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American college football season
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 |
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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 | | CBS | L 7-38 | 46,747 |
September 23 | 1:00 pm | Utah State* | No. 20 | | | 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 | | | W 14-2 | 41,101 |
October 21 | 11:30 am | at Michigan State | No. 13 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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
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Roster[]
1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Rankings[]
Game summaries[]
at USC[]
at Colorado[]
Ohio State[]
Ohio State at Illinois
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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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
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at Iowa[]
Michigan[]
vs. Virginia (Citrus Bowl)[]
Illinois vs. Virginia
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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• 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
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Awards and honors[]
Team players in the NFL[]
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References[]
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National championship seasons in bold |
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- 1989 Big Ten Conference football season
- Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons
- Citrus Bowl champion seasons
- 1989 in sports in Illinois
- College football 1980s season stubs
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