American college football season
The 1989 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan and were coached by George Perles . The team finished the season 8–4 overall and 6–2 in conference play. The Spartans were invited to the 1989 Aloha Bowl where they defeated Hawaii 33–13. The Spartans were ranked #16 in the final AP Poll and Coaches Poll .
The Spartans were coming off a six-win season and a bowl loss in 1988.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance September 16 1:05 p.m. Miami (OH) * Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI W 49–066,474
September 23 2:30 p.m. at No. 1 Notre Dame * L 13–2159,075
September 30 3:30 p.m. No. 2 Miami (FL) * Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI L 20–2676,217
October 7 2:05 p.m. at Iowa W 17–1467,700
October 14 3:30 p.m. No. 5 Michigan Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy )L 7–1076,913
October 21 12:30 p.m. Illinois Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI L 10–1476,216
October 28 2:01 p.m. at Purdue W 28–2141,402
November 4 12:30 p.m. at Indiana Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon )W 51–2051,567
November 11 1:00 p.m. Minnesota Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI W 21–773,259
November 18 1:05 p.m. Northwestern Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI W 76–1464,817
November 25 2:05 p.m. at Wisconsin No. 24 W 31–329,776
December 25 3:30 p.m. vs. No. 25 Hawaii * No. 22 W 33–1350,000
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Roster [ ]
1989 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
AP
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
24
21
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
25
22
22
22
16
Coaches
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
19 т
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
–
16 т
Game summaries [ ]
at Notre Dame [ ]
Miami (FL) [ ]
#2 Miami (FL) at Michigan State
1
2 3 4 Total
• Hurricanes
3
7 10 6
26
Spartans
3
7 3 7
20
Scoring summary 1 7:56 MIA Huerta 32-yard field goal MIA 3–0
1 3:59 MSU Langeloh 46-yard field goal Tied 3–3
2 5:32 MSU Enos 19-yard run (Langeloh kick) MSU 10–3
2 2:14 MIA Carroll 5-yard pass from Torretta (Huerta kick) Tied 10–10
3 11:52 MIA Johnson 38-yard run (Huerta kick) MIA 17–10
3 6:42 MIA Huerta 27-yard field goal MIA 20–10
3 2:48 MSU Langeloh 27-yard field goal MIA 20–13
4 MSU Harlon Barnett 35-yard interception return Tied 20–20
4 5:04 MIA Huerta 27-yard field goal MIA 23–20
4 0:54 MIA Huerta 52-yard field goal MIA 26–20
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at Iowa [ ]
Michigan [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Michigan
7
3 0 0
10
Michigan St
0
0 0 7
7
Date: October 14Location: Spartan Stadium , East Lansing, MI
Scoring summary 1 MICH Hoard 1-yard run (Carlson kick) MICH 7-0
2 MICH Carlson 35-yard field goal MICH 10-0
4 MSU Hawkins 4-yard pass from Enos (Langeloh kick) MICH 10-7
vs. Hawaii (Aloha Bowl) [ ]
1990 NFL Draft [ ]
The following players were selected in the 1990 NFL Draft .[3]
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold