1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Florida Citrus Bowl, W 31–21 vs. Virginia
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
1989 record	10–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Mackovic (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Gene Dahlquist (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Lou Tepper (2nd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 69,200)
Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Illinois	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Michigan State	6	–	2	���	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 24 Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Iowa	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	2:30 pm	at No. 5 USC*	No. 22	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC	W 14-13	54,622
September 16	2:30 pm	at No. 8 Colorado*	No. 10	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	CBS	L 7-38	46,747
September 23	1:00 pm	Utah State*	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 41-2	61,553
October 7	2:30 pm	Ohio State	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois (Illibuck)	ABC	W 34-14	69,088
October 14	1:00 pm	at Purdue	No. 16	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Purdue Cannon)		W 14-2	41,101
October 21	11:30 am	at Michigan State	No. 13	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN	W 14-10	76,216
October 28	1:00 pm	Wisconsin	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 32-9	64,856
November 4	2:30 pm	at Iowa	No. 8	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	ABC	W 31-7	67,700
November 11	2:30 pm	No. 3 Michigan	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ABC	L 10-24	73,069
November 18	2:30 pm	Indiana	No. 12	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ABC	W 41-28	53,368
November 25	2:00 pm	at Northwestern	No. 11	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)		W 63-14	31,017
January 1	12:30 pm	vs. No. 16 Virginia*	No. 11	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	W 31-21	60,016
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster[]

1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Mike Bellamy Sr QB 11 Jeff George Jr RB 29 Howard Griffith Jr TE 82 Frank Hartley Jr T 79 Brad Hopkins So C 69 Tim Simpson So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 96 Mel Agee Jr LB 48 Darrick Brownlow Jr DT 95 Moe Gardner Jr DB 33 Chris Green Jr DB 18 Henry Jones Jr DB 37 Steve Nelson Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach John Mackovic Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings[]

Game summaries[]

at USC[]

at Colorado[]

Ohio State[]

Ohio State at Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Buckeyes 0 7 7 0 14 • Fighting Illini 7 3 14 10 34 Date: October 7 Location: Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 69,088 Television network: ABC

at Iowa[]

Michigan[]

vs. Virginia (Citrus Bowl)[]

Illinois vs. Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 11 Fighting Illini 7 10 7 7 31 No. 16 Cavaliers 0 7 7 7 21 Date: January 1 Location: Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida Game attendance: 60,016 Television network: ABC

Awards and honors[]

• Jeff George, Sammy Baugh Trophy^[1]

Team players in the NFL[]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	Club
Jeff George	1	1	Quarterback	Indianapolis Colts
Mike Bellamy	2	50	Wide receiver	Philadelphia Eagles

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