1989 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 1989 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1989 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
OVC champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 3–45 at Georgia Southern
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
1989 record	9–4 (6–0 OVC)
Head coach	Boots Donnelly (11th season)
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (Capacity: 30,788)

1989 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Middle Tennessee $^	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Eastern Kentucky ^	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Murray State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Tennessee State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Tennessee Tech	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Austin Peay	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Morehead State	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Records adjusted for Morehead State forfeit of conference victories over Austin Peay and Tennessee Tech, and non-conference victories over Kentucky State and Samford Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	vs. Tennessee State	No. 18	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 36–7
September 9	at East Tennessee State*	No. 18	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 41–6
September 16	at Western Kentucky*	No. 18	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 16–31
September 21	at No. 3 Georgia Southern*		Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 0–26
September 30	Chattanooga*		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 24–7	3,500
October 7	at NC State*		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 14–35
October 14	at Morehead State		Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	W 34–3
October 21	Austin Peay		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 46–7
November 4	No. 1 Eastern Kentucky		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 24–19
November 11	No. 11 Murray State	No. 14	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 32–15
November 18	at Tennessee Tech	No. 12	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 24–3
November 25	No. 7 Appalachian State*	No. 10	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 24–21
December 2	at No. 1 Georgia Southern*	No. 10	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 3–45
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "1989 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.