1989 Big Ten Conference football season

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1989 Big Ten Conference football season
Former Big Ten Conference Logo 1986-1991.png
League NCAA Division I-A
SportFootball
Teams10
Champions Michigan
Football seasons
1989 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Michigan $ 8 –0 –010 –2 –0
No. 10 Illinois 7 –1 –010 –2 –0
No. 16 Michigan State 6 –2 –08 –4 –0
No. 24 Ohio State 6 –2 –08 –4 –0
Minnesota 4 –4 –06 –5 –0
Indiana 3 –5 –05 –6 –0
Iowa 3 –5 –05 –6 –0
Purdue 2 –6 –03 –8 –0
Wisconsin 1 –7 –02 –9 –0
Northwestern 0 –8 –00 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Big Ten Conference football season was the 94th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Contents

Regular season

With an 8-0 conference record, No. 7 Michigan won their second straight Big Ten title and a trip to Pasadena, where they would lose to USC 17-10. No. 10 Illinois finished second at 7-1, their lone conference loss coming to the Wolverines. The Fighting Illini would defeat Virginia in the Citrus Bowl, 31-21 [1]

No. 16 Michigan State and No. 24 Ohio State tied for third with 6-2 conference marks, and both went 8-4 overall as well. Minnesota came in fifth at 4-4 (6-5 overall).

Indiana and Iowa tied for sixth place at 3-5 in Big Ten play, both also going 5-6 overall.

Purdue took eighth at 2-6 (3-8 overall), Wisconsin ninth at 1-7 (2-9 overall), and Northwestern came in last at 0-8 (0-11 overall).

Bowl games

Four Big Ten teams played in bowl games, with the conference going 2-2 overall:

1990 NFL draft


References

  1. ↑ "2025 BIG TEN FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. pp. 91–99. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
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