1989 Los Angeles Raiders season

1989 Los Angeles Raiders season
Head coach	Mike Shanahan Art Shell
General manager	Al Davis
Owner	Al Davis
Home field	L.A. Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	3rd AFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1989 Los Angeles Raiders season was the club’s 30th season in the National Football League (NFL). Art Shell replaced Mike Shanahan, and in the process became the first black head coach in the NFL since Fritz Pollard coached the Akron Pros in 1921.^[1] The club finished with an 8–8 record. In preseason against the Houston Oilers, the Raiders played their first game in Oakland since moving to Los Angeles in 1982, before eventually moving back to Oakland in 1995.

Offseason

NFL draft

1989 Los Angeles Raiders draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
6	140	Jeff Francis	QB	Tennessee
6	156	Doug Lloyd	RB	North Dakota State
8	205	Derrick Gainer	RB	Florida A&M
9	235	Gary Gooden	DB	Indiana
10	262	Charles Jackson	DT	Jackson State
Made roster

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Transactions

• NFL Plan B Free Agent signings
  • Bob Golic

Personnel

Staff

1989 Los Angeles Raiders staff
	Front office President of the General Partner – Al Davis Executive Assistant – Al LoCasale Personnel Operations – Ron Wolf Senior Executive – John Herrera Head coaches Head Coach – Mike Shanahan Assistant Head Coach – Alex Gibbs Offensive coaches Quarterbacks – Tom Walsh Offensive Backs – Joe Scannella Wide Receivers – Fred Biletnikoff Tight Ends – Terry Robiskie Offensive Line – Art Shell			Defensive coaches Defense/Linebackers – Dave Adolph Defensive Line – Bill Urbanik Linebackers – Sam Gruneisen Defensive Backs – Jack Stanton Special teams coaches Special Teams – Pete Rodriguez Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – John Dunn

Roster

1989 Los Angeles Raiders roster
	Quarterbacks  7 Steve Beuerlein 11 Vince Evans 13 Jay Schroeder Running backs 32 Marcus Allen 41 Bobby Joe Edmonds 34 Bo Jackson 42 Vance Mueller 31 Kerry Porter 35 Steve Smith FB 39 Steve Strachan Wide receivers 89 Mike Alexander 81 Tim Brown 86 Mervyn Fernandez 83 Willie Gault 80 Timmie Ware		Tight ends 84 Mike Dyal 88 Ethan Horton 87 Trey Junkin Offensive linemen 63 John Gesek G 60 Rory Graves T 72 Don Mosebar C 78 Tim Rother T 67 Dan Turk C 68 Bruce Wilkerson T 76 Steve Wisniewski G 66 Steve Wright G/T		Defensive linemen 70 Scott Davis DT/DE 79 Bob Golic DT 74 Pete Koch DE/OLB 75 Howie Long DE 97 Mark Mraz DE 71 Bill Pickel DT/DE 93 Greg Townsend DE/OLB 90 Mike Wise DE Linebackers 58 Thomas Benson ILB 56 Joe Costello ILB 98 Ricky Hunley ILB 92 Emanuel King OLB 52 Linden King OLB 57 Jerry Robinson ILB 58 Jackie Shipp ILB 50 Otis Wilson OLB		Defensive backs 44 Stefon Adams S 33 Eddie Anderson FS 29 Russell Carter S 23 Derrick Crudup S 45 Mike Harden SS 22 Mike Haynes CB 25 Dan Land CB 40 Zeph Lee SS 36 Terry McDaniel CB 26 Vann McElroy FS 20 Dennis Price CB 48 Lionel Washington CB Special teams  6 Jeff Gossett P 18 Jeff Jaeger K Rookies in italics

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Regular season

The Raiders stated the season with one win and three losses. After hiring Art Shell in Week 5, the Raiders won seven of their next ten games. The Raiders suffered road losses to the Seahawks and to the Giants, to be eliminated from playoff contention.

