1989 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Central Division 8-8-0 .500

Head Coach: Sam Wyche

Jim Anderson	Running Backs
Bruce Coslet	Offensive Coordinator
Bill Johnson	Tight Ends
Dick LeBeau	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
Jim McNally	Offensive Line/Running Game
Dick Selcer	Linebackers
Mike Stock	Special Teams
Chuck Studley	Linebackers
Kim Wood	Strength

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/13/1989	H	Buffalo Bills	24-20	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	48615
Sat	8/19/1989	A	Detroit Lions	35-3	W	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	43426
Mon	8/28/1989	A	New Orleans Saints	10-27	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	51150
Fri	9/1/1989	A	Minnesota Vikings	10-17	L	Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	49867
Sun	9/10/1989	A	Chicago Bears	14-17	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	64730
Sun	9/17/1989	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	41-10	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	53885
Mon	9/25/1989	H	Cleveland Browns	21-14	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55996
Sun	10/1/1989	A	Kansas City Chiefs	21-17	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	60165
Sun	10/8/1989	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	26-16	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	52785
Sun	10/15/1989	H	Miami Dolphins	13-20	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	58184
Sun	10/22/1989	H	Indianapolis Colts	12-23	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	57642
Sun	10/29/1989	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	56-23	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	57225
Sun	11/5/1989	A	Los Angeles Raiders	7-28	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	51080
Mon	11/13/1989	A	Houston Oilers	24-26	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	60694
Sun	11/19/1989	H	Detroit Lions	42-7	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55720
Sun	11/26/1989	A	Buffalo Bills	7-24	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	80074
Sun	12/3/1989	A	Cleveland Browns	21-0	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	76236
Sun	12/10/1989	H	Seattle Seahawks	17-24	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	54744
Sun	12/17/1989	H	Houston Oilers	61-7	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	47510
Mon	12/25/1989	A	Minnesota Vikings	21-29	L	Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	58829

