1989 Seattle Seahawks season

NFL team season

The 1989 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 14th season with the National Football League (NFL). The season marked the end of an era for the team, as the last remaining original Seahawk, longtime wide receiver Steve Largent, retired after playing 14 seasons in the league, all with the Seahawks. At the time of his retirement, he was the NFL's all-time reception leader.

Draft

1989 Seattle Seahawks Draft
Round Selection Player Position College
1 15 Andy Heck Offensive tackle Notre Dame
2 44 Joe Tofflemire Center Arizona
3 71 Elroy Harris Running back Eastern Kentucky
4 101 Travis McNeal Tight end Tennessee-Chattanooga
103 James Henry Defensive back Southern Mississippi
7 184 Mike Nettles Defensive Back Memphis
8 211 Marlin Williams Defensive end Western Illinois
9 238 David Franks Offensive Guard Connecticut
10 268 Derrick Fenner Running Back North Carolina
11 295 Mike Baum Defensive End Northwestern
12 322 R. J. Kors Defensive Back Long Beach State

Personnel

Staff

1989 Seattle Seahawks staff

Front office

  • Owner – Ken Behring
  • President/general manager – Tom Flores
  • Vice president/assistant general manager – Chuck Allen
  • Player personnel director – Mike Allman
  • Assistant player personnel director – Rick Thompson
  • Pro personnel assistant – Randy Mueller

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/receivers – John Becker
  • Quarterbacks – Ken Meyer
  • Offensive backs – Chick Harris
  • Tight ends – Russ Purnell
  • Offensive line – Kent Stephenson
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator/linebackers – Tom Catlin
  • Defensive line – George Dyer
  • Assistant linebackers – Rusty Tillman
  • Defensive backs – Rod Perry
  • Special assignments – Joe Vitt

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Rusty Tillman
  • Assistant special teams – Russ Purnell


Final roster

1989 Seattle Seahawks final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists
  • 55 Brian Bosworth LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 81 Donnie Dee TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 34 Kevin Harmon RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 30 James Jones FB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 81 Tommy Kane WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 21 Paul Moyer S (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- Pat Pearson G (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- Jim Sandusky WR (PUPTooltip Physically unable to perform)
  • 87 Robert Tyler TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 74 Warren Wheat G (IRTooltip Injured reserve)


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
 47 active, 10 inactive, 2 practice squad

[1]

  • Starters in bold.
  • (*) Denotes players that were selected for the 1990 Pro Bowl.

Schedule

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap
1 August 11 at Phoenix Cardinals W 16–10 (OT) 1–0 Sun Devil Stadium Recap
2 August 19 at New England Patriots L 12–17 1–1 Busch Stadium Recap
3 August 25 Detroit Lions W 13–7 2–1 Kingdome Recap
4 September 1 San Francisco 49ers W 28–17 3–1 Kingdome Recap
Source: Seahawks Media Guides[2][3]

Regular season

Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC East.

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap
1 September 10 at Philadelphia Eagles L 7–31 0–1 Veterans Stadium Recap
2 September 17 Phoenix Cardinals L 24–34 0–2 Kingdome Recap
3 September 24 at New England Patriots W 24–3 1–2 Foxboro Stadium Recap
4 October 1 at Los Angeles Raiders W 24–20 2–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap
5 October 8 Kansas City Chiefs L 16–20 2–3 Kingdome Recap
6 October 15 at San Diego Chargers W 17–16 3–3 Jack Murphy Stadium Recap
7 October 22 Denver Broncos L 21–24 (OT) 3–4 Kingdome Recap
8 October 29 San Diego Chargers W 10–7 4–4 Kingdome Recap
9 November 5 at Kansas City Chiefs L 10–20 4–5 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
10 November 12 Cleveland Browns L 7–17 4–6 Kingdome Recap
11 November 19 at New York Giants L 3–15 4–7 Giants Stadium Recap
12 November 26 at Denver Broncos L 14–41 4–8 Mile High Stadium Recap
13 December 4 Buffalo Bills W 17–16 5–8 Kingdome Recap
14 December 10 at Cincinnati Bengals W 24–17 6–8 Riverfront Stadium Recap
15 December 17 Los Angeles Raiders W 23–17 7–8 Kingdome Recap
16 December 23 Washington Redskins L 0–29 7–9 Kingdome Recap
Bold indicates division opponents.
Source: 1989 NFL season results[4]

