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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 348 points (21.8/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 280 points (17.5/g), 9th.
Differential of 68 points (4.2/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 10.0-6.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +19 (1.2/g), 3rd.
Coached by Mike Ditka (11-5-0)
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1990 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 9 | box | W | 1-0 | Seattle Seahawks | 17 | 0 | 21 | 366 | 195 | 171 | 1 | 6 | 132 | 74 | 58 | 3 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 16 | box | W | 2-0 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 31 | 13 | 18 | 303 | 157 | 146 | 1 | 18 | 270 | 189 | 81 | 5 |
| 3 | Sun | September 23 | box | W | 3-0 | Minnesota Vikings | 19 | 16 | 15 | 255 | 40 | 215 | 1 | 15 | 285 | 152 | 133 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 30 | box | L | 3-1 | @ | Los Angeles Raiders | 10 | 24 | 11 | 229 | 128 | 101 | 1 | 18 | 326 | 170 | 156 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 7 | box | W | 4-1 | Green Bay Packers | 27 | 13 | 21 | 353 | 151 | 202 | 2 | 10 | 237 | 205 | 32 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 14 | box | W | 5-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 38 | 9 | 22 | 402 | 248 | 154 | 15 | 267 | 179 | 88 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun | October 28 | box | W | 6-1 | @ | Phoenix Cardinals | 31 | 21 | 20 | 382 | 159 | 223 | 1 | 19 | 331 | 223 | 108 | 1 |
| 9 | Sun | November 4 | box | W | 7-1 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 26 | 6 | 21 | 378 | 191 | 187 | 3 | 9 | 205 | 113 | 92 | 6 |
| 10 | Sun | November 11 | box | W | 8-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 30 | 24 | 19 | 287 | 187 | 100 | 2 | 17 | 276 | 227 | 49 | 5 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 18 | box | W | 9-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 16 | 13 | 21 | 341 | 139 | 202 | 21 | 330 | 222 | 108 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 25 | box | L | 9-2 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 41 | 19 | 266 | 159 | 107 | 3 | 20 | 246 | 145 | 101 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 10-2 | Detroit Lions | 23 | 17 | 21 | 361 | 197 | 164 | 17 | 296 | 204 | 92 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 9 | box | L | 10-3 | @ | Washington Redskins | 9 | 10 | 17 | 288 | 181 | 107 | 3 | 15 | 288 | 137 | 151 | 5 |
| 15 | Sun | December 16 | box | L | 10-4 | @ | Detroit Lions | 21 | 38 | 19 | 225 | 88 | 137 | 2 | 20 | 411 | 310 | 101 | 3 |
| 16 | Sun | December 23 | box | W | 11-4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 27 | 14 | 24 | 368 | 249 | 119 | 3 | 13 | 209 | 110 | 99 | 3 | |
| 17 | Sat | December 29 | box | L | 11-5 | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 21 | 6 | 176 | 75 | 101 | 3 | 23 | 383 | 260 | 123 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | January 6 | box | W | 12-5 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Division | Sun | January 13 | box | L | 12-6 | @ | New York Giants | 3 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 348 | 4980 | 1024 | 4.9 | 295 | 229 | 430 | 2544 | 14 | 12 | 5.4 | 134 | 551 | 2436 | 22 | 4.4 | 142 | 26 | 14 | 19 |
| Team Defense | 280 | 4492 | 927 | 4.8 | 421 | 258 | 495 | 2920 | 19 | 31 | 5.4 | 147 | 391 | 1572 | 10 | 4.0 | 256 | 45 | 14 | 18 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 10 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 9 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Harbaugh | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 10-4-0 | 180 | 312 | 57.7 | 2178 | 10 | 3.2 | 6 | 1.9 | 80 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 12.1 | 155.6 | 81.9 | 31 | 206 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 9.0 |
| Mike Tomczak | 28 | 16 | 2 | 1-1-0 | 39 | 104 | 37.5 | 521 | 3 | 2.9 | 5 | 4.8 | 48 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 13.4 | 32.6 | 43.8 | 11 | 70 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 9.6 | |
| Peter Tom Willis | 23 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 69.2 | 106 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 7.7 | 18 | 8.2 | 5.5 | 11.8 | 35.3 | 87.3 | 1 | 7 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 7.1 | ||
| Johnny Bailey | 23 | RET | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 1.4 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 11-5-0 | 229 | 430 | 53.3 | 2827 | 14 | 3.3 | 12 | 2.8 | 80 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 12.3 | 176.7 | 73.1 | 43 | 283 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 9.1 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 258 | 495 | 52.1 | 2920 | 19 | 3.8 | 31 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 11.3 | 182.5 | 56.8 | 41 | 300 | 5.4 | 2.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Neal Anderson* | 26 | RB | 15 | 14 | 260 | 1078 | 10 | 52 | 4.1 | 71.9 | 17.3 | 42 | 484 | 11.5 | 3 | 50 | 2.8 | 32.3 | 1562 | 13 | 2 |
| Brad Muster | 25 | FB | 16 | 15 | 141 | 664 | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 41.5 | 8.8 | 47 | 452 | 9.6 | 0 | 48 | 2.9 | 28.3 | 1116 | 6 | 3 |
| Jim Harbaugh | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 51 | 321 | 4 | 17 | 6.3 | 22.9 | 3.6 | 321 | 4 | 8 | |||||||
| Mark Green | 23 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 126 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 | 10.5 | 2.3 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 1 | 10 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 152 | 1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Bailey | 23 | RET | 16 | 1 | 26 | 86 | 0 | 9 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 86 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
| James Rouse | 24 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 56 | 0 | 10 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Tomczak | 28 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 2 | 14 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 46 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dennis Gentry | 31 | wr | 14 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 11 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 23 | 320 | 13.9 | 2 | 80 | 1.6 | 22.9 | 363 | 2 | 1 |
| Lars Tate | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Morris | 26 | WR | 15 | 15 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 13.0 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 31 | 437 | 14.1 | 3 | 67 | 2.1 | 29.1 | 463 | 3 | 0 |
