1989 Texas Southern Tigers football team

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1989 Texas Southern Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record3–7–1 (3–3–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRobertson Stadium
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
1989 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Grambling State $^ 7 0 0 9 3 0
No. 17 Jackson State ^ 5 2 0 8 4 0
Alcorn State 5 2 0 7 3 0
Southern 4 3 0 6 4 1
Texas Southern 3 3 1 3 7 1
Alabama State 2 4 1 5 5 1
Prairie View A&M 1 6 0 1 9 0
Mississippi Valley State 0 7 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1989 Texas Southern Tigers football team represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Wally Highsmith, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 3–7–1, with a mark of 3–3–1 in conference play, and finished fifth in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2Prairie View A&MW 45–7[1]
September 9at No. 2
Texas A&I*
L 17–34[2]
September 16at SouthernW 21–14[3]
September 23Alabama State
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
T 16–16[4]
September 30at Sam Houston State*L 20–28[5]
October 7Alcorn State
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 15–40[6]
October 14Southwest Texas State*
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 17–34[7]
October 21at Mississippi Valley StateW 22–0[8]
October 28at Grambling StateL 6–49[9]
November 4Jackson State
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 6–45[10]
November 18at UCF*L 12–4914,082[11]

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