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
42	Eric Ball	FB	6-1	218	23	UCLA	15	9
35	Chris Barber	S	6-0	187	25	North Carolina A&T State	8	0
53	Leo Barker	LB	6-2	227	30	New Mexico State	16	0
24	Lewis Billups	LCB	5-11	188	26	North Alabama	16	16
74	Brian Blados	ROT	6-5	295	27	North Carolina	13	10
55	Ed Brady	LB	6-2	235	27	Illinois	16	0
3	Jim Breech	K	5-6	161	33	California	12	0
21	James Brooks	RB	5-10	182	31	Auburn	16	14
81	Eddie Brown	WR	6-0	185	27	Navarro JC; Miami (Florida)	15	15
99	Jason Buck	RDE	6-5	264	26	Ricks JC; Brigham Young	16	16
27	Barney Bussey	S	6-0	200	27	South Carolina State	16	1
34	Richard Carey	CB	5-9	185	21	Idaho	7	0
29	Rickey Dixon	FS	5-11	186	23	Oklahoma	16	16
7	Boomer Esiason	QB	6-5	222	28	Maryland	16	15
33	David Fulcher	SS	6-3	231	25	Arizona State	16	16
18	Jim Gallery	K	6-1	205	28	Minnesota	4	0
48	John Garrett	WR	5-11	180	24	Princeton; Columbia; Princeton	1	0
98	David Grant	NT	6-4	277	24	West Virginia	16	0
71	Mike Hammerstein	DE	6-4	270	26	Michigan	15	0
89	Ira Hillary	WR	5-11	190	27	South Carolina	16	1
40	John Holifield	RB	6-0	202	25	West Virginia	3	0
82	Rodney Holman	TE	6-3	238	29	Tulane	16	15
37	Robert Jackson	S	5-10	186	31	Central Michigan	14	0
36	Stanford Jennings	FB	6-1	207	27	Furman	16	6
68	Paul Jetton	C	6-4	291	25	Texas	5	2
11	Lee Johnson	P-K	6-2	200	28	Brigham Young	16	0
77	Scott Jones	OT	6-5	275	23	Washington	15	0
84	Eric Kattus	TE	6-5	240	26	Michigan	16	1
58	Joe Kelly	RILB	6-2	231	25	Washington	16	16
64	Bruce Kozerski	ROG	6-4	279	27	Holy Cross	15	15
69	Tim Krumrie	NT	6-2	268	29	Wisconsin	16	16
88	Mike Martin	WR	5-10	186	29	Illinois	12	0
72	Skip McClendon	DE	6-6	288	25	Northwestern; Butler CC; Arizona State	16	5
85	Tim McGee	WR	5-10	178	25	Tennessee	16	16
65	Max Montoya	OG	6-5	275	33	UCLA	16	15
73	Ken Moyer	OT	6-6	295	23	Toledo	8	0
78	Anthony Munoz	LOT	6-6	280	31	Southern California	16	16
86	Carl Parker	WR	6-2	201	24	Vanderbilt	3	0
75	Bruce Reimers	LOG	6-7	287	29	Iowa State	15	15
87	Jim Riggs	TE	6-5	245	26	Clemson	10	1
94	Rich Romer	LB	6-3	214	23	Union (New York)	5	0
15	Turk Schonert	QB	6-1	196	32	Stanford	7	1
70	Jim Skow	LDE	6-3	252	26	Nebraska	11	11
83	Kendal Smith	WR	5-9	188	24	Utah State	11	0
20	Craig Taylor	RB	5-11	224	23	West Virginia	12	0
22	Eric Thomas	RCB	5-11	181	25	Pasadena CC; Tulane	16	15
96	Natu Tuatagaloa	DE	6-3	265	23	California	14	0
59	Kevin Walker	LB	6-2	241	24	Maryland	16	0
63	Joe Walter	OT	6-6	292	26	Texas Tech	10	7
79	Dana Wells	NT	6-0	270	23	Arizona	1	0
51	Leon White	LOLB	6-3	241	26	Brigham Young	16	16
41	Solomon Wilcots	CB	5-11	190	25	Colorado	16	0
12	Erik Wilhelm	QB	6-3	215	24	Oregon State	6	0
57	Reggie Williams	ROLB	6-0	230	35	Dartmouth	16	16
30	Ickey Woods	RB	6-2	232	23	Nevada-Las Vegas	2	2
91	Carl Zander	LILB	6-2	235	26	Tennessee	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	35	Eric Ball	RB	UCLA
2	55	Freddie Childress	G	Arkansas
3	83	Erik Wilhelm	QB	Oregon State
4	89	Kerry Owens	LB	Arkansas
4	111	Rob Woods	T	Arizona
5	138	Natu Tuatagaloa	DT	California
6	166	Craig Taylor	RB	West Virginia
7	194	Kendal Smith	WR	Utah State
8	222	Chris Chenault	LB	Kentucky
9	250	Rich Stephens	T	Tulsa
10	256	Cornell Holloway	DB	Pittsburgh
10	278	Bob Jean	QB	New Hampshire
11	306	Dana Wells	DT	Arizona
12	334	Scott Jones	T	Washington

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	61	147	98	98
Opponents Totals	50	97	56	82

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:51	348	136	183	29	100/220 45.5%	12/24 50.0%	85	637
Opponents Totals	29:09	280	114	151	15	82/209 39.2%	6/19 31.6%	122	1060

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jim Breech	0	37	38	97.4	12	14	85.7	0	73
James Brooks	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Rodney Holman	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Tim McGee	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Eddie Brown	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Craig Taylor	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Jim Gallery	0	13	13	100.0	2	6	33.3	0	19
Eric Ball	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Stanford Jennings	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Mike Martin	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ickey Woods	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Barney Bussey	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ira Hillary	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Kendal Smith	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Eric Thomas	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Leon White	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lee Johnson	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	52	50	52	96.2	14	20	70.0	0	404
Opponents Totals	32	31	32	96.9	20	27	74.1	1	285

