1989 New Orleans Saints season

1989 New Orleans Saints season
Head Coach	Jim Mora
General Manager	Jim Finks
Home Field	Louisiana Superdome
Results
Record	9–7
Place	3rd NFC West
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1988	1990

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.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1989 NFL Draft

1989 New Orleans Saints draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	19	Wayne Martin *	Defensive end	Arkansas
2	46	Robert Massey *	Cornerback	North Carolina Central
3	79	Kim Phillips	Defensive back	North Texas
4	106	Michael Mayes	Defensive back	LSU
5	133	Kevin Haverdink	Offensive tackle	Western Michigan
6	159	Floyd Turner	Wide receiver	Northwestern State
7	186	David Griggs	Linebacker	Virginia
8	213	Fred Hadley	Wide receiver	Mississippi State
9	246	Jerry Leggett	Linebacker	Cal State Fullerton
10	273	Joe Henderson	Running back	Iowa State
11	300	Calvin Nicholson	Defensive back	Oregon State
12	327	Mike Cadore	Wide receiver	Eastern Kentucky
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

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 Head Coach – Jim Mora Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Carl Smith Running Backs – Jim Skipper Wide Receivers – Steve Walters Tight Ends – Joe Marciano Offensive Line – Paul Boudreau			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers – Steve Sidwell Defensive Line – John Pease Outside Linebackers – Vic Fangio Defensive Backs – Dom Capers Special teams coaches Special Teams – Joe Marciano Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Russell Paternostro

Roster

1989 New Orleans Saints roster
	Quarterbacks 11 John Fourcade  3 Bobby Hebert Running backs 32 Paul Frazier 34 Craig Heyward 21 Dalton Hilliard 29 Undra Johnson 23 Buford Jordan FB 36 Rueben Mayes Wide receivers 87 Lonzell Hill 84 Eric Martin 80 Brett Perriman Tight ends 85 Hoby Brenner 82 John Tice		Offensive linemen 67 Stan Brock T 79 Glenn Derby G 72 Jim Dombrowski G 63 Brad Edelman G 74 Kevin Haverdink T 61 Joel Hilgenberg C 65 Steve Trapilo G Defensive linemen 97 Jumpy Geathers DE 93 Wayne Martin DT 73 Frank Warren DE 94 Jim Wilks NT		Linebackers 57 Rickey Jackson OLB 53 Vaughan Johnson ILB 51 Sam Mills ILB 56 Pat Swilling OLB Defensive backs 28 Gene Atkins FS 41 Toi Cook CB 27 Antonio Gibson S 40 Robert Massey CB 39 Brett Maxie SS 44 Dave Waymer CB Special teams  7 Morten Andersen K  6 Tommy Barnhardt P  9 George Winslow P		Reserve lists Practice squad Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 10, 1989	Dallas Cowboys	W 28–0	66,977
2	September 17, 1989	at Green Bay Packers	L 35–34	55,809
3	September 24, 1989	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 20–10	44,053
4	October 1, 1989	Washington Redskins	L 16–14	64,358
5	October 8, 1989	San Francisco 49ers	L 24–20	60,488
6	October 15, 1989	New York Jets	W 29–14	59,521
7	October 22, 1989	at Los Angeles Rams	W 40–21	57,567
8	October 29, 1989	Atlanta Falcons	W 20–13	65,153
9	November 6, 1989	at San Francisco 49ers	L 31–13	60,667
10	November 12, 1989	at New England Patriots	W 28–24	47,680
11	November 19, 1989	at Atlanta Falcons	W 26–17	53,173
12	November 26, 1989	Los Angeles Rams	L 20–17	64,274
13	December 3, 1989	at Detroit Lions	L 21–14	38,550
14	December 10, 1989	at Buffalo Bills	W 22–19	70,037
15	December 18, 1989	Philadelphia Eagles	W 30–20	59,218
16	December 24, 1989	Indianapolis Colts	W 41–6	49,009

Game summaries

Week 1

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 0 0 0 0 0 • Saints 7 14 0 7 28 Date: September 10 Location: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana Game start: 12:00 p.m. Game attendance: 66,977 Scoring summary Q1 NO Dalton Hilliard 4 yard run (Morten Andersen kick) NO 7–0 Q2 NO Craig Heyward 1 yard run (Morten Andersen kick) NO 14–0 Q2 NO Derrick Shepard 56 yard punt return (Morten Andersen kick) NO 21–0 Q3 NO Paul Frazier 1 yard run (Morten Andersen kick) NO 28–0

Week 6

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Jets 0 7 0 7 14 • Saints 6 7 7 9 29 Date: October 15 Location: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: Indoors (dome) Scoring summary Q1 NO Andersen 42 yard field goal NO 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

Standings

NFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
San Francisco 49ers	14	2	0	.875	442	253	W5
Los Angeles Rams	11	5	0	.688	426	344	W2
New Orleans Saints	9	7	0	.563	386	301	W3
Atlanta Falcons	3	13	0	.188	279	437	L7

Awards and records

• Dalton Hilliard, NFL Leader, Touchdowns, 19 TD's

Milestones

• Dalton Hilliard, 1st 1,000 yard rushing season (1,262 yards)

External links

• Saints on Pro Football Reference
• Saints on jt-sw.com