Standings

AFC West
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 W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Denver Broncos(1) 11 5 0 .688 6–2 9–3 362 226 L1
Kansas City Chiefs 8 7 1 .531 3–5 6–7–1 307 286 W1
Los Angeles Raiders 8 8 0 .500 3–5 6–6 315 297 L2
Seattle Seahawks 7 9 0 .438 4–4 7–5 241 327 L1
San Diego Chargers 6 10 0 .375 4–4 4–8 266 290 W2

Game summaries

Preseason

Week P1: at Phoenix Cardinals

Preseason Week One: Seattle Seahawks at Phoenix Cardinals – Game summary
Period 1 2 34OTTotal
Seahawks 0 3 70616
Cardinals 3 0 07010

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

  • Date: August 11
  • Game time: 7:30 pm local
  • Game weather: partly cloudy, 99 °F (37 °C), wind N 8 miles per hour (13 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 37,158
  • Referee: Howard Roe
  • Gamebook

Week P2: vs. New England Patriots

Preseason Week Two: Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 0 6 6012
Patriots 0 10 7017

at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

  • Date: August 19
  • Game time: 8:00 pm local
  • Game weather: cloudy, 75 °F (24 °C), wind S 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 48,746
  • Referee: Gene Barth
  • Gamebook

Week P3: vs. Detroit Lions

Preseason Week Three: Seattle Seahawks vs. Detroit Lions – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Lions 0 0 077
Seahawks 3 3 7013

at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: August 25
  • Game time: 7:36 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 55,829
  • Referee: Jim Tunney
  • Gamebook

Week P4: vs. San Francisco 49ers

Preseason Week Four: Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
49ers 0 10 7017
Seahawks 7 0 14728

at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: September 1
  • Game time: 6:08 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 58,641
  • Referee: Red Cashion
  • Gamebook

Regular season

Week 1: at Philadelphia Eagles

Week One: Seattle Seahawks at Philadelphia Eagles – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 7 0 007
Eagles 7 10 7731

at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: September 10
  • Game time: 4:00 pm local
  • Game weather: clear, 93 °F (34 °C), 46% humidity, wind SW 9 miles per hour (14 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 64,287
  • Referee: Gordon McCarter
  • TV announcers (NBC): Joel Meyers & Paul Maguire
  • Gamebook
Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

  • PHI – Luis Zendejas 24-yard field goal, 11:27 (PHI 10–7)
  • PHI – Cris Carter 8-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Luis Zendejas kick), 4:51 (PHI 17–7)

Third quarter

  • PHI – Mike Quick 8-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Luis Zendejas kick), 9:49 (PHI 24–7)

Fourth quarter

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

  • SEA – Louis Clark: 3 rec, 63 yds
  • PHI – Mike Quick: 6 rec, 140 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • SEA – 193 – 77 – 270 – 3
  • PHI – 234 – 131 – 365 – 0

Week 2: vs. Phoenix Cardinals

Week Two: Seattle Seahawks vs. Phoenix Cardinals – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 13 0 71434
Seahawks 0 7 71024

at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: September 17
  • Game time: 1:02 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 60,444
  • Referee: Pat Haggerty
  • TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan & Randy Cross
  • Gamebook
Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

  • PHX – J.T. Smith 25-yard pass from Gary Hogeboom (Al Del Greco kick), 11:50 (PHX 20–7)
  • SEA – Paul Skansi 17-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 7:59 (PHX 20–14)

