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College football game
College football game
1989 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
1 2 3 4
Total
Stephen F. Austin
7 10 10 7
34
Georgia Southern
14 6 0 17
37
Date December 16, 1989 Season Announcers Barry Tompkins (play-by-play), Stan White (color)[2]
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
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The 1989 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks . The game was played on December 16, 1989, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia . The culminating game of the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season , it was won by Georgia Southern, 37–34.[3]
Teams
The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1989 I-AA Playoffs , which began with a 16-team bracket .[4] The location of the final, the Georgia Southern Eagles ' Paulson Stadium , had been predetermined via a three-year agreement the university reached with the NCAA in February 1989.[5]
Georgia Southern Eagles
Georgia Southern finished their regular season with an 11–0 record.[6] Ranked first in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll[7] and seeded first in the tournament, the Eagles defeated Villanova , Middle Tennessee State , and Montana to reach the final. This was the fourth appearance for Georgia Southern in a Division I-AA championship game, having two prior wins (1985 and 1986) and one prior loss (1988).
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
Stephen F. Austin finished their regular season with a 9–1–1 record (5–0–1 in conference); their only loss was an away game against
Southwest Missouri State, and second-seed
Furman to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Stephen F. Austin in a Division I-AA championship game.
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
SFA
GSC
1
10:41
6
66
2:42
GSC
Raymond Gross 34-yard touchdown run, Mike Dowis kick good
0
7
1
7:58
6
45
2:20
GSC
Gross fumble into end zone recovered by Terrance Sorrell for a touchdown, Dowis kick good
0
14
1
0:19
6
20
2:51
SFA
Todd Hammel 1-yard touchdown run, Chuck Rawlinson kick good
7
14
2
8:50
8
83
2:56
SFA
Larry Centers 12-yard touchdown reception from Hammel, Rawlinson kick good
14
14
2
4:27
8
52
4:23
GSC
30-yard field goal by Dowis
14
17
2
0:21
6
7
2:38
GSC
37-yard field goal by Dowis
14
20
2
0:00
1
29
0:21
SFA
53-yard field goal by Rawlinson
17
20
3
11:19
5
11
2:06
SFA
53-yard field goal by Rawlinson
20
20
3
5:27
11
79
4:34
SFA
Joe Bradford 7-yard touchdown reception from Hammel, Rawlinson kick good
27
20
4
14:57
16
86
5:30
GSC
Joe Ross 2-yard touchdown run, Dowis kick good
27
27
4
12:32
5
67
2:25
SFA
Centers 46-yard touchdown reception from Hammel, Rawlinson kick good
34
27
4
5:58
6
51
1::32
GSC
Ernest Thompson 1-yard touchdown run, Dowis kick good
34
34
4
1:41
9
27
3:17
GSC
20-yard field goal by Dowis
34
37
"TOP" = Glossary of American football
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34
37
[1]
Game statistics
1
2
3
4
Total
Lumberjacks
7
10
10
7
34
Eagles
14
6
0
17
37
Statistics
SFA
GSC
First downs
18
21
Plays–yards
73–377
81–387
Rushes–yards
32–74
66–274
Passing yards
303
113
Passing: comp–att–int
15–41–5
7–15–0
Time of possession
26:50
33:10
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Stephen F. Austin
Passing
Todd Hammel
15–40, 303 yds, 3 TD, 5 INT
Rushing
Larry Centers
22 car, 63 yds
Receiving
Joe Bradford
4 rec, 102 yds, 1 TD
Georgia Southern
Passing
Raymond Gross
7–15, 113 yds
Rushing
Joe Ross
31 car, 152 yds, 1 TD
Receiving
Karl Miller
2 rec, 53 yds
[1]
References
^ a b c d "NCAA Official Scoring Summary" (PDF) . December 16, 1989. Retrieved April 21, 2019 – via Amazon Web Services .
^ Inman, John (December 15, 1989). "I-AA championship notebook" . Longview News-Journal . Longview, Texas . p. 5-B. Retrieved April 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Georgia Southern Gets Its Kicks for I-AA Title" . Los Angeles Times . AP . December 17, 1989. Retrieved April 21, 2019 .
^ Smith III, Willie T. (November 20, 1989). "Primed for the playoffs" . The Greenville News . Greenville, South Carolina . p. 1D. Retrieved April 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Georgia Southern to host NCAA title" . Rocky Mount Telegram . Rocky Mount, North Carolina . AP . February 24, 1989. p. 11. Retrieved April 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Georgia Southern Eagles 1989 Schedule" . cfbinfo.com . Retrieved April 21, 2019 .[permanent dead link ]
^ a b "NCAA Division I-AA final poll" . The Times and Democrat . Orangeburg, South Carolina . November 20, 1989. p. 1A. Retrieved April 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 1989 Schedule" . cfbinfo.com . Retrieved April 21, 2019 .[permanent dead link ]
Further reading
External links
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