1989 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

The 1989 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs improved on the previous season's 110 record but were still unable to qualify for a bowl game.

1989 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record56 (16 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKeith Daniels (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Carmody (1st season)
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 40,656)
1989 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Tennessee + 6 1 011 1 0
No. 9 Alabama + 6 1 010 2 0
No. 6 Auburn + 6 1 010 2 0
Florida 4 3 07 5 0
Ole Miss 4 3 08 4 0
Georgia 4 3 06 6 0
Kentucky 2 5 06 5 0
LSU 2 5 04 7 0
Mississippi State 1 6 05 6 0
Vanderbilt 0 7 01 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 2VanderbiltW 42–7
September 9at No. 18 Southern Miss*W 26–23[1]
September 23at GeorgiaNo. 25L 6–23
September 30at FloridaL 0–21
October 7Northeast Louisiana*W 28–14[2]
October 21Memphis State*W 35–10
October 28at No. 16 AuburnL 0–14
November 4at No. 5 AlabamaL 10–23[3]
November 11Tulane*W 27–7[4]
November 18at LSUL 20–44
November 25vs. Ole MissL 11–21
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "State tames USM by 26–23 score". Enterprise-Journal. September 10, 1989. Retrieved February 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "A losing streak is broken". The Clarion-Ledger. October 8, 1989. Retrieved February 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Bama shuts down Dogs". The Clarion-Ledger. November 5, 1989. Retrieved February 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "'Dogs dump Tulane". Sun Herald. November 12, 1989. Retrieved February 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 25, 2015


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