Fourth quarter

  • PHX – Roy Green 6-yard pass from Gary Hogeboom (Al Del Greco kick), 14:52 (PHX 27–14)
  • SEA – Norm Johnson 39-yard field goal, 7:55 (PHX 27–17)
  • PHX – Roy Green 59-yard pass from Gary Hogeboom (Al Del Greco kick), 4:16 (PHX 34–17)
  • SEA – Brian Blades 5-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 1:45 (PHX 34–24)

Top passers

Top rushers

  • PHX – Stump Mitchell: 18 car, 95 yds
  • SEA – John L. Williams: 9 car, 36 yds

Top receivers

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • PHX – 298 – 171 – 469 – 2
  • SEA – 269 – 77 – 346 – 1

Week 3: at New England Patriots

Week Three: Seattle Seahawks at New England Patriots – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 0 21 3024
Patriots 3 0 003

at Sullivan Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

  • Date: September 24
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: clear, 58 °F (14 °C), 52% humidity, wind NW 20 miles per hour (32 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 48,025
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
  • TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui & Ahmad Rashad
  • Gamebook
Game information

First quarter

  • NE – Greg Davis 35-yard field goal, 3:36 (NE 3–0)

Second quarter

  • SEA – Louis Clark 27-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 8:15 (SEA 7–3)
  • SEA – Paul Skansi 19-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 1:43 (SEA 14–3)
  • SEA – John L. Williams 10-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 0:35 (SEA 21–3)

Third quarter

  • SEA – Norm Johnson 23-yard field goal, 8:03 (SEA 24–3)

Fourth quarter

  • No scoring plays

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

  • SEA – John L. Williams: 5 rec, 71 yds, 1 TD
  • NE – Bob Perryman: 5 rec, 44 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • SEA – 159 – 157 – 316 – 0
  • NE – 128 – 91 – 219 – 3

Week 4: at Los Angeles Raiders

Week Four: Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Raiders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 7 0 01724
Raiders 0 10 7320

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

  • Date: October 1
  • Game time: 1:02 pm local
  • Game weather: hazy, 74 °F (23 °C), 41% humidity, wind SE 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 44,319
  • Referee: Dick Jorgensen
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Bill Walsh
  • Gamebook
Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

  • SEA – Curt Warner 6-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 14:02 (LA 17–14)
  • SEA – Brian Blades 19-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 9:58 (SEA 21–17)
  • LA – Jeff Jaeger 28-yard field goal, 5:58 (SEA 21–20)
  • SEA – Norm Johnson 48-yard field goal, 1:15 (SEA 24–20)

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • SEA – 194 – 160 – 354 – 2
  • LA – 197 – 114 – 311 – 2

Week 5: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week Five: Seattle Seahawks vs. Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Chiefs 3 0 71020
Seahawks 7 9 0016

at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: October 8
  • Game time: 1:03 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 60,715
  • Referee: Dick Hantak
  • TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui & Ahmad Rashad
  • Gamebook
Game information

First quarter

  • SEA – James Jefferson 97-yard kickoff return (Norm Johnson kick), 14:43 (SEA 7–0)
  • KC – Nick Lowery 39-yard field goal, 4:29 (SEA 7–3)

Second quarter

  • SEA – Norm Johnson 37-yard field goal, 5:03 (SEA 10–3)
  • SEA – Norm Johnson 26-yard field goal, 1:49 (SEA 13–3)
  • SEA – Norm Johnson 37-yard field goal, 0:04 (SEA 16–3)

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

  • KC – Nick Lowery 25-yard field goal, 11:52 (SEA 16–13)
  • KC – Alfredo Roberts 2-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Nick Lowery kick), 9:27 (KC 20–16)

Top passers

Top rushers

  • KC – Christian Okoye: 30 car, 156 yds, 1 TD
  • SEA – Dave Krieg: 3 car, 29 yds

