1989 Stanford Cardinal football team

1989 Stanford Cardinal football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	3–8 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dennis Green (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Ron Turner (1st season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Fred von Appen (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium
Seasons ←  1988 1990  →

1989 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 USC $	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 23 Washington	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Oregon	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 25 Arizona	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Arizona State	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	7	–	1
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
UCLA	2	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
California	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by first-year coach Dennis Green, previously an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers and hired to replace Jack Elway, who was fired the previous year. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	Prime	L 3–19	48,712	[2]
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		L 16–20	30,223	[3]
September 23	1:00 p.m.	No. 22 Oregon	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 18–17	35,000	[4]
September 30	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State *	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		L 33–40	58,000	[5]
October 7	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Notre Dame *	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Legends Trophy)	WSJV	L 17–27	86,019	[6]
October 14	7:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN	L 13–31	24,617	[7]
October 21	1:00 p.m.	Utah *	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 24–27	15,000	[8]
October 28	3:30 p.m.	at No. 10 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	Prime	L 0–19	67,411	[9]
November 4	1:00 p.m.	UCLA	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 17–14	45,000	[10]
November 11	6:00 p.m.	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		L 22–30	65,312	[11]
November 18	1:00 p.m.	California	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	Prime	W 24–14	86,019	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

Notre Dame

See also: Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry

#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4–0) at Stanford Cardinal (1–3)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	0	14	7	6	27
Stanford	6	0	8	3	17

at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

• Date: October 7
• Game attendance: 86,019
• Recap/Box Score

Game information

First quarter STAN – John Hopkins 34-yard field goal, 5:14. Stanford 3–0. Drive: 14 plays. STAN – John Hopkins 42-yard field goal, 2:40. Stanford 6–0. Second quarter ND – Anthony Johnson 7-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 12:24. Notre Dame 7–6. Drive: 4 plays, 64 yards. ND – Rodney Culver 2-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 1:15. Notre Dame 14–6. Drive: 9 plays. Third quarter STAN – Ed McCaffrey 2-yard pass from Smith (run good), Tie 14–14. Drive: 79 yards. ND – Anthony Johnson 1-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 7:28. Notre Dame 21–14. Fourth quarter ND – Craig Hentrich 20-yard field goal, 12:42. Notre Dame 24–14. STAN – John Hopkins 27-yard field goal, 8:14. Notre Dame 24–17. Drive: 12 plays, 70 yards. ND – Craig Hentrich 18-yard field goal, 1:27. Notre Dame 27–17. Top passers ND – Tony Rice – 7/17, 102 yards STAN – Steve Smith – 39/68, 282 yards, TD, 3 int Top rushers ND – Anthony Johnson – 15 rushes, 75 yards, 2 TD STAN – Tommy Vardell – 9 rushes, 22 yards Top receivers ND – Raghib Ismail – 3 receptions, 67 yards STAN – Jim Price – 14 receptions, 98 yards

Steve Smith set the Pac-10 single game record for pass attempts.

Roster

1989 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Darran Baird WR Walter Batson TE Turner Baur TE Cory Booker RB Todd Burton OL John Carpenter OL Chris Dalman RB Scott Eschelman QB 5 Brian Johnson Sr RB J.J. Lasley QB 17 John Lynch Fr WR 40 Ed McCaffrey Jr OL Rick Pallow QB 12 Jason Palumbis  So OL Andy Papathanassiou WR Jon Pinckney TE 89 Jim Price Sr QB 9 Steve Smith Fr RB Gary Taylor FB 44 Tommy Vardell  So WR 80 Chris Walsh So OT 70 Bob Whitfield So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 72 Lester Archambeau Sr DL Estevan Avila DB Herbie Berry DL Matt Borkowski DB Galen Foster LB Dave Garnett CB 21 Darrien Gordon Fr DB Alan Grant LB Chris Hawkins LB Bob Hinckley DB Jimmy Klein LB Bruce Lang LB Charles Lough DL Scott Palmbush DL Aaron Rembisz DB Albert Richardson DB Kevin Scott DB Tony Trousset LB Jono Tunney	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 94 John Hopkins Jr	Head coach Dennis Green Coordinators/assistant coaches Ron Turner –Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks Tyrone Willingham –Running backs Brian Billick –Wide receivers and tight ends Chris Foerster –Assistant offensive line coach Fred von Appen –Defensive coordinator and defensive line Mike Tolleson –Inside linebackers Dick Mannini –Inside linebackers Dave Tipton –Outside linebackers Willie Shaw –Secondary Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. Cart, Julie (January 4, 1989). "Dennis Green Takes Stanford Job : 49er Assistant Is Pac-10's First Black Head Football Coach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
2. "Green era begins with thud: Arizona rolls past Stanford". The Sacramento Bee. September 3, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Beavers 'd'-feat Stanford 20–16". Omaha World-Herald. September 10, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Stanford's great finish earns a win". The Sacramento Bee. September 24, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Spartans flag down Stanford". The Sunday Oregonian. October 1, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Irish survive; Ismail's return helps Notre Dame get passed Stanford". The Muncie Star. October 8, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Cougs cruise behind Bruiser". The Spokesman-Review. October 15, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Only 15,000 see Utah tip Cardinal". Oakland Tribune. October 22, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Trojans clumsy, but Stanford worse". The Houston Post. October 29, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
10. "UCLA's bowl hopes vanish with 17–14 loss to Stanford". Blade-Citizen. November 5, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
11. "ASU good and ugly in beating Stanford". The Arizona Republic. November 12, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
12. "Cardinal sees red in Big win". The Modesto Bee. November 19, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
13. "1989 Stanford Cardinal Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2025.