which team lead the league in 1st downs in 1989

The San Francisco 49ers had the most first downs by a team in 1989, with 350 first downs.

		TEAM	1DWN	SEASON	PASS 1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	3DWN%	4DWN%
1		49ers	350	1989	209	124	17	16	14	2	0	51	442	27.6	253	15.8
2		Bengals	348	1989	183	136	29	16	8	8	0	52	404	25.3	285	17.8
3		Packers	342	1989	207	114	21	16	10	6	0	42	362	22.6	356	22.3
4		Redskins	338	1989	217	101	20	16	10	6	0	42	386	24.1	308	19.3
5		Patriots	335	1989	187	114	34	16	5	11	0	30	297	18.6	391	24.4
6		Bills	334	1989	177	136	21	16	9	7	0	49	409	25.6	317	19.8
7		Oilers	327	1989	185	112	30	16	9	7	0	41	365	22.8	412	25.8
8		Vikings	326	1989	172	126	28	16	10	6	0	36	351	21.9	275	17.2
9		Eagles	321	1989	171	120	30	16	11	5	0	40	342	21.4	274	17.1
10		Rams	321	1989	197	107	17	16	11	5	0	51	426	26.6	344	21.5
11		Dolphins	310	1989	201	88	21	16	8	8	0	39	331	20.7	379	23.7
12		Broncos	308	1989	163	125	20	16	11	5	0	40	362	22.6	226	14.1
13		Chiefs	304	1989	165	120	19	16	8	7	1	35	318	19.9	286	17.9
14		Saints	304	1989	167	108	29	16	9	7	0	46	386	24.1	301	18.8
15		Bears	302	1989	147	136	19	16	6	10	0	45	358	22.4	377	23.6
16		Giants	298	1989	157	118	23	16	12	4	0	37	348	21.8	252	15.8
17		Jets	292	1989	189	91	12	16	4	12	0	30	253	15.8	411	25.7
18		Seahawks	290	1989	180	86	24	16	7	9	0	28	241	15.1	327	20.4
19		Buccaneers	288	1989	174	84	30	16	5	11	0	36	320	20.0	419	26.2
20		Browns	285	1989	161	101	23	16	9	6	1	41	334	20.9	254	15.9
21		Lions	274	1989	139	117	18	16	7	9	0	36	312	19.5	364	22.8
22		Colts	273	1989	140	118	15	16	8	8	0	34	298	18.6	301	18.8
23		Chargers	267	1989	149	95	23	16	6	10	0	31	266	16.6	290	18.1
24		Cardinals	262	1989	157	83	22	16	5	11	0	29	258	16.1	377	23.6
25		Falcons	261	1989	173	75	13	16	3	13	0	30	279	17.4	437	27.3

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