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1989 New England Patriots season

1989 New England Patriots season
Victor Kiam
Patrick Sullivan
Raymond Berry
Sullivan Stadium
5–11
4th AFC East
Did not qualify
None
LB Johnny Rembert

The 1989 New England Patriots season was the team's 30th, and 20th in the National Football League. The Patriots finished the season with a record of five wins and eleven losses, and finished fourth in the AFC East Division. After the season, Head Coach Raymond Berry was fired and replaced by Rod Rust.

The Patriots' pass defense surrendered 7.64 yards-per-attempt in 1989, one of the ten worst totals in NFL history. The week 7 matchup with the San Francisco 49ers was moved to Stanford Stadium on the campus of Stanford University after the Loma Prieta earthquake, which had caused some damage to the 49ers' usual home of Candlestick Park 5 days earlier during the World Series.

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1989 New England Patriots draft
1	16	Hart Lee Dykes	Wide receiver	Oklahoma State
2	43	Eric Coleman	Cornerback	Wyoming
3	63	Marv Cook	Tight end	Iowa
3	73	Chris Gannon	Defensive end	Southwestern Louisiana
4	96	Maurice Hurst	Cornerback	Southern
4	100	Michael Timpson	Wide receiver	Penn State
6	165	Eric Mitchel	Running back	Oklahoma
7	178	Eric Lindstrom	Linebacker	Boston College
8	210	Rodney Rice	Defensive back	BYU
8	223	Tony Zackery	Cornerback	Washington
9	240	Darron Norris	Running back	Texas
9	247	Curtis Wilson	Center	Missouri
10	267	Emanuel McNeil	Defensive tackle	Tennessee-Martin
11	294	Tony Hinz	Running back	Harvard
12	324	Aaron Chubb	Linebacker	Georgia
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Player	Position	College
Glenn Antrum	Wide receiver	UConn
Lon Bankston	Running back	Delta State
Creighton Informinias	Tackle	North Carolina
Chuck Pellegrini	Guard	Central Michigan

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	Front office

Chairman – Victor Kiam Vice Chairman – Fran Murray President – Billy Sullivan Vice-president – Bucko Kilroy General manager – Patrick Sullivan Director of Player Development – Dick Steinberg Director of Pro Scouting – Bill McPeak Director of college scouting – Joe Mendes Special assistant to head coach – John Polonchek Head coaches

Head coach – Raymond Berry Offensive coaches

Quarterbacks – Richard Wood Offensive backfield – Bobby Grier Receivers – Harold Jackson Offensive line – Guy Morriss | | | Defensive coaches Defensive line – Eddie Khayat Assistant defensive line – Ray Hamilton Linebackers – Don Shinnick Assistant linebackers – Don Blackmon Defensive backfield – Jimmy Carr Special teams coaches

Special teams/tight ends – Keith Rowen Strength and conditioning

Strength and conditioning – Jerry Simmons |

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Quarterbacks (QB)
2 Doug Flutie
14 Steve Grogan
15 Marc Wilson
Running backs (RB)

33 Patrick Egu 34 Bob Perryman FB 44 John Stephens 30 Mosi Tatupu FB 35 George Wonsley Wide receivers (WR)

10 Glenn Antrum 88 Hart Lee Dykes 80 Irving Fryar PR 83 Cedric Jones Tight ends (TE)

46 Marv Cook 87 Lin Dawson 85 Eric Sievers | | Offensive linemen (OL) 78 Bruce Armstrong T 68 Mike Baab C 67 David Douglas G 62 Sean Farrell G

74 Gerry Feehery C/G 64 Mike Morris 76 Tom Rehder T 70 David Viaene T 73 Danny Villa T/G Defensive linemen (DL)

72 Tim Goad NT 97 Milford Hodge DE 92 Emanuel McNeil NT 90 Peter Shorts DE 96 Brent Williams DE | | Linebackers (LB) 59 Vincent Brown ILB 58 Terrence Cooks ILB 91 Orlando Lowry OLB 50 Larry McGrew OLB 52 Johnny Rembert LB 95 Ed Reynolds ILB 51 Bruce Scholtz OLB 94 David Ward ILB Defensive backs (DB)

28 Jim Bowman SS 26 Raymond Clayborn CB 27 Howard Feggins CB 41 Darryl Holmes FS 37 Maurice Hurst CB 38 Roland James SS 31 Fred Marion FS 23 Rod McSwain CB Special teams (ST)

6 Jeff Feagles P 4 Jason Staurovsky K | | Practice squad 40 Eric Mitchell RB 18 John Simpson WR 17 Todd White WR 47 active, 19 inactive, 3 practice squad Reserve

39 Marvin Allen (IR) -- Aaron Chubb LB (IR) 22 Eric Coleman CB (IR) 66 Paul Fairchild G (IR) 99 Gary Jeter DE (IR) 93 Tim Jordan LB (IR) 42 Ronnie Lippett CB (IR) 82 Sammy Martin (IR) 86 Stanley Morgan WR (IR) 43 Rodney Rice (IR) 77 Kenneth Sims DE (IR) 49 Kitrick Taylor WR (IR) 45 Michael Timpson WR (IR) 56 Andre Tippett LB (IR) 21 Erroll Tucker (IR) 60 Garin Veris DE (IR) 54 Ed Williams LB (PUP) 75 Curtis Wilson C (IR) 61 Ron Wooten G (IR)

Rookies in italics |

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
September 10	at New York Jets	W 27–24	1–0	Giants Stadium	64,541	Recap
September 17	Miami Dolphins	L 10–24	1–1	Foxboro Stadium	57,043	Recap
September 24	Seattle Seahawks	L 3–24	1–2	Foxboro Stadium	48,025	Recap
October 1	at Buffalo Bills	L 10–31	1–3	Rich Stadium	78,921	Recap
October 8	Houston Oilers	W 23–13	2–3	Foxboro Stadium	59,828	Recap
October 15	at Atlanta Falcons	L 15–16	2–4	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	39,697	Recap
October 22	at San Francisco 49ers	L 20–37	2–5	Stanford Stadium	51,781	Recap
October 29	at Indianapolis Colts	W 23–20	3–5	Hoosier Dome	59,356	Recap
November 5	New York Jets	L 26–27	3–6	Foxboro Stadium	53,366	Recap
November 12	New Orleans Saints	L 24–28	3–7	Foxboro Stadium	47,680	Recap
November 19	Buffalo Bills	W 33–24	4–7	Foxboro Stadium	49,663	Recap
November 26	at Los Angeles Raiders	L 21–24	4–8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	38,747	Recap
December 3	Indianapolis Colts	W 22–16	5–8	Foxboro Stadium	32,234	Recap
December 10	at Miami Dolphins	L 10–31	5–9	Joe Robbie Stadium	55,918	Recap
December 17	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 10–28	5–10	Three Rivers Stadium	26,594	Recap
December 24	Los Angeles Rams	L 20–24	5–11	Foxboro Stadium	27,940	Recap

Note:

Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Cedric Jones 8 Rec, 148 Yds

AFC East
Buffalo Bills(3)	9	7	.563	6–2	8–4	409	317	W1
Indianapolis Colts	8	8	.500	4–4	7–5	298	301	L1
Miami Dolphins	8	8	.500	4–4	6–8	331	379	L2
New England Patriots	5	11	.313	4–4	5–7	297	391	L3
New York Jets	4	12	.250	2–6	3–9	253	411	L3

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