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The 1989 UCF Knights football season was the eleventh for the team. It was Gene McDowell's fifth season as the head coach of the Knights. The season marked UCF's last in Division II, as the Knight would move to Division I-AA in 1990. The team posted an overall record of 7–3 in 1989 but failed to make the Division II Playoffs.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Headcoach
OffensivecoordinatorMike Kruczek (5th season)
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1989 UCF Knights football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Kruczek (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorRusty Russell (1st season)
Home stadiumFlorida Citrus Bowl
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
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1989 NCAA Division II independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. T–12 New Haven – 8–2–0
No. 19 American International – 7–3–0
UCF – 7–3–0
Saint Mary's – 6–4–0
Wofford – 6–5–0
Central Connecticut – 5–5–0
Springfield – 4–6–0
Southern Connecticut State – 3–7–0
Michigan Tech – 2–7–0
Kentucky State – 2–9–0
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll
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As a Division II team in 1989, UCF defeated multiple Division I-AA teams, including two nationally ranked schools. On October 28, UCF upset No. 9 Liberty (I-AA), and two weeks later on November 11,[2] defeated No. 4 Eastern Kentucky (I-AA).[3] Against Eastern Kentucky, quarterback Rudy Jones led a fourth quarter comeback, throwing two touchdown passes to lift the Knights to a 20–19 victory.

The team played their home games at the Citrus Bowl in Downtown Orlando. During the decade of the 1980s, the Knights compiled an overall record of 47–59–1 (.443)[4]

Schedule

The Florida Citrus Bowl, the Knights' home field
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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1Bethune–CookmanL 15–2323,620[5]
September 9Valdosta State
  • Florida Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 35–1418,046
September 16at Troy StateL 6–208,000[6]
September 23Newberry
  • Florida Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 30–38,316
September 30at North AlabamaW 17–165,500
October 7East Tennessee State
  • Florida Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 34–012,072[7]
October 21at No. 2 Georgia SouthernL 17–3119,640[8]
October 28No. T–9 Liberty
  • Florida Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 33–3015,095[9]
November 11No. 4 Eastern Kentucky
  • Florida Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 20–1917,506[10]
November 18Texas Southern
  • Florida Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, FL
W 49–1214,082[11]
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