1989 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 3rd place National Football Conference Central Division 7-9-0 .438 |
| Head Coach: Wayne Fontes |
| Don Clemons | Administrative Assistant |
| Darrel Davis | Offensive Passing Assistant |
| Frank Gansz | Special Teams |
| June Jones | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
| Dave Levy | Running Backs |
| Billie Matthews | Defensive Backs |
| Dick Modzelewski | Defensive Line |
| Mike Murphy | Staff Assistant |
| Herb Paterra | Inside Linebackers |
| Charlie Sanders | Tight Ends |
| Jerry Wampfler | Offensive Line |
| Woody Widenhofer | Defensive Coordinator/Outside Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/12/1989 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-25 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 44536 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1989 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 3-35 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 43426 | |
| Fri | 8/25/1989 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 7-13 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 55829 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1989 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-24 | L | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 39740 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1989 | H | Phoenix Cardinals | 13-16 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 36735 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1989 | A | New York Giants | 14-24 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 76021 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1989 | H | Chicago Bears | 27-47 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 71418 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1989 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-23 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 43804 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1989 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 17-24 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 55380 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1989 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 17-16 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 46225 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1989 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 7-20 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 51579 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1989 | A | Green Bay Packers | 20-23 | L | OT | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 53731 |
| Sun | 11/5/1989 | A | Houston Oilers | 31-35 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 48056 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1989 | H | Green Bay Packers | 31-22 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 44324 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1989 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 7-42 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55720 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1989 | H | Cleveland Browns | 13-10 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 65624 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1989 | H | New Orleans Saints | 21-14 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 38550 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1989 | A | Chicago Bears | 27-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 52650 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1989 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 33-7 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 40362 | |
| Sun | 12/24/1989 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 31-24 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 7092 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 32 | Bruce Alexander | LCB | 5-9 | 171 | 24 | Stephen F. Austin State | 8 | 1 |
| 65 | Eric Andolsek | LOG | 6-2 | 277 | 23 | Louisiana State | 16 | 16 |
| 6 | Jim Arnold | P | 6-3 | 211 | 28 | Vanderbilt | 16 | 0 |
| 93 | Jerry Ball | NT | 6-1 | 312 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 16 | 16 |
| 36 | Bennie Blades | SS | 6-1 | 221 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
| 42 | Mike Brim | CB | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | Virginia Union | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | Kevin Brooks | RDE | 6-6 | 273 | 26 | Michigan | 15 | 15 |
| 75 | Lomas Brown | LOT | 6-4 | 284 | 26 | Florida | 16 | 16 |
| 95 | Mark Brown | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 28 | Los Angeles Southwest JC; Purdue | 6 | 3 |
| 50 | Toby Caston | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Louisiana State | 16 | 0 |
| 89 | Jeff Chadwick | ZR | 6-3 | 190 | 29 | Grand Valley State | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | Robert Clark | XR | 5-11 | 176 | 24 | North Carolina Central | 16 | 16 |
| 55 | Mike Cofer | ROLB | 6-5 | 245 | 29 | Tennessee | 15 | 7 |
| 99 | James Cribbs | DE | 6-3 | 269 | 23 | Memphis | 7 | 0 |
| 39 | Ray Crockett | CB-S | 5-10 | 184 | 22 | Baylor | 16 | 0 |
| 67 | Ken Dallafior | ROG | 6-4 | 280 | 30 | Minnesota | 16 | 11 |
| 94 | Byron Darby | DE | 6-4 | 263 | 29 | Southern California | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Keith Ferguson | RDE | 6-5 | 260 | 30 | Ohio State | 4 | 1 |
| 80 | John Ford | WR | 6-2 | 204 | 23 | Virginia | 7 | 1 |
| 14 | Bob Gagliano | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 31 | Glendale CC; U.S. International; Utah State | 11 | 7 |
| 70 | Chris Gambol | OT | 6-6 | 303 | 25 | Iowa | 6 | 0 |
| 98 | Dennis Gibson | RILB | 6-2 | 241 | 25 | Iowa State | 6 | 6 |
