1989 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team

The 1989 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team represented California State University, Fullerton as a member of the Big West Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Gene Murphy, Cal State Fullerton compiled an overall record of 6–4–1 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the Big West. By winning the last three games, the Titans finished over the .500 mark for the first time since 1985. The team played home games at Santa Ana Stadium in Santa Ana, California.

1989 Cal State Fullerton Titans football
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	6–4–1 (5–2 Big West)
Head coach	Gene Murphy (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Wentworth (1st season)
Home stadium	Santa Ana Stadium
Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Big West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Fresno State $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Cal State Fullerton	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
San Jose State	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Utah State	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
UNLV	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Long Beach State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
Pacific (CA)	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	10	–	0
New Mexico State	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	at Northern Illinois*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 17–26	8,235	[1]
September 9	Cal State Northridge*	Santa Ana Stadium Santa Ana, CA	W 27–20	2,909	[2]
September 16	at Colorado State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 14–42	20,098	[3]
September 23	at San Diego State*	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	T 41–41	15,721	[4]
September 30	at UNLV	Santa Ana Stadium Santa Ana, CA	W 34–20	3,900	[5]
October 7	at Utah State	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	L 23–34	10,567	[6]
October 14	at Pacific (CA)	Stagg Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	W 35–26	7,127	[7]
October 21	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	L 19–33	32,135	[8]
November 4	New Mexico State	Santa Ana Stadium Santa Ana, CA	W 45–10	3,114	[9][10]
November 11	Long Beach State	Santa Ana Stadium Santa Ana, CA	W 31–13	5,111	[11][12]
November 18	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	W 18–14	6,746	[13]
*Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

The following Cal State Fullerton players were selected in the 1990 NFL draft.^[15][16][17]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
Mike Pringle[note 1]	Running back	6	139	Atlanta Falcons

Notes

1. Although Mike Pringle was taken in the NFL draft, he never played in the NFL. However, he had a very successful career in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2008.