1989 National Football League season
Regular season
Duration	September 10, 1989-December 25, 1989
Playoffs
Start date	December 31, 1989
AFC Champions	Denver Broncos
NFC Champions	San Francisco 49ers
Super Bowl XXIV
Date	January 28, 1990
Site	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions	San Francisco 49ers
Pro Bowl
Date	February 4, 1990
National Football League seasons  < 1988 1990 >

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Due to damage caused by the Loma Prieta earthquake to Candlestick Park, the New England Patriots - San Francisco 49ers match on October 22 was played at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California. The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of '89 and the World Series Quake, was a major Earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Candlestick Park (also commonly referred to as Candlestick or The Stick) is an outdoor sports and entertainment stadium located in San Francisco California The New England Patriots, commonly called the " Pats " by sports writers and fans are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Stanford Stadium (capacity 50000 as of 2006 is a Stadium on the Stanford University campus Stanford is a Census-designated place (CDP in Santa Clara County, California, United States.

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Contents 1 Major rule changes 2 Final standings 2.1 Tiebreakers 3 Playoffs 3.1 AFC 3.2 NFC 3.3 Super Bowl 4 References

Major rule changes

• After a foul that occurs inside the last two minutes of the first half and inside the last five minutes of the second half, the game clock will start at the snap, instead of when the ball is spotted and the Referee signals it is ready to be played.
• New rules are enacted, including loss of time outs or five-yard penalties, to handle the problems of crowd noise when it becomes too loud that it prevents the offensive team from hearing its signals.
• If a receiver and a defender eventually establish joint control of a pass, the ball will be awarded to whoever was the first one who established control the ball first.

Final standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Qualified for playoffs

Tiebreakers

• Indianapolis finished ahead of Miami in the AFC East based on better conference record (7-5 vs. Dolphins' 6-8).
• Houston finished ahead of Pittsburgh in the AFC Central based on head-to-head sweep (2-0).
• Philadelphia was first NFC Wild Card ahead of L. A. Rams based on better record against common opponents (6-3 to Rams' 5-4).
• Minnesota finished ahead of Green Bay in the NFC Central based on better division record (6-2 vs. Packers' 5-3).

Playoffs

Main article: NFL playoffs, 1989-90

Home team in capitals

AFC

• Wild-Card playoff: Pittsburgh 26, HOUSTON 23 (OT)
• Divisional playoffs: CLEVELAND 34, Buffalo 30; DENVER 24, Pittsburgh 23
• AFC Championship: DENVER 37, Cleveland 21 at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado, January 14, 1990

NFC

• Wild-Card playoff: L. The NFL playoffs following the 1989 NFL season led up to Super Bowl XXIV. Mile High Stadium (known as Bears Stadium until 1968) was a Baseball, Soccer and football stadium that stood in Denver The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) A. Rams 21, PHILADELPHIA 7
• Divisional playoffs: L. A. Rams 19, N. Y. GIANTS 13 (OT); SAN FRANCISCO 41, Minnesota 13
• NFC Championship: SAN FRANCISCO 30, L. A. Rams 3 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California, January 14, 1990

Super Bowl

• Super Bowl XXIV: San Francisco (NFC) 55, Denver (AFC) 10, at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 28, 1990

References

• NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)
• NFL History 1981-1990 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
• 1989 season in details
• Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)

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