1989 Cleveland Browns

1989 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach	Bud Carson
Home Field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	9–6–1
Place	1st AFC Central
Playoff Finish	Lost AFC Conference Championship
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Timeline
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1988	1990

The 1989 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 40th season with the National Football League.

It was the Browns' first season with head coach Bud Carson, who had been the defensive coordinator of the New York Jets the previous season. The Browns reached their third AFC Championship Game in four seasons, and for the third time lost to the Denver Broncos.

It would be the Browns's fifth consecutive season making the playoffs, but it would be their last playoff season until 1994.

Personnel

Staff

1989 Cleveland Browns staff
	Head Coaches Head Coach – Bud Carson Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator – Marc Trestman Running Backs – George Sefcik Receivers – Richard Mann Tight Ends – Lionel Taylor Offensive Line – Hal Hunter			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Dan Radakovich Defensive Line – John Teerlinck Secondary – Jed Hughes Special Teams Coaches Special Teams – Paul Lanham Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Stan Jones Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Gary Wroblewski

Roster

1989 Cleveland Browns roster
	Quarterbacks 19 Bernie Kosar 10 Mike Pagel Running backs 26 Keith Jones 34 Kevin Mack 42 Tim Manoa FB 21 Eric Metcalf KR 33 Mike Oliphant 35 Barry Redden Wide receivers 86 Brian Brennan 80 Vernon Joines 88 Reggie Langhorne 89 Gerald McNeil PR 84 Webster Slaughter 85 Lawyer Tillman Tight ends 87 Ron Middleton 82 Ozzie Newsome		Offensive linemen 68 Ted Banker G 64 Tom Baugh C 77 Rickey Bolden T 74 Paul Farren T 79 Mike Graybill T 66 Tony Jones T 73 Gregg Rakoczy C 63 Cody Risien T 72 Kevin Robbins T 70 Kevin Simons T Defensive linemen 60 Al Baker DE 97 Robert Banks DE 71 Tom Gibson DE 78 Carl Hairston DT 92 Michael Dean Perry DT 75 Chris Pike DT 96 Andrew Stewart DE		Linebackers 58 Clifford Charlton OLB 56 Dave Grayson OLB 51 Eddie Johnson ILB 59 Mike Johnson MLB 57 Clay Matthews, Jr. OLB 50 Van Waiters OLB Defensive backs 24 Anthony Blaylock CB 29 Hanford Dixon CB 30 Thane Gash FS 23 Mark Harper CB 40 Kyle Kramer S 49 Robert Lyons S 31 Frank Minnifield CB 22 Felix Wright SS Special teams  9 Matt Bahr K 15 Bryan Wagner P		Reserve lists 36 Stephen Braggs CB (IR) 69 Dan Fike G (IR) -- Lee Jones DT (IR) 95 Marlon Jones DE (IR) 99 Darryl Sims DT (IR) -- Wilbur Strozier G (IR) Practice/Taxi Squad -- Derrick Gainer RB -- Ben Jefferson G 87 John Talley TE Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 10, 1989	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 51–0	57,928
2	September 17, 1989	New York Jets	W 38–24	73,516
3	September 25, 1989	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 21–14	55,996
4	October 1, 1989	Denver Broncos	W 16–13	78,637
5	October 8, 1989	at Miami Dolphins	L 13–10	58,444
6	October 15, 1989	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–7	78,840
7	October 23, 1989	Chicago Bears	W 27–7	78,722
8	October 29, 1989	Houston Oilers	W 28–17	78,765
9	November 5, 1989	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 42–31	69,162
10	November 12, 1989	at Seattle Seahawks	W 17–7	58,978
11	November 19, 1989	Kansas City Chiefs	T 10–10	77,922
12	November 23, 1989	at Detroit Lions	L 13–10	65,624
13	December 3, 1989	Cincinnati Bengals	L 21–0	76,236
14	December 10, 1989	at Indianapolis Colts	L 23–17	58,550
15	December 17, 1989	Minnesota Vikings	W 23–17	70,777
16	December 23, 1989	at Houston Oilers	W 24–20	58,852

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Divisional	January 6, 1990	Buffalo Bills	W 34–30	77,706
AFC Championship	January 14, 1990	at Denver Broncos	L 21–37	76,005

Standings

AFC Central
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Cleveland Browns	9	6	1	.594	334	254
Pittsburgh Steelers	9	7	0	.563	265	326
Houston Oilers	9	7	0	.563	365	412
Cincinnati Bengals	8	8	0	.500	404	285

External links

• 1989 Cleveland Browns season article at Wikipedia
• 1989 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference (Profootballreference.com)
• 1989 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
• 1989 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
• 1989 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com