.9 6.0
12 New York Jets 16 338 570 59.3 3415 14 2.5 24 4.2 63 6.0 4.3 10.1 213.4 67.1 62 477 4.6 3.2 9.8
13 New Orleans Saints 16 284 461 61.6 3380 23 5.0 19 4.1 54 7.3 6.0 11.9 211.3 83.4 36 271 6.3 5.0 7.2
14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 302 570 53.0 3335 23 4.0 28 4.9 78 5.9 4.0 11.0 208.4 63.6 43 331 4.9 3.2 7.0
15 Phoenix Cardinals 16 279 523 53.3 3280 17 3.3 30 5.7 77 6.3 4.0 11.8 205.0 59.6 56 379 5.0 3.0 9.7
16 Seattle Seahawks 16 316 559 56.5 3204 21 3.8 23 4.1 60 5.7 4.3 10.1 200.3 68.5 46 379 4.7 3.3 7.6
17 Minnesota Vikings 16 272 499 54.5 3189 17 3.4 19 3.8 50 6.4 5.0 11.7 199.3 69.6 40 279 5.4 4.1 7.4
18 Philadelphia Eagles 16 294 538 54.6 3112 23 4.3 16 3.0 66 5.8 4.9 10.6 194.5 73.6 45 343 4.7 3.9 7.7
19 Chicago Bears 16 267 484 55.2 3088 21 4.3 25 5.2 79 6.4 4.5 11.6 193.0 67.6 28 174 5.7 3.9 5.5
20 New York Giants 16 248 444 55.9 3074 17 3.8 16 3.6 62 6.9 5.7 12.4 192.1 75.2 46 281 5.7 4.6 9.4
21 Kansas City Chiefs 16 259 435 59.5 3038 14 3.2 23 5.3 50 7.0 4.9 11.7 189.9 69.5 23 182 6.2 4.3 5.0
22 San Diego Chargers 16 270 515 52.4 3037 15 2.9 19 3.7 69 5.9 4.5 11.2 189.8 64.7 39 254 5.0 3.8 7.0
23 Denver Broncos 16 256 474 54.0 3001 21 4.4 20 4.2 69 6.3 4.9 11.7 187.6 70.7 43 351 5.1 3.8 8.3
24 Indianapolis Colts 16 253 493 51.3 2960 18 3.7 17 3.4 82 6.0 4.8 11.7 185.0 67.7 28 174 5.3 4.2 5.4
25 Los Angeles Raiders 16 201 414 48.6 2951 21 5.1 22 5.3 84 7.1 5.2 14.7 184.4 67.0 44 326 5.7 4.0 9.6
26 Detroit Lions 16 229 450 50.9 2939 11 2.4 24 5.3 75 6.5 4.4 12.8 183.7 57.6 57 343 5.1 3.2 11.2
27 Dallas Cowboys 16 266 513 51.9 2885 14 2.7 27 5.3 75 5.6 3.5 10.8 180.3 55.9 30 239 4.9 2.9 5.5
28 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 210 404 52.0 2178 10 2.5 13 3.2 79 5.4 4.2 10.4 136.1 62.7 51 484 3.7 2.7 11.2
Avg Team 285.7 512.1 55.8 3374.1 20.8 4.1 20.0 3.9 72 6.6 5.2 11.8 210.9 73.3 39.5 285.1 5.6 4.3 7.2
League Total 8000 14338 55.8 94474 582 4.1 559 3.9 97 6.6 5.2 11.8 5904.6 73.3 1105 7982 5.6 4.3 7.2
Avg Tm/G 17.9 32.0 55.8 210.9 1.3 4.1 1.2 3.9 6.6 5.2 11.8 210.9 73.3 2.5 17.8 5.6 4.3 7.2

Rushing Offense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Cincinnati Bengals 16 529 2483 17 65 4.7 155.2 29
2 Chicago Bears 16 516 2287 22 73 4.4 142.9 23
3 Buffalo Bills 16 532 2264 15 38 4.3 141.5 30
4 Kansas City Chiefs 16 559 2227 18 59 4.0 139.2 32
5 Philadelphia Eagles 16 540 2208 14 51 4.1 138.0 43
6 Denver Broncos 16 554 2092 15 40 3.8 130.8 26
7 Minnesota Vikings 16 514 2066 12 47 4.0 129.1 28
8 Detroit Lions 16 421 2053 23 34 4.9 128.3 37
9 Los Angeles Raiders 16 454 2038 9 92 4.5 127.4 28
10 San Francisco 49ers 16 493 1966 14 29 4.0 122.9 32
11 New Orleans Saints 16 502 1948 19 40 3.9 121.8 28
12 Houston Oilers 16 495 1928 16 60 3.9 120.5 39
13 Los Angeles Rams 16 472 1909 19 47 4.0 119.3 26
14 Washington Redskins 16 514 1904 14 58 3.7 119.0 32
15 New York Giants 16 556 1889 17 36 3.4 118.1 30
16 San Diego Chargers 16 432 1873 13 50 4.3 117.1 24
17 Indianapolis Colts 16 458 1853 11 26 4.0 115.8 33
18 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 500 1818 17 58 3.6 113.6 32
19 New England Patriots 16 485 1749 12 35 3.6 109.3 26
20 Green Bay Packers 16 397 1732 13 68 4.4 108.3 35
21 Cleveland Browns 16 448 1609 14 43 3.6 100.6 23
22 New York Jets 16 400 1596 11 39 4.0 99.8 32
23 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 412 1507 10 48 3.7 94.2 21
24 Dallas Cowboys 16 355 1409 7 63 4.0 88.1 29
25 Seattle Seahawks 16 405 1392 5 34 3.4 87.0 43
26 Phoenix Cardinals 16 407 1361 10 44 3.3 85.1 24
27 Miami Dolphins 16 400 1330 10 25 3.3 83.1 30
28 Atlanta Falcons 16 318 1155 11 22 3.6 72.2 26
Avg Team 466.7 1844.5 13.9 47 4.0 115.3 30.0
League Total 13068 51646 388 92 4.0 3227.9 841
Avg Tm/G 29.2 115.3 0.9 4.0 115.3 1.9

