1989 Los Angeles Raiders

The 1989 Los Angeles Raiders season was the club’s 30th season in the 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. The club finished with an 8–8 record.

Transactions

 * NFL Plan B Free Agent signings
 * Bob Golic

Regular season
The Raiders started the season with one win and three losses. After hiring Art Shell in Week 5, the Raiders won seven of their next ten games. At the end of the season the Raiders suffered road losses to the Seahawks and to the Giants, and were 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. 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 Buerlein started seven games at quarterback and his best performance was against the New York Giants in week 16. Buerlein had 16 completions and 266 passing yards.

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.)
 * Howie Long, AFC Pro Bowl selection