Top receivers

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • KC – 104 – 199 – 303 – 1
  • SEA – 236 – 52 – 288 – 2

Week 6: at San Diego Chargers

Week Six: Seattle Seahawks at San Diego Chargers – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 10 0 7017
Chargers 7 3 0616

at San Diego Stadium, San Diego, California

  • Date: October 15
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: partly cloudy, 67 °F (19 °C), 47% humidity, wind WNW 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 50,079
  • Referee: Red Cashion
  • TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones & Merlin Olsen
  • Gamebook
Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

  • SD – Chris Bahr 29-yard field goal, 8:44 (Tied 10–10)

Third quarter

  • SEA – John L. Williams 6-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 9:35 (SEA 17–10)

Fourth quarter

  • SD – Marion Butts 2-yard run (PAT failed), 4:14 (SEA 17–16)

Top passers

Top rushers

  • SEA – John L. Williams: 11 car, 54 yds
  • SD – Tim Spencer: 16 car, 49 yds

Top receivers

  • SEA – John L. Williams: 6 rec, 53 yds, 1 TD
  • SD – Anthony Miller: 7 rec, 116 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • SEA – 139 – 85 – 224 – 3
  • SD – 263 – 99 – 362 – 4

Week 7: vs. Denver Broncos

Week Seven: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos – Game summary
Period 1 2 34OTTotal
Broncos 0 0 714324
Seahawks 7 7 07021

at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: October 22
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 62,353
  • Referee: Johnny Grier
  • TV announcers (NBC): Jim Donovan & Jimmy Cefalo
  • Gamebook
Game information

First quarter

  • SEA – John L. Williams 4-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 7:37 (SEA 7–0)

Second quarter

  • SEA – John L. Williams 6-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 12:10 (SEA 14–0)

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

  • DEN – Clarence Kay 2-yard pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick), 10:23 (Tied 14–14)
  • SEA – Paul Skansi 24-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 5:33 (SEA 21–14)
  • DEN – Vance Johnson 54-yard pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick), 2:19 (Tied 21–21)
  • DEN – David Treadwell 27-yard field goal, 7:14 (DEN 24–21)

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

  • DEN – Mike Young: 6 rec, 137 yds
  • SEA – Paul Skansi: 5 rec, 81 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • DEN – 316 – 55 – 371 – 1
  • SEA – 224 – 139 – 363 – 4

Week 8: vs. San Diego Chargers

Week Eight: Seattle Seahawks vs. San Diego Chargers – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Chargers 0 0 077
Seahawks 3 0 0710

at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: October 29
  • Game time: 1:02 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 59,691
  • Referee: Gene Barth
  • TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Merlin Olsen
  • Gamebook
Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

  • No scoring plays

Third quarter

  • No scoring plays

Fourth quarter

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

  • SD – Wayne Walker: 3 rec, 36 yds
  • SEA – Brian Blades: 10 rec, 117 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • SD – 103– 92 – 195 – 1
  • SEA – 269 – 70 – 339 – 2

Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week Nine: Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 7 3 0010
Chiefs 7 10 0320

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: November 5
  • Game time: 12:00 pm local
  • Game weather: clear, 63 °F (17 °C), 69% humidity, wind W 17 miles per hour (27 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 54,489
  • Referee: Ben Dreith
  • TV announcers (NBC): Jim Donovan & Jim Laslavic
  • Gamebook
Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

  • KC – Steve Pelluer 10-yard run (Nick Lowery kick), 11:49 (KC 14–7)
  • KC – Nick Lowery 34-yard field goal, 4:33 (KC 17–7)
  • SEA – Norm Johnson 18-yard field goal, 0:15 (KC 17–10)

Third quarter

  • No scoring plays

Fourth quarter

  • KC – Nick Lowery 33-yard field goal, 5:37 (KC 20–10)

