Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing Penalties
Player PF Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD Pen Yds 1stPy
Team Stats26539969554.23118244210404217810134.81175001818173.610611698621
Opp. Stats326554910775.24221323290548354117216.11774982008164.01129678534
Lg Rank Offense2428723282828283281118621
Lg Rank Defense151933222216891321191918

1989 Regular Season

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1989 Regular Season Table
Score Passing Rushing Total Offense Kicking Punting Penalties Turnovers
Rk Gtm Week Date Day Opp Rslt Pts PtsO OT Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Y/A AY/A Rate Sk Yds Att Yds TD Y/A Ply Tot Y/P FGA FGM XPA XPM Pnt Yds 1stD Pen Yds FL Int TO ToP
1 1 1 1989-09-10 Sun CLE L 0 51 10 22 45.5 17 0 0.8 -5.36 12.9 6 67 17 36 0 2.1 45 53 1.18 0 0 0 0 6 271 5 6 38 5 3 8 19:10
2 2 2 1989-09-17 Sun @ CIN L 10 41 19 35 54.3 188 1 5.4 5.94 79.2 6 56 25 86 0 3.4 66 274 4.15 1 1 1 1 5 198 18 13 154 0 0 31:57
3 3 3 1989-09-24 Sun MIN W 27 14 16 22 72.7 119 1 5.4 6.32 100.4 4 38 42 159 2 3.8 68 278 4.09 3 2 3 3 3 123 23 4 35 1 0 1 35:04
4 4 4 1989-10-01 Sun @ DET W 23 3 21 27 77.8 213 1 7.9 8.63 111.9 7 54 38 102 2 2.7 72 315 4.38 1 1 2 2 9 406 20 7 71 0 0 38:50
5 5 5 1989-10-08 Sun CIN L 16 26 21 36 58.3 168 1 4.7 5.22 79.4 3 35 36 172 0 4.8 75 340 4.53 4 3 1 1 3 130 25 8 50 1 0 1 36:29
6 6 6 1989-10-15 Sun @ CLE W 17 7 10 29 34.5 138 1 4.8 3.90 47.8 3 20 35 93 1 2.7 67 231 3.45 2 1 2 2 8 327 16 10 121 1 1 2 35:20
7 7 7 1989-10-22 Sun @ HOU L 0 27 11 27 40.7 100 0 3.7 0.37 20.6 1 5 17 32 0 1.9 45 132 2.93 0 0 0 0 6 230 10 8 70 2 2 4 20:28
8 8 8 1989-10-29 Sun KAN W 23 17 17 27 63.0 232 2 8.6 10.07 115.0 2 21 31 80 0 2.6 60 312 5.20 4 3 2 2 3 118 19 7 50 1 0 1 24:55
9 9 9 1989-11-05 Sun @ DEN L 7 34 11 26 42.3 77 1 3.0 3.73 62.7 2 24 25 93 0 3.7 53 170 3.21 0 0 1 1 8 355 7 5 31 1 0 1 23:08
10 10 10 1989-11-12 Sun CHI L 0 20 14 26 53.8 162 0 6.2 1.04 33.3 4 35 16 54 0 3.4 46 216 4.70 2 0 0 0 3 101 10 5 35 3 3 6 22:28
11 11 11 1989-11-19 Sun SDG W 20 17 12 27 44.4 103 0 3.8 3.81 55.0 4 39 30 88 1 2.9 61 191 3.13 2 2 2 2 6 231 14 6 59 1 0 1 26:26
12 12 12 1989-11-26 Sun @ MIA W 34 14 8 18 44.4 161 0 8.9 8.94 76.4 1 6 44 131 3 3.0 63 292 4.63 4 2 4 4 5 217 13 9 55 0 0 33:12
13 13 13 1989-12-03 Sun HOU L 16 23 9 21 42.9 43 0 2.0 -0.10 30.5 3 30 36 169 1 4.7 60 212 3.53 3 3 1 1 4 158 15 8 89 1 1 30:21
14 14 14 1989-12-10 Sun @ NYJ W 13 0 15 30 50.0 160 0 5.3 3.83 52.1 2 15 32 157 1 4.9 64 317 4.95 3 2 1 1 4 179 17 6 35 1 1 32:19
15 15 15 1989-12-17 Sun NWE W 28 10 9 16 56.3 128 0 8.0 8.00 82.3 2 30 39 219 4 5.6 57 347 6.09 0 0 4 4 5 172 18 6 40 1 0 1 24:22
16 16 16 1989-12-24 Sun @ TAM W 31 22 7 15 46.7 169 2 11.3 7.93 87.9 1 9 37 147 2 4.0 53 316 5.96 1 1 4 4 5 152 14 8 53 1 2 3 26:45
9-7 265 326 210 404 52.0 2178 10 5.4 4.44 62.7 51 484 500 1818 17 3.6 955 3996 4.18 30 21 28 28 83 3368 244 116 986 18 13 31 461:14

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk Player Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds Sk% NY/A ANY/A 4QC GWD Awards
1 Bubby Brister 27 QB 14 14 8-6-0 187 342 54.7 2365 9 2.6 10 2.9 79 6.9 6.13 12.6 168.9 73.1 45 452 11.63 4.94 4.25 1 1
2 Todd Blackledge 28 QB 3 2 1-1-0 22 60 36.7 282 1 1.7 3 5.0 30 4.7 2.78 12.8 94.0 36.9 4 25 6.25 4.02 2.22 0 0
3 Rodney Carter 25 RB 15 0 1 1 100.0 15 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 15.0 15.00 15.0 1.0 118.7 2 7 66.67 2.67 2.67 0 0
