1989 Indiana State Sycamores football team
{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1989
| team = Indiana State Sycamores
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference
| short_conf = GCAC
| record = 4–7
| conf_record = 2–4
| head_coach = Dennis Raetz
| hc_year = 10th
| captain =
| stadium = Memorial Stadium
}}
{{1989 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1989 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by tenth-year head coach Dennis Raetz and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Sycamores finished the season with a 4–7 record overall and a 2–4 record in conference play.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1989
| rankvision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 2
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Central Missouri State Mules|title=Central Missouri State}}
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Terre Haute, IN
| score = 21–15
| attend = 5,328
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-indiana-state-slid/162421545/|work=The Indianapolis Star|title=Indiana State slides past C. Missouri St.|date=September 3, 1989|accessdate=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 9
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Southwest Missouri State
| site_stadium = Briggs Stadium
| site_cityst = Springfield, MO
| score = 10–31
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-southwest-missou/144015363/|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|title=Southwest Missouri blasts Indiana State|date=September 10, 1989|accessdate=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 16
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Austin Peay
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Terre Haute, IN
| score = 42–15
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/southern-illinoisan-indiana-st-rolls-to/162421826/|work=Southern Illinoisan|title=Indiana St. rolls to 2–1|date=September 17, 1989|accessdate=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Eastern Illinois
| site_stadium = O'Brien Stadium
| site_cityst = Charleston, IL
| score = 7–21
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-eastern-illinois-tops-isu-in-gat/162413021/|work=The Sun-Commercial|title=Eastern Illinois tops ISU in Gateway action|date=September 24, 1989|accessdate=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Minnesota
| site_stadium = Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 14–34
| attend = 34,280
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-cloud-times-thompson-wears-out-sycam/162422134/|work=St. Cloud Times|title=Thompson wears out Sycamores|date=October 1, 1989|accessdate=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Youngstown State
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Terre Haute, IN
| score = 19–20
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press-fozkos-lat/144020399/|work=Evansville Courier|title=Fozkos' late field goal lifts Youngstown State past ISU|date=October 8, 1989|accessdate=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| w/l = l
| opponent = Northern Iowa
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Terre Haute, IN
| score = 21–24
| attend = 8,129
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-panthers-follow/162414259/|work=The Des Moines Register|title=Panthers follow 'little munchkin,' who kicks Sycamores|date=October 15, 1989|accessdate=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois State
| site_stadium = Hancock Stadium
| site_cityst = Normal, IL
| score = 13–15
| attend = 9,275
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kokomo-tribune-isu-drops-conference/162422539/|work=The Kokomo Tribune|title=ISU drops conference contest|date=October 22, 1989|accessdate=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Ball State
| site_stadium = Hoosier Dome
| site_cityst = Indianapolis, IN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 27–34
| attend = 6,249
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/muncie-evening-press-bsu-prevails-in-dom/162422760/|work=The Muncie Evening Press|title=BSU prevails in Dome dual|date=October 27, 1989|accessdate=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| w/l = w
| opponent = Southern Illinois
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Terre Haute, IN
| score = 35–24
| attend = 2,346
| source = {{cite news|last1=Weaner|first1=Phil|title=Salukis sink in fourth quarter again|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91596922/southern-illinoisan/|work=Southern Illinoisan|date=November 5, 1989|page=D29|accessdate=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Western Illinois
| site_stadium = Hanson Field
| site_cityst = Macomb, IL
| score = 13–7
| attend = 7,631
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-press-jochems-touchdown-run/162423207/|work=The Sunday Courier|title=Jochem's touchdown run sparks Indiana State|date=November 12, 1989|accessdate=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
References
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