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1989 Miami Dolphins season
Head Coach Don Shula
Home Field
Results
Record 8–8
Place 2nd AFC East
Playoff Finish did not qualify
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The 1989 Miami Dolphins season was the team's 24th as a member of the National Football League. The Dolphins improved upon their previous season's 6–10 W-L record, winning eight games.[1] Despite this improvement they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, tying the longest such record in franchise history when the Dolphins failed to make the playoffs from 1966 to 1969. This was also the longest such record for coach Don Shula in his NFL career.

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result
1 September 10, 1989 Buffalo Bills L 27–24
2 September 17, 1989 at New England Patriots W 24–10
3 September 24, 1989 New York Jets L 40–33
4 October 1, 1989 at Houston Oilers L 39–7
5 October 8, 1989 Cleveland Browns W 13–10
6 October 15, 1989 at Cincinnati Bengals W 20–13
7 October 22, 1989 Green Bay Packers W 23–20
8 October 29, 1989 at Buffalo Bills L 31–17
9 November 5, 1989 Indianapolis Colts W 19–13
10 November 12, 1989 at New York Jets W 31–23
11 November 19, 1989 at Dallas Cowboys W 17–14
12 November 26, 1989 Pittsburgh Steelers L 34–14
13 December 3, 1989 at Kansas City Chiefs L 26–21
14 December 10, 1989 New England Patriots W 31–10
15 December 17, 1989 at Indianapolis Colts L 42–13
16 December 24, 1989 Kansas City Chiefs L 27–24

Standings[]

AFC East
view · talk · edit W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Buffalo Bills 9 7 0 .563 6–2 8–4 409 317 W1
Indianapolis Colts 8 8 0 .500 4–4 7–5 298 301 L1
Miami Dolphins 8 8 0 .500 4–4 6–8 331 379 L2
New England Patriots 5 11 0 .313 4–4 5–7 297 391 L3
New York Jets 4 12 0 .250 2–6 3–9 253 411 L3

References[]

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Indianapolis Cleveland Kansas City NY Giants Detroit LA Rams
Miami Houston LA Raiders Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans
New England Pittsburgh San Diego Phoenix Minnesota San Francisco
NY Jets Seattle Washington Tampa Bay
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