4 Rick Strom 24 QB 3 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Team Totals 16 16 9-7-0 210 404 52.0 2178 10 2.5 13 3.2 79 6.6 5.64 12.7 136.1 67.7 51 484 11.21 4.79 3.94 1 1
Passing Table
Rk Player Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds Sk% NY/A ANY/A 4QC GWD Awards
1 Bubby Brister 27 QB 2 2 1-1-0 34 62 54.8 356 1 1.6 0 0.0 33 5.7 6.06 10.5 178.0 77.1 1 15 1.59 5.41 5.73 1 1
Team Totals 2 2 1-1-0 34 62 54.8 341 1 1.6 0 0.0 33 7.9 6.06 10.5 170.5 101.1 1 15 1.59 7.90 8.59 1 1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Touch Y/Tch YScm RRTD Fmb Awards
1 Louis Lipps 27 WR 16 16 13 180 1 58 13.8 11.3 0.8 50 944 18.9 5 79 3.1 59.0 63 17.8 1124 6 2
2 Merril Hoge 24 FB 16 16 186 621 8 31 3.3 38.8 11.6 34 271 8.0 0 22 2.1 16.9 220 4.1 892 8 2
3 Tim Worley 23 RB 15 14 195 770 5 38 3.9 51.3 13.0 15 113 7.5 0 19 1.0 7.5 210 4.2 883 5 9
4 Derek Hill 22 WR 16 8 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 455 16.3 1 53 1.8 28.4 28 16.3 455 1 2
5 Mike Mularkey 28 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 326 14.8 1 34 1.6 23.3 22 14.8 326 1 0
6 Rodney Carter 25 RB 15 0 11 16 1 7 1.5 1.1 0.7 38 267 7.0 3 22 2.5 17.8 49 5.8 283 4 0
7 Warren Williams 24 RB 5 2 37 131 1 13 3.5 26.2 7.4 6 48 8.0 0 16 1.2 9.6 43 4.2 179 1 0
8 Dwight Stone 25 WR 16 8 10 53 0 32 5.3 3.3 0.6 7 92 13.1 0 16 0.4 5.8 17 8.5 145 0 2
9 Mark Stock 23 WR 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 74 18.5 0 27 0.5 9.3 4 18.5 74 0 0
10 Weegie Thompson 28 WR 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 74 18.5 0 28 0.3 4.6 4 18.5 74 0 0
11 Todd Blackledge 28 QB 3 2 9 20 0 11 2.2 6.7 3.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 2.2 20 0 3
12 Bubby Brister 27 QB 14 14 27 25 0 15 0.9 1.8 1.9 1 -10 -10.0 0 -10 0.1 -0.7 28 0.5 15 0 4
13 Ray Wallace 26 RB 9 0 5 10 1 5 2.0 1.1 0.6 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 2.0 10 1 0
14 Terry O'Shea 23 TE 16 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.5 1 8.0 8 0 0
15 Tim Tyrrell 28 RB 7 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.4 0.1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 3.0 3 0 0
16 Rick Strom 24 QB 3 0 4 -3 0 -0.8 -1.0 1.3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 -0.8 -3 0 1
17 Harry Newsome 26 P 16 0 2 -8 0 -4.0 -0.5 0.1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 -4.0 -8 0 1
Team Totals 16 16 500 1818 17 58 3.6 113.6 31.3 210 2662 12.7 10 79 13.1 166.4 710 6.3 4480 27 26
Rushing & Receiving Table
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Touch Y/Tch YScm RRTD Fmb Awards
1 Merril Hoge 24 FB 2 2 33 220 2 49 6.7 110.0 16.5 11 86 7.8 0 19 5.5 43.0 44 7.0 306 2 0
2 Tim Worley 23 RB 2 2 24 104 1 19 4.3 52.0 12.0 5 56 11.2 0 33 2.5 28.0 29 5.5 160 1 0
3 Mike Mularkey 28 TE 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 76 15.2 0 25 2.5 38.0 5 15.2 76 0 0
4 Louis Lipps 27 WR 2 2 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.5 0.5 6 53 8.8 1 11 3.0 26.5 7 7.7 54 1 0
5 Dwight Stone 25 WR 2 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 11.0 0.5 3 18 6.0 0 11 1.5 9.0 4 10.0 40 0 0
6 Mark Stock 23 WR 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 37 18.5 0 30 1.0 18.5 2 18.5 37 0 0
7 Weegie Thompson 28 WR 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 23 23.0 0 23 1.0 23.0 1 23.0 23 0 0
8 Derek Hill 22 WR 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 1.0 7.0 1 7.0 7 0 0
