1989 Detroit Lions Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Wayne Fontes (7-9)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1989 Detroit Lions Roster
1989 Detroit Lions Results

The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

The Lions scored 312 points, but the defensive unit surrendered 364. Bob Gagliano tossed for 1,671 yards, and Rodney Peete took a significant amount of snaps, too. Richard Johnson topped all receivers, hauling in 70 balls for 1,091 yards.

Barry Sanders rushed for a team-leading 1,470 yards for Detroit.

Jerry Holmes picked off 6 opponent throws. Mike Cofer and Jerry Ball each blasted opposing passers 9 times.

Wayne Fontes coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Bob Gagliano	232	117	50.4	1671	7.2	6	2.6	12	5.2	75	25	153	61.2
Rodney Peete	195	103	52.8	1479	7.6	5	2.6	9	4.6	69	27	164	67.0
Eric Hipple	18	7	38.9	90	5.0	0	0.0	3	16.7	30	5	26	15.7
Chuck Long	5	2	40.0	42	8.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	37	0	0	70.4
Totals	450	229	50.9	3282	7.3	11	2.4	24	5.3	75	57	343

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Barry Sanders	280	1470	5.2	34	14
Bob Gagliano	41	192	4.7	19	4
Rodney Peete	33	148	4.5	14	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
Totals	421	2053	4.9	34	23

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Richard Johnson	70	1091	15.6	75	8
Robert Clark	41	748	18.2	69	2
Jason Phillips	30	352	11.7	55	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
Totals	229	3282	14.3	75	11

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Eddie Murray	36	36	100.0	21	20	95.2	96
Totals	36	36	100.0	21	20	95.2	96

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jim Arnold	82	3538	43.1	64
Totals	82	3538	43.1	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Walter Stanley	36	496	13.8	74
Mel Gray	11	76	6.9	15
Totals	47	572	12.2	74

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mel Gray	24	640	26.7	57
Paul Palmer	11	255	23.2	62
Barry Sanders	5	118	23.6	43
Bruce Alexander	5	100	20.0	25
Walter Stanley	9	95	10.6	19
Jerry Woods	2	28	14.0	15
Carl Painter	1	14	14.0	14
Ken Dallafior	2	13	6.5	13
Ray Crockett	1	8	8.0	8
James Griffin	1	1	1.0	1
Totals	61	1272	20.9	62

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
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
Terry Taylor	1	0	0.0	0	0
William White	1	0	0.0	0	0
Niko Noga	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	16	107	6.7	36	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Mike Cofer	9.0
Jerry Ball	9.0
Eric Williams	5.5
Chris Spielman	5.0
Jimmy Williams	4.0
Kevin Brooks	2.0
George Jamison	2.0
Lawrence Pete	1.0
William White	1.0
Bruce McNorton	1.0
James Griffin	0.5
Totals	40.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Chris Spielman	125	125	0		0	2	31	0	1
Bennie Blades	100	100	0		0	1	0	0	2
William White	81	81	0	0	0	1	20	1	0
Jerry Ball	73	73	0		0	3	0	0	0
Terry Taylor	57	57	0	0	0	1	35	0	0
Victor Jones	50	50	0		0	2	0	0	0
Ray Crockett	46	46	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
George Jamison	33	33	0
Dennis Gibson	29	29	0	0	0	3	-4	0	0
Michael Brim	7	7	0
Rodney Peete					9	3	0		0
Bob Gagliano					3	2	-1		0
Lomas Brown					0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Williams				0	0	1	0	0	0
Walter Stanley					5	1	0	0	0
Tony Paige					1	1	0	0	0
Jason Phillips					1	1	0		0
Kevin Brooks					1	1	3	0	0
John Miller					0	1	0	0	0
Richard Johnson					3	0	0		0
Barry Sanders					10	0	0		0
Robert Clark					2	0	0		0
Carl Painter					1	0	0	0	0
Jerry Woods					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	601	601	0	0	37	26	84	1	4

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Eddie Murray									20	36	0			96
Barry Sanders	14	0		0					0	0	0			84
Richard Johnson	0	8							0	0	0			48
Bob Gagliano	4								0	0	0			24
Rodney Peete	4								0	0	0			24
Robert Clark		2							0	0	0			12
Jerry Holmes						1			0	0	0			6
Jason Phillips		1							0	0	0			6
Eric Hipple	1								0	0	0			6
William White						0	1		0	0	0			6
Totals	23	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	36	0	0	0	312