Against the Cincinnati Bengals, Bo Jackson scored a touchdown on a 92 yard run. He became the first player ever with two runs of 90 plus yards in a career.^[4] Steve Wisniewski was the youngest player on the Raiders roster. At the age of 22, he was in the starting lineup at the Guard position. Steve Beuerlein started seven games at quarterback and his best performance was against the New York Giants in week 16. Beuerlein had 16 completions and 266 passing yards.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 10, 1989	San Diego Chargers	W 40–14	40,237
2	September 17, 1989	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 24–19	71,741
3	September 24, 1989	at Denver Broncos	L 31–21	75,754
4	October 1, 1989	Seattle Seahawks	L 24–20	44,319
5	October 9, 1989	at New York Jets	W 14–7	68,040
6	October 15, 1989	Kansas City Chiefs	W 20–14	40,453
7	October 22, 1989	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 10–7	64,019
8	October 29, 1989	Washington Redskins	W 37–24	52,781
9	November 5, 1989	Cincinnati Bengals	W 28–7	51,080
10	November 12, 1989	at San Diego Chargers	L 14–12	59,151
11	November 19, 1989	at Houston Oilers	L 23–7	59,198
12	November 26, 1989	New England Patriots	W 24–21	38,747
13	December 3, 1989	Denver Broncos	W 16–13	87,560
14	December 10, 1989	Phoenix Cardinals	W 16–14	41,785
15	December 17, 1989	at Seattle Seahawks	L 23–17	61,076
16	December 24, 1989	at New York Giants	L 34–17	70,306

Game summaries

Week 5

1 2 3 4 Total • Raiders 0 0 7 7 14 Jets 0 0 7 0 7 Date: October 9 Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 68,040 Game weather: 49°F; wind 15 Television network: ABC

Scoring summary Q3 LA Mervyn Fernandez 73 yard pass from Jay Schroeder (Jeff Jaeger kick) LA 7–0 Q3 NYJ Roger Vick 1 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) Tie 7–7 Q4 LA Eddie Anderson 87 yard interception return (Jeff Jaeger kick) LA 14–0

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Week 6

1 2 3 4 Total Chiefs 7 0 0 7 14 • Raiders 3 7 3 7 20 Date: October 15 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: 64°F; wind 9

Scoring summary Q1 KC Okoye 2 yard run (Lowery kick) KC 7–0 Q1 LA Jaeger 24 yard field goal KC 7–3 Q2 LA Jackson 2 yard run (Jaeger kick) LA 10–7 Q3 LA Jaeger 50 yard field goal LA 13–7 Q4 LA Mueller 6 yard run (Jaeger kick) LA 20–7 Q4 KC Thomas 11 yard pass from DeBerg (Lowery kick) LA 20–14

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Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Denver Broncos^(1)	11	5	0	.688	6–2	9–3	362	226	L1
Kansas City Chiefs	8	7	1	.531	3–5	6–7–1	318	286	W1
Los Angeles Raiders	8	8	0	.500	3–5	6–6	315	297	L2
Seattle Seahawks	7	9	0	.438	4–4	7–5	241	327	L1
San Diego Chargers	6	10	0	.375	4–4	4–8	266	290	W2

Awards and records

• Mike Dyal, AFC Offensive Player of Week 13 (caught 4 passes for 134 yards and 1 TD vs. Denver, caught 67 yard pass to send game into Overtime, caught 2 passes for 41 yards to set up game winning field goal.)^[7]
• Howie Long, AFC Pro Bowl selection

References

1. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.286
2. "1989 Los Angeles Raiders draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
3. "1989 Los Angeles Raiders starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
4. 1990 NFL Pro Set trading card, Bo Jackson, Card No. 155, Pro Set Properties
5. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Mar-17.
6. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Jul-27.
7. 1990 NFL Pro Set trading card, Mike Dyal, Card No. 151, Pro Set Properties

External links

• 1989 Los Angeles Raiders at Pro-Football-Reference.com