1989 New York Giants (NFL)

1st place National Football Conference Eastern Division 12-4-0 .750

Bill Belichick	Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
Tom Coughlin	Receivers
Romeo Crennel	Special Teams
Ron Erhardt	Offensive Coordinator
Al Groh	Linebackers
Ray Handley	Running Backs
Fred Hoaglin	Offensive Line
Lamar Leachman	Defensive Line
Johnny Parker	Strength and Conditioning
Mike Pope	Tight Ends
Mike Sweatman	Assistant Special Teams

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/12/1989	A	New England Patriots	20-17	W		Foxborough, MA	Sullivan Stadium	32398
Sun	8/20/1989	A	Kansas City Chiefs	45-7	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	36820
Sat	8/26/1989	H	New York Jets	21-17	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	58619
Sat	9/2/1989	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-13	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	32058
Mon	9/11/1989	A	Washington Redskins	27-24	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	54160
Sun	9/17/1989	H	Detroit Lions	24-14	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	76021
Sun	9/24/1989	H	Phoenix Cardinals	35-7	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	75742
Sun	10/1/1989	A	Dallas Cowboys	30-13	W		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	51785
Sun	10/8/1989	A	Philadelphia Eagles	19-21	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	65688
Sun	10/15/1989	H	Washington Redskins	20-17	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	76245
Sun	10/22/1989	A	San Diego Chargers	20-13	W		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	48566
Mon	10/30/1989	H	Minnesota Vikings	24-14	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	76041
Sun	11/5/1989	A	Phoenix Cardinals	20-13	W		Tempe, AZ	Sun Devil Stadium	46588
Sun	11/12/1989	A	Los Angeles Rams	10-31	L		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	65127
Sun	11/19/1989	H	Seattle Seahawks	15-3	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	75014
Mon	11/27/1989	A	San Francisco 49ers	24-34	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	63461
Sun	12/3/1989	H	Philadelphia Eagles	17-24	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	74809
Sun	12/10/1989	A	Denver Broncos	14-7	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	63283
Sat	12/16/1989	H	Dallas Cowboys	15-0	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	72141
Sun	12/24/1989	H	Los Angeles Raiders	34-17	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	70306
Sun	1/7/1990	H	Los Angeles Rams	13-19	L	OT	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	76325	NFC Divisional Playoff

