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1989 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 14-2-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

1989 Super Bowl Champions

Scored 442 points (27.6/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 253 points (15.8/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 189 points (11.8/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 12.6-3.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.8/g), 2nd.

Simple Rating System: Total 10.7, Offense: 5.8, Defense: 4.9, SoS: -1.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by George Seifert (14-2-0)

1989 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 10 box W 1-0 @ Indianapolis Colts 30 24 24 404 204 200 22 344 190 154 1
2 Sun September 17 box W 2-0 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 16 22 307 244 63 3 13 217 126 91 3
3 Sun September 24 box W 3-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 38 28 19 444 385 59 3 22 315 161 154 3
4 Sun October 1 box L 3-1 Los Angeles Rams 12 13 22 367 215 152 1 11 287 250 37
5 Sun October 8 box W 4-1 @ New Orleans Saints 24 20 18 358 282 76 1 18 334 299 35
6 Sun October 15 box W 5-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 31 14 17 318 172 146 1 19 330 270 60 3
7 Sun October 22 box W 6-1 New England Patriots 37 20 28 494 353 141 19 325 231 94 2
8 Sun October 29 box W 7-1 @ New York Jets 23 10 20 399 240 159 1 19 251 121 130 2
9 Mon November 6 box W 8-1 New Orleans Saints 31 13 21 397 302 95 16 243 160 83 2
10 Sun November 12 box W 9-1 Atlanta Falcons 45 3 30 515 280 235 2 11 192 119 73 1
11 Sun November 19 box L 9-2 Green Bay Packers 17 21 22 360 289 71 4 21 248 139 109 1
12 Mon November 27 box W 10-2 New York Giants 34 24 24 381 285 96 3 23 342 290 52 5
13 Sun December 3 box W 11-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 23 10 23 425 296 129 1 13 263 226 37 2
14 Mon December 11 box W 12-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 30 27 25 502 439 63 2 24 337 231 106 2
15 Sun December 17 box W 13-2 Buffalo Bills 21 10 18 283 132 151 2 17 301 255 46 5
16 Sun December 24 box W 14-2 Chicago Bears 26 0 17 314 184 130 1 15 289 167 122 5
Playoffs
Division Sat January 6 box W 15-2 Minnesota Vikings 41 13 22 403 241 162 1 25 385 299 86 5
ConfChamp Sun January 14 box W 16-2 Los Angeles Rams 30 3 29 442 263 179 2 9 156 130 26 3
SuperBowl Sun January 28 box W 17-2 N Denver Broncos 55 10 28 461 317 144 12 167 103 64 4

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 442 6268 1021 6.1 350 339 483 4302 35 11 8.1 209 493 1966 14 4.0 124 25 14 17
Team Defense 253 4618 979 4.7 283 316 564 3235 15 21 5.3 178 372 1383 9 3.7 76 37 16 29
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 1 20 2 1 1 1 13 10 12 13 2 10
Lg Rank Defense 3 4 9 25 11 3 9 5 1 3 3 8 11 9