| 53 | Kevin Glover | C | 6-2 | 280 | 26 | Maryland | 16 | 16 |
| 23 | Mel Gray | WR-RB | 5-9 | 166 | 28 | Coffeyville CC; Purdue | 10 | 1 |
| 62 | Curtis Green | DE-NT | 6-3 | 267 | 32 | Alabama State | 16 | 0 |
| 34 | James Griffin | S | 6-2 | 199 | 28 | Middle Tennessee State | 16 | 1 |
| 17 | Eric Hipple | QB | 6-2 | 211 | 32 | Utah State | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | Jerry Holmes | RCB | 6-2 | 175 | 32 | Chowan JC; West Virginia | 16 | 16 |
| 58 | George Jamison | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Cincinnati | 10 | 6 |
| 84 | Richard Johnson | WR | 5-7 | 178 | 28 | Los Angeles Harbor JC; Colorado | 16 | 15 |
| 83 | Troy Johnson | WR | 6-1 | 175 | 27 | Southeastern Louisiana; Southern University | 9 | 2 |
| 57 | Victor Jones | RILB | 6-2 | 247 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 9 |
| 90 | Keith Karpinski | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Penn State | 16 | 0 |
| 16 | Chuck Long | QB | 6-4 | 216 | 26 | Iowa | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Trevor Matich | C | 6-4 | 279 | 28 | Brigham Young | 11 | 0 |
| 89 | Keith McDonald | YR | 5-8 | 165 | 26 | Santa Monica JC; San Jose State | 6 | 4 |
| 29 | Bruce McNorton | CB | 5-11 | 175 | 30 | Georgetown (Kentucky) | 8 | 0 |
| 74 | Joe Milinichik | ROG | 6-5 | 290 | 26 | North Carolina State | 15 | 1 |
| 44 | John Miller | S | 6-1 | 192 | 23 | Michigan State | 9 | 0 |
| 81 | Stacey Mobley | YR | 5-8 | 172 | 24 | Jackson State | 10 | 5 |
| 3 | Eddie Murray | K | 5-11 | 188 | 33 | Tulane | 16 | 0 |
| 51 | Niko Noga | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 27 | Hawaii | 14 | 1 |
| 49 | Tony Paige | SB | 5-11 | 235 | 27 | Virginia Tech | 16 | 4 |
| 26 | Carl Painter | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 25 | Hampton | 15 | 0 |
| 25 | Paul Palmer | RB | 5-9 | 181 | 25 | Temple | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Rodney Peete | QB | 6-0 | 228 | 23 | Southern California | 8 | 8 |
| 96 | Lawrence Pete | NT | 6-0 | 290 | 23 | Nebraska | 16 | 0 |
| 24 | Jason Phillips | WR | 5-7 | 166 | 23 | Taft JC; Houston | 16 | 6 |
| 73 | Harvey Salem | ROT | 6-6 | 286 | 28 | California | 10 | 8 |
| 20 | Barry Sanders | RB | 5-8 | 202 | 21 | Oklahoma State | 15 | 13 |
| 64 | Eric Sanders | OT-OG | 6-7 | 282 | 31 | Nevada-Reno | 16 | 7 |
| 54 | Chris Spielman | LILB | 6-0 | 247 | 24 | Ohio State | 16 | 16 |
| 87 | Walter Stanley | WR | 5-9 | 180 | 27 | Colorado; Colorado Mesa | 14 | 12 |
| 21 | Terry Taylor | LCB | 5-10 | 191 | 28 | Southern Illinois | 15 | 15 |
| 60 | Mike Utley | ROT | 6-6 | 288 | 24 | Washington State | 5 | 5 |
| 35 | William White | FS | 5-10 | 198 | 23 | Ohio State | 15 | 15 |
| 76 | Eric Williams | LDE | 6-4 | 283 | 27 | Washington State | 16 | 16 |
| 59 | Jimmy Williams | LOLB | 6-3 | 230 | 29 | Nebraska | 16 | 16 |
| 28 | Mike Williams | WR | 5-10 | 177 | 23 | Northeastern | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Jerry Woods | CB | 5-10 | 187 | 23 | Northern Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Barry Sanders | RB | Oklahoma State |
| 2 | 30 | John Ford | WR | Virginia |
| 3 | 59 | Mike Utley | G | Washington State |
| 4 | 86 | Ray Crockett | DB | Baylor |
| 5 | 115 | Lawrence Pete | DT | Nebraska |
| 6 | 141 | Rodney Peete | QB | Southern California |
| 7 | 170 | Jerry Woods | DB | Northern Michigan |
| 8 | 197 | Chris Parker | DT | West Virginia |
| 9 | 226 | Derek MacCready | DE | Ohio State |
| 10 | 253 | Jason Phillips | WR | Houston |
| 11 | 282 | Keith Karpinski | LB | Penn State |
| 12 | 309 | James Cribbs | DE | Memphis |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 68 | 108 | 65 | 71 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 156 | 89 | 87 | 3 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 26:14 | 274 | 117 | 139 | 18 | 63/189 33.3% | 8/13 61.5% | 121 | 977 |
| Opponents Totals | 33:46 | 314 | 98 | 189 | 27 | 83/220 37.7% | 10/14 71.4% | 107 | 993 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Murray | 0 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 0 | 96 |
| Barry Sanders | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
| Richard Johnson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Bob Gagliano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Rodney Peete | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Robert Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Eric Hipple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jason Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| William White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 36 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 0 | 312 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 41 | 42 | 97.6 | 23 | 33 | 69.7 | 1 | 364 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Murray | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 0 | 50 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 8/9 | 8/8 | 1/1 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 0 | 50 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 8/9 | 8/8 | 1/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 33 | 69.7 | 0/0 | 11/12 | 7/9 | 5/10 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Sanders | 280 | 1470 | 5.3 | 34 | 14 |
| Bob Gagliano | 41 | 192 | 4.7 | 19 | 4 |
| Rodney Peete | 33 | 148 | 4.5 | 14t | 4 |
| Tony Paige | 30 | 105 | 3.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Carl Painter | 15 | 64 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Richard Johnson | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Lomas Brown | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Long | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Keith McDonald | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 421 | 2053 | 4.9 | 34 | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 454 | 1621 | 3.6 | 53t | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gagliano | 232 | 117 | 117 | 103 | 1671 | 7.2 | 14.3 | 75t | 6 | 2.6 | 12 | 5.2 | 25 | 153 | 1518 | 61.2 |
