1989 Indianapolis Colts Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ron Meyer (8-8)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
1989 Indianapolis Colts RosterTeam Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ron Meyer (8-8)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
1989 Indianapolis Colts Results
The Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Colts netted 298 points, and the defense allowed 301. Jack Trudeau threw for 2,317 yards. Bill Brooks grabbed 63 passes for 919 yards. Albert Bentley and Andre Rison contributed to the receiving game, too.
Eric Dickerson carried the ball for a team-leading 1,311 yards for Indianapolis.
Keith Taylor picked off 7 opponent throws. Jon Hand topped the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 45 sacks.
Ron Meyer coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Trudeau | 362 | 190 | 52.5 | 2317 | 6.4 | 15 | 4.1 | 13 | 3.6 | 71 | 20 | 125 | 71.3 |
| Chris Chandler | 80 | 39 | 48.8 | 537 | 6.7 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.8 | 82 | 3 | 17 | 63.4 |
| Tom Ramsey | 50 | 24 | 48.0 | 280 | 5.6 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 47 | 4 | 26 | 63.8 |
| Eric Dickerson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||
| Albert Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 493 | 253 | 51.3 | 3134 | 6.4 | 18 | 3.7 | 17 | 3.4 | 82 | 28 | 174 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Dickerson | 314 | 1311 | 4.2 | 21 | 7 |
| Albert Bentley | 75 | 299 | 4.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Jack Trudeau | 35 | 91 | 2.6 | 17 | 2 |
| Chris Chandler | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 23 | 1 |
| Ivy Hunter | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Clarence Verdin | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Andre Rison | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Ramsey | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Brooks | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rohn Stark | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| Totals | 458 | 1853 | 4.0 | 26 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Brooks | 63 | 919 | 14.6 | 55 | 4 |
| Andre Rison | 52 | 820 | 15.8 | 61 | 4 |
| Albert Bentley | 52 | 525 | 10.1 | 61 | 3 |
| Eric Dickerson | 30 | 211 | 7.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Clarence Verdin | 20 | 381 | 19.0 | 82 | 1 |
| Pat Beach | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 17 | 2 |
| Mark Boyer | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 15 | 2 |
| Clarence Weathers | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| James Pruitt | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 40 | 1 |
| Totals | 253 | 3134 | 12.4 | 82 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohn Stark | 79 | 3392 | 42.9 | 64 |
| Totals | 79 | 3392 | 42.9 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Verdin | 23 | 296 | 12.9 | 49 | 1 |
| Andre Rison | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Charles Washington | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 322 | 12.4 | 49 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Verdin | 19 | 371 | 19.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Albert Bentley | 17 | 328 | 19.3 | 29 | 0 |
| James Pruitt | 12 | 257 | 21.4 | 49 | 0 |
| Andre Rison | 8 | 150 | 18.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Ivy Hunter | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 60 | 1164 | 19.4 | 49 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Taylor | 7 | 225 | 32.1 | 80 | 1 |
| Mike Prior | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 58 | 1 |
| Chip Banks | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Fredd Young | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Eugene Daniel | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Bruce Plummer | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Duane Bickett | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Michael Ball | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 391 | 18.6 | 80 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Hand | 10.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ezra Johnson | 8.5 | 0.0 | |
| Duane Bickett | 8.0 | 0.0 | |
| Donnell Thompson | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| Quintus McDonald | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jeff Herrod | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Fredd Young | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Bruce Plummer | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| O'Brien Alston | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chip Banks | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kurt Larson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Harvey Armstrong | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Sam Clancy | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 45.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Herrod | 154 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Duane Bickett | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Prior | 98 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Jon Hand | 85 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eugene Daniel | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Taylor | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Anthony Parker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Trudeau | 10 | 7 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Albert Bentley | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sam Clancy | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clarence Verdin | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donnell Thompson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Hinton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brian Baldinger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Plummer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clarence Weathers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ezra Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chip Banks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Donaldson | 1 | 1 | -22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Dixon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Boyer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kevin Call | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Ramsey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Pruitt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pat Beach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Andre Rison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eric Dickerson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 525 | 525 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Dean Biasucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 31 | 0 | 94 | ||
| Eric Dickerson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Albert Bentley | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bill Brooks | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Andre Rison | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Clarence Verdin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jack Trudeau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pat Beach | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mark Boyer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Keith Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Dixon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| James Pruitt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Prior | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chris Chandler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 298 |
