Canadian Football League 1989 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Canadian Football League 1989 Season

77th Grey Cup Championship

Saskatchewan defeated Hamilton 43–40
Sun. Nov. 26 5:00 PM EST (Local)
at The SkyDome in Toronto, ON
Attendance: 54,088
Broadcaster:
- CBC
- CFN

Full 1989 Schedule and Results

1989 CFL Regular Season Standings

East Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA
HAM	18	12	6	0	24	519	517
TOR	18	7	11	0	14	369	428
WPG	18	7	11	0	14	408	462
OTT	18	4	14	0	8	426	630

West Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA
EDM	18	16	2	0	32	644	302
CGY	18	10	8	0	20	495	466
SSK	18	9	9	0	18	547	567
BC	18	7	11	0	14	521	557

Full 1989 Standings

Playoff Bracket

East Division															West Division

						E1	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14

	E2	Toronto Argonauts	7								EC	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	40

						ESFW	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10								W1	Edmonton Eskimos	21

	E3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30								WC	Saskatchewan Roughriders	43								W2	Calgary Stampeders	26

																WSFW	Saskatchewan Roughriders	32

										Grey Cup Champion:											W3	Saskatchewan Roughriders	33
										Saskatchewan Roughriders

League Scoring

	1989	1988 +/-
Average Combined Score	54.57	4.29
Average Winning Score	34.42	1.19
Average Losing Score	20.15	3.10
Average Home Score	29.33	0.89
Average Visitor Score	25.24	3.40
Average Margin of Victory	14.26	1.90

Offence Rankings – PF (PPG)

EDM — 644 (35.8)
SSK — 547 (30.4)
BC — 521 (28.9)
HAM — 519 (28.8)
CGY — 495 (27.5)
OTT — 426 (23.7)
WPG — 408 (22.7)
TOR — 369 (20.5)

Defence Rankings – PA (PPG)

EDM — 302 (16.8)
TOR — 428 (23.8)
WPG — 462 (25.7)
CGY — 466 (25.9)
HAM — 517 (28.7)
BC — 557 (30.9)
SSK — 567 (31.5)
OTT — 630 (35.0)

1989 CFL Regular Season Attendance

Total: 1,829,992
High: 49,093 (WPG @ BC, Sep 16)
Avg: 25,416 (72 out of 72 games)
Diff from 1988 Avg: +1,188
Low: 13,757 (WPG @ OTT, Nov 5)

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1989 Regular Season TV Ratings

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1989 Player Awards

1989 Most Outstanding

Player — Tracy Ham (EDM)
Defensive Player — Danny Bass (EDM)
Canadian Player — Rocky DiPietro (HAM)
Offensive Lineman — Rod Connop (EDM)
Rookie — Stephen Jordan (HAM)

1989 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — Matt Dunigan (BC)

1989 Canadian Football League All-Star Team

Offense

QB	Tracy Ham^*	EDM
RB	Tim McCray	SSK
RB	Reggie Taylor	EDM
SB	Rocky DiPietro	HAM
SB	Craig Ellis	EDM
WR	Tony Champion^*	HAM
WR	Don Narcisse	SSK
C	Rod Connop	EDM
G	Roger Aldag	SSK
G	Jason Riley	HAM
T	Miles Gorrell	HAM
T	Chris Walby	WPG

Defense

DT	Harold Hallman	TOR
DT	Mike Walker	HAM
DE	Grover Covington	HAM
DE	Stewart Hill	EDM
MLB	Danny Bass	EDM
OLB	Eddie Lowe	SSK
OLB	James West	WPG
DHB	Enis Jackson	EDM
DHB	Don Wilson	EDM
CB	Stanley Blair	EDM
CB	Rod Hill	WPG
S	Scott Flagel	OTT

Special Teams

P	Bob Cameron	WPG
K	Dave Ridgway	SSK
ST	Tony Hunter	EDM

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1989 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

3 – Tony Champion (HAM)
3 – Tom Burgess (SSK)
2 – Tracy Ham (EDM)
1 – Tim Jessie (WPG)
1 – Darrell Wallace (BC)

Defensive Star

2 – Don Wilson (EDM)
2 – Greg Battle (WPG)
2 – Danny Bass (EDM)
1 – James West (WPG)
1 – Reggie Berry (TOR)

Lineman Star

3 – Hector Pothier (EDM)
2 – Brett Williams (EDM)
1 – Harold Hallman (TOR)
1 – Dan Ferrone (CGY)
1 – Bryan Illerbrun (SSK)

1989 CFL Amateur Draft

Pick	Team	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
First Round
1	OTT		Gerald Wilcox (TE)	Weber State
2	SSK	[CGY]	Kevin Smellie (RB)	Massachusetts
3	SSK	[HAM]	Andrew Thomas (CB)	Massachusetts
4	SSK		Donovan Wright (CB)	Slippery Rock
5	EDM		Michael Soles (RB)	McGill
6	BC	[TOR]	Derek MacCready (DE)	Ohio State
7	EDM	[BC]	Leroy Blugh (LB)	Bishop's
8	WPG		John O'Brien (LB)	York

Complete 1989 CFL Amateur Draft Selections

Teams

Cities

Commissioner

Bill Baker (Regina)
Jan. 1, 1989 – Dec. 31, 1989