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Phoenix Cardinals 16 40 469 0 53 11.7 83 1650 0 52 19.9 6760
2 New Orleans Saints 16 53 428 1 56 8.1 63 1284 1 99 20.4 7040
3 New England Patriots 16 45 379 0 28 8.4 69 1462 0 47 21.2 7297
4 Atlanta Falcons 16 32 341 1 68 10.7 80 1509 0 72 18.9 6519
5 Dallas Cowboys 16 31 197 0 17 6.4 77 1709 1 97 22.2 6200
6 New York Jets 16 33 299 0 30 9.1 75 1309 0 69 17.5 6619
7 Detroit Lions 16 47 572 0 74 12.2 61 1272 0 62 20.9 6836
8 Chicago Bears 16 32 220 0 24 6.9 73 1539 1 96 21.1 7134
9 Green Bay Packers 16 35 289 0 17 8.3 69 1239 0 46 18.0 7308
10 San Diego Chargers 16 38 272 0 52 7.2 64 1235 1 91 19.3 6417
11 Los Angeles Rams 16 35 332 0 25 9.5 67 1328 0 74 19.8 7702
12 Cleveland Browns 16 49 496 0 49 10.1 50 932 0 49 18.6 6470
13 New York Giants 16 46 582 1 76 12.7 51 926 0 43 18.2 6471
14 Minnesota Vikings 16 45 448 0 65 10.0 51 1122 1 93 22.0 6825
15 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 40 278 0 20 7.0 56 1304 1 84 23.3 5578
16 Kansas City Chiefs 16 44 331 0 21 7.5 52 915 0 37 17.6 6511
17 Seattle Seahawks 16 30 251 0 21 8.4 65 1246 1 97 19.2 6093
18 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 32 296 0 55 9.3 62 1055 0 36 17.0 6193
19 Miami Dolphins 16 33 338 1 70 10.2 61 1153 1 97 18.9 7037
20 Los Angeles Raiders 16 40 378 0 29 9.5 54 1002 0 49 18.6 6369
21 Houston Oilers 16 19 122 0 19 6.4 74 1285 0 63 17.4 6834
22 Cincinnati Bengals 16 36 209 0 17 5.8 54 941 0 33 17.4 7251
23 San Francisco 49ers 16 39 429 0 37 11.0 51 954 0 60 18.7 7651
24 Denver Broncos 16 45 344 0 38 7.6 43 876 0 68 20.4 6313
25 Indianapolis Colts 16 26 322 1 49 12.4 60 1164 0 49 19.4 6299
26 Buffalo Bills 16 33 301 0 26 9.1 53 1058 0 85 20.0 7212
27 Philadelphia Eagles 16 37 331 0 28 8.9 49 828 0 45 16.9 6479
28 Washington Redskins 16 26 226 0 38 8.7 58 1176 1 99 20.3 7655
Avg Team 37.2 338.6 0.2 39 9.1 61.6 1195.5 0.3 68 19.4 6752.6
League Total 1041 9480 5 76 9.1 1725 33473 9 99 19.4 189073
Avg Tm/G 2.3 21.2 0.0 9.1 3.9 74.7 0.0 19.4 422.0

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Rk Tm G FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 Cleveland Browns 16 5 5 8 6 9 4 2 1 24 16 66.7% 40 40 100.0% 97 3822 60 0 39.4
2 Philadelphia Eagles 16 2 2 5 4 13 8 13 6 33 20 60.6% 40 40 100.0% 87 3393 91 0 39.0
3 Los Angeles Rams 16 1 1 8 7 7 7 10 8 4 30 23 76.7% 51 51 100.0% 74 2834 54 1 38.3
4 Denver Broncos 16 3 3 14 13 8 8 7 3 1 33 27 81.8% 40 39 97.5% 80 3184 63 0 39.8
5 Minnesota Vikings 16 3 3 15 14 10 6 12 8 4 1 44 32 72.7% 36 35 97.2% 72 2866 55 0 39.8
6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 9 9 6 6 10 5 3 2 28 22 78.6% 36 34 94.4% 86 3311 58 2 38.5
7 Atlanta Falcons 16 1 1 8 8 10 8 11 4 2 2 32 23 71.9% 30 30 100.0% 85 3468 65 1 40.8
8 New Orleans Saints 16 8 7 11 10 6 3 4 29 20 69.0% 46 44 95.7% 71 2776 56 0 39.1
9 Washington Redskins 16 2 2 11 11 15 13 11 3 1 40