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
16 Joe Montana*+ 33 QB 13 13 11-2-0 271 386 70.2 3521 26 6.7 8 2.1 95 9.1 9.5 13.0 270.8 112.4 33 198 7.9 8.3 7.9
8 Steve Young 28 10 3 3-0-0 64 92 69.6 1001 8 8.7 3 3.3 50 10.9 11.2 15.6 100.1 120.8 12 84 8.8 9.1 11.5
13 Steve Bono 27 1 0 4 5 80.0 62 1 20.0 0 0.0 45 12.4 16.4 15.5 62.0 157.9 0 0 12.4 16.4 0.0
Team Total 26.8 16 14-2-0 339 483 70.2 4584 35 7.2 11 2.3 95 9.5 9.9 13.5 286.5 114.8 45 282 8.1 8.5 8.5
Opp Total 16 316 564 56.0 3568 15 2.7 21 3.7 6.3 5.2 11.3 223.0 68.5 43 333 5.3 4.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
33 Roger Craig* 29 RB 16 16 271 1054 6 27 3.9 65.9 16.9 49 473 9.7 1 44 3.1 29.6 1527 7 4
44 Tom Rathman 27 FB 16 16 79 305 1 13 3.9 19.1 4.9 73 616 8.4 1 36 4.6 38.5 921 2 1
16 Joe Montana*+ 33 QB 13 13 49 227 3 19 4.6 17.5 3.8 227 3 9
8 Steve Young 28 10 3 38 126 2 22 3.3 12.6 3.8 126 2 2
32 Terrence Flagler 25 RET 15 0 33 129 1 29 3.9 8.6 2.2 6 51 8.5 0 30 0.4 3.4 180 1 5
24 Harry Sydney 30 7 0 9 56 0 18 6.2 8.0 1.3 9 71 7.9 0 13 1.3 10.1 127 0 1
30 Keith Henderson 23 6 0 7 30 1 11 4.3 5.0 1.2 3 130 43.3 0 78 0.5 21.7 160 1 1
80 Jerry Rice*+ 27 WR 16 16 5 33 0 17 6.6 2.1 0.3 82 1483 18.1 17 68 5.1 92.7 1516 17 0
82 John Taylor* 27 WR 15 15 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.4 0.1 60 1077 18.0 10 95 4.0 71.8 1083 10 3
9 Barry Helton 24 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
84 Brent Jones 26 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 40 500 12.5 4 36 2.5 31.3 500 4 0
85 Mike Wilson 31 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 103 11.4 1 19 0.6 6.4 103 1 2
89 Wesley Walls 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 16 4.0 1 9 0.3 1.0 16 1 1
81 Jamie Williams 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 38 12.7 0 17 1.0 12.7 38 0 0
83 Terry Greer 32 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 26 26.0 0 26 0.1 2.4 26 0 1
Team Total 26.8 16 493 1966 14 29 4.0 122.9 30.8 339 4584 13.5 35 95 21.2 286.5 6550 49 32
Opp Total 16 372 1383 9 3.7 86.4 23.3 316 3235 10.2 15 19.8 202.2 4618 24 34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
82 John Taylor* 27 WR 15 15 36 417 0 37 11.6 2 51 0 27 25.5 1551
32 Terrence Flagler 25 RET 15 0 32 643 0 41 20.1 823
23 Spencer Tillman 25 15 0 10 206 0 60 20.6 206
24 Harry Sydney 30 7 0 3 16 0 16 5.3 143
83 Terry Greer 32 11 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 1 17 0 17 17.0 46
30 Keith Henderson 23 6 0 2 21 0 13 10.5 181
29 Don Griffin 25 RCB 16 16 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
40 Johnnie Jackson 22 16 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
53 Bill Romanowski 23 16 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.8 16 39 429 0 37 11.0 51 954 0 60 18.7 7933
Opp Total 16 35 0 76 1435 0 18.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
6 Mike Cofer+ 25 K 16 0 3 3 8 8 9 8 15 10 1 36 29 80.6% 51 49 96.1%
9 Barry Helton 24 P 16 0 55 2226 56 1 40.5
Team Total 26.8 16 3 3 8 8 9 8 15 10 1 36 29 80.6% 51 49 96.1% 55 2226 56 1 40.5
Opp Total 16 31 23 74.2% 26 26 100.0% 74 2879 38.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
94 Charles Haley 25 LOLB 16 16 10.5 3 0 1 3 1 57
53 Bill Romanowski 23 16 4 1.0 1 13 0 13 1 1 2 0 0 53
78 Pierce Holt 27 LDE 16 11 10.5 1 0 1 0 0 48
29 Don Griffin 25 RCB 16 16 2 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 47
42 Ronnie Lott*+ 30 FS 11 11 5 34 0 28 42
96 Danny Stubbs 24 16 0 4.5 13
22 Tim McKyer 26 7 1 1 18 0 18 12
16 Joe Montana*+ 33 QB 13 13 9 3 -3 0
98 Antonio Goss 23 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
75 Kevin Fagan 26 RDE 16 15 7.0 0 2 0 0
32 Terrence Flagler 25 RET 15 0 5 1 0 0
31 Chet Brooks 23 SS 15 15 1.0 3 31 0 19 0 1 0 0
33 Roger Craig* 29 RB 16 16 4 1 0 0
91 Larry Roberts 26 lde 15 5 3.5 0 1 0 0
54 Matt Millen 31 LILB 15 9 1 10 0 10 0 3 2 0
40 Johnnie Jackson 22 16 2 2 35 0 19 0 1 0 0
67 Pete Kugler 30 nt 14 6 3.0
44 Tom Rathman 27 FB 16 16 1 2 12 0
82 John Taylor* 27 WR 15 15 3 0 0 0
85 Mike Wilson 31 16 1 2 1 0 0
8 Steve Young 28 10 3 2 1 0 0
9 Barry Helton 24 P 16 0 1 1 -13 0
30 Keith Henderson 23 6 0 1 1 0 0
89 Wesley Walls 23 16 0 1 1 0 0
99 Mike Walter 29 RILB 16 16 1.0 0 1 0 0
21 Eric Wright 30 11 1 2 37 0 23
59 Keith DeLong 22 15 0 1 1 0 1
83 Terry Greer 32 11 0 1 0 0 0
46 Tom Holmoe 29 7 0 1 23 0 23
77 Bubba Paris 29 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
26 Darryl Pollard 25 LCB 16 14 1 12 0 12
24 Harry Sydney 30 7 0 1 0 0 0
23 Spencer Tillman 25 15 0 0 1 0 0
58 Keena Turner 31 ROLB 13 12 1 42 0 42
Team Total 26.8 16 42.0 21 262 0 42 5 32 29 1 1 277
Opp Total 16 45 34 18 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
6 Mike Cofer+ 25 K 16 0 49 29 136
80 Jerry Rice*+ 27 WR 16 16 17 17 102
82 John Taylor* 27 WR 15 15 10 10 60
33 Roger Craig* 29 RB 16 16 6 1 7 42
84 Brent Jones 26 TE 16 16 4 4 24
16 Joe Montana*+ 33 QB 13 13 3 3 18
44 Tom Rathman 27 FB 16 16 1 1 2 12
8 Steve Young 28 10 3 2 2 12
32 Terrence Flagler 25 RET 15 0 1 1 6
94 Charles Haley 25 LOLB 16 16 1 1 6
30 Keith Henderson 23 6 0 1 1 6
40 Johnnie Jackson 22 16 2 1 1 6
89 Wesley Walls 23 16 0 1 1 6
85 Mike Wilson 31 16 1 1 1 6
Team Total 26.8 16 14 35 1 1 51 49 29 442
Opp Total 16 9 15 26 23 1 253