1989 Illinois State Redbirds football team
American college football season
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The 1989 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their second year under head coach Jim Heacock, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 5–6, with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, and finished tied for second in the GCAC. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.
ConferenceGateway Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–6 (4–2 GCAC)
Headcoach
- Jim Heacock (2nd season)
HomestadiumHancock Stadium
| 1989 Illinois State Redbirds football | |
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| Conference | Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (4–2 GCAC) |
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| Home stadium | Hancock Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Southwest Missouri State $^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Eastern Illinois ^ | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Northern Iowa | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | Western Kentucky* | L 12–17 | 4,452 | [1] | |
| September 9 | Central State (OH)* |
| W 10–9 | 7,489 | [2] |
| September 23 | at East Carolina* | L 10–56 | 30,245 | [3] | |
| September 23 | at Eastern Illinois | L 7–21 | [4] | ||
| October 7 | at No. T–5 Southwest Missouri State | L 7–42 | 9,000 | [5] | |
| October 14 | at Southern Illinois | W 21–17 | 12,000 | [6] | |
| October 21 | Indiana State |
| W 15–13 | 9,275 | [7] |
| October 28 | Western Illinois |
| W 30–6 | [8] | |
| November 4 | No. 17 Northern Iowa |
| W 31–13 | 7,295 | [9] |
| November 11 | Arkansas State* |
| L 12–21 | 10,851 | [10] |
| November 18 | at Nicholls State* | L 28–32 | [11] | ||
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