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
33	George Adams	RB	6-1	225	27	Kentucky	14	0
2	Raul Allegre	K	5-10	167	30	Montana; Texas	10	0
24	Ottis Anderson	RB	6-2	225	32	Miami (Florida)	16	16
85	Stephen Baker	WR	5-8	160	25	West Los Angeles JC; Fresno State	15	4
58	Carl Banks	LOLB	6-4	235	27	Michigan State	16	16
89	Mark Bavaro	TE	6-4	245	26	Notre Dame	7	7
44	Maurice Carthon	RB	6-1	225	28	Arkansas State	16	10
25	Mark Collins	LCB	5-10	191	25	Fullerton State	16	16
98	Johnie Cooks	RILB	6-4	247	31	Mississippi State	16	13
38	Greg Cox	S	6-0	223	24	Hartnell JC; San Jose State	16	0
87	Howard Cross	TE	6-5	270	22	Alabama	16	4
99	Steve DeOssie	LILB	6-2	249	27	Boston College	9	3
77	Eric Dorsey	LDE	6-5	280	25	Notre Dame	2	2
75	Mark Duckens	DE	6-4	270	24	Wichita State; Arizona State	15	0
75	John Elliott	LOT	6-7	306	24	Michigan	13	11
29	Myron Guyton	SS	6-1	205	22	Eastern Kentucky	16	15
54	LaSalle Harper	LB	6-1	235	22	Tyler JC; Arkansas	1	0
15	Jeff Hostetler	QB	6-3	215	28	Penn State; West Virginia	16	1
74	Erik Howard	NT	6-4	268	25	Washington State	16	16
82	Mark Ingram	WR	5-11	188	24	Michigan State	16	3
47	Greg Jackson	S	6-1	207	23	Louisiana State	16	1
54	Dwayne Jiles	LB	6-4	242	28	Texas Tech	9	0
68	Damian Johnson	ROG	6-5	290	27	Kansas State	4	4
52	Pepper Johnson	RILB	6-3	250	25	Ohio State	14	4
43	Terry Kinard	FS	6-1	200	30	Clemson	16	16
61	Bob Kratch	OG-TE	6-3	288	23	Iowa	4	1
5	Sean Landeta	P	6-0	207	27	Towson	16	0
86	Lionel Manuel	WR	5-11	177	27	Citrus JC; Pacific	16	12
70	Leonard Marshall	RDE	6-3	285	28	Louisiana State	16	16
30	Dave Meggett	RB	5-7	185	23	Morgan State; Towson	16	2
60	Eric Moore	ROG	6-5	295	24	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Indiana	16	13
84	Zeke Mowatt	TE	6-3	240	28	Florida State	16	11
3	Bjorn Nittmo	K	5-11	185	23	Appalachian State	6	0
65	Bart Oates	C	6-3	265	31	Brigham Young	16	16
55	Gary Reasons	LILB	6-4	235	27	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	16	12
72	Doug Riesenberg	ROT	6-5	287	24	California	16	16
66	Bill Roberts	LOG	6-5	285	27	Ohio State	16	16
81	Stacy Robinson	WR	5-11	186	27	Prairie View A&M; North Dakota State	6	0
22	Lee Rouson	RB	6-1	220	27	Colorado	16	0
17	Jeff Rutledge	QB	6-1	195	32	Alabama	1	0
51	Ricky Shaw	LB	6-4	240	24	Oklahoma State	7	0
11	Phil Simms	QB	6-3	215	34	Morehead State	15	15
56	Lawrence Taylor	ROLB	6-3	243	30	North Carolina	16	15
21	Reyna Thompson	CB	6-0	193	26	Baylor	16	0
34	Lewis Tillman	RB	6-0	195	23	Jackson State	16	0
83	Odessa Turner	WR	6-3	205	25	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	13	10
73	John Washington	LDE	6-4	282	26	Oklahoma State	16	14
36	Adrian White	S	6-0	202	25	Southern Illinois; Florida	15	0
71	Robb White	DE	6-4	270	24	South Dakota	15	0
39	Sheldon White	CB-S	5-11	188	24	Miami (Ohio)	16	1
59	Brian Williams	OG	6-5	308	23	Minnesota	14	4
23	Perry Williams	RCB	6-2	201	28	North Carolina State	16	16
69	Frank Winters	C	6-3	300	25	Eastern Utah JC; Western Illinois	15	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	18	Brian Williams	G	Minnesota
3	64	Bob Kratch	G	Iowa
3	78	Greg Jackson	DB	Louisiana State
4	93	Lewis Tillman	RB	Jackson State
4	105	Brad Henke	NT	Arizona
5	132	Dave Meggett	RB	Towson
6	158	Howard Cross	TE	Alabama
7	175	Dave Popp	T	Eastern Illinois
8	218	Myron Guyton	DB	Eastern Kentucky
9	245	A.J. Greene	DB	Wake Forest
10	272	Rod Lowe	DE	Mississippi
11	299	Jerome Rinehart	LB	Tennessee-Martin
12	326	Eric Smith	LB	UCLA

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	77	83	100	88
Opponents Totals	55	66	38	93

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	32:23	298	118	157	23	102/332 30.7%	17/22 77.3%	83	675
Opponents Totals	27:37	266	90	159	17	79/205 38.5%	4/17 23.5%	109	800

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Ottis Anderson	14	0	0		0	0		0	84
Raul Allegre	0	23	24	95.8	20	26	76.9	0	83
Bjorn Nittmo	0	12	13	92.3	9	12	75.0	0	39
Dave Meggett	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Odessa Turner	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Mark Bavaro	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Stephen Baker	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jeff Hostetler	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Carl Banks	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Howard Cross	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mark Ingram	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Pepper Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Terry Kinard	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lionel Manuel	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Phil Simms	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Leonard Marshall	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Gary Reasons	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	37	35	37	94.6	29	38	76.3	2	348
Opponents Totals	30	30	30	100.0	14	21	66.7	0	252

