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1989 NCAA Division I-A Football Season
The 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Miami winning its third National Championship during the 1980s, cementing its claim as the decade's top team, winning more titles than any other program. Notre Dame signed a six-year, $30 million deal with NBC, granting the network the exclusive rights to broadcast Notre Dame football. However, the deal would not start until 1991. Florida State began 0–2 but finished the season 10–2, having beaten the National Champions Miami earlier in the season and beating Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl. Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer resigned June 19 after 16 seasons, during which he led the Sooners to three national championships (1974, 1975, 1985). Michigan coach Bo Schembechler retired following the season. Steve Spurrier was hired by Florida away from Duke in an effort to clean up after a decade of NCAA sanctions. Houston quarterback Andre Ware ran the run and shoot offense all the way to the Heisman Trophy and numerous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Michigan Wolverines Football Team
The 1989 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its 21st and final season under head coach Bo Schembechler, the team compiled a 10–2 record (8–0 against conference opponents), won the Big Ten championship, lost to USC in the 1990 Rose Bowl, outscored opponents by a total of 335 to 184, and was ranked No. 7 and No. 8, respectively, in the final AP and UPI polls. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Michael Taylor with 1,081 passing yards, tailback Tony Boles with 839 rushing yards, split end Greg McMurtry with 711 receiving yards, and placekicker J.D. Carlson with 73 points scored. Defensive back Tripp Welborne was a consensus first-team selection to the 1989 All-America college football team. Six Michigan players received first-team honors on the 1989 All-Big Ten Conference football team. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Blue Devils Football
The Duke Blue Devils football team represents Duke University in the sport of American football. The Blue Devils compete in the Division I (NCAA)#Division I-Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The program has 17 conference championships (7 ACC championships and 10 Southern Conference titles), 53 All-Americans, 10 ACC Players of the Year, and have had three Pro Football Hall of Famers come through the program. The team is coached by Manny Diaz and play their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. After struggling for most of the time since the mid-1960s, the Blue Devils underwent a renaissance under David Cutcliffe (2008–2021). Duke secured their first Coastal division title on November 30, 2013, with a win over arch-rival North Carolina Tar Heels football, North Carolina. Additionally, the Blue Devils cracked the top 25 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Team
The 1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach John Mackovic the Fighting Illini compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, placing second in the Big Ten. Illinois was invited to the Florida Citrus Bowl, where the Illini beat Virginia. Schedule Rankings Game summaries At USC At Colorado Utah State Ohio State At Purdue Jeff George made his first appearance at Purdue since transferring following the 1986 season At Michigan State Wisconsin At Iowa Michigan Indiana At Northwestern Florida Citrus Bowl (vs. Virginia) Roster Awards and honors *vJeff George, Sammy Baugh Trophy Team players in the NFL References Illinois Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons Citrus Bowl champion seasons Illinois Fightin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 USC Trojans Football Team
The 1989 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was intended to start in historic fashion, with USC set to play Illinois in Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ... in what was dubbed the Glasnost Bowl. However, the plan to play the game at Dynamo Stadium fell through, and the game was rescheduled at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Memorial Coliseum. The Trojans lost the game as the Illini scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. USC won their third consecutive Pac-12 Conference, Pac-10 conference championship and gained their 600th program win in a victory against Oregon State. They played third-ranked 1989 Michigan Wolverines football team, Michigan in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Team
The 1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Lou Holtz, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 12–1. Notre Dame was invited to the Orange Bowl, where the Fighting Irish defeated Colorado. The team played home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Schedule Games summaries vs Virginia Largest crowd for college football game at Giants Stadium At Michigan Michigan State At Purdue At Stanford At Air Force * Raghib Ismail 180 all-purpose yards USC *Pregame fight in tunnel Pittsburgh Navy SMU At Penn State Notre Dame's first win in school history at Beaver Stadium At Miami (FL) Orange Bowl (vs Colorado) Personnel Awards and honors * Tony Rice, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award * Tony Rice finished fourth in voting for the Heisman Trophy. * Raghib Ismail finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division I FBS Independent Schools
National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference. This means that FBS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition like conference schools do. There are fewer independent schools than in years past; many independent schools join, or attempt to join, established conferences. The main reasons to join a conference are to gain a share of television revenue and access to bowl games that agree to take teams from certain conferences, and to help deal with otherwise potentially difficult challenges in scheduling opponents to play throughout the season. All Division I FBS independents are eligible for the College Football Playoff (CFP), though under the current playoff format they are not eligible for an automatic bid reserved for conference champions and thus must qualify through one of the seven at-large bids. This also prevents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division I FCS Independent Schools
NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions in the United States whose football programs are not part of a football conference. This means that FCS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition as conference schools do. As of the 2024 season, Merrimack and Sacred Heart will be competing as independents, as their primary conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, does not sponsor football. They were previously members of the Northeast Conference which does sponsor the sport. Merrimack and Sacred Heart are confirmed to play as FCS independents in 2024. Current FCS independents Former FCS independents The following is a complete list of teams that have been Division I-AA/FCS Independents since the formation of Division I-AA in 1978. The "Current Conference" column indicates affiliations for the 2023 college football season. The years listed in this table are football seasons; since football is a fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public university, public research university in Ruston, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". Louisiana Tech opened as the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana in 1894 during the Second Industrial Revolution. The original mission of the college was for the education of students in the arts and sciences for the purpose of developing an industrial economy in post-Reconstruction Era, Reconstruction Louisiana. Four years later in 1898, the state constitution changed the school's name to Louisiana Industrial Institute. In 1921, the college changed its name to Louisiana Polytechnic Institute to reflect its development as a larger institute of technology. Louisiana Polytechnic Institute became desegregated in the 1960s. It official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Methodist University Football Scandal
The Southern Methodist University football scandal occurred in 1987 when the SMU Mustangs football program was investigated and penalized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Southern Methodist University (SMU), located in suburban Dallas, Texas, was the second-smallest school in the Southwest Conference (SWC) and one of the smallest in Division I-A, with a total enrollment of just over 9,000 students in 1986. From the 1950s onward, the team had found it difficult to compete against SWC schools that were double its size or more. As the 1980 season began, SMU had had twenty-one losing seasons in the previous thirty, including the last five in a row. As they increased their efforts to keep up with the bigger schools, SMU's coaches and athletic staff began using unethical methods of recruiting and retaining players. Schools in the NCAA were prohibited from paying a player to join or play for their team, and all players were required to remain bona fide students of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwest Conference
The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference also included schools from Oklahoma and Arkansas. For most of its history, the core members of the conference were Texas-based schools plus one in Arkansas: Baylor University, Rice University, Southern Methodist University, University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Texas Christian University, Texas Tech University, University of Houston, and the University of Arkansas. After a long period of stability and success, the conference's overall athletic prowess began to decline throughout the 1980s, due in part to numerous member schools violating NCAA recruiting rules, culminating in the suspension of the entire SMU football program ("death penalty") for the 1987 and 1988 seasons. Arkansas, after years of feeling like an outsider in the conference, left after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMU Mustangs Football
The SMU Mustangs football team is a college football team representing Southern Methodist University (SMU) in University Park, Texas, University Park, Dallas County, Texas. The Mustangs compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). SMU joined the ACC in July 2024 after eleven years as a member of the American Athletic Conference (AAC). History Early history (1915–1917) In June 1915, Ray Morrison took on multiple roles at SMU as the coach for football, baseball, basketball, and track, while also serving as a math instructor. The football team was initially a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) and played at Armstrong Field. Due to TIAA rules prohibiting graduate and transfer students from playing, the first season consisted solely of freshmen. During this time, the football team was known as "the Parsons" du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Football
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represents Louisiana Tech University in college football at the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA NCAA Division I, Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. After 12 seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, Louisiana Tech began competing as a member of Conference USA in 2013. Since its first season in 1901, Louisiana Tech has compiled an all-time record of 645 wins, 504 losses, and 37 ties. In 121 football seasons, the Bulldogs have won 3 NCAA Division II, Division II national championships, won 25 conference championships, and played in 28 postseason games, including 13 major college bowl games. Since 1968, the Bulldogs have played their home games at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana. The program's current head coach is Sonny Cumbie. History Early history (1901–1939) Louisiana Tech University first fielded a football team in 1901, beginning the season with a 57–0 loss to LSU Tigers football, LSU. The pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
