Coach: John Northey
Captain: Greg Healy
Finishing Position: 4th
Best and Fairest: Alan Johnson
Leading Goalkicker: Darren Bennett 34
Best First Year Player: Luke Beveridge
Major Sponsors: Drake
Members: 8184
| Matches | Ladder | Playing List | Best and Fairest | Reserves | Under 19's |
Coming off the simultaneous triumph and tragedy of making the Grand Final in 1988 only to be thrashed by Hawthorn, the Demons adopted a new logo and set their sights on going one better in 1989.
With up to 18 injured players at any given time late in the year the Demons scraped into the finals with one win in their last six games. Such was the even nature of their challengers they may still have snuck a double chance had they not lost to lowly St. Kilda in the second last round. As it was they became one of a handful of teams to qualify for the finals with a percentage of under a hundred.
The reigning premiers were dispatched in the first week of the finals before Geelong proved a sterner test in the second and Melbourne's season was over.
Pre-Season practice matches against Geelong in Colac and Carlton at Princes Park were cancelled as the Demons progressed through the Panasonic Cup.
Practice Matches
| Opposition | Result | ||||
| St Kilda | LOSS | ||||
Panasonic Cup
| Round | Opposition | Result | |||
| 1 | Sydney | WIN | |||
| QF | Fitzroy | WIN | |||
| SF | West Coast | WIN | |||
| F | Geelong | WIN | |||
Premiership Season
| Round | Opposition | Result | |||
| 1 | Fitzroy | WIN | |||
| 2 | Essendon | LOSS | |||
| 3 | Richmond | WIN | |||
| 4 | Brisbane Bears | WIN | |||
| 5 | Footscray | WIN | |||
| 6 | Collingwood | LOSS | |||
| 7 | Carlton | WIN | |||
| 8 | West Coast | WIN | |||
| 9 | Sydney | WIN | |||
| 10 | North Melbourne | WIN | |||
| 11 | Hawthorn | WIN | |||
| 12 | Geelong | LOSS | |||
| 13 | St. Kilda | WIN | |||
| 14 | Brisbane Bears | WIN | |||
| 15 | North Melbourne | WIN | |||
| 16 | Geelong | WIN | |||
| 17 | Carlton | LOSS | |||
| 18 | Fitzroy | LOSS | |||
| 19 | Hawthorn | LOSS | |||
| 20 | Sydney | WIN | |||
| 21 | St. Kilda | LOSS | |||
| 22 | Essendon | LOSS | |||
| EF | Collingwood | WIN | |||
| SF | Geelong | LOSS | |||
Exhibition Matches
| Opposition | Result | ||||
| Geelong | WIN | ||||
| Essendon | WIN | ||||
Playing List
| Number | Player | Games | Goals | ||
| 1 | Steve O'Dwyer | 17 | 6 | ||
| 3 | Garry Lyon | 15 | 20 | ||
| 4 | Tony Campbell | 14 | 11 | ||
| 5 | Earl Spalding | 19 | 19 | ||
| 6 | Glenn Lovett | 5 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Brian Wilson | 18 | 26 | ||
| 8 | Graeme Yeats | 16 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Alan Johnson | 20 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Danny Hughes | 19 | 4 | ||
| 11 | Jim Stynes | 24 | 17 | ||
| 12 | Todd Viney | 9 | 6 | ||
| 13 | Tom Kavanagh | 2 | 1 | ||
| 14 | Rod Grinter | 19 | 4 | ||
| 16 | Andy Lovell | 1 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Brett Lovett | 24 | 1 | ||
| 18 | Steven Stretch | 22 | 11 | ||
| 19 | Darren Bennett | 13 | 34 | ||
| 21 | Steven Febey | 20 | 3 | ||
| 22 | Chris Connolly | 10 | 4 | ||
