1989 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Chuck Noll (9-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1989 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Chuck Noll (9-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1989 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Steelers chalked up 265 points, but the defense yielded 326. Tim Worley carried the ball for a team-best 770 yards for Pittsburgh, while Merril Hoge also buoyed the ground attack.
Bubby Brister passed for 2,365 yards. Louis Lipps grabbed 50 passes for 944 yards. Rodney Carter provided receiving help, too.
The ball-hawking defense led the way with 42 turnovers. Dwayne Woodruff intercepted 4 opponent throws. Greg Lloyd sacked quarterbacks 7 times.
Chuck Noll coached the team. The 1989 Pittsburgh Steelers lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubby Brister | 342 | 187 | 54.7 | 2365 | 6.9 | 9 | 2.6 | 10 | 2.9 | 79 | 45 | 452 | 73.1 |
| Todd Blackledge | 60 | 22 | 36.7 | 282 | 4.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 3 | 5.0 | 30 | 4 | 25 | 36.9 |
| Rodney Carter | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 118.8 |
| Rick Strom | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 404 | 210 | 52.0 | 2662 | 6.6 | 10 | 2.5 | 13 | 3.2 | 79 | 51 | 484 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Worley | 195 | 770 | 3.9 | 38 | 5 |
| Merril Hoge | 186 | 621 | 3.3 | 31 | 8 |
| Louis Lipps | 13 | 180 | 13.8 | 58 | 1 |
| Warren Williams | 37 | 131 | 3.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Dwight Stone | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Bubby Brister | 27 | 25 | 0.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Todd Blackledge | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Rodney Carter | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 7 | 1 |
| Ray Wallace | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Tim Tyrrell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Strom | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Newsome | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 500 | 1818 | 3.6 | 58 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Lipps | 50 | 944 | 18.9 | 79 | 5 |
| Rodney Carter | 38 | 267 | 7.0 | 22 | 3 |
| Merril Hoge | 34 | 271 | 8.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Derek Hill | 28 | 455 | 16.2 | 53 | 1 |
| Mike Mularkey | 22 | 326 | 14.8 | 34 | 1 |
| Tim Worley | 15 | 113 | 7.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Dwight Stone | 7 | 92 | 13.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Warren Williams | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mark Stock | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Weegie Thompson | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Terry O'Shea | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bubby Brister | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Totals | 210 | 2662 | 12.7 | 79 | 10 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Anderson | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 91 |
| Totals | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 91 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Newsome | 82 | 3368 | 41.1 | 57 |
| Totals | 82 | 3368 | 41.1 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Woodson | 29 | 207 | 7.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Jason Johnson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Derek Hill | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 278 | 7.0 | 20 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Woodson | 36 | 982 | 27.3 | 84 | 1 |
| Dwight Stone | 7 | 173 | 24.7 | 73 | 0 |
| Jason Johnson | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Weegie Thompson | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerrol Williams | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Larry Griffin | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Mike Hinnant | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 1304 | 23.3 | 84 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwayne Woodruff | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Thomas Everett | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Greg Lloyd | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Rod Woodson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 39 | 0 |
| David Little | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Griffin | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Delton Hall | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bryan Hinkle | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| D.J. Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carnell Lake | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 261 | 12.4 | 39 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Lloyd | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| Keith Willis | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
| Tim Johnson | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| Gerald Williams | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jerrol Williams | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| David Little | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Aaron Jones | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Hardy Nickerson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Carnell Lake | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jerry Olsavsky | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 31.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Lloyd | 92 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Everett | 81 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Woodson | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Carnell Lake | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerald Williams | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jerry Olsavsky | 41 | 41 | 0 | ||||||
| Hardy Nickerson | 35 | 35 | 0 | ||||||
| Tim Johnson | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jerrol Williams | 23 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| Aaron Jones | 21 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| D.J. Johnson | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| David Little | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyronne Stowe | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Merril Hoge | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Delton Hall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Rienstra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tim Worley | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Larry Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dwight Stone | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tim Tyrrell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bubby Brister | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Warren Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jason Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harry Newsome | 1 | 1 | -13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Louis Lipps | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dwayne Woodruff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bryan Hinkle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick Strom | 1 | 0 | -18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Todd Blackledge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Derek Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 544 | 544 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 9 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Gary Anderson | 21 | 28 | 0 | 91 | ||||||||||
| Merril Hoge | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Louis Lipps | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Tim Worley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Rodney Carter | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Rod Woodson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Ray Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mike Mularkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Derek Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Warren Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dwayne Woodruff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265 |
