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1989 Washington Redskins
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 386 points (24.1/g), 5th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 308 points (19.2/g), 13th.
Differential of 78 points (4.9/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 10.1-5.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 12th.
Coached by Joe Gibbs (10-6-0)
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1989 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Mark Rypien* | 27 | 1 | 14 | 280 for 476, 3,768 yards, 22 td, 13 int, & 26 rushes for 56 yards and 1 td | Washington Redskins / 6th / 146th pick / 1986 |
| RB | Earnest Byner | 27 | 5 | 13 | 134 rushes for 580 yards, 7 td, & 54 catches for 458 yards and 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 280th pick / 1984 |
| RB | Gerald Riggs | 29 | 7 | 7 | 201 rushes for 834 yards, 4 td, & 7 catches for 67 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 9th pick / 1982 |
| FB | Earnest Byner | 27 | 5 | 13 | 134 rushes for 580 yards, 7 td, & 54 catches for 458 yards and 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 280th pick / 1984 |
| WR | Gary Clark | 27 | 4 | 12 | 79 catches for 1,229 yards, 9 td, & 2 rushes for 19 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 55th pick / 1984 Supp |
| WR | Art Monk | 32 | 9 | 12 | 86 catches for 1,186 yards, 8 td, & 3 rushes for 8 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 18th pick / 1980 |
| WR | Ricky Sanders | 27 | 3 | 12 | 80 catches for 1,138 yards, 4 td, & 4 rushes for 19 yards and 0 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1984 Supp |
| TE | Don Warren | 33 | 10 | 15 | 15 catches for 167 yards, 1 td | Washington Redskins / 4th / 103rd pick / 1979 |
| TE | Mike Tice | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 catch for 2 yards, 0 td | |
| LT | Jim Lachey+ | 26 | 4 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 12th pick / 1985 |
| LG | Russ Grimm | 30 | 8 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 69th pick / 1981 |
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| LG | Raleigh McKenzie | 26 | 4 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 290th pick / 1985 |
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| C | Jeff Bostic | 31 | 9 | 16 | ||
| RG | Mark May | 30 | 8 | 9 | 2 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 1st / 20th pick / 1981 |
| RG | Mark Schlereth | 23 | Rook | 6 | 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 10th / 263rd pick / 1989 |
| RT | Joe Jacoby | 30 | 8 | 10 | ||
| RT | Ed Simmons | 26 | 2 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 164th pick / 1987 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Charles Mann* | 28 | 6 | 16 | 10.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 84th pick / 1983 |
| LDT | Tracy Rocker | 23 | Rook | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 66th pick / 1989 |
| LDT | Markus Koch | 26 | 3 | 7 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 30th pick / 1986 |
| RDT | Darryl Grant | 30 | 8 | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 9th / 231st pick / 1981 |
| RDE | Dexter Manley | 30 | 8 | 10 | 9.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 5th / 119th pick / 1981 |
| RDE | Fred Stokes | 25 | 2 | 5 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 332nd pick / 1987 |
| LLB | Ravin Caldwell | 26 | 2 | 13 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 5th / 113th pick / 1986 |
| MLB | Neal Olkewicz | 32 | 10 | 8 | ||
| MLB | Greg Manusky | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RLB | Wilber Marshall | 27 | 5 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1984 |
| LCB | Brian Davis | 26 | 2 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 30th pick / 1987 |
| LCB | Martin Mayhew | 24 | Rook | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 262nd pick / 1988 |
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| RCB | A.J. Johnson | 22 | Rook | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 6th / 149th pick / 1989 |
| RCB | Darrell Green | 29 | 6 | 7 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 1st / 28th pick / 1983 |
| SS | Alvin Walton | 25 | 3 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 75th pick / 1986 |
| FS | Todd Bowles | 26 | 3 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Chip Lohmiller | 23 | 1 | 0 | 29 of 40 field goals & 41 of 41 extra points | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 55th pick / 1988 |