| 23 | Warren Dean | 6 | 5 | ||
| 24 | Bret Bailey | 9 | 3 | ||
| 25 | Simon Eishold | 16 | 7 | ||
| 27 | Sean Wight | 19 | 15 | ||
| 28 | Jamie Duursma | 20 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Dean Chiron | 2 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Dannie Seow | 5 | 2 | ||
| 33 | Greg Healy | 21 | 24 | ||
| 34 | Stephen Newport | 20 | 15 | ||
| 37 | David Flintoff | 12 | 10 | ||
| 41 | Peter Rohde | 14 | 4 | ||
| 45 | Ricky Jackson | 18 | 15 | ||
| 47 | John Ahern | 2 | 0 | ||
| 48 | Luke Beveridge | 12 | 7 | ||
| 51 | John Howat | 5 | 4 | ||
| 52 | Stephen Tingay | 12 | 5 | ||
Best and Fairest
| Player | Votes | ||||
| 1st | Alan Johnson | 278 | |||
| 2nd | Steven Stretch | 207 | |||
| 3rd | Garry Lyon | 206 | |||
| 4th | Stephen Newport | 204 | |||
| 5th | Steven Febey | 200 | |||
| 6th | Steve ODwyer | 162 | |||
| 7th | Jim Stynes | 158 | |||
| 8th | Greg Healy | 153 | |||
| 8th | Brett Lovett | 153 | |||
| 10th | Earl Spalding | 109 | |||
| 11th | Brian Wilson | 88 | |||
| 12th | Rod Grinter | 63 | |||
| 13th | David Flintoff | 49 | |||
| 14th | Sean Wight | 48 | |||
| 15th | Todd Viney | 43 | |||
| 16th | Luke Beveridge | 24 | |||
| 17th | Chris Connolly | 23 | |||
| 18th | Glenn Lovett | 19 | |||
| 19th | Jamie Duursma | 16 | |||
| 20th | Dannie Seow | 12 | |||
| 21st | Bret Bailey | 7 | |||
Other Awards
Most Consistent - Alan Johnson
Redlegs Trophy - Alan Johnson
Most Improved - Steven Febey
Best Team Player - Stephen Newport
Reserves
1989 Reserves season
Best and Fairest - Luke Beveridge
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Carlton | 16 | 0 | 4 | 129.8 | 64 |
| Geelong | 15 | 0 | 5 | 154.4 | 60 |
| Essendon | 15 | 0 | 5 | 125.0 | 60 |
| Footscray | 13 | 0 | 7 | 136.4 | 52 |
| Fitzroy | 13 | 0 | 7 | 123.8 | 52 |
| North Melbourne | 12 | 0 | 8 | 119.1 | 48 |
| Collingwood | 11 | 0 | 9 | 115.8 | 44 |
| Hawthorn | 9 | 1 | 10 | 92.7 | 38 |
| Sydney | 9 | 0 | 11 | 92.2 | 36 |
| Richmond | 7 | 0 | 13 | 66.3 | 28 |
| Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 16 | 68.5 | 16 |
| Brisbane | 3 | 0 | 17 | 75.7 | 12 |
| St Kilda | 1 | 1 | 18 | 61.1 | 6 |
Under 19's
1989 Under 19's Season
Best and Fairest - Darren Cuthbertson
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| North Melbourne | 19 | 0 | 3 | 179.3 | 76 |
| Essendon | 18 | 0 | 4 | 144.5 | 72 |
| Richmond | 15 | 0 | 7 | 123.0 | 60 |
| Geelong | 13 | 0 | 9 | 120.1 | 52 |
| Carlton | 12 | 0 | 10 | 112.7 | 48 |
| Melbourne | 10 | 0 | 12 | 95.8 | 40 |
| St Kilda | 9 | 0 | 13 | 85.1 | 36 |
| Sydney | 8 | 1 | 13 | 85.2 | 34 |
| Fitzroy | 8 | 0 | 14 | 79.2 | 32 |
| Footscray | 7 | 0 | 15 | 82.9 | 28 |
| Hawthorn | 5 | 0 | 17 | 64.3 | 20 |
| Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
| Round 2 | Rod Grinter | Striking | 5 matches | ||
| Round 3 | Jamie Duursma | Striking | Not Guilty | ||
| Round 13 | Jim Stynes | Striking | Not Guilty | ||
| Round 15 | Steve O'Dwyer | Abusive Language | Not Guilty | ||
| Round 18 | Luke Beveridge | Striking | Not Guilty | ||
| Round 18 | Brian Wilson | Striking | Not Guilty | ||
| SF | Tony Campbell | Striking | Not Guilty | ||