Top passers

Top rushers

  • SEA – John L. Williams: 6 car, 28 yds
  • KC – Christian Okoye: 37 car, 126 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • SEA – 90 – 39 – 129 – 4
  • KC – 69 – 246 – 315 – 2

Week 10: vs. Cleveland Browns

Week Ten: Seattle Seahawks vs. Cleveland Browns – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Browns 0 7 7317
Seahawks 7 0 007

at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: November 12
  • Game time: 1:02 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 58,978
  • Referee: Howard Roe
  • TV announcers (NBC): Marv Albert & Ahmad Rashad
  • Gamebook
Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

  • CLE – Matt Bahr 29-yard field goal, 3:25 (CLE 17–7)

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • CLE – 138 – 139 – 277 – 0
  • SEA – 134 – 46 – 180 – 3

Week 11: at New York Giants

Week Eleven: Seattle Seahawks at New York Giants – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 0 0 033
Giants 7 0 8015

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

  • Date: November 19
  • Game time: 4:03 pm local
  • Game weather: partly cloudy, 38 °F (3 °C), 47% humidity, wind W 10 miles per hour (16 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 75,014
  • Referee: Fred Wyant
  • TV announcers (NBC): Marv Albert & Bob Trumpy
  • Gamebook
Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

  • NYG – Björn Nittmo 32-yard field goal, 11:32 (NYG 10–0)
  • NYG – Safety, Kelly Stouffer fumbled ball out of end zone, 10:40 (NYG 12–0)
  • NYG – Björn Nittmo 32-yard field goal, 0:32 (NYG 15–0)

Third quarter

  • No scoring plays

Fourth quarter

Top passers

Top rushers

  • SEA – John L. Williams: 3 car, 23 yds
  • NYG – Lewis Tillman: 13 car, 68 yds

Top receivers

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • SEA – 132 – 63 – 195 – 2
  • NYG – 187 – 162 – 349 – 1

Week 12: at Denver Broncos

Week Twelve: Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 0 0 7714
Broncos 14 24 0341

at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: November 26
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: partly cloudy, 61 °F (16 °C), 28% humidity, wind SW 20 miles per hour (32 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 75,117
  • Referee: Dick Hantak
  • TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones & Merlin Olsen
  • Gamebook
Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

  • DEN – David Treadwell 30-yard field goal, 12:47 (DEN 17–0)
  • DEN – Vance Johnson 10-yard pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick), 5:18 (DEN 24–0)
  • DEN – Steve Sewell 32-yard pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick), 5:00 (DEN 31–0)
  • DEN – Mike Young 9-yard pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick), 1:03 (DEN 38–0)

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

  • DEN – David Treadwell 45-yard field goal, 11:05 (DEN 41–7)
  • SEA – Steve Largent 31-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 1:10 (DEN 41–14)

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • SEA – 192 – 133 – 325 – 4
  • DEN – 216 – 137 – 353 – 0

Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills

Week Thirteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Buffalo Bills – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Bills 0 10 6016
Seahawks 10 0 0717

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

  • BUF – Scott Norwood 40-yard field goal, 12:131 (BUF 13–10)
  • BUF – Scott Norwood 43-yard field goal, 6:40 (BUF 16–10)

Fourth quarter

  • SEA – John L. Williams (American football)John L. Williams 51-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 5:38 (SEA 17–16)

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

  • BUF – Andre Reed: 2 rec, 77 yds, 1 TD
  • SEA – John L. Williams: 5 rec, 80 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • BUF – 135 – 97 – 232 – 2
  • SEA – 277 – 78 – 355 – 2

Week 14 at Bengals

Week Fourteen: Seattle Seahawks at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 0 7 10724
Bengals 7 3 0717

at Riverfront Stadium • Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Date: December 10
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: Cloudy • 30 °F (−1 °C) • Wind 12 miles per hour (19 km/h) SW
  • Game attendance: 54,744
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
  • TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui & Ahmad Rashad
  • Play-by-Play
Game information
Seahawks
Bengals