| Rodney Peete | 195 | 103 | 103 | 83 | 1479 | 7.6 | 14.4 | 69 | 5 | 2.6 | 9 | 4.6 | 27 | 164 | 1315 | 67.0 |
| Eric Hipple | 18 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 90 | 5.0 | 12.9 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 16.7 | 5 | 26 | 64 | 15.7 |
| Chuck Long | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 8.4 | 21.0 | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 70.4 |
| Team Totals | 450 | 229 | 229 | 197 | 3282 | 7.3 | 14.3 | 75t | 11 | 2.4 | 24 | 5.3 | 57 | 343 | 2939 | 60.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 570 | 370 | 370 | 184 | 4193 | 7.4 | 11.3 | 69t | 19 | 3.3 | 16 | 2.8 | 40 | 277 | 3916 | 86.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Johnson | 70 | 1091 | 15.6 | 75t | 8 |
| Robert Clark | 41 | 748 | 18.2 | 69 | 2 |
| Jason Phillips | 30 | 352 | 11.7 | 55t | 1 |
| Walter Stanley | 24 | 304 | 12.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Barry Sanders | 24 | 282 | 11.8 | 46 | 0 |
| Stacey Mobley | 13 | 158 | 12.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Keith McDonald | 12 | 138 | 11.5 | 24 | 0 |
| John Ford | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 37 | 0 |
| Carl Painter | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Troy Johnson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Tony Paige | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 229 | 3282 | 14.3 | 75t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 370 | 4193 | 11.3 | 69t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Holmes | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 36 | 1 |
| Jimmy Williams | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dennis Gibson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Crockett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Niko Noga | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| William White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 107 | 6.7 | 36 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 447 | 18.6 | 90t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Arnold | 82 | 3538 | 43.1 | 64 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 373 | 2985 | 36.0 |
| Team Totals | 83 | 3538 | 42.6 | 64 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 373 | 2985 | 36.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 80 | 3293 | 41.2 | 58 | 9 | 22 | 572 | 2541 | 31.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Stanley | 36 | 5 | 496 | 13.8 | 74 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 11 | 2 | 76 | 6.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerry Woods | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 47 | 8 | 572 | 12.2 | 74 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 12 | 373 | 8.1 | 30 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Gray | 24 | 0 | 640 | 26.7 | 57 | 0 |
| Paul Palmer | 11 | 0 | 255 | 23.2 | 62 | 0 |
| Walter Stanley | 9 | 0 | 95 | 10.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Barry Sanders | 5 | 0 | 118 | 23.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Bruce Alexander | 5 | 0 | 100 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jerry Woods | 2 | 0 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Dallafior | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Carl Painter | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Crockett | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| James Griffin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Miller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 61 | 1 | 1272 | 20.9 | 62 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 1037 | 16.0 | 99t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Jerry Ball | 9.0 | |
| Mike Cofer | 9.0 | |
| Eric Williams | 5.5 | |
| Chris Spielman | 5.0 | |
| Jimmy Williams | 4.0 | |
| Kevin Brooks | 2.0 | |
| George Jamison | 2.0 | |
| Bruce McNorton | 1.0 | |
| Lawrence Pete | 1.0 | |
| William White | 1.0 | |
| James Griffin | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 40.0 | 277.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 57.0 | 343.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennie Blades | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Brooks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Lomas Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Crockett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gagliano | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |
| Dennis Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| Richard Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Victor Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Paige | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Painter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rodney Peete | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Phillips | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Sanders | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Spielman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 |
| Walter Stanley | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| William White | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Jimmy Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 27 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 84 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 16 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 0 |
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