1989 Cleveland Browns season

1989 Cleveland Browns season
Head coach Bud Carson
General manager Ernie Accorsi
Owner Art Modell
Home field Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Results
Record 9–6–1
Division place 1st AFC Central
Playoff finish Won Divisional Playoffs (Bills 34–30)
Lost Conference Championship[1] (Broncos 21–37)

The 1989 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 40th season with the National Football League.

It was the Browns' first season with head coach Bud Carson, who had been the defensive coordinator of the New York Jets the previous season. The Browns reached their third AFC Championship Game in four seasons,[2] and for the third time lost to the Denver Broncos.

It would be the Browns's fifth consecutive season making the playoffs, but it would be their last playoff season until 1994.

Personnel

Staff

1989 Cleveland Browns staff
Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams Coordinator – Paul Lanham

Strength and conditioning

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Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 10, 1989 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 51–0
57,928
2 September 17, 1989 New York Jets W 38–24
73,516
3 September 25, 1989 at Cincinnati Bengals L 21–14
55,996
4 October 1, 1989 Denver Broncos W 16–13
78,637
5 October 8, 1989 at Miami Dolphins L 13–10
58,444
6 October 15, 1989 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–7
78,840
7 October 23, 1989 Chicago Bears W 27–7
78,722
8 October 29, 1989 Houston Oilers W 28–17
78,765
9 November 5, 1989 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 42–31
69,162
10 November 12, 1989 at Seattle Seahawks W 17–7
58,978
11 November 19, 1989 Kansas City Chiefs T 10–10
77,922
12 November 23, 1989 at Detroit Lions L 13–10
65,624
13 December 3, 1989 Cincinnati Bengals L 21–0
76,236
14 December 10, 1989 at Indianapolis Colts L 23–17
58,550
15 December 17, 1989 Minnesota Vikings W 23–17
70,777
16 December 23, 1989 at Houston Oilers W 24–20
58,852

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
• Browns 17 13147 51
Steelers 0 000 0

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As of September 2015, the 1989 season marks the last time that the Browns have won a division title. The 22 season drought without a division title is the longest active drought in the NFL.

Playoffs

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
Divisional January 6, 1990 Buffalo Bills W 34–30
77,706
Conference Championship January 14, 1990 at Denver Broncos L 21–37
76,005

Standings

AFC Central
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns(2) 9 6 1 .594 3–3 6–5–1 334 254 W2
Houston Oilers(4) 9 7 0 .563 3–3 6–6 365 412 L2
Pittsburgh Steelers(5) 9 7 0 .563 1–5 6–6 265 326 W3
Cincinnati Bengals 8 8 0 .500 5–1 6–6 404 285 L1

References

  1. ↑ The 1990 Conference Championship game between the Browns and the Broncos marked the third time in four years that John Elway defeated Bernie Kosar and the Browns in the AFC championship game.
  2. ↑ The Browns had previously reached the AFC Championship game following the 1986 and 1987 seasons.
  3. ↑ "All-Time Assistant Coaches". ClevelandBrowns.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2008. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
  4. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Jan-01.


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