9 Bubby Brister 27 QB 2 2 3 5 0 4 1.7 2.5 1.5 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 1.7 5 0 0
Team Totals 2 2 62 352 3 49 5.7 176.0 31.0 34 356 10.5 1 33 17.0 178.0 96 7.4 708 4 0
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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
Def Interceptions Fumbles
Rk Player Age Pos G GS Int Yds IntTD Lng FF Fmb FR Yds FRTD Sk Comb Sfty Awards
1 Thomas Everett 25 FS 16 16 3 68 0 32 0 1 1 21 0 0.0 81 0
2 Merril Hoge 24 FB 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.0 0
3 Louis Lipps 27 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.0 0
4 David Little 30 LILB 16 16 3 23 0 13 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 0
5 Greg Lloyd 24 ROLB 16 16 3 49 0 31 1 1 3 0 0 7.0 92 0
6 Gerald Williams 26 NT 16 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3.0 54 0
7 Keith Willis 30 LDE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 0
8 Dwayne Woodruff 32 LCB 16 16 4 57 0 35 0 0 1 21 1 0.0 0
9 Carnell Lake 22 SS 15 15 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 2 0 1.0 70 0
10 Bubby Brister 27 QB 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.0 0
11 Tim Johnson 24 RDE 14 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.5 35 0
12 John Rienstra 26 LG 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0
13 Rod Woodson 24 RCB 15 14 3 39 0 39 4 3 4 1 0 0.0 80 0 PB,AP-1
14 Tim Worley 23 RB 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0.0 0
15 Bryan Hinkle 30 LOLB 13 13 1 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0
16 Derek Hill 22 WR 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0
17 Hardy Nickerson 24 RILB 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 35 0
18 Jerry Olsavsky 22 RILB 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 41 0
19 Dwight Stone 25 WR 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.0 0
20 Jerrol Williams 22 LB 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 23 0
21 Todd Blackledge 28 QB 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0
22 Delton Hall 24 DB 16 2 1 6 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0
23 Aaron Jones 23 DE 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 21 0
24 Warren Williams 24 RB 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0
25 Larry Griffin 26 DB 16 1 1 15 0 15 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0
26 D.J. Johnson 23 DB 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 12 0
27 Jason Johnson 24 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 0
28 Harry Newsome 26 P 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -13 0 0.0 0
29 Tyronne Stowe 24 LB 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.0 0
30 Rick Strom 24 QB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -18 0 0.0 0
31 Tim Tyrrell 28 RB 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0
Team Totals 16 16 21 261 0 39 9 32 34 17 1 31.0 544 0
Defense & Fumbles Table
Def Interceptions Fumbles
Rk Player Age Pos G GS Int Yds IntTD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds FRTD Sk Comb Sfty Awards
1 Thomas Everett 25 FS 1 1 1 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2 Aaron Jones 23 DE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0
Team Totals 2 2 1 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0

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