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Raul Allegre	20	26	76.9	0/0	6/6	8/9	5/9	1/2
Bjorn Nittmo	9	12	75.0	0/0	4/5	5/5	0/2	0/0
Team Totals	29	38	76.3	0/0	10/11	13/14	5/11	1/2
Opponents Totals	14	21	66.7	1/1	2/2	5/6	6/10	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ottis Anderson	325	1023	3.1	36t	14
Lewis Tillman	79	290	3.7	19	0
Maurice Carthon	57	153	2.7	18	0
Phil Simms	32	141	4.4	15	1
Dave Meggett	28	117	4.2	18	0
Jeff Hostetler	11	71	6.5	19t	2
Lee Rouson	11	51	4.6	9	0
George Adams	9	29	3.2	8	0
Odessa Turner	2	11	5.5	14	0
Gary Reasons	1	2	2.0	2	0
Mark Ingram	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	556	1889	3.4	36t	17
Opponents Totals	421	1539	3.7	44	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Phil Simms	405	228	56.3	163	3061	7.6	13.4	62t	14	3.5	14	3.5	40	244	2817	77.6
Jeff Hostetler	39	20	51.3	17	294	7.5	14.7	35t	3	7.7	2	5.1	6	37	257	80.5
Team Totals	444	248	55.9	180	3355	7.6	13.5	62t	17	3.8	16	3.6	46	281	3074	77.9
Opponents Totals	486	273	56.2	191	3427	7.1	12.6	71t	16	3.3	22	4.5	39	302	3125	70.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Odessa Turner	38	467	12.3	44	4
Dave Meggett	34	531	15.6	62t	4
Lionel Manuel	33	539	16.3	49	1
Ottis Anderson	28	268	9.6	26	0
Zeke Mowatt	27	288	10.7	31	0
Mark Bavaro	22	278	12.6	29	3
Mark Ingram	17	290	17.1	41t	1
Maurice Carthon	15	132	8.8	18	0
Stephen Baker	13	255	19.6	39t	2
Lee Rouson	7	121	17.3	39	0
Howard Cross	6	107	17.8	27	1
Stacy Robinson	4	41	10.3	16	0
George Adams	2	7	3.5	10	0
Carl Banks	1	22	22.0	22t	1
Lewis Tillman	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	248	3355	13.5	62t	17
Opponents Totals	273	3427	12.6	71t	16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Terry Kinard	5	135	27.0	58t	1
Pepper Johnson	3	60	20.0	39t	1
Perry Williams	3	14	4.7	14	0
Myron Guyton	2	27	13.5	14	0
Sheldon White	2	18	9.0	18	0
Mark Collins	2	12	6.0	12	0
Adrian White	2	8	4.0	9	0
Gary Reasons	1	40	40.0	40	0
Steve DeOssie	1	10	10.0	10	0
Carl Banks	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	22	330	15.0	58t	2
Opponents Totals	16	240	15.0	60t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Sean Landeta	70	3019	43.1	71	0	7	19	236	2643	37.8
Team Totals	70	3019	43.1	71	0	7	19	236	2643	37.8
Opponents Totals	74	2964	40.1	91	1	5	15	582	2282	30.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Meggett	46	14	582	12.7	76t	1
Team Totals	46	14	582	12.7	76t	1
Opponents Totals	29	15	236	8.1	23	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Dave Meggett	27	0	577	21.4	43
Mark Ingram	22	0	332	15.1	29
Lee Rouson	1	0	17	17.0	17
Mark Collins	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	51	0	926	18.2	43
Opponents Totals	73		1306	17.9	63

SACKS	NO	YDS
Lawrence Taylor	15.0
Leonard Marshall	9.5
Erik Howard	5.5
Carl Banks	4.0
Mark Collins	1.0
Johnie Cooks	1.0
Greg Cox	1.0
Pepper Johnson	1.0
Gary Reasons	1.0
Team Totals	39.0	302.0
Opponents Totals	46.0	281.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ottis Anderson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Carl Banks	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Maurice Carthon	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mark Collins	0	0	0	2	2	8	0
Howard Cross	1		0	0	0	0	0
Eric Dorsey	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Myron Guyton	0	0	0	3	3	4	0
Jeff Hostetler	2		1	0	1	0	0
Erik Howard	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Ingram	2		2	0	2	0	0
Greg Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dwayne Jiles	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Pepper Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Terry Kinard	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Lionel Manuel	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dave Meggett	8		3	0	3	0	0
Eric Moore	0	0	2	1	3	0	0
Zeke Mowatt	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bart Oates	1		0	0	0	0	0
Doug Riesenberg	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Lee Rouson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Phil Simms	9		3	0	3	-1	0
Lewis Tillman	1		0	0	0	0	0
Odessa Turner	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Washington	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Perry Williams	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	30	14	16	15	31	15	0
Opponents Totals	38	15	20	14	34		2