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1989 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

The 1989 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Panthers offense scored 302 points while the defense allowed 211 points.

1989 Northern Iowa Panthers football
ConferenceGateway Football Conference
Record8–3 (4–1 Gateway)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorArdell Wiegandt (1st season)
Home stadiumUNI-Dome
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
1989 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2Mankato State
L 14–22
September 16at Kansas State*
W 10–828,275
September 23Fort Hays State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 43–15
September 30at No. T–5 Southwest Missouri State
L 22–37[1]
October 7at Western Illinois
W 21–10
October 14at Indiana State
W 24–21
October 21Ferris State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 39–3
October 28at No. 13 Eastern Illinois
W 31–28
November 4at Illinois StateNo. 17
L 13–32
November 11Southern Illinois
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 38–147,827[2]
November 18Eastern Washington
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 47–21

Roster edit

1989 Northern Iowa Panthers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Jay Johnson Fr
QB 13 Kurt Warner Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 12 Willie Beamon Fr
DE 96 James Jones Jr
DB 9 Chris Klieman Jr
LB 55 Bryce Paup Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL edit

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Bryce Paup Linebacker 6 159 Green Bay Packers

[3]

  • Redshirted quarterback Kurt Warner would go on to an NFL career in which he played for the St. Louis Rams, New York Giants, and Arizona Cardinals.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Northern Iowa can't keep up with No. 5 S.W. Missouri State". The Des Moines Register. October 1, 1989. Retrieved March 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Matt Brinkman leads UNI past Salukis". Globe Gazette. Associated Press. November 12, 1989. p. D30. Retrieved January 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1990 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 20, 2007.
  4. ^ "Kurt Warner Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
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