NFL team season
The 1989 New Orleans Saints season was the franchise's 23rd season in the National Football League , and their fourteenth with home games at the Superdome . They failed to improve upon their 10–6 record from 1988 and instead finished at 9–7, missing the playoffs for the second straight season.
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1989 New Orleans Saints staff Front office
Owner/general partner – Tom Benson President/general manager – Jim Finks Vice-president of administration – Jim Miller Director of player personnel – Bill Kuharich Head coaches
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
Strength and conditioning – Russell Paternostro
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1989 New Orleans Saints roster Quarterbacks Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Offensive linemen Defensive linemen
Linebackers Defensive backs
Special teams
Reserve lists Practice squad
47 active, 7 inactive, 4 practice squad
Rookies in italics
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 10 Dallas Cowboys W 28–0 1–0 Louisiana Superdome 66,977 2 September 17 at Green Bay Packers L 34–35 1–1 Lambeau Field 55,809 3 September 24 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10–20 1–2 Tampa Stadium 44,053 4 October 1 Washington Redskins L 14–16 1–3 Louisiana Superdome 64,358 5 October 8 San Francisco 49ers L 20–24 1–4 Louisiana Superdome 60,488 6 October 15 New York Jets W 29–14 2–4 Louisiana Superdome 59,521 7 October 22 at Los Angeles Rams W 40–21 3–4 Anaheim Stadium 57,567 8 October 29 Atlanta Falcons W 20–13 4–4 Louisiana Superdome 65,153 9 November 6 at San Francisco 49ers L 13–31 4–5 Candlestick Park 60,667 10 November 12 at New England Patriots W 28–24 5–5 Sullivan Stadium 47,680 11 November 19 at Atlanta Falcons W 26–17 6–5 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 53,173 12 November 26 Los Angeles Rams L 17–20 (OT) 6–6 Louisiana Superdome 64,274 13 December 3 at Detroit Lions L 14–21 6–7 Pontiac Silverdome 38,550 14 December 10 at Buffalo Bills W 22–19 7–7 Rich Stadium 70,037 15 December 18 Philadelphia Eagles W 30–20 8–7 Louisiana Superdome 59,218 16 December 24 Indianapolis Colts W 41–6 9–7 Louisiana Superdome 49,009 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 0 0 0 0 0 • Saints 7 14 0 7 28
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1 2 3 4 Total Jets 0 7 0 7 14 • Saints 6 7 7 9 29
Date: October 15Location: Louisiana Superdome , New Orleans, LA Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: Indoors (dome)Referee: Dick HantakTV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui and Ahmad Rashād Scoring summary Q1 NO Andersen 42 yard field goalNO 3–0 Q1 NO Andersen 29 yard field goal NO 6–0 Q2 NYJ Hasty 34 yard interception return (Leahy kick)NYJ 7–6 Q2 NO Hill 3 yard pass from Hebert (Andersen kick)NO 13–7 Q3 NO Martin 4 yard pass from Hebert (Andersen kick)NO 20–7 Q4 NO Safety, holding penalty on Schreiber in end zone NO 22–7 Q4 NO Martin 53 yard pass from Hebert (Andersen kick) NO 29–7 Q4 NYJ McMillan 74 yard fumble return (Leahy kick)NO 29–14
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Franchise Stadiums Culture Lore Rivalries Wild card berths (5) Division championships (9) Conference championships (1) League championships (1) Retired numbers Ring of Honor Current league affiliations