1989 Stanford Cardinal football team

1989 Stanford Cardinal football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record3–8 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Turner (1st season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorFred von Appen (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
1989 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 USC $ 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
No. 23 Washington 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Oregon 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 25 Arizona 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Arizona State 3 – 3 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Oregon State 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 7 – 1
Washington State 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
3 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
UCLA 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
California 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by first-year coach Dennis Green, previously an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers and hired to replace Jack Elway, who was fired the previous year.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 26:00 p.m.at No. 18 Arizona
PrimeL 3–1948,712[2]
September 96:00 p.m.at Oregon State
L 16–2030,223[3]
September 231:00 p.m.No. 22 Oregon
W 18–1735,000[4]
September 301:00 p.m.San Jose State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 33–4058,000[5]
October 71:00 p.m.No. 1 Notre Dame*
WSJVL 17–2786,019[6]
October 147:30 p.m.at No. 17 Washington State
ESPNL 13–3124,617[7]
October 211:00 p.m.Utah*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 24–2715,000[8]
October 283:30 p.m.at No. 10 USC
PrimeL 0–1967,411[9]
November 41:00 p.m.UCLA
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 17–1445,000[10]
November 116:00 p.m.at Arizona State
L 22–3065,312[11]
November 181:00 p.m.California
PrimeW 24–1486,019[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[13]

Game summaries

At Arizona

At Oregon State

Oregon

San Jose State

Notre Dame

See also: Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry
#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4–0) at Stanford Cardinal (1–3)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 0 14 7627
Stanford 6 0 8317

at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

Game information

Steve Smith set the Pac-10 single game record for pass attempts.

At Washington State

Utah

At USC

UCLA

At Arizona State

California

Roster

1989 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OL Darran Baird
WR Walter Batson
TE Turner Baur
TE Cory Booker
RB Todd Burton
OL John Carpenter
OL Chris Dalman
RB Scott Eschelman
QB 5 Brian Johnson Sr
RB J.J. Lasley
QB 17 John Lynch Fr
WR 40 Ed McCaffrey Jr
OL Rick Pallow
QB 12 Jason Palumbis  So
OL Andy Papathanassiou
WR Jon Pinckney
TE 89 Jim Price Sr
QB 9 Steve Smith Fr
RB Gary Taylor
FB 44 Tommy Vardell  So
WR 80 Chris Walsh So
OT 70 Bob Whitfield So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL 72 Lester Archambeau Sr
DL Estevan Avila
DB Herbie Berry
DL Matt Borkowski
DB Galen Foster
LB Dave Garnett
CB 21 Darrien Gordon Fr
DB Alan Grant
LB Chris Hawkins
LB Bob Hinckley
DB Jimmy Klein
LB Bruce Lang
LB Charles Lough
DL Scott Palmbush
DL Aaron Rembisz
DB Albert Richardson
DB Kevin Scott
DB Tony Trousset
LB Jono Tunney
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 94 John Hopkins Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ Cart, Julie (January 4, 1989). "Dennis Green Takes Stanford Job : 49er Assistant Is Pac-10's First Black Head Football Coach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  2. ^ "Green era begins with thud: Arizona rolls past Stanford". The Sacramento Bee. September 3, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Beavers 'd'-feat Stanford 20–16". Omaha World-Herald. September 10, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Stanford's great finish earns a win". The Sacramento Bee. September 24, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Spartans flag down Stanford". The Sunday Oregonian. October 1, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Irish survive; Ismail's return helps Notre Dame get passed Stanford". The Muncie Star. October 8, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cougs cruise behind Bruiser". The Spokesman-Review. October 15, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Only 15,000 see Utah tip Cardinal". Oakland Tribune. October 22, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Trojans clumsy, but Stanford worse". The Houston Post. October 29, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "UCLA's bowl hopes vanish with 17–14 loss to Stanford". Blade-Citizen. November 5, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "ASU good and ugly in beating Stanford". The Arizona Republic. November 12, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Cardinal sees red in Big win". The Modesto Bee. November 19, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1989 Stanford Cardinal Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
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