1989 San Diego Chargers season

Infobox NFL_season
team = San Diego Chargers
year = 1989
record = 6-10
division_place = 5th AFC West
coach = Dan Henning
stadium = Qualcomm Stadium
playoffs = Did not qualifyThe 1989 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 6-10 record in 1988. It was Dan Henning's first season as the teams head coach.

Regular Season

After a falling out with Head Coach Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon was traded from the Chicago Bears to San Diego. He started 12 games for a dreadful 6-10 Chargers team in 1989. He went 4-8 in the games he started, though the team lost 4 of those games by a combined 11 points in spite of his spotty play at times. He only had 4 games over 200 yds, but had 389 yds against the Houston Oilers in a Week 2 loss. He also had a falling out with team players, management and Coach Dan Henning in his year with San Diego with his lackluster play and ego. He was benched for the final four games and finshed the year with 2,132 yds, 10 TDs and 10 INTs. He was released and moved on to backup Randall Cunningham on the Philadelphia Eagles in 1990.

Final Standings

[ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 292 ]

Awards and honors

*Leslie O'Neal, Pro Bowl Selection [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1989/probowl.htm 1989 NFL Pro Bowlers - Pro-Football-Reference.com ] ]
*Lee Williams, Pro Bowl Selection

References

ee also

*1989 NFL season