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Breech	12	14	85.7	0/0	9/9	3/4	0/1	0/0
Jim Gallery	2	6	33.3	0/0	1/1	0/1	1/4	0/0
Team Totals	14	20	70.0	0/0	10/10	3/5	1/5	0/0
Opponents Totals	20	27	74.1	0/0	9/9	7/8	4/8	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Brooks	221	1239	5.6	65t	7
Eric Ball	98	391	4.0	27	3
Stanford Jennings	83	293	3.5	17	2
Boomer Esiason	47	278	5.9	24	0
Craig Taylor	30	111	3.7	16	3
Ickey Woods	29	94	3.2	12	2
Tim McGee	2	36	18.0	25	0
Erik Wilhelm	6	30	5.0	14	0
John Holifield	11	20	1.8	11	0
Ira Hillary	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Lee Johnson	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Team Totals	529	2483	4.7	65t	17
Opponents Totals	482	2162	4.5	92t	9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Boomer Esiason	455	258	56.7	186	3525	7.7	13.7	74t	28	6.2	11	2.4	36	288	3237	92.1
Erik Wilhelm	56	30	53.6	24	425	7.6	14.2	46t	4	7.1	2	3.6	3	17	408	87.3
Turk Schonert	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	2	27	-27	39.6
Team Totals	513	288	56.1	212	3950	7.7	13.7	74t	32	6.2	13	2.5	41	332	3618	91.2
Opponents Totals	482	256	53.1	205	3383	7.0	13.2	84t	22	4.6	21	4.4	33	248	3135	72.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tim McGee	65	1211	18.6	74t	8
Eddie Brown	52	814	15.7	46	6
Rodney Holman	50	736	14.7	73t	9
James Brooks	37	306	8.3	25	2
Ira Hillary	17	162	9.5	17	1
Mike Martin	15	160	10.7	21	2
Eric Kattus	12	93	7.8	16	0
Kendal Smith	10	140	14.0	41t	1
Stanford Jennings	10	119	11.9	43t	1
Eric Ball	6	44	7.3	15	0
Jim Riggs	5	29	5.8	9	0
Craig Taylor	4	44	11.0	18t	2
John Garrett	2	29	14.5	18	0
John Holifield	2	18	9.0	14	0
Carl Parker	1	45	45.0	45	0
Team Totals	288	3950	13.7	74t	32
Opponents Totals	256	3383	13.2	84t	22

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
David Fulcher	8	87	10.9	22	0
Eric Thomas	4	18	4.5	18t	1
Rickey Dixon	3	47	15.7	28	0
Lewis Billups	2	0	0.0	0	0
Joe Kelly	1	25	25.0	25	0
Leon White	1	22	22.0	22	0
Richard Carey	1	5	5.0	5	0
Barney Bussey	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	21	204	9.7	28	1
Opponents Totals	13	42	3.2	19	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Lee Johnson	61	2446	40.1	62	2	11	14	323	1903	30.2
Jim Breech	2	58	29.0	32	0	1	1	0	38	19.0
Team Totals	65	2504	38.5	62	2	12	15	323	1941	29.9
Opponents Totals	75	2935	39.1	57	1	6	16	209	2606	34.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Mike Martin	15	4	107	7.1	17
Kendal Smith	12	2	54	4.5	15
Ira Hillary	6	4	19	3.2	10
Richard Carey	3	2	29	9.7	13
Team Totals	36	12	209	5.8	17
Opponents Totals	33	5	323	9.8	45

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Stanford Jennings	26	0	525	20.2	33
Ira Hillary	14	0	223	15.9	29
Richard Carey	6	0	104	17.3	23
Kendal Smith	5	0	65	13.0	19
Eric Ball	1	0	19	19.0	19
Craig Taylor	1	0	5	5.0	5
John Holifield	1	0	0	0.0	0
Robert Jackson	0	1	0
Team Totals	54	1	941	17.4	33
Opponents Totals	55		1203	21.9	66

SACKS	NO	YDS
Jason Buck	6.0
Jim Skow	4.5
Reggie Williams	3.5
Tim Krumrie	3.0
Barney Bussey	2.5
Natu Tuatagaloa	2.5
Eric Thomas	2.0
Leon White	2.0
Mike Hammerstein	1.5
Skip McClendon	1.5
Carl Zander	1.5
Joe Kelly	1.0
Solomon Wilcots	1.0
David Grant	0.5
Team Totals	33.0	248.0
Opponents Totals	41.0	332.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Eric Ball	3		0	0	0	0	0
James Brooks	9		1	0	1	0	0
Jason Buck	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Richard Carey	1		1	0	1	0	0
Boomer Esiason	8		2	0	2	-4	0
David Fulcher	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Mike Hammerstein	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ira Hillary	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Holifield	1		0	0	0	0	0
Robert Jackson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Stanford Jennings	1		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Kelly	0	0	0	3	3	23	0
Bruce Kozerski	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tim Krumrie	0	0	0	1	1	9	0
Mike Martin	1		1	0	1	0	0
Skip McClendon	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Anthony Munoz	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Kendal Smith	1		0	0	0	0	0
Eric Thomas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Kevin Walker	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Leon White	0	0	0	2	2	22	1
Erik Wilhelm	2		1	0	1	0	0
Ickey Woods	1		0	0	0	0	0
Carl Zander	0	0	0	1	1	25	0
Team Totals	29	19	10	16	26	75	1
Opponents Totals	26	16	9	19	28		0