1989 New Orleans Saints season
OwnerTom Benson
General managerJim Finks
Head coachJim Mora
Home fieldLouisiana Superdome
Results
Record9–7
Division place3rd NFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersRB Dalton Hilliard
LB Pat Swilling
LB Vaughan Johnson

The 1989 New Orleans Saints season was the franchise's 23rd season in the National Football League, and their fourteenth with home games at the Superdome. They failed to improve upon their 10–6 record from 1988 and instead finished at 9–7, missing the playoffs for the second straight season.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1989 NFL Draft
1989 New Orleans Saints draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 19 Wayne Martin *  Defensive end Arkansas
2 46 Robert Massey *  Cornerback North Carolina Central
3 79 Kim Phillips  Defensive back North Texas
4 106 Michael Mayes  Defensive back LSU
5 133 Kevin Haverdink  Offensive tackle Western Michigan
6 159 Floyd Turner  Wide receiver Northwestern State
7 186 David Griggs  Linebacker Virginia
8 213 Fred Hadley  Wide receiver Mississippi State
9 246 Jerry Leggett  Linebacker Cal State Fullerton
10 273 Joe Henderson  Running back Iowa State
11 300 Calvin Nicholson  Defensive back Oregon State
12 327 Mike Cadore  Wide receiver Eastern Kentucky
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1989 New Orleans Saints staff

Front office

  • Owner/general partner – Tom Benson
  • President/general manager – Jim Finks
  • Vice-president of administration – Jim Miller
  • Director of player personnel – Bill Kuharich

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Russell Paternostro

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Roster

1989 New Orleans Saints roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad

47 active, 7 inactive, 4 practice squad


Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 10 Dallas Cowboys W 28–0 1–0 Louisiana Superdome 66,977
2 September 17 at Green Bay Packers L 34–35 1–1 Lambeau Field 55,809
3 September 24 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10–20 1–2 Tampa Stadium 44,053
4 October 1 Washington Redskins L 14–16 1–3 Louisiana Superdome 64,358
5 October 8 San Francisco 49ers L 20–24 1–4 Louisiana Superdome 60,488
6 October 15 New York Jets W 29–14 2–4 Louisiana Superdome 59,521
7 October 22 at Los Angeles Rams W 40–21 3–4 Anaheim Stadium 57,567
8 October 29 Atlanta Falcons W 20–13 4–4 Louisiana Superdome 65,153
9 November 6 at San Francisco 49ers L 13–31 4–5 Candlestick Park 60,667
10 November 12 at New England Patriots W 28–24 5–5 Sullivan Stadium 47,680
11 November 19 at Atlanta Falcons W 26–17 6–5 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 53,173
12 November 26 Los Angeles Rams L 17–20 (OT) 6–6 Louisiana Superdome 64,274
13 December 3 at Detroit Lions L 14–21 6–7 Pontiac Silverdome 38,550
14 December 10 at Buffalo Bills W 22–19 7–7 Rich Stadium 70,037
15 December 18 Philadelphia Eagles W 30–20 8–7 Louisiana Superdome 59,218
16 December 24 Indianapolis Colts W 41–6 9–7 Louisiana Superdome 49,009
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
Cowboys 0 000 0
• Saints 7 1407 28
Scoring summary
Q1NODalton Hilliard 4 yard run (Morten Andersen kick)NO 7–0
Q2NOCraig Heyward 1 yard run (Morten Andersen kick)NO 14–0
Q2NODerrick Shepard 56 yard punt return (Morten Andersen kick)NO 21–0
Q3NOPaul Frazier 1 yard run (Morten Andersen kick)NO 28–0

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Week 6

1 234Total
Jets 0 707 14
• Saints 6 779 29
  • Date: October 15
  • Location: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Indoors (dome)
  • Referee: Dick Hantak
  • TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui and Ahmad Rashād
Scoring summary
Q1NOAndersen 42 yard field goalNO 3–0
Q1NOAndersen 29 yard field goalNO 6–0
Q2NYJHasty 34 yard interception return (Leahy kick)NYJ 7–6
Q2NOHill 3 yard pass from Hebert (Andersen kick)NO 13–7
Q3NOMartin 4 yard pass from Hebert (Andersen kick)NO 20–7
Q4NOSafety, holding penalty on Schreiber in end zoneNO 22–7
Q4NOMartin 53 yard pass from Hebert (Andersen kick)NO 29–7
Q4NYJMcMillan 74 yard fumble return (Leahy kick)NO 29–14

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Standings

NFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
San Francisco 49ers(1) 14 2 0 .875 5–1 10–2 442 253 W5
Los Angeles Rams(5) 11 5 0 .688 4–2 8–4 426 344 W2
New Orleans Saints 9 7 0 .563 3–3 5–7 386 301 W3
Atlanta Falcons 3 13 0 .188 0–6 1–11 279 437 L7

Awards and records

Milestones

References

  1. ^ "1989 New Orleans Saints draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  2. ^ "All-Time Roster". NewOrleansSaints.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
  3. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Feb-16.
  4. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-18.
  5. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book. Workman Publishing Company. March 2001. p. 447. ISBN 0-7611-2480-2.
  6. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book. Workman Publishing Company. March 2001. p. 436. ISBN 0-7611-2480-2.

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