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP SEA CIN
1 5:18 3 44 0:48 Bengals Tim McGee 21-yard touchdown reception from Boomer Esiason, Jim Breech kick good 0 7
2 10:37 13 71 5:51 Bengals 24-yard field goal by Jim Breech 0 10
2 0:42 12 78 2:25 Seahawks Steve Largent 10-yard touchdown reception from Dave Krieg, Norm Johnson kick good 7 10
3 12:58 5 37 1:51 Seahawks 48-yard field goal by Norm Johnson 10 10
3 10:14 1 60 0:12 Seahawks Brian Blades 60-yard touchdown reception from Dave Krieg, Norm Johnson kick good 17 10
4 9:39 Bengals Interception returned 18 yards for touchdown by Eric Thomas, Jim Breech kick good 17 17
4 3:51 10 80 5:42 Seahawks Curt Warner 1-yard touchdown reception from Dave Krieg, Norm Johnson kick good 24 17
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 17

Week 15: vs. Los Angeles Raiders

Week Fifteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Los Angeles Raiders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Raiders 3 0 14017
Seahawks 7 6 7323

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

  • SEA – Norm Johnson 29-yard field goal, 10:38 (SEA 10–3)
  • SEA – Norm Johnson 25-yard field goal, 1:57 (SEA 13–3)

Third quarter

  • LA – Willie Gault 36-yard pass from Steve Beuerlein (Jeff Jaeger kick), 13:07 (SEA 13–10)
  • LA – Trey Junkin 1-yard pass from Steve Beuerlein (Jeff Jaeger kick), 9:26 (LA 17–13)
  • SEA – John L. Williams 13-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 1:11 (SEA 20–17)

Fourth quarter

  • SEA – Norm Johnson 43-yard field goal, 6:44 (SEA 23–17)

Top passers

Top rushers

  • LA – Bo Jackson: 12 car, 69 yds
  • SEA – John L. Williams: 14 car, 38 yds

Top receivers

  • LA – Mervyn Fernandez: 6 rec, 73 yds
  • SEA – John L. Williams: 12 rec, 129 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • LA – 175 – 98 – 273 – 1
  • SEA – 268 – 82 – 350 – 0

Week 16: vs. Washington Redskins

Week Sixteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Washington Redskins – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Redskins 10 3 16029
Seahawks 0 0 000

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

First quarter

  • WAS – Chip Lohmiller 29-yard field goal, 3:36 (WAS 3–0)
  • WAS – Earnest Byner 2-yard run (Chip Lohmiller kick), 2:01 (WAS 10–0)

Second quarter

  • WAS – Chip Lohmiller 27-yard field goal, 7:25 (WAS 13–0)

Third quarter

  • WAS – Gary Clark 44-yard pass from Mark Rypien (Chip Lohmiller kick), 13:22 (WAS 20–0)
  • WAS – Safety, Fred Stokes tackled Dave Krieg in end zone, 13:05 (WAS 22–0)
  • WAS – Earnest Byner 8-yard run (Chip Lohmiller kick), 9:27 (WAS 29–0)

Fourth quarter

  • No scoring plays

Top passers

Top rushers

  • WAS – Earnest Byner: 19 car, 63 yds, 2 TD
  • SEA – John L. Williams: 4 car, 9 yds

Top receivers

  • WAS – Gary Clark: 9 rec, 149 yds, 1 TD
  • SEA – John L. Williams: 6 rec, 65 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

  • WAS – 319 – 137 – 456 – 1
  • SEA – 176 – 25 – 201 – 4

Steve Largent's final game with Seahawks

References

  1. ^ "Home". pro-football-reference.com.
  2. ^ 1989 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
  3. ^ 1990 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
  4. ^ 1989 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.

External links

  • Seahawks draft history at NFL.com
  • 1989 NFL season results at NFL.com
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