1989 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 1989 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Jim Walden, the Cyclones compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the Big 8. Iowa State played home games at Cyclone Stadium in Ames, Iowa.

1989 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	6–5 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach	Jim Walden (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Robin Ross (3rd season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium

1989 Big Eight Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Colorado $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

This was the first time that Iowa State played against Minnesota since 1923. On October 8, 1923, Jack Trice, the first African-American to play football at Iowa State, died after suffering injuries in a game against Minnesota that occurred two days before his death. There was speculation that the injuries caused by the Minnesota players were intentional. Because of this, Iowa State did not renew their contract to play with Minnesota until the 1989 season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Ohio*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 28–3	41,614
September 16	Noon	Minnesota*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 20–30	45,410
September 23	Noon	Iowa*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	ABC	L 21–31	54,458
September 30	7:00 p.m.	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		W 25–24	33,206
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 24–20	31,500
October 14	Noon	No. 3 Colorado	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 17–52	41,515
October 21	1:00 p.m.	No. 25 Oklahoma	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 40–43	40,812
October 28	1:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		L 17–49	76,371
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Kansas State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)		W 36–11	40,332
November 11	1:30 p.m.	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)		W 35–21	36,538
November 18	1:30 p.m.	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 31–21	33,200
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1989 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 85 Mike Busch Sr QB 16 Brent Oberg Sr G 69 Keith Sims Sr RB 31 Paul Thibodeaux Sr OL 54 Trent Van Hoosen Sr OL 57 Rick Wells Sr RB 32 Ron Wilkinson So OL 72 Gene Williams Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 11 Marcus Robertson Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jim Walden Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt