1989 Atlanta Falcons Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-13
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jim Hanifan (0-4)
Coach: Marion Campbell (3-9)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1989 Atlanta Falcons RosterTeam Record: 3-13
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jim Hanifan (0-4)
Coach: Marion Campbell (3-9)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1989 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Falcons ran up 279 points, but the leaky defense conceded 437, most in the league. Chris Miller directed the offense, passing for 3,459 yards. Shawn Collins hauled in 58 passes for 862 yards. Michael Haynes contributed to the receiving game also.
John Settle carried the ball for a team-best 689 yards for Atlanta.
Deion Sanders intercepted 5 opponent throws. Marcus Cotton sacked opposing passers 9 times.
Jim Hanifan and Marion Campbell coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Chris Miller | 526 | 280 | 53.2 | 3459 | 6.6 | 16 | 3.0 | 10 | 1.9 | 72 | 41 | 318 | 76.1 | Hugh Millen | 50 | 31 | 62.0 | 432 | 8.6 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 47 | 10 | 71 | 79.8 | Scott Fulhage | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 | Keith Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 578 | 312 | 54.0 | 3903 | 6.8 | 17 | 2.9 | 12 | 2.1 | 72 | 51 | 389 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | John Settle | 179 | 689 | 3.8 | 20 | 3 | Keith Jones | 52 | 202 | 3.9 | 19 | 6 | Gene Lang | 47 | 176 | 3.7 | 22 | 1 | Michael Haynes | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 21 | 0 | Greg Paterra | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 | Kenny Flowers | 13 | 24 | 1.8 | 4 | 1 | Chris Miller | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 | Hugh Millen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Scott Fulhage | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Floyd Dixon | 2 | -23 | -11.5 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 318 | 1155 | 3.6 | 22 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Shawn Collins | 58 | 862 | 14.9 | 47 | 3 | Keith Jones | 41 | 396 | 9.7 | 46 | 0 | Michael Haynes | 40 | 681 | 17.0 | 72 | 4 | Gene Lang | 39 | 436 | 11.2 | 32 | 1 | John Settle | 39 | 316 | 8.1 | 33 | 2 | Ron Heller | 33 | 324 | 9.8 | 30 | 1 | Floyd Dixon | 25 | 357 | 14.3 | 53 | 2 | Brad Beckman | 11 | 102 | 9.3 | 21 | 1 | Gary Wilkins | 8 | 179 | 22.4 | 36 | 3 | Stacey Bailey | 8 | 170 | 21.2 | 41 | 0 | Greg Paterra | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 20 | 0 | George Thomas | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 | Deion Sanders | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 312 | 3903 | 12.5 | 72 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Paul McFadden | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 20 | 15 | 75.0 | 63 | Greg Davis | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 33 | Chris Miller | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 32 | 23 | 71.9 | 99 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Scott Fulhage | 84 | 3472 | 41.3 | 65 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 84 | 3472 | 41.3 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Deion Sanders | 28 | 307 | 11.0 | 68 | 1 | Brian Jordan | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 341 | 10.7 | 68 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Deion Sanders | 35 | 725 | 20.7 | 72 | 0 | Keith Jones | 23 | 440 | 19.1 | 29 | 0 | George Thomas | 7 | 142 | 20.3 | 28 | 0 | Greg Paterra | 8 | 129 | 16.1 | 31 | 0 | Brian Jordan | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 | James Primus | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Aundray Bruce | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Brad Beckman | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 80 | 1509 | 18.9 | 72 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Deion Sanders | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 22 | 0 | Tim Gordon | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 34 | 0 | Evan Cooper | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 38 | 0 | Charles Dimry | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 40 | 0 | Scott Case | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | Elbert Shelley | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | Tony Zackery | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Aundray Bruce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 20 | 285 | 14.2 | 40 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Marcus Cotton | 9.0 | 0.0 | Aundray Bruce | 6.0 | 0.0 | Tim Green | 5.0 | 0.0 | Tony Casillas | 2.0 | 0.0 | Mike Gann | 2.0 | 0.0 | Rick Bryan | 1.0 | 0.0 | Scott Case | 1.0 | 0.0 | Charles Dimry | 1.0 | 0.0 | Malcolm Taylor | 1.0 | 0.0 | Jessie Tuggle | 1.0 | 0.0 | Ben Thomas | 1.0 | 0.0 | Michael Reid | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 31.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Jessie Tuggle | 183 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Casillas | 152 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Aundray Bruce | 66 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Deion Sanders | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Scott Case | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charles Dimry | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Elbert Shelley | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Miller | 13 | 5 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Tim Green | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | John Rade | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Brian Jordan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Butler | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | Scott Fulhage | 1 | 1 | -20 | 0 | 0 | Tony Zackery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Thomas | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Brad Beckman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stan Clayton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Settle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Wilkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hugh Millen | 2 | 1 | -11 | 0 | 0 | Gene Lang | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Robert Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Heller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greg Paterra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 523 | 523 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 6 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Paul McFadden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 63 | Keith Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Greg Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 33 | John Settle | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Michael Haynes | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Gary Wilkins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Shawn Collins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Floyd Dixon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Gene Lang | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bobby Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Deion Sanders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kenny Flowers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ron Heller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Brad Beckman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Chris Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 279 |