| Maury Buford | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | -9.0 | -0.6 | 0.1 | -9 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| William Perry | 28 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Wendell Davis | 24 | WR | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39 | 572 | 14.7 | 3 | 51 | 2.8 | 40.9 | 572 | 3 | 1 | |
| James Thornton | 25 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19 | 254 | 13.4 | 1 | 32 | 1.2 | 15.9 | 254 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cap Boso | 27 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 135 | 12.3 | 1 | 25 | 0.8 | 10.4 | 135 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glen Kozlowski | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 0 | 32 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 83 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Quintin Smith | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 12 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Waddle | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 23 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Coley | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 551 | 2436 | 22 | 52 | 4.4 | 152.3 | 34.4 | 229 | 2827 | 12.3 | 14 | 80 | 14.3 | 176.7 | 5263 | 36 | 29 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 391 | 1572 | 10 | 4.0 | 98.3 | 24.4 | 258 | 2920 | 11.3 | 19 | 16.1 | 182.5 | 4492 | 29 | 38 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Johnny Bailey | 23 | RET | 16 | 1 | 36 | 399 | 1 | 95 | 11.1 | 23 | 363 | 0 | 30 | 15.8 | 848 |
| Dennis Gentry | 31 | wr | 14 | 5 | 18 | 388 | 0 | 59 | 21.6 | 751 | |||||
| Mark Green | 23 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 112 | 0 | 20 | 16.0 | 264 | ||||||
| James Rouse | 24 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 5.7 | 73 | ||||||
| John Roper | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tim Ryan | 23 | 15 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | ||||||
| Lars Tate | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 36 | 399 | 1 | 95 | 11.1 | 54 | 879 | 0 | 59 | 16.3 | 6541 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 39 | 0 | 73 | 1494 | 0 | 20.5 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Maury Buford | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 76 | 3073 | 59 | 2 | 40.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Butler | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 70.3% | 37 | 36 | 97.3% | |||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 70.3% | 37 | 36 | 97.3% | 76 | 3073 | 59 | 2 | 40.4 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 28 | 22 | 78.6% | 31 | 28 | 90.3% | 74 | 2805 | 37.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Richard Dent* | 30 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 12.0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 81 | |||
| Trace Armstrong | 25 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | |||||||
| Johnny Bailey | 23 | RET | 16 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mark A. Carrier* | 22 | FS | 16 | 16 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 122 | ||||
| Jim Harbaugh | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | -4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Shaun Gayle | 28 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 125 | |||
| Lemuel Stinson | 24 | RCB | 10 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Jim Morrissey | 28 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Donnell Woolford | 24 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 2.0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 70 | ||||||||
| Steve McMichael | 33 | rdt | 16 | 7 | 4.0 | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Brad Muster | 25 | FB | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| William Perry | 28 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 4.0 | 70 | ||||||||||||
| Ron Rivera | 28 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Cox | 22 | 13 | 0 | 3.0 | 28 | |||||||||||||
| Markus Paul | 24 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Neal Anderson* | 26 | RB | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dante Jones | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||
| Mickey Pruitt | 25 | 16 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Singletary* | 32 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Tomczak | 28 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Maury Buford | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wendell Davis | 24 | WR | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Maurice Douglass | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jerry Fontenot | 24 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Gentry | 31 | wr | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Vestee Jackson | 27 | rcb | 16 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 45 | ||||||||||
| John Mangum | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||
| John Roper | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Thayer | 29 | RG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James Thornton | 25 | TE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 41.0 | 31 | 268 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 29 | 28 | 58 | 1 | 728 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 43 | 38 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Butler | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 36 | 26 | 114 | |||||||||
| Neal Anderson* | 26 | RB | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 78 | |||||||||
| Brad Muster | 25 | FB | 16 | 15 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Jim Harbaugh | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Wendell Davis | 24 | WR | 14 | 12 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Ron Morris | 26 | WR | 15 | 15 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Gentry | 31 | wr | 14 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mike Tomczak | 28 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Bailey | 23 | RET | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Cap Boso | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Richard Dent* | 30 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mark Green | 23 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Vestee Jackson | 27 | rcb | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| James Thornton | 25 | TE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 26 | 348 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 22 | 280 |