1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1989 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1989
Playoff
Duration	November 25 – December 16, 1989
Championship site	Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
Champion	Georgia Southern
Payton Award	John Friesz – QB (Idaho)
Division I-AA football season
«1988 1990»

The 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1989, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 16, 1989, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The Georgia Southern won their third I-AA championship, defeating the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks by a final score of 37−34 at their home stadium.

Conference changes and new programs

School	1988 Conference	1989 Conference
Davidson	Colonial	I-AA Independent
Fordham	Liberty (D-III)	I-AA Independent
Louisiana Tech	I-AA Independent	I-A Independent
Liberty	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
Samford	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent

Conference standings

Template:1989 Big Sky football standings	Template:1989 Colonial League football standings	Template:1989 Ivy League football standings
Template:1989 Gateway football standings	Template:1989 MEAC football standings	Template:1989 Ohio Valley football standings
1989 Southern Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Furman $^ 7 – 0 – 0     12 – 2 – 0 Appalachian State ^ 5 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0 Marshall 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 East Tennessee State 4 – 3 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 Chattanooga 2 – 4 – 1     3 – 7 – 1 Western Carolina 1 – 4 – 1     3 – 7 – 1 VMI 1 – 4 – 1     2 – 8 – 1 The Citadel 1 – 5 – 1     5 – 5 – 1 $ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant	1989 Southland Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T #3 Stephen F. Austin $^ 5 – 0 – 1     12 – 2 – 1 Northwestern State 3 – 1 – 2     4 – 5 – 2 SW Texas State 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 Northeast Louisiana 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 6 – 1 McNeese State Cowboys 2 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 North Texas 2 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 Sam Houston State 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll	Template:1989 SWAC football standings
1989 Yankee Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T #8 Maine +^ 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0 #16 Villanova +^ 6 – 2 – 0     8 – 4 – 0 #18 Connecticut + 6 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 0 New Hampshire 5 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Delaware 5 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 0 Boston University 4 – 4 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 UMass 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 5 – 1 Rhode Island 1 – 7 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 Richmond 0 – 8 – 0     1 – 10 – 0 + – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll	Template:1989 Division I-AA independent football standings

Conference champions

See also: List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons

Conference Champions

Big Sky Conference – Idaho Colonial League – Holy Cross Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Southwest Missouri State Ivy League – Princeton and Yale Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Delaware State Ohio Valley Conference – Middle Tennessee State Southern Conference – Furman Southland Conference – Stephen F. Austin Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State Yankee Conference – Connecticut, Maine, and Villanova

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

	First Round November 25 Campus Sites				Quarterfinals December 2 Campus Sites				Semifinals December 9 Campus Sites				National Championship Game December 16 Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA
	Villanova	36
	Georgia Southern*	52
					Georgia Southern*	45
					Middle Tennessee State	3
	Appalachian State	21
	Middle Tennessee State*	24
									Georgia Southern*	45
									Montana	15
	Eastern Illinois	38
	Idaho*	21
					Eastern Illinois	19
					Montana*	25
	Jackson State	7
	Montana*	48
													Georgia Southern	37
													Stephen F. Austin	34
	William & Mary	10
	Furman*	24
					Furman*	42
					Youngstown State	23
	Youngstown State	28
	Eastern Kentucky*	24
									Furman*	19
									Stephen F. Austin	21
	Grambling State	56
	Stephen F. Austin*	59
					Stephen F. Austin*	55
					Southwest Missouri State	25
	Maine	35
	Southwest Missouri State*	38

* Denotes host institution