1989 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-7-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Marty Schottenheimer (8-7-1)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas

1989 Kansas City Chiefs Roster
1989 Kansas City Chiefs Results

The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

Kansas City netted 318 points, while the defensive unit yielded 286. Steve DeBerg threw for 2,529 yards. Stephone Paige grabbed 44 passes for 759 yards. Pete Mandley, Emile Harry and Todd McNair each provided receiving help, too.

Christian Okoye carried the ball for a team-leading 1,480 yards for the Chiefs.

Kevin Ross and Albert Lewis each snatched 4 opponent throws. Derrick Thomas topped pass rushers with 10 quarterback sacks.

Marty Schottenheimer coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Steve DeBerg	324	196	60.5	2529	7.8	11	3.4	16	4.9	50	14	111	75.8
Ron Jaworski	61	36	59.0	385	6.3	2	3.3	5	8.2	32	1	10	54.3
Steve Pelluer	47	26	55.3	301	6.4	1	2.1	0	0.0	24	8	61	82.0
Mike Elkins	2	1	50.0	5	2.5	0	0.0	1	50.0	5	0	0	16.7
James Saxon	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	435	259	59.5	3220	7.4	14	3.2	23	5.3	50	23	182

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Christian Okoye	370	1480	4.0	59	12
James Saxon	58	233	4.0	19	3
Herman Heard	63	216	3.4	28	0
Steve Pelluer	17	143	8.4	27	2
Todd McNair	23	121	5.3	25	0
Kenny Gamble	6	24	4.0	20	1
Emile Harry	1	9	9.0	9	0
Ron Jaworski	4	5	1.2	4	0
Tommie Agee	1	3	3.0	3	0
Pete Mandley	2	1	0.5	8	0
Steve DeBerg	14	-8	-0.6	15	0
Totals	559	2227	4.0	59	18

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Stephone Paige	44	759	17.2	50	2
Pete Mandley	35	476	13.6	44	1
Todd McNair	34	372	10.9	24	1
Emile Harry	33	430	13.0	25	2
Herman Heard	25	246	9.8	27	1
Jonathan Hayes	18	229	12.7	23	2
Clarence Weathers	17	192	11.3	27	0
James Saxon	11	86	7.8	18	0
Chris Dressel	9	136	15.1	49	1
Robb Thomas	8	58	7.2	12	2
Alfredo Roberts	8	55	6.9	25	1
Carlos Carson	7	95	13.6	28	1
Naz Worthen	5	69	13.8	21	0
Christian Okoye	2	12	6.0	8	0
Kenny Gamble	2	2	1.0	6	0
Paul Ott Carruth	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	259	3220	12.4	50	14

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Nick Lowery	35	34	97.1	33	24	72.7	106
Totals	35	34	97.1	33	24	72.7	106

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kelly Goodburn	67	2688	40.1	54
Totals	67	2688	40.1	54

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Pete Mandley	19	151	7.9	19
Naz Worthen	19	133	7.0	17
Lew Barnes	2	41	20.5	21
Emile Harry	2	6	3.0	7
Kevin Ross	2	0	0.0	0
Totals	44	331	7.5	21

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Danny Copeland	26	466	17.9	36
Todd McNair	13	257	19.8	37
Naz Worthen	5	113	22.6	27
Kenny Gamble	3	55	18.3	2
James Saxon	3	16	5.3	14
Dan Saleaumua	1	8	8.0	8
Pete Mandley	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	52	915	17.6	37

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Albert Lewis	4	37	9.2	22
Kevin Ross	4	29	7.2	23
Deron Cherry	2	27	13.5	27
Dan Saleaumua	1	21	21.0	21
Angelo Snipes	1	16	16.0	16
Kenny Hill	1	3	3.0	3
Walker Ashley	1	0	0.0	0
Lloyd Burruss	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	15	133	8.9	27

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Derrick Thomas	10.0
Neil Smith	6.5
Leonard Griffin	6.5
Chris Martin	4.0
Dan Saleaumua	2.0
Albert Lewis	1.0
Mike Bell	1.0
Deron Cherry	1.0
Louis Cooper	1.0
J.C. Pearson	1.0
Stan Petry	0.5
Greg Meisner	0.5
Totals	35.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Chris Martin	82	82	0		0	3	0	0	0
Derrick Thomas	75	75	0		0	1	0	0	3
Kevin Ross	75	75	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Dan Saleaumua	73	73	0	0	0	5	2	0	0
Neil Smith	67	67	0		0	2	3	1	4
Albert Lewis	57	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Steve DeBerg					4	3	-26	0	0
Ron Jaworski					2	2	-7	0	0
Deron Cherry				0	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Maas					0	2	4	1	0
Dino Hackett					0	1	0	0	0
Naz Worthen					1	1	0	0	0
Dave Lutz					0	1	0	0	0
Mark Adickes					0	1	0	0	0
Steve Pelluer					2	1	-8		0
Danny Copeland					1	1	0	0	0
Irv Eatman					0	1	0	0	0
Stephone Paige					3	1	0		0
Kenny Hill				0	0	1	0	0	0
Louis Cooper					0	1	6	0	0
Pete Mandley					1	0	0		0
Emile Harry					1	0	0		0
Chris Dressel					1	0	0		0
James Saxon					2	0	0		0
Robb Thomas					1	0	0		0
Todd McNair					1	0	0		0
Christian Okoye					8	0	0		0
Jonathan Hayes					1	0	0		0
Herman Heard					2	0	0		0
Totals	429	429	0	0	32	30	-26	2	10

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Nick Lowery									24	34	0			106
Christian Okoye	12	0							0	0	0			72
James Saxon	3	0		0					0	0	0			18
Robb Thomas		2							0	0	0			12
Emile Harry	0	2	0						0	0	0			12
Jonathan Hayes		2							0	0	0			12
Stephone Paige		2							0	0	0			12
Steve Pelluer	2								0	0	0			12
Chris Dressel		1							0	0	0			6
Pete Mandley	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Herman Heard	0	1							0	0	0			6
Kenny Gamble	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Bill Maas							1		0	0	0			6
Neil Smith							1		0	0	0			6
Carlos Carson		1							0	0	0			6
J.C. Pearson								1	0	0	0			6
Alfredo Roberts		1							0	0	0			6
Todd McNair	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Rob McGovern									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	18	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	24	34	0	0	1	318