1989 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Mike Ditka (6-10)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1989 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Mike Ditka (6-10)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1989 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Bears netted 358 points, but the defense conceded 377. Mike Tomczak threw for 2,058 yards, and Jim Harbaugh played quarterback, too. Neal Anderson hauled in 50 balls, while Ron Morris added 486 receiving yards. Wendell Davis, Dennis Gentry, Dennis McKinnon and James Thornton each contributed to the receiving game also.
Neal Anderson rushed for a team-leading 1,275 yards for Chicago.
Lemuel Stinson intercepted 4 opponent throws. Richard Dent sacked quarterbacks 9 times.
Mike Ditka coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Mike Tomczak | 306 | 156 | 51.0 | 2058 | 6.7 | 16 | 5.2 | 16 | 5.2 | 79 | 10 | 68 | 68.2 | Jim Harbaugh | 178 | 111 | 62.4 | 1204 | 6.8 | 5 | 2.8 | 9 | 5.1 | 49 | 18 | 106 | 70.5 |
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| Totals | 484 | 267 | 55.2 | 3262 | 6.7 | 21 | 4.3 | 25 | 5.2 | 79 | 28 | 174 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Neal Anderson | 274 | 1275 | 4.7 | 73 | 11 | Brad Muster | 82 | 327 | 4.0 | 20 | 5 | Jim Harbaugh | 45 | 276 | 6.1 | 26 | 3 | Thomas Sanders | 41 | 127 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 | Dennis Gentry | 17 | 106 | 6.2 | 29 | 0 | Mike Tomczak | 24 | 71 | 3.0 | 18 | 1 | Matt Suhey | 20 | 51 | 2.6 | 8 | 1 | Mark Green | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 37 | 1 | Brian Taylor | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | Maury Buford | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Dennis McKinnon | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | James Thornton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Ron Morris | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
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| Totals | 516 | 2287 | 4.4 | 73 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Neal Anderson | 50 | 434 | 8.7 | 49 | 4 | Dennis Gentry | 39 | 463 | 11.9 | 79 | 1 | Brad Muster | 32 | 259 | 8.1 | 25 | 3 | Ron Morris | 30 | 486 | 16.2 | 58 | 1 | Dennis McKinnon | 28 | 418 | 14.9 | 41 | 3 | Wendell Davis | 26 | 397 | 15.3 | 52 | 3 | James Thornton | 24 | 392 | 16.3 | 36 | 3 | Cap Boso | 17 | 182 | 10.7 | 43 | 1 | Matt Suhey | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 22 | 1 | Mark Green | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 21 | 0 | Glen Kozlowski | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 55 | 0 | Thomas Sanders | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 16 | 1 | Tom Waddle | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 267 | 3262 | 12.2 | 79 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Maury Buford | 72 | 2844 | 39.5 | 60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 72 | 2844 | 39.5 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mark Green | 16 | 141 | 8.8 | 24 | 0 | Dennis McKinnon | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 17 | 0 | Donnell Woolford | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Tom Waddle | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Glen Kozlowski | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 220 | 6.9 | 24 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dennis Gentry | 28 | 667 | 23.8 | 63 | 0 | Thomas Sanders | 23 | 491 | 21.3 | 96 | 1 | Mark Green | 11 | 239 | 21.7 | 37 | 0 | Matt Suhey | 6 | 93 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 | Mickey Pruitt | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 | Glen Kozlowski | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | David Tate | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Dick Chapura | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 73 | 1539 | 21.1 | 96 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lemuel Stinson | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 29 | 1 | Lorenzo Lynch | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 41 | 0 | Shaun Gayle | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 | Donnell Woolford | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | John Roper | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 43 | 0 | Vestee Jackson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | Ron Rivera | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Jim Morrissey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Dent | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | Markus Paul | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Dave Duerson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Maurice Douglass | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | David Tate | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 26 | 268 | 10.3 | 43 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Richard Dent | 9.0 | 0.0 | Steve McMichael | 7.5 | 0.0 | Trace Armstrong | 5.0 | 0.0 | John Roper | 4.5 | 0.0 | William Perry | 4.0 | 0.0 | Dick Chapura | 3.0 | 0.0 | Dan Hampton | 2.0 | 0.0 | Ron Rivera | 2.0 | 0.0 | Mike Singletary | 1.0 | 0.0 | Tony Woods | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Shaun Gayle | 108 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | Steve McMichael | 108 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Trace Armstrong | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Richard Dent | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | William Perry | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | David Tate | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Donnell Woolford | 56 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lorenzo Lynch | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dante Jones | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | Maurice Douglass | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Bortz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Streeter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vestee Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Van Horne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Fontenot | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dennis McKinnon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimbo Covert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Rivera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brad Muster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Harbaugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glen Kozlowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Tomczak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neal Anderson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thomas Sanders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Gentry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Roper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Matt Suhey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | James Thornton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 632 | 632 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
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 | Neal Anderson | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Kevin Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 43 | 0 | 88 | Brad Muster | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Jim Harbaugh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | James Thornton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Dennis McKinnon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Wendell Davis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Thomas Sanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Matt Suhey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dennis Gentry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ron Morris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mark Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lemuel Stinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Cap Boso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Tomczak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 358 |
