1989 Florida Gators football team

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1989 Florida Gators football
Freedom Bowl, L 7–34 v. Washington
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record7–5 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWhitey Jordan (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGary Darnell (2nd season)
Home stadium Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
(capacity: 72,000)
Seasons
←  1988
1990  →
1989 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Tennessee + 6 –1 –011 –1 –0
No. 9 Alabama + 6 –1 –010 –2 –0
No. 6 Auburn + 6 –1 –010 –2 –0
Florida 4 –3 –07 –5 –0
Ole Miss 4 –3 –08 –4 –0
Georgia 4 –3 –06 –6 –0
Kentucky 2 –5 –06 –5 –0
LSU 2 –5 –04 –7 –0
Mississippi State 1 –6 –05 –6 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –7 –01 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Galen Hall's sixth and final season as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team; Hall was replaced as the Gators head coach after five games by his defensive coordinator, Gary Darnell. Hall and Darnell's 1989 Florida Gators posted an overall record of 7–5 and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 4–3, tying for fourth place in the ten-team SEC. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 9 Ole Miss
TBS L 19–2470,014 [2]
September 16 Louisiana Tech *
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
W 34–765,109 [3]
September 23at Memphis State *
W 38–1325,163 [4]
September 30vs. Mississippi State
W 21–068,109 [5]
October 7at LSU
W 16–1374,527 [6]
October 14 Vanderbilt No. 25
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
W 34–1169,121 [7]
October 21 New Mexico *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 20
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
W 27–2172,578 [8]
November 4at No. 12 Auburn No. 19
 ESPN L 7–1085,214 [9]
November 11vs. Georgia No. 20
TBSL 10–1781,577 [10]
November 18 Kentucky
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
W 38–2871,432 [11]
December 2No. 6 Florida State *
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
ESPNL 17–2475,124 [12]
December 30vs. Washington *
 NBC L 7–3433,858 [13] [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Personnel

1989 Florida Gators football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 3Terence BarberJr
OL 52Chris BromleyJr
OL Brian FisherFr
OL 59 Cal Dixon So
QB Donald DouglasFr
OL 72John DurdenSr
OL 76Brad HatcherSr
WR 8Tony JonesSr
TE Greg Keller
TE 88Kirk KirkpatrickJr
WR 20 Tony Lomack Sr
RB 5Willie McClendonSo
RB 21 Dexter McNabb So
WR 14 Ernie Mills Jr
QB 1Kyle MorrisSo
RB 34Darryl PerrySr
RB Errict Rhett
WR 25 Stacey Simmons Sr
RB 39 Cedric Smith Sr
RB 22 Emmitt Smith Jr
QB 12Lex SmithFr
OL Richard Starowesky
WR Alonzo Sullivan
TE Harvey Thomas
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 44 Ephesians Bartley So
DL 94Mike BrandonSo
DL 50 Brad Culpepper So
DB 28 Richard Fain Jr
LB Monty Grow Fr
DL 71 Tony McCoy Jr
LB 45Pat MoorerSr
DL Mark Murray
DB 98 Godfrey Myles Jr
DL Glenn Neely
LB 57Jerry OdomJr
LB 99Tim PaulkSo
LB 90 Huey Richardson Jr
DB 6 Jimmy Spencer Jr
DB Kerry Watkins
DB Will White
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K John David Francis
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Ole Miss

Ole Miss Rebels (1–0) at Florida Gators (0–0)
Period1234Total
Ole Miss 7014324
Florida 3301319

at Florida Field, Gainesville, Florida

  • Date: September 9, 1989
  • Game attendance: 70,014
  • Gainesville Sun, 1989 Sep 10.
Game information

Louisiana Tech

1234Total
Louisiana Tech07007
Florida10021334

At Memphis State

1234Total
Florida10147738
Memphis State733013

Mississippi State

1234Total
Mississippi State00000
Florida0140721

at Tampa, Florida

At LSU

1234Total
Florida3031016
LSU0100313

Vanderbilt

1234Total
Vanderbilt030811
Florida10177034

New Mexico

1234Total
New Mexico0071421
Florida7710327

At Auburn

#19 Florida Gators (6–1) at #12 Auburn Tigers (5–2)
Period1234Total
Florida 70007
Auburn 003710

at Jordan–Hare Stadium, Auburn, Alabama

  • Date: November 4
  • Game attendance: 85,214
  • TV: ESPN
  • [15]
Game information

Vs. Georgia

1234Total
Florida070310
Georgia0314017

at Jacksonville, Florida

Kentucky

1234Total
Kentucky7071428
Florida10147738

Florida State

1234Total
Florida State737724
Florida370717

Freedom Bowl (vs. Washington)

1234Total
Florida70007
Washington17100734

at Anaheim, California

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References

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