1989 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

The 1989 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented Appalachian State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first year under head coach Jerry Moore, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a conference mark of 5–2. Appalachian State advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to Middle Tennessee in the first round.

1989 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 21–24 vs. Middle Tennessee
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	9–3 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (1st season)
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium
Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Furman $^	7	–	0	–	0			12	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Appalachian State ^	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Marshall	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
East Tennessee State	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Chattanooga	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Western Carolina	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
VMI	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
The Citadel	1	–	5	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	Gardner–Webb*		Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	W 43–7	12,872	[1]
September 9	at Wake Forest*		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 15–10	30,200	[2]
September 16	at The Citadel		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 13–23	17,118	[3]
September 23	No. 13 James Madison*	No. 20	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	W 20–13	10,060	[4]
September 30	at East Tennessee State	No. 11	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 20–14	6,888	[5]
October 7	VMI	No. 9	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	W 34–0	12,379	[6]
October 14	at No. 5 Furman	No. 8	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 6–31	13,435	[7]
October 28	Chattanooga	No. 15	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	W 41–7	20,122	[8]
November 4	No. 19 Marshall	No. 10	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (rivalry)	W 28–7	11,212	[9]
November 11	Catawba*	No. 7	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	W 31–20	10,005	[10]
November 18	at Western Carolina	No. 7	Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC (rivalry)	W 31–20	13,118	[11]
November 25	at No. 10 Middle Tennessee*	No. 7	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	L 21–24	5,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game