1989 UCF Knights football team
| 1989 UCF Knights football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1989 record | 7–3 |
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| Home stadium | Citrus Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–12 New Haven | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | – | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Springfield (MA) | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan Tech | – | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1989 UCF Knights football season was the eleventh for the team. It was Gene McDowell's fifth season as the head coach of the Knights. The season marked UCF's last in Division II, as the Knight would move to Division I-AA in 1990. The team posted an overall record of 7–3 in 1989 but failed to make the Division II Playoffs.[1]
As a Division II team in 1989, UCF defeated three Division I-AA teams, including two nationally ranked schools. On October 28, UCF upset No. 9 Liberty (I-AA), and two weeks later on November 11,[2] defeated No. 4 Eastern Kentucky (I-AA).[3] Against Eastern Kentucky, quarterback Rudy Jones led a fourth quarter comeback, throwing two touchdown passes to lift the Knights to a 20–19 victory.
The team played their home games at the Citrus Bowl in Downtown Orlando. During the decade of the 1980s, the Knights compiled an overall record of 47–59–1 (.443)[4]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | Bethune–Cookman |
| L 15–23 | 23,620 |
| September 9 | Valdosta State |
| W 35–14 | 18,046 |
| September 16 | at Troy State | L 6–20 | 8,000 | |
| September 23 | Newberry |
| W 30–3 | 8,316 |
| September 30 | at North Alabama | W 17–16 | 5,500 | |
| October 7 | East Tennessee State |
| W 34–0 | 12,072 |
| October 21 | at Georgia Southern | L 17–31 | 19,640 | |
| October 28 | No. 9 Liberty |
| W 33–30 | 15,095 |
| November 11 | No. 4 Eastern Kentucky |
| W 20–19 | 17,506 |
| November 18 | Texas Southern |
| W 49–12 | 14,082 |
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References[]
- ^ "UCF Develops Winning Ways: Part 4 of 8 – The History of UCF Football". University of Central Florida Athletics Association. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2011-12-24.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Eastern Kentucky (8-1) At Ucf (5-3)
- ^ 2006 UCF Knights Football Media Guide
- ^ "2011 UCF Football Yearbook". University of Central Florida Athletics Association. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
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