1989 Atlanta Falcons Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-13
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jim Hanifan (0-4)
Coach: Marion Campbell (3-9)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1989 Atlanta Falcons Roster
1989 Atlanta Falcons Results

The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

Atlanta ran up 279 points, while the leaky defense conceded 437, most in the league. Chris Miller directed the offense, passing for 3,459 yards. Shawn Collins hauled in 58 passes for 862 yards. Michael Haynes was targeted regularly also.

John Settle carried the ball for a team-best 689 yards for the Falcons.

Deion Sanders intercepted 5 opponent throws. Marcus Cotton sacked opposing passers 9 times.

Jim Hanifan and Marion Campbell coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Chris Miller	526	280	53.2	3459	6.6	16	3.0	10	1.9	72	41	318	76.1
Hugh Millen	50	31	62.0	432	8.6	1	2.0	2	4.0	47	10	71	79.8
Scott Fulhage	1	1	100.0	12	12.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	0	0	116.7
Keith Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	578	312	54.0	3903	6.8	17	2.9	12	2.1	72	51	389

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
John Settle	179	689	3.8	20	3
Keith Jones	52	202	3.9	19	6
Gene Lang	47	176	3.7	22	1
Michael Haynes	4	35	8.8	21	0
Greg Paterra	9	32	3.6	8	0
Kenny Flowers	13	24	1.8	4	1
Chris Miller	10	20	2.0	7	0
Hugh Millen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Scott Fulhage	1	0	0.0	0	0
Floyd Dixon	2	-23	-11.5	0	0
Totals	318	1155	3.6	22	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Shawn Collins	58	862	14.9	47	3
Keith Jones	41	396	9.7	46	0
Michael Haynes	40	681	17.0	72	4
Gene Lang	39	436	11.2	32	1
John Settle	39	316	8.1	33	2
Ron Heller	33	324	9.8	30	1
Floyd Dixon	25	357	14.3	53	2
Brad Beckman	11	102	9.3	21	1
Gary Wilkins	8	179	22.4	36	3
Stacey Bailey	8	170	21.2	41	0
Greg Paterra	5	42	8.4	20	0
George Thomas	4	46	11.5	16	0
Deion Sanders	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Totals	312	3903	12.5	72	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Paul McFadden	18	18	100.0	20	15	75.0	63
Greg Davis	12	12	100.0	11	7	63.6	33
Chris Miller				1	1	100.0	3
Totals	30	30	100.0	32	23	71.9	99

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Scott Fulhage	84	3472	41.3	65
Totals	84	3472	41.3	65

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Deion Sanders	28	307	11.0	68	1
Brian Jordan	4	34	8.5	15	0
Totals	32	341	10.7	68	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Deion Sanders	35	725	20.7	72
Keith Jones	23	440	19.1	29
George Thomas	7	142	20.3	28
Greg Paterra	8	129	16.1	31
Brian Jordan	3	27	9.0	13
James Primus	1	16	16.0	16
Aundray Bruce	1	15	15.0	15
Brad Beckman	2	15	7.5	15
Totals	80	1509	18.9	72

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Deion Sanders	5	52	10.4	22
Tim Gordon	4	60	15.0	34
Evan Cooper	4	54	13.5	38
Charles Dimry	2	72	36.0	40
Scott Case	2	13	6.5	13
Elbert Shelley	1	31	31.0	31
Tony Zackery	1	3	3.0	3
Aundray Bruce	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	20	285	14.2	40

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Marcus Cotton	9.0
Aundray Bruce	6.0
Tim Green	5.0
Tony Casillas	2.0
Mike Gann	2.0
Rick Bryan	1.0
Scott Case	1.0
Charles Dimry	1.0
Malcolm Taylor	1.0
Jessie Tuggle	1.0
Ben Thomas	1.0
Michael Reid	1.0
Totals	31.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Jessie Tuggle	183	183	0		0	1	0	0	0
Tony Casillas	152	152	0		0	3	0	0	2
Aundray Bruce	66	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Deion Sanders	39	39	0	0	2	1	0		2
Scott Case	38	38	0	0
Charles Dimry	31	31	0	0
Elbert Shelley	14	14	0	0
Chris Miller					13	5	-3		0
Tim Green					1	2	5	0	0
John Rade					1	2	14	0	0
Brian Jordan					1	2	0	0	0
Bobby Butler					0	1	29	1	0
Scott Fulhage					1	1	-20	0	0
Tony Zackery				0	0	1	0	0	0
Ben Thomas					0	1	9	0	0
Brad Beckman					0	1	0		0
Stan Clayton					0	1	0	0	0
John Settle					1	1	0		0
Gary Wilkins					0	1	0		0
Hugh Millen					2	1	-11	0	0
Gene Lang					1	1	0		0
Robert Moore					0	1	0	0	0
Ron Heller					1	0	0		0
Greg Paterra					2	0	0	0	0
Totals	523	523	0	0	26	27	23	1	6

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Paul McFadden									15	18	0			63
Keith Jones	6	0		0					0	0	0			36
Greg Davis									7	12	0			33
John Settle	3	2							0	0	0			30
Michael Haynes	0	4							0	0	0			24
Gary Wilkins		3							0	0	0			18
Shawn Collins		3							0	0	0			18
Floyd Dixon	0	2							0	0	0			12
Gene Lang	1	1							0	0	0			12
Bobby Butler							1		0	0	0			6
Deion Sanders		0	1	0		0			0	0	0			6
Kenny Flowers	1								0	0	0			6
Ron Heller		1							0	0	0			6
Brad Beckman		1		0					0	0	0			6
Chris Miller	0								1	0	0			3
Totals	11	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	30	0	0	0	279