1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders Statistics
Team Record: 9-9 18
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's West Division
Postseason: 3-0 Won Grey Cup
Coach: John Gregory (9-9)
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders Results
The Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 9 wins and 9 losses for 18 points, finishing third in the CFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.
Saskatchewan racked up 547 points, while the leaky defense conceded 567, most in the league. Kent Austin tossed for 2,650 yards, and Tom Burgess took a significant amount of snaps, too. Don Narcisse hauled in 81 receptions for 1,419 yards. Timmy McCray was targeted regularly also.
Timmy McCray ran for a team-high 1,285 yards for the Roughriders.
Albert Brown picked off 8 errant tosses from the opposition. Bobby Jurasin and James Curry each topped the defensive unit with 16 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 66 sacks.
John Gregory coached the team. The 1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Grey Cup.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Kent Austin | 323 | 183 | 56.7 | 2650 | 8.2 | 16 | 5.0 | 12 | 3.7 | 74 | 84.5 | Tom Burgess | 342 | 162 | 47.4 | 2540 | 7.4 | 22 | 6.4 | 18 | 5.3 | 58 | 72.0 | Terry Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Ray Elgaard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 667 | 345 | 51.7 | 5190 | 7.8 | 38 | 5.7 | 30 | 4.5 | 74 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Timmy McCray | 218 | 1285 | 5.9 | 44 | 2 | Milson Jones | 110 | 505 | 4.6 | 34 | 6 | Tom Burgess | 48 | 209 | 4.4 | 28 | 0 | Kent Austin | 42 | 168 | 4.0 | 18 | 3 | Shawn Daniels | 20 | 48 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 | Jeff Fairholm | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 14 | 0 | Ray Elgaard | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 34 | 0 | Don Narcisse | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 11 | 0 | Brian Walling | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 | Lionel Vital | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 9 | 1 | Rob Bresciani | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | Kevin Dixon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Mark Guy | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Baker | 3 | -9 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 466 | 2329 | 5.0 | 44 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Narcisse | 81 | 1419 | 17.5 | 74 | 11 | Timmy McCray | 75 | 749 | 10.0 | 40 | 2 | Jeff Fairholm | 45 | 893 | 19.8 | 73 | 11 | Ray Elgaard | 40 | 717 | 17.9 | 44 | 6 | Milson Jones | 29 | 269 | 9.3 | 45 | 1 | James Ellingson | 22 | 288 | 13.1 | 41 | 2 | Ray McDonald | 12 | 204 | 17.0 | 29 | 1 | Rob Bresciani | 10 | 243 | 24.3 | 59 | 1 | Mark Guy | 10 | 114 | 11.4 | 30 | 1 | Shawn Daniels | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 | Jeff Bentrim | 4 | 89 | 22.2 | 32 | 0 | Gene Taylor | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 1 | Brian Walling | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | Bobby Jurasin | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 1 | Kevin Dixon | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Lionel Vital | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Totals | 345 | 5190 | 15.0 | 74 | 38 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. | Dave Ridgway | 49 | 49 | 100.0 | 68 | 54 | 79.4 | 5 | 90 | 4737 | 52.6 | 95 | 0 | 216 |
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| Totals | 49 | 49 | 100.0 | 68 | 54 | 79.4 | 5 | 90 | 4737 | 52.6 | 95 | 0 | 216 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Albert Brown | 73 | 849 | 11.6 | 87 | 2 | Richie Hall | 44 | 395 | 9.0 | 29 | 0 | Lionel Vital | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 16 | 0 | Don Narcisse | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 | Harry Skipper | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Steve Wiggins | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | Brian Walling | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | John Hoffman | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Mark Guy | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 7 | 0 |
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| Totals | 141 | 1372 | 9.7 | 87 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Timmy McCray | 29 | 650 | 22.4 | 45 | 0 | Albert Brown | 21 | 600 | 28.6 | 65 | 0 | Jeff Bentrim | 10 | 217 | 21.7 | 35 | 0 | Lionel Vital | 9 | 186 | 20.7 | 50 | 0 | Mark Guy | 8 | 171 | 21.4 | 29 | 0 | Gene Taylor | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 31 | 0 | Tuineau Alipate | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 | Don Narcisse | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 18 | 0 | Shawn Daniels | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 33 | 0 | Milson Jones | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | Donovan Wright | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | James Ellingson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Dan Rashovich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 100 | 2122 | 21.2 | 65 | 0 |
Missed Field Goal Returns:
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Albert Brown | 8 | 176 | 22.0 | 96 | 1 | Glen Suitor | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 17 | 0 | Harry Skipper | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 35 | 0 | Eddie Lowe | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 36 | 0 | Eddie Ray Walker | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 | Richie Hall | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | Steve Crane | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | Tuineau Alipate | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Donovan Wright | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Dan Rashovich | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | James Curry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 28 | 408 | 14.6 | 96 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Bobby Jurasin | 16.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | James Curry | 16.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Vince Goldsmith | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Gary Lewis | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Eddie Lowe | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Glen Suitor | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Chuck Klingbeil | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Dan Rashovich | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Dave Albright | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Eddie Ray Walker | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Richie Hall | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 66.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Dave Albright | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Lowe | 62 | 1 | 53 | 0 | Richie Hall | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Harry Skipper | 57 | 0 | Albert Brown | 50 | 0 | Glen Suitor | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Jurasin | 35 | 0 | Tuineau Alipate | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Gary Lewis | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vince Goldsmith | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | James Curry | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Steve Crane | 23 | 0 | Dan Rashovich | 22 | 0 | Chuck Klingbeil | 15 | 0 | Larry Hogue | 13 | 0 | Eddie Ray Walker | 11 | 0 | Junior Robinson | 9 | 0 | Wayne Drinkwalter | 8 | 0 | Cedric Moses | 7 | 0 | Donovan Wright | 7 | 0 | Jeff Fairholm | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Treftlin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | John Hoffman | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Don Narcisse | 4 | 0 | Steve Wiggins | 3 | 0 | Bryan Illerbrun | 2 | 0 | James Ellingson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Dixon | 1 | 0 | Bob Poley | 1 | 0 | Vic Stevenson | 1 | 0 | Ray McDonald | 1 | 0 | Timmy McCray | 1 | 0 | Ray Elgaard | 1 | 0 | Ken Moore | 1 | 0 | Tom Burgess | 1 | 0 | Milson Jones | 1 | 0 | Rob Bresciani | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 649 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 53 | 0 | 0 |
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 | Dave Ridgway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 49 | 5 | 216 | Jeff Fairholm | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Don Narcisse | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Milson Jones | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | Ray Elgaard | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Timmy McCray | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | Kent Austin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Albert Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | James Ellingson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Terry Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | Bobby Jurasin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mark Guy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ray McDonald | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Gene Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lionel Vital | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rob Bresciani | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 12 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 545 |
