1989 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1989 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Eastern champion
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 50–39 vs. BYU
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 15
Record8–3–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter (6th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky (13th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
1989 Major eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Penn State $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 1
No. 17 Pittsburgh 4 – 1 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
No. 21 West Virginia 3 – 1 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
Syracuse 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Temple 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Rutgers 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 2
Boston College 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ –
    AP Poll
1989 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Miami (FL)   –   11 – 1 – 0
No. 2 Notre Dame   –   12 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Florida State   –   10 – 2 – 0
Northern Illinois   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Penn State   –   8 – 3 – 1
No. 17 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 3 – 1
No. 21 West Virginia   –   8 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   8 – 4 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana   –   7 – 4 – 0
Akron   –   6 – 4 – 1
South Carolina   –   6 – 4 – 1
Virginia Tech   –   6 – 4 – 1
Louisiana Tech   –   5 – 4 – 1
Army   –   6 – 5 – 0
Louisville   –   6 – 5 – 0
East Carolina   –   5 – 5 – 1
Tulsa   –   6 – 6 – 0
Southern Miss   –   5 – 6 – 0
Tulane   –   4 – 8 – 0
Navy   –   3 – 8 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 7 – 2
Boston College   –   2 – 9 – 0
Memphis State   –   2 – 9 – 0
Cincinnati   –   1 – 9 – 1
Temple   –   1 – 10 – 0
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1989 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the

University Park, Pennsylvania
.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 91:00 p.m.
University Park, PA
L 6–1485,956[2]
September 161:00 p.m.Temple
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 42–384,790
September 231:00 p.m.Boston College
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 7–385,651
September 308:00 p.m.at Texas
W 16–1275,232
October 71:00 p.m.at Rutgers
W 17–057,688
October 144:00 p.m.at SyracuseNo. 23
ESPNW 34–1249,876
October 282:30 p.m.No. 6 AlabamaNo. 14
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
CBSL 16–1785,975[3]
November 44:00 p.m.No. 13 West VirginiadaggerNo. 16
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ESPNW 19–985,911[4]
November 111:00 p.m.at
Memorial Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD (rivalry)
    		• T 13–1361,215[5]
    November 182:30 p.m.No. 1 Notre DameNo. 17
    • Beaver Stadium
    • University Park, PA (rivalry)
    		CBSL 23–3486,016
    November 2512:00 p.m.at No. 19 PittsburghNo. 22
    		CBSW 16–1357,158
    December 298:00 p.m.vs. No. 19 BYUNo. 18
    		ESPNW 50–3961,113

    Game summaries

    Virginia

    Temple

    Boston College

    At Texas

    vs Rutgers

    At Syracuse

    Alabama

    West Virginia

    At Maryland

    Notre Dame

    #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10–0) at #17 Penn State Nittany Lions (6–2–1)
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Notre Dame 7 14 7634
    Penn St 7 3 7623

    at Beaver Stadium, State College, Pennsylvania

    • Date: November 18, 1989
    • Game time: 2:30 p.m.
    • Game attendance: 86,025
    • TV:
      CBS
    • Recap/Box
    Game information
    External videos
    video icon Full game (part 1)
    video icon Full game (part 2)
    video icon Full game (part 3)
    video icon Game highlights

    At Pittsburgh

    Holiday Bowl (vs BYU)

    Personnel

    1989 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    RB 20 Richie Anderson Fr
    QB 12 Tom Bill Jr
    FB 27 Gary Brown Jr
    RB 23 Gerry Collins
    WR 26 David Daniels Jr
    C 78 Roger Duffy Sr
    OL Tim Freeman
    FB 11 Sam Gash So
    RB 34 John Gerak So
    TE Al Golden
    TE David Jakob
    OL 57 Sean Love Sr
    OL Matt McCartin
    WR
    O.J. McDuffie
    OL Ed Monaghan
    QB Matt Nardolillo
    RB Brian O'Neal
    WR Rich Rosa
    QB 19 Tony Sacca So
    C E. J. Sandusky So
    OT 76 Paul Siever Jr
    WR 8 Terry Smith So
    G 79 Dave Szott Sr
    RB 32 Blair Thomas Sr
    RB 44 Leroy Thompson Jr
    TE 80 Todd Young Sr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    DB 13 Matt Baggott So
    DL Todd Burger
    LB Brian Chizmar
    LB 31 Andre Collins Sr
    LB 38 Mark D'Onofrio So
    DL Jim Deter
    DT 85 Frank Giannetti Jr
    LB Reggie Givens
    LB 42 Keith Goganious So
    DB Hernon Henderson
    DB 6 Leonard Humphries So
    LB Geoff Lapchen
    S 9 Darren Perry So
    DB Sherrod Rainge
    DL 75 Rich Schonewolf Sr
    DB 25 Willie Thomas Jr
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    P
    		 4 Doug Helkowski Sr
    K Ray Tarasi
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster

    NFL Draft

    Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the

    1990 NFL Draft
    .

    Round Pick Overall Name Position Team
    1st 2 2 Blair Thomas Running back New York Jets
    2nd 21 46 Andre Collins Linebacker
    Washington Redskins
    7th 15 180
    David Szott
    Offensive guard
    		 Kansas City Chiefs
    8th 3 196 Roger Duffy
    Offensive guard
    		 New York Jets

    References

    1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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