1989 Texas Southern Tigers football team

1989 Texas Southern Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record3–7–1 (3–3–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRobertson Stadium
Seasons
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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&M
W 45–7[1]
September 9at No. 2 Texas A&I*
L 17–34[2]
September 16at Southern
W 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 State
W 22–0[8]
October 28at Grambling State
L 6–49[9]
November 4Jackson State
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 6–45[10]
November 18at UCF*
L 12–4914,082[11]

References

  1. ^ "Texas Southern 45, Prairie View 7". The Clarion-Ledger. September 3, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Texas A&I topples Texas Southern". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. September 10, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "T-Southern tops Southern". Daily World. September 17, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Hornets tie Texas Southern 16–16". The Selma Times-Journal. September 24, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Sam Houston State 28, Texas Southern 20". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 1, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "McNair-Smalls combination boosts Alcorn over Texas Southern 40–15". The Clarion-Ledger. October 8, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "SWT romps by Texas Southern". Austin American-Statesman. October 15, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Texas Southern spoils Valley's homecoming with 22–0 victory". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 11, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Grambling hammers out victory". The Shreveport Times. October 29, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "J-State plays old-fashioned way, spoils the day for Texas Southern". The Clarion-Ledger. November 5, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "It's curtains for Tigers as Knights bow out of NCAA II". The Orlando Sentinel. November 19, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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