1989 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Super Bowl Champion: San Francisco 49ers

AP MVP: Joe Montana

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Barry Sanders

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Derrick Thomas

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Joe Montana

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Keith Millard

Passing Leader: Don Majkowski, 4318 Yds

Rushing Leader: Christian Okoye, 1480 Yds

Receiving Leader: Jerry Rice, 1483 Yds

Team Defense

Team Defense Table
					Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Rk	Tm	G	PA	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy	Sc%	TO%
1	Denver Broncos	16	226	4407	977	4.5	43	22	246	268	504	2827	13	21	5.1	142	426	1580	10	3.7	90	102	823	14
2	New York Giants	16	252	4664	946	4.9	37	15	266	273	486	3125	16	22	6.0	159	421	1539	10	3.7	90	109	800	17
3	San Francisco 49ers	16	253	4618	979	4.7	37	16	283	316	564	3235	15	21	5.3	178	372	1383	9	3.7	76	75	581	29
4	Cleveland Browns	16	254	4831	1031	4.7	38	11	276	269	540	3161	20	27	5.4	161	446	1670	8	3.7	93	122	985	22
5	Philadelphia Eagles	16	274	4894	1017	4.8	56	26	281	258	529	3289	26	30	5.6	171	426	1605	6	3.8	81	118	956	29
6	Minnesota Vikings	16	275	4184	1021	4.1	36	18	266	252	488	2501	18	18	4.5	140	462	1683	14	3.6	100	116	903	26
7	Cincinnati Bengals	16	285	5297	997	5.3	37	16	280	256	482	3135	22	21	6.1	151	482	2162	9	4.5	114	122	1060	15
8	Kansas City Chiefs	16	286	4293	952	4.5	33	18	252	236	471	2527	16	15	5.0	140	445	1766	9	4.0	92	102	797	20
9	San Diego Chargers	16	290	4764	1040	4.6	38	13	295	283	513	2951	15	25	5.3	172	479	1813	13	3.8	102	93	741	21
10	Los Angeles Raiders	16	297	5003	1045	4.8	36	18	308	277	506	3063	18	18	5.7	160	504	1940	15	3.8	121	105	867	27
11	Indianapolis Colts	16	301	5611	1109	5.1	36	15	336	322	556	3534	15	21	5.9	192	507	2077	10	4.1	126	103	772	18
12	New Orleans Saints	16	301	5186	997	5.2	39	18	293	320	577	3860	23	21	6.2	198	373	1326	10	3.6	79	105	850	16
13	Washington Redskins	16	308	4915	954	5.2	42	15	274	277	530	3571	25	27	6.3	177	384	1344	9	3.5	72	98	796	25
14	Buffalo Bills	16	317	5046	1030	4.9	36	13	299	255	508	3206	14	23	5.9	156	484	1840	15	3.8	117	87	616	26
15	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	326	5549	1077	5.2	42	21	323	290	548	3541	17	21	6.1	177	498	2008	16	4.0	112	96	785	34
16	Seattle Seahawks	16	327	5215	997	5.2	22	13	293	252	445	3097	23	9	6.5	158	520	2118	11	4.1	119	118	809	16
17	Los Angeles Rams	16	344	5567	1023	5.4	36	15	306	345	577	4024	24	21	6.5	181	404	1543	13	3.8	101	93	798	24
18	Green Bay Packers	16	356	5347	970	5.5	40	15	307	302	476	3339	22	25	6.5	179	460	2008	15	4.4	116	105	851	12
19	Detroit Lions	16	364	5537	1064	5.2	32	16	314	370	570	3916	19	16	6.4	189	454	1621	18	3.6	98	107	993	27
20	Phoenix Cardinals	16	377	5877	1100	5.3	27	11	329	286	531	3575	24	16	6.4	185	539	2302	12	4.3	113	106	916	31
21	Chicago Bears	16	377	5729	1039	5.5	38	12	332	307	554	3832	21	26	6.5	191	446	1897	21	4.3	118	94	802	23
22	Miami Dolphins	16	379	5696	1045	5.5	23	8	337	315	513	3543	21	15	6.4	180	493	2153	19	4.4	139	106	831	18
23	New England Patriots	16	391	5644	975	5.8	28	12	297	259	449	3666	27	16	7.6	176	495	1978	19	4.0	110	111	954	11
24	Dallas Cowboys	16	393	5556	1060	5.2	17	10	321	301	488	3565	21	7	6.9	183	543	1991	17	3.7	116	102	723	22
25	New York Jets	16	411	5994	1059	5.7	24	9	328	282	514	3858	31	15	7.1	178	517	2136	16	4.1	127	90	675	23
26	Houston Oilers	16	412	5211	940	5.5	37	16	314	269	467	3542	28	21	7.0	165	437	1669	20	3.8	119	109	903	30
27	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	419	5460	1027	5.3	39	18	317	301	515	3437	29	21	6.3	170	479	2023	18	4.2	115	109	869	32
28	Atlanta Falcons	16	437	6025	1040	5.8	32	12	336	259	437	3554	19	20	7.6	163	572	2471	26	4.3	156	79	682	17
	Avg Team		329.7	5218.6	1018.3	5.1	35.0	15.1	300.3	285.7	512.1	3374.1	20.8	20.0	6.1	170.4	466.7	1844.5	13.9	4.0	107.6	102.9	826.4	22.3
	League Total		9232	146120	28511	5.1	981	422	8409	8000	14338	94474	582	559	6.1	4772	13068	51646	388	4.0	3012	2882	23138	625
	Avg Tm/G		20.6	326.2	63.6	5.1	2.2	0.9	18.8	17.9	32.0	210.9	1.3	1.2	6.1	10.7	29.2	115.3	0.9	4.0	6.7	6.4	51.6	1.4

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