The 1989 Los Angeles Raiders season was the franchise's 30th season overall, and the franchise's 20th season in the

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Art Shell Arthur Lee Shell Jr. (born November 26, 1946) is an American former professional football player in the American Football League (AFL) and later in the National Football League (NFL), a Hall of Fame offensive tackle and a two-time former head co ...

replaced

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, and in the process became the first black head coach in the NFL since Fritz Pollard coached the Akron Pros in 1921. The team finished with an 8–8 record. In preseason against the

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, the Raiders played their first game in Oakland since moving to Los Angeles in 1982, before eventually moving back to Oakland in

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Offseason

NFL draft

Transactions

*NFL Plan B Free Agent signings **

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Staff

Roster

Regular season

The Raiders started the season with one win and three losses. After hiring Art Shell in week 5, the Raiders won seven of their next ten games. The Raiders suffered road losses to the Seahawks and to the Giants, to be eliminated from playoff contention. Against the Cincinnati Bengals,

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scored a touchdown on a 92-yard run. He became the first player ever with two runs of 90 plus yards in a career. Steve Wisniewski was the youngest player on the Raiders roster. At the age of 22, he was in the starting lineup at the Guard position.

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started seven games at quarterback and his best performance was against the New York Giants in week 16. Beuerlein had 16 completions and 266 passing yards.

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 5

Week 6

Standings

Awards and records

Mike Dyal Michael Eben Dyal (born May 20, 1966) is a former American football tight end who played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers. He played college football at ...

, AFC Offensive Player of week 13 (caught 4 passes for 134 yards and 1 TD vs. Denver, caught 67 yard pass to send game into Overtime, caught 2 passes for 41 yards to set up game-winning field goal.)1990 NFL Pro Set trading card, Mike Dyal, Card No. 151, Pro Set Properties *

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, AFC Pro Bowl selection

References

External links

1989 Los Angeles Raiders
at Pro-Football-Reference.com

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Los Angeles Raiders seasons

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