1989 New England Patriots season

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1989 New England Patriots season
Owner Victor Kiam
General manager Patrick Sullivan
Head coach Raymond Berry
Home field Sullivan Stadium
Results
Record5–11
Division place4th AFC East
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers LB Johnny Rembert
All-Pros None
Uniform
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The 1989 New England Patriots season was the team's 30th, and 20th in the National Football League. The Patriots finished the season with a record of five wins and eleven losses, and finished fourth in the AFC East Division. After the season, Head Coach Raymond Berry was fired and replaced by Rod Rust.

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The Patriots' pass defense surrendered 7.64 yards-per-attempt in 1989, one of the ten worst totals in NFL history. [1] The week 7 matchup with the San Francisco 49ers was moved to Stanford Stadium on the campus of Stanford University after the Loma Prieta earthquake, which had caused some damage to the 49ers' usual home of Candlestick Park 5 days earlier during the World Series.

Offseason

Draft

1989 New England Patriots draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
116 Hart Lee Dykes   Wide receiver Oklahoma State
243 Eric Coleman   Cornerback Wyoming
363 Marv Cook   Tight end Iowa
373 Chris Gannon   Defensive end Southwestern Louisiana
496 Maurice Hurst  Cornerback Southern
4100 Michael Timpson  Wide receiver Penn State
6165Eric Mitchel  Running back Oklahoma
7178Eric Lindstrom  Linebacker Boston College
8210Rodney Rice Defensive back BYU
8223 Tony Zackery  Cornerback Washington
9240Darron Norris Running back Texas
9247Curtis Wilson  Center Missouri
10267 Emanuel McNeil   Defensive tackle Tennessee-Martin
11294Tony Hinz Running back Harvard
12324Aaron Chubb Linebacker Georgia
      Made roster    †    Pro Football Hall of Fame     *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1989 New England Patriots staff

Front office

  • Chairman – Victor Kiam
  • Vice Chairman – Fran Murray
  • President – Billy Sullivan
  • Vice-president – Bucko Kilroy
  • General manager – Patrick Sullivan
  • Director of Player Development – Dick Steinberg
  • Director of Pro Scouting – Bill McPeak
  • Director of college scouting – Joe Mendes
  • Special assistant to head coach – John Polonchek

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning


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Roster

1989 New England Patriots roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

 Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

 Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

47 active, 19 inactive, 3 practice squadReserve


Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecap
1September 10at New York Jets W 27–241–0 Giants Stadium 64,541 Recap
2September 17 Miami Dolphins L 10–241–1 Foxboro Stadium 57,043 Recap
3September 24 Seattle Seahawks L 3–241–2Foxboro Stadium48,025 Recap
4October 1at Buffalo Bills L 10–311–3 Rich Stadium 78,921 Recap
5October 8 Houston Oilers W 23–132–3Foxboro Stadium59,828 Recap
6October 15at Atlanta Falcons L 15–162–4 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 39,697 Recap
7October 22at San Francisco 49ers L 20–372–5 Stanford Stadium 51,781 Recap
8October 29at Indianapolis Colts W 23–203–5 Hoosier Dome 59,356 Recap
9November 5 New York Jets L 26–273–6Foxboro Stadium53,366 Recap
10November 12 New Orleans Saints L 24–283–7Foxboro Stadium47,680 Recap
11November 19 Buffalo Bills W 33–244–7Foxboro Stadium49,663 Recap
12November 26at Los Angeles Raiders L 21–244–8 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 38,747 Recap
13December 3 Indianapolis Colts W 22–165–8Foxboro Stadium32,234 Recap
14December 10at Miami Dolphins L 10–315–9 Joe Robbie Stadium 55,918 Recap
15December 17at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10–285–10 Three Rivers Stadium 26,594 Recap
16December 24 Los Angeles Rams L 20–245–11 Foxboro Stadium 27,940 Recap

Note:

Game summaries

Week 1

1234Total
• Patriots7140627
Jets0017724
Scoring summary
Q1NE Fryar 20 yard pass from Eason (Davis kick)NE 7–0
Q2NE Morgan 30 yard pass from Eason (Davis kick)NE 14–0
Q2NE Stephens 1 yard run (Davis kick)NE 21–0
Q3NYJ Vick 1 yard pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)NE 21–7
Q3NYJLeahy 40 yard field goalNE 21–10
Q3NYJ Prokop 17 yard run (Leahy kick)NE 21–17
Q4NYJ Townsell 48 yard pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)NYJ 24–21
Q4NE Dupard 4 yard run (kick failed)NE 27–24

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Standings

AFC East
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
Buffalo Bills (3)970.5636–28–4409317W1
Indianapolis Colts 880.5004–47–5298301L1
Miami Dolphins 880.5004–46–8331379L2
New England Patriots 5110.3134–45–7297391L3
New York Jets 4120.2502–63–9253411L3

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ryan Kalil ad: Carolina D not up to the task". archive.is. December 6, 2012. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ The Football Database. Retrieved 2014-Aug-24.
  3. ↑ "New England Patriots". Pro Football Guide. Sporting News. 1989. p. 70. ISBN   0892043253 . Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Aug-24.


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