1989 San Diego Chargers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Dan Henning (6-10)
Location: San Diego, California

1989 San Diego Chargers Roster
1989 San Diego Chargers Results

The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

San Diego racked up 266 points, while the defensive squad allowed 290. Jim McMahon passed for 2,132 yards, and Billy Tolliver spent time under center also. Anthony Miller grabbed 75 passes for 1,252 yards.

Marion Butts carried the ball for a team-best 683 yards for the Chargers, while Tim Spencer also contributed to the rushing attack.

Gill Byrd seized 7 opponent throws. Lee Williams topped the defensive unit with 14 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 48 sacks.

Dan Henning coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jim McMahon	318	176	55.3	2132	6.7	10	3.1	10	3.1	69	28	167	73.5
Billy Tolliver	185	89	48.1	1097	5.9	5	2.7	8	4.3	49	9	75	57.9
David Archer	12	5	41.7	62	5.2	0	0.0	1	8.3	17	2	12	23.6
Totals	515	270	52.4	3291	6.4	15	2.9	19	3.7	69	39	254

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Marion Butts	170	683	4.0	50	9
Tim Spencer	134	521	3.9	15	3
Darrin Nelson	36	197	5.5	28	0
Jim McMahon	29	141	4.9	15	0
Rod Bernstine	15	137	9.1	32	1
Dana Brinson	17	64	3.8	9	0
Jamie Holland	6	46	7.7	24	0
Anthony Miller	4	21	5.2	24	0
Quinn Early	1	19	19.0	19	0
Victor Floyd	8	15	1.9	5	0
David Archer	2	14	7.0	14	0
Wayne Walker	1	9	9.0	9	0
Gary Plummer	1	6	6.0	6	0
Joe Caravello	1	0	0.0	0	0
Billy Tolliver	7	0	0.0	3	0
Totals	432	1873	4.3	50	13

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Anthony Miller	75	1252	16.7	69	10
Darrin Nelson	31	328	10.6	49	0
Jamie Holland	26	336	12.9	37	0
Wayne Walker	24	395	16.5	49	1
Arthur Cox	22	200	9.1	24	2
Rod Bernstine	21	222	10.6	36	1
Tim Spencer	18	112	6.2	23	0
Dana Brinson	12	71	5.9	11	0
Quinn Early	11	126	11.5	21	0
Joe Caravello	10	95	9.5	37	0
Craig McEwen	7	99	14.1	29	0
Marion Butts	7	21	3.0	8	0
Anthony Allen	2	19	9.5	11	0
Andy Parker	2	5	2.5	4	1
Victor Floyd	1	6	6.0	6	0
Jim McMahon	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	270	3291	12.2	69	15

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Chris Bahr	30	29	96.7	25	17	68.0	80
Totals	30	29	96.7	25	17	68.0	80

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Hank Ilesic	76	3049	40.1	64
Lewis Colbert	8	266	33.2	46
Totals	84	3315	39.5	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dana Brinson	11	112	10.2	52
Phil McConkey	14	111	7.9	29
Wayne Walker	6	31	5.2	13
Darryl Usher	3	15	5.0	11
Anthony Allen	2	3	1.5	3
Cedric Figaro	1	0	0.0	0
Lester Lyles	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	38	272	7.2	52

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Anthony Miller	21	533	25.4	91	1
Jamie Holland	29	510	17.6	34	0
Darryl Usher	10	159	15.9	26	0
Cedric Figaro	1	21	21.0	21	0
Victor Floyd	3	12	4.0	12	0
Totals	64	1235	19.3	91	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Gill Byrd	7	38	5.4	22
Vencie Glenn	4	52	13.0	31
Sam Seale	4	47	11.8	25
Roy Bennett	3	4	1.3	4
Elvis Patterson	2	44	22.0	34
Lester Lyles	2	28	14.0	28
Billy Smith	1	9	9.0	9
Cedric Figaro	1	2	2.0	2
Martin Bayless	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	25	224	9.0	34

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Lee Williams	14.0
Leslie O'Neal	12.5
Burt Grossman	10.0
George Hinkle	2.5
Billy Smith	2.5
Les Miller	2.5
Joe Phillips	1.0
Martin Bayless	1.0
Vencie Glenn	1.0
Lester Lyles	1.0
Totals	48.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Gary Plummer	146	146	0		0	1	0	0	0
Leslie O'Neal	96	96	0		0	2	10	0	2
Vencie Glenn	68	68	0	0	0	1	81	1	0
Cedric Figaro	64	64	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Burt Grossman	63	63	0
Martin Bayless	61	61	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Phillips	37	37	0
Les Miller	18	18	0		0	1	0	0	0
David Brandon	9	9	0
Johnny Thomas	7	7	0
Billy Smith				0	0	2	23	1	0
Chris Gannon					0	1	0	0	0
Joe Caravello					0	1	0	0	0
Elvis Patterson				0	0	1	0	0	0
Joey Howard					0	1	0	0	0
Marion Butts					2	1	0		0
Lester Lyles				0	1	1	0	0	0
Chris Bahr					0	1	0		0
Jim McMahon					3	1	0	0	0
Billy Tolliver					4	1	-6	0	0
Wayne Walker					2	0	0		0
Phil McConkey					1	0	0	0	0
Courtney Hall					1	0	-29	0	0
Anthony Miller					1	0	0		0
Darrin Nelson					1	0	0	0	0
Tim Spencer					3	0	0		0
Victor Floyd					1	0	0	0	0
Dana Brinson					3	0	0	0	0
Totals	569	569	0	0	23	18	79	2	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Chris Bahr									17	29	0			80
Anthony Miller	0	10		1					0	0	0			66
Marion Butts	9	0							0	0	0			54
Tim Spencer	3	0							0	0	0			18
Rod Bernstine	1	1							0	0	0			12
Arthur Cox		2							0	0	0			12
Wayne Walker	0	1	0						0	0	0			6
Billy Smith						0	1		0	0	0			6
Vencie Glenn						0	1		0	0	0			6
Andy Parker		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	13	15	0	1	0	0	2	0	17	29	0	0	0	266