| P | Ralf Mojsiejenko | 26 | 4 | 0 | 62 punts for a 43.0 average, 1 blocked | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 96th pick / 1985 |
| PR | Joe P. Johnson | 27 | Rook | 0 | 21 punt returns for a 9.5 average and 0 td | |
| KR | A.J. Johnson | 22 | Rook | 8 | 24 kick returns for a 21.0 average and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 6th / 149th pick / 1989 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Brian Bonner | 24 | LB | 6 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Minnesota,Wisconsin | 10/9/1965 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 247th pick / 1988 |
| Jeff Bostic | 31 | C | 16 | 16 | 268 | 6-2 | Clemson | 9/18/1958 | 9 | |
| Todd Bowles | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 6-2 | Temple | 11/18/1963 | 3 | |
| Reggie Branch | 27 | RB | 10 | 0 | 232 | 5-11 | East Carolina,West Virginia State | 10/22/1962 | 4 | |
| Ray Brown | 27 | G-T | 7 | 0 | 318 | 6-5 | Arkansas State,Memphis | 12/12/1962 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1986 |
| Earnest Byner | 27 | RB | 16 | 13 | 215 | 5-10 | East Carolina | 9/15/1962 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 280th pick / 1984 |
| Ravin Caldwell | 26 | LB | 15 | 13 | 233 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 8/4/1963 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 113th pick / 1986 |
| Gary Clark | 27 | WR | 15 | 12 | 173 | 5-9 | James Madison | 5/1/1962 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 55th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Monte Coleman | 32 | LB | 15 | 3 | 242 | 6-2 | Central Arkansas | 11/4/1957 | 10 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 289th pick / 1979 |
| Brian Davis | 26 | DB | 15 | 9 | 190 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 8/31/1963 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 30th pick / 1987 |
| Wayne Davis | 26 | DB | 8 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Indiana State | 6/17/1963 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1985 |
| Reggie Dupard | 26 | RB | 7 | 0 | 206 | 5-11 | SMU | 10/30/1963 | 3 | New England Patriots / 1st / 26th pick / 1986 |
| Kurt Gouveia | 25 | LB | 15 | 1 | 233 | 6-1 | BYU | 9/14/1964 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 213th pick / 1986 |
| Don Graham | 25 | LB | 1 | 0 | 244 | 6-2 | Penn State | 1/31/1964 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 84th pick / 1987 |
| Darryl Grant | 30 | DT-G-C-T | 16 | 16 | 269 | 6-1 | Rice | 11/22/1959 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 231st pick / 1981 |
| Darrell Green | 29 | DB | 7 | 7 | 184 | 5-9 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 2/15/1960 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 28th pick / 1983 |
| Russ Grimm | 30 | G-C | 12 | 9 | 273 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 5/2/1959 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 69th pick / 1981 |
| Dave Harbour | 24 | C | 16 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Illinois | 10/23/1965 | 1 | |
| Carl Harry | 22 | WR | 1 | 0 | 168 | 5-9 | Utah | 10/26/1967 | Rook | |
| Stan Humphries | 24 | QB | 2 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | La-Monroe,LSU | 4/14/1965 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 6th / 159th pick / 1988 |
| Joe Jacoby | 30 | T-G | 10 | 10 | 305 | 6-7 | Louisville | 7/6/1959 | 8 | |
| A.J. Johnson | 22 | DB | 16 | 8 | 175 | 5-8 | Texas State | 6/22/1967 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 6th / 149th pick / 1989 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 23 | TE | 16 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Howard | 10/6/1966 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 12th / 316th pick / 1989 |
| Joe P. Johnson | 27 | WR | 15 | 0 | 170 | 5-8 | Notre Dame | 12/21/1962 | Rook | |
| Markus Koch | 26 | DE-DT | 10 | 7 | 270 | 6-5 | Boise State | 2/13/1963 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 30th pick / 1986 |
| Jim Lachey+ | 26 | T | 14 | 14 | 294 | 6-6 | Ohio State | 6/4/1963 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 12th pick / 1985 |
| Chip Lohmiller | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 213 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 7/16/1966 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 55th pick / 1988 |
| Chris Mandeville | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 213 | 6-1 | California-Davis | 2/1/1965 | 2 | |
