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1989 Stanford Cardinal football
Conference Pac-10 Conference
Record3–8 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadium Stanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)
Seasons
←  1988
1990 →
1989 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 USC $ 6 0 1 9 2 1
No. 23 Washington 5 3 0 8 4 0
Oregon 5 3 0 8 4 0
No. 25 Arizona 5 3 0 8 4 0
Arizona State 3 3 1 6 4 1
Oregon State 3 4 1 4 7 1
Washington State 3 5 0 6 5 0
Stanford 3 5 0 3 8 0
UCLA 2 5 1 3 7 1
California 2 6 0 4 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by first-year coach Dennis Green, previously an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers and hired to replace Jack Elway, who was fired the previous year. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at No. 18 Arizona PrimeL 3–1948,712
September 96:00 p.m.at Oregon StateL 16–2030,223
September 231:00 p.m. OregonW 18–1735,000
September 301:00 p.m. San Jose State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA ( rivalry)
L 33–4058,000
October 71:00 p.m.No. 1 Notre Dame*
WSJVL 17–2786,019
October 147:30 p.m.at No. 17 Washington State ESPNL 13–3124,617
October 211:00 p.m. Utah*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 24–2715,000
October 283:30 p.m.at No. 10 USCPrimeL 0–1967,411
November 41:00 p.m. UCLA
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 17–1445,000
November 116:00 p.m.at Arizona StateL 22–3065,312
November 181:00 p.m. California
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA ( Big Game)
PrimeW 24–1486,019
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[2]

Roster

1989 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OL Darran Baird
WR Walter Batson
TE Turner Baur
TE Cory Booker
RB Todd Burton
OL John Carpenter
OL Chris Dalman
RB Scott Eschelman
QB 5 Brian Johnson Sr
RB J.J. Lasley
QB 17 John Lynch Fr
WR 40 Ed McCaffrey Jr
OL Rick Pallow
QB 12 Jason Palumbis  So
OL Andy Papathanassiou
WR Jon Pinckney
TE 89 Jim Price Sr
QB 9 Steve Smith Fr
RB Gary Taylor
FB 44 Tommy Vardell  So
WR 80 Chris Walsh So
OT 70 Bob Whitfield So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL 72 Lester Archambeau Sr
DL Estevan Avila
DB Herbie Berry
DL Matt Borkowski
DB Galen Foster
LB Dave Garnett
CB 21 Darrien Gordon Fr
DB Alan Grant
LB Chris Hawkins
LB Bob Hinckley
DB Jimmy Klein
LB Bruce Lang
LB Charles Lough
DL Scott Palmbush
DL Aaron Rembisz
DB Albert Richardson
DB Kevin Scott
DB Tony Trousset
LB Jono Tunney
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 94 John Hopkins Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

At Arizona

At Oregon State

Oregon

San Jose State

Notre Dame

#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4–0) at Stanford Cardinal (1–3)
Period 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 0 14 7627
Stanford 6 0 8317

at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

Game information

Steve Smith set the Pac-10 single game record for pass attempts.

At Washington State

Utah

At USC

UCLA

At Arizona State

California

References

  1. ^ Cart, Julie (January 4, 1989). "Dennis Green Takes Stanford Job : 49er Assistant Is Pac-10's First Black Head Football Coach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  2. ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1989–1993". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2013.