1989 New York Giants Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Bill Parcells (12-4)
Location: New York, New York

1989 New York Giants Roster
1989 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

The Giants netted 348 points, and the miserly defensive unit allowed 252. Phil Simms tossed for 3,061 yards. Odessa Turner hauled in 38 passes, while Lionel Manuel added 539 receiving yards, while Dave Meggett contributed to the receiving game, too.

Ottis Anderson ran for a team-leading 1,023 yards for New York.

Terry Kinard picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Lawrence Taylor topped the defensive unit with 15 quarterback sacks.

Bill Parcells coached the team. The 1989 New York Giants lost in the Division Playoff.

Click on column headings to sort.

Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Phil Simms	405	228	56.3	3061	7.6	14	3.5	14	3.5	62	40	244	77.6
Jeff Hostetler	39	20	51.3	294	7.5	3	7.7	2	5.1	35	6	37	80.5
Totals	444	248	55.9	3355	7.6	17	3.8	16	3.6	62	46	281

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ottis Anderson	325	1023	3.1	36	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	19	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
Totals	556	1889	3.4	36	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Odessa Turner	38	467	12.3	44	4
Dave Meggett	34	531	15.6	62	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	41	1
Maurice Carthon	15	132	8.8	18	0
Stephen Baker	13	255	19.6	39	2
Lee Rouson	7	121	17.3	39	0
Howard Cross	6	107	17.8	27	1
Stacy Robinson	4	41	10.2	16	0
George Adams	2	7	3.5	10	0
Carl Banks	1	22	22.0	22	1
Lewis Tillman	1	9	9.0	9	0
Totals	248	3355	13.5	62	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Raul Allegre	24	23	95.8	26	20	76.9	83
Bjorn Nittmo	13	12	92.3	12	9	75.0	39
Totals	37	35	94.6	38	29	76.3	122

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Sean Landeta	70	3019	43.1	71
Totals	70	3019	43.1	71

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dave Meggett	46	582	12.7	76	1
Totals	46	582	12.7	76	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dave Meggett	27	577	21.4	43
Mark Ingram	22	332	15.1	29
Lee Rouson	1	17	17.0	17
Mark Collins	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	51	926	18.2	43

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Terry Kinard	5	135	27.0	58	1
Pepper Johnson	3	60	20.0	39	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
Totals	22	330	15.0	58	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Lawrence Taylor	15.0
Leonard Marshall	9.5
Erik Howard	5.5
Carl Banks	4.0
Mark Collins	1.0
Pepper Johnson	1.0
Gary Reasons	1.0
Greg Cox	1.0
Johnie Cooks	1.0
Totals	39.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Myron Guyton	98	98	0	0	0	3	4	0	0
Carl Banks	89	89	0	0
Mark Collins	81	81	0	0	0	2	8	0	0
Leonard Marshall	81	81	0		0	0	0		2
Erik Howard	69	69	0		0	1	0	0	1
Pepper Johnson	61	61	0	0	0	1	0		0
Greg Jackson	19	19	0		0	1	0	0	1
Steve DeOssie	19	19	0	0
Dave Meggett					8	3	0		0
Phil Simms					9	3	-1		0
Eric Moore					0	3	0	0	0
Mark Ingram					2	2	0		0
Doug Riesenberg					0	2	0	0	0
John Washington					0	2	0	0	0
Zeke Mowatt					1	1	0	0	0
Lionel Manuel					0	1	0		0
Lee Rouson					0	1	0	0	0
Eric Dorsey					0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Hostetler					2	1	0		0
Terry Kinard				0	0	1	4		0
Bart Oates					1	0	0	0	0
Maurice Carthon					1	0	0	0	0
Perry Williams				0	1	0	0	0	0
Ottis Anderson					2	0	0		0
Howard Cross					1	0	0		0
Lewis Tillman					1	0	0	0	0
Odessa Turner					1	0	0		0
Totals	517	517	0	0	30	29	15	0	4

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Ottis Anderson	14	0							0	0	0			84
Raul Allegre									20	23	0			83
Bjorn Nittmo									9	12	0			39
Dave Meggett	0	4	1	0					0	0	0			30
Odessa Turner	0	4							0	0	0			24
Mark Bavaro		3							0	0	0			18
Jeff Hostetler	2								0	0	0			12
Stephen Baker		2							0	0	0			12
Lionel Manuel		1							0	0	0			6
Mark Ingram	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Phil Simms	1								0	0	0			6
Carl Banks		1				0			0	0	0			6
Pepper Johnson						1			0	0	0			6
Howard Cross		1							0	0	0			6
Terry Kinard						1			0	0	0			6
Leonard Marshall									0	0	0		1	2
Gary Reasons	0					0			0	0	0		1	2
Totals	17	17	1	0	0	2	0	0	29	35	0	0	2	348