| Dexter Manley | 30 | DE | 10 | 10 | 253 | 6-3 | Oklahoma State | 7/2/1959 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 119th pick / 1981 |
| Charles Mann* | 28 | DE | 16 | 16 | 268 | 6-6 | Nevada-Reno | 4/12/1961 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 84th pick / 1983 |
| Greg Manusky | 23 | LB | 16 | 7 | 238 | 6-1 | Colgate | 8/12/1966 | 1 | |
| Wilber Marshall | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 231 | 6-1 | Florida | 4/18/1962 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1984 |
| Mark May | 30 | G-T-C | 9 | 9 | 295 | 6-6 | Pittsburgh | 11/2/1959 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 20th pick / 1981 |
| Martin Mayhew | 24 | DB | 16 | 7 | 172 | 5-8 | Florida State | 10/8/1965 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 262nd pick / 1988 |
| Raleigh McKenzie | 26 | G-C-T | 15 | 8 | 290 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 2/8/1963 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 290th pick / 1985 |
| Joe Mickles | 24 | RB | 9 | 0 | 221 | 5-10 | Mississippi | 12/25/1965 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 12th / 317th pick / 1989 |
| Ralf Mojsiejenko | 26 | P | 16 | 0 | 209 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 1/28/1963 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 96th pick / 1985 |
| Art Monk | 32 | WR | 16 | 12 | 210 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 12/5/1957 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 18th pick / 1980 |
| Jamie Morris | 24 | RB | 12 | 3 | 188 | 5-7 | Michigan | 6/6/1965 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 109th pick / 1988 |
| Neal Olkewicz | 32 | LB | 9 | 8 | 230 | 6-0 | Maryland | 1/30/1957 | 10 | |
| Terry Orr | 28 | TE | 16 | 1 | 231 | 6-3 | Texas | 9/27/1961 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 263rd pick / 1985 |
| Willard Reaves | 30 | RB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Northern Arizona | 8/17/1959 | Rook | |
| Gerald Riggs | 29 | RB | 12 | 7 | 230 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 11/6/1960 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 9th pick / 1982 |
| Lybrant Robinson | 25 | DE | 5 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Delaware State | 8/31/1964 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 5th / 139th pick / 1989 |
| Tracy Rocker | 23 | DT | 16 | 10 | 288 | 6-3 | Auburn | 4/9/1966 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 66th pick / 1989 |
| Mark Rypien* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 231 | 6-4 | Washington State | 10/2/1962 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 146th pick / 1986 |
| Ricky Sanders | 27 | WR | 16 | 12 | 182 | 5-11 | Texas State | 8/30/1962 | 3 | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Mark Schlereth | 23 | G-C | 6 | 6 | 282 | 6-3 | Idaho | 1/25/1966 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 10th / 263rd pick / 1989 |
| Ed Simmons | 26 | T-G | 16 | 8 | 315 | 6-5 | Eastern Washington | 12/31/1963 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 164th pick / 1987 |
| Mike Stensrud | 33 | NT-DE-DT | 8 | 0 | 280 | 6-5 | Iowa State | 2/19/1956 | 10 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1979 |
| Fred Stokes | 25 | DE | 16 | 5 | 274 | 6-3 | Georgia Southern | 3/14/1964 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 332nd pick / 1987 |
| Mike Tice | 30 | TE | 16 | 5 | 253 | 6-7 | Maryland | 2/2/1959 | 8 | |
| Clarence Vaughn | 25 | DB | 16 | 4 | 202 | 6-0 | Northern Illinois | 7/17/1964 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 219th pick / 1987 |
| Alvin Walton | 25 | DB | 13 | 12 | 180 | 6-0 | Kansas | 3/14/1964 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 75th pick / 1986 |
| Don Warren | 33 | TE | 15 | 15 | 242 | 6-4 | San Diego State | 5/5/1956 | 10 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 103rd pick / 1979 |
| Herb Welch | 28 | DB | 9 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | UCLA | 1/12/1961 | 4 | New York Giants / 12th / 326th pick / 1985 |
| Barry Wilburn | 26 | DB | 8 | 1 | 196 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 12/9/1963 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 219th pick / 1985 |
| Doug Williams | 34 | QB | 4 | 2 | 220 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 8/9/1955 | 11 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 17th pick / 1978 |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 16 | 232.3 | 6-1.6 | 3.8 |