1989 Los Angeles Raiders season

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1989 Los Angeles Raiders season
Owner Al Davis
General managerAl Davis
Head coach Mike Shanahan
Art Shell
Home field L.A. Memorial Coliseum
Local radio KLAC–AM 570
Results
Record8–8
Division place3rd AFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1989 Los Angeles Raiders season was the franchise's 30th season overall, and the franchise's 20th season in the National Football League. Art Shell replaced Mike Shanahan, and in the process became the first black head coach in the NFL since Fritz Pollard coached the Akron Pros in 1921. [1] The team finished with an 8–8 record. In preseason against the Houston Oilers, the Raiders played their first game in Oakland since moving to Los Angeles in 1982, before eventually moving back to Oakland in 1995.

Contents

Offseason

NFL draft

1989 Los Angeles Raiders draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
6140 Jeff Francis   QB Tennessee
6156 Doug Lloyd   RB North Dakota State
8205 Derrick Gainer  RB Florida A&M
9235Gary Gooden  DB Indiana
10262Charles Jackson  DT Jackson State
      Made roster  

[2]

Transactions

Staff

1989 Los Angeles Raiders staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

Roster

1989 Los Angeles Raiders roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad

47 active, 7 inactive, 4 practice squad


Rookies in italics

[3]

Regular season

The Raiders started the season with one win and three losses. After hiring Art Shell in week 5, the Raiders won seven of their next ten games. The Raiders suffered road losses to the Seahawks and to the Giants, to be eliminated from playoff contention.

Against the Cincinnati Bengals, Bo Jackson scored a touchdown on a 92-yard run. He became the first player ever with two runs of 90 plus yards in a career. [4] Steve Wisniewski was the youngest player on the Raiders roster. At the age of 22, he was in the starting lineup at the Guard position. Steve Beuerlein started seven games at quarterback and his best performance was against the New York Giants in week 16. Beuerlein had 16 completions and 266 passing yards.

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecap
1September 10 San Diego Chargers W 40–141–0 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 40,237 Recap
2September 17at Kansas City Chiefs L 19–241–1 Arrowhead Stadium 71,741 Recap
3September 24at Denver Broncos L 21–311–2 Mile High Stadium 75,754 Recap
4October 1 Seattle Seahawks L 20–241–3Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum44,319 Recap
5October 9at New York Jets W 14–72–3 Giants Stadium 68,040 Recap
6October 15 Kansas City Chiefs W 20–143–3Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum40,453 Recap
7October 22at Philadelphia Eagles L 7–103–4 Veterans Stadium 64,019 Recap
8October 29 Washington Redskins W 37–244–4Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum52,781 Recap
9November 5 Cincinnati Bengals W 28–75–4Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum51,080 Recap
10November 12at San Diego Chargers L 12–145–5 Jack Murphy Stadium 59,151 Recap
11November 19at Houston Oilers L 7–235–6 Astrodome 59,198 Recap
12November 26 New England Patriots W 24–216–6Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum38,747 Recap
13December 3 Denver Broncos W 16–137–6Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum87,560 Recap
14December 10 Phoenix Cardinals W 16–148–6Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum41,785 Recap
15December 17at Seattle Seahawks L 17–238–7 Kingdome 61,076 Recap
16December 24at New York Giants L 17–348–8Giants Stadium70,306 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 5

1234Total
Raiders007714
Jets00707

[5]

Week 6

1234Total
Chiefs700714
Raiders373720

[6]

Standings

AFC West
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
Denver Broncos (1)1150.6886–29–3362226L1
Kansas City Chiefs 871.5313–56–7–1307286W1
Los Angeles Raiders 880.5003–56–6315297L2
Seattle Seahawks 790.4384–47–5241327L1
San Diego Chargers 6100.3754–44–8266290W2

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