1989 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1989 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Bill Mallory, the Hoosiers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place the Big Ten. It was Indiana's first losing season since 1985. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.

1989 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Mallory (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Novak (6th season)
MVP	Anthony Thompson
Captains	Ian Beckles Anthony Thompson
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Illinois	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Michigan State	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 24 Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Iowa	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

In the battle for the Old Oaken Bucket, Purdue beat Indiana. On November 24, Anthony Thompson was the top vote-getter and the only repeat selection on the 1989 Walter Camp All-America team. Thompson finished the season with 1,793 yards and 24 touchdowns. On December 2, a chorus of boos was heard throughout the Hoosier Dome during the Indiana–Kentucky basketball game when Andre Ware of the Houston Cougars was announced as the 55th recipient of the Heisman Trophy. Thompson finished second.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	1:30 pm	at Kentucky*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)		L 14–17	58,216	[2]
September 16	2:00 pm	Missouri*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 24–7	48,106	[3]
September 30	2:00 pm	Toledo*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 32–12	43,501	[4]
October 7	2:00 pm	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 43–11	47,845	[5]
October 14	1:30 pm	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 31–35	89,750	[6]
October 21	2:00 pm	Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 28–18	51,069	[7]
October 28	12:00 pm	at No. 5 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	L 10–38	105,989	[8]
November 4	12:30 pm	Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	ESPN	L 20–51	51,567	[9]
November 11	2:00 pm	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 45–17	37,442	[10]
November 18	3:30 pm	at No. 12 Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	ABC	L 28–41	53,368	[11]
November 25	2:00 pm	Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		L 14–15	47,502	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At Kentucky

Missouri

Toledo

Northwestern

At Ohio State

Indiana Hoosiers (3–1) at Ohio State Buckeyes (2–2)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Indiana	0	14	7	10	31
Ohio St	7	21	7	0	35

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

• Date: October 14
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: Sunny, 75 °F (24 °C)
• Game attendance: 89,750
• Referee: John Nealon
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter OSU – Jim Palmer 2-yard pass from Greg Frey (Pat O'Morrow kick), 8:47. Ohio St 7–0. Drive: 10 plays, 45 yards, 5:01. Second quarter IU – Anthony Thompson 9-yard run (Scott Bonnell kick), 11:04. Tie 7–7. Drive: 12 plays, 88 yards, 6:15. OSU – Scottie Graham 60-yard run (Pat O'Morrow kick), 9:21. Ohio St 14–7. Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:43. OSU – Carlos Snow 10-yard run (Pat O'Morrow kick), 5:15. Ohio St 21–7. Drive: 2 plays, 16 yards, 0:42. OSU – Jim Palmer 4-yard pass from Greg Frey (Pat O'Morrow kick), 3:45. Ohio St 28–7. Drive: 4 plays, 28 yards, 1:29. IU – Terry Saunders 2-yard pass from Dave Schnell (Scott Bonnell kick), 0:19. Ohio St 28–14. Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards, 3:26. Third quarter OSU – Scottie Graham 1-yard run (Pat O'Morrow kick), 10:00. Ohio St 35–14. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 5:00. IU – Anthony Thompson 2-yard run (Scott Bonnell kick), 4:17. Ohio St 35–21. Drive: 11 plays, 68 yards, 5:40. Fourth quarter IU – Anthony Thompson 6-yard run (run good), 3:25. Ohio St 35–29. Drive: 10 plays, 90 yards, 3:29. IU – Safety, Greg Frey ran out of end zone, 1:38. Ohio St 35–31. Top passers IU – Dave Schnell – 22/30, 247 yards, TD, 3 INT OSU – Greg Frey – 5/6, 37 yards, 2 TD Top rushers IU – Anthony Thompson – 34 rushes, 177 yards, 3 TD OSU – Carlos Snow – 27 rushes, 143 yards, TD Top receivers IU – Eddie Thomas – 7 receptions, 82 yards OSU – Bernard Edwards – 2 receptions, 21 yards

Minnesota

At Michigan

Michigan State

• Anthony Thompson scores his 60th career touchdown to set a then NCAA Division I-A record.

At Wisconsin

• The NCAA single-game rushing record of 357 yards, held by Rueben Mayes and Mike Pringle is broken as Anthony Thompson rushes for 377 yards in a 45–17 victory at Wisconsin. This stood as a Big Ten Conference record for 25 years until it was broken by Melvin Gordon (Wisconsin) in 2014.^[17] As of 2014^[update], it still stands as the school record.^[18] Thompson also scores four touchdowns on the day.

At Illinois

Purdue

See also: Old Oaken Bucket

Purdue Boilermakers (2–8) at Indiana Hoosiers (5–5)

Quarter	1	2	Total
Purdue	3	12	15
Indiana	11	3	14

at Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana

• Date: November 25, 1989
• Game attendance: 51,502
• ^[19]

Larry Sullivan kicked a 32-yard field goal with 2:51 left and Scott Bonnell missed a 26-yard field goal for Indiana with 1:29 remaining. ^[20] The loss knocked the Hoosiers out of playing in the Freedom Bowl while others speculated it may have also contributed to Anthony Thompson not winning the Heisman Trophy.^[21]

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Purdue	Passing	Eric Hunter	15/24, 184 Yds, TD
	Rushing	Tony Vinson	9 Rush, 28 Yds
	Receiving	Rod Dennis	4 Rec, 81 Yds
Indiana	Passing	Dave Schnell	11/21, 99 Yds
	Rushing	Anthony Thompson	28 Rush, 97 Yds
	Receiving	Anthony Thompson	4 Rec, 28 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP PUR IU 2 Indiana Dave Schnell 3-yard touchdown run, Scott Bonnell kick no good Indiana 26-yard field goal by Scott Bonnell Indiana Safety, Jeff Zgonina snapped ball out of end zone Purdue 24-yard field goal by Larry Sullivan 3 1:11 Indiana 27-yard field goal by Scott Bonnell 3 14 4 14:42 8 79 Purdue Calvin Williams 20-yard touchdown reception from Eric Hunter, 2-point pass failed 9 14 4 11:23 3 Purdue 29-yard field goal by Larry Sullivan 12 14 4 2:51 Purdue 32-yard field goal by Larry Sullivan 15 14 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 15 14

Personnel

1989 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Ian Beckles RB Woody Bryant OL Jack Francis RB Steve Goodrich RB Markell Granderson QB Trent Green RB Kevin Klee OL Jeff Marx RB Don Matejko WR Derrick Mays WR Scott McGowan RB Calvert Miller OL Todd Oberdorf WR Ray Potts TE Terry Saunders OL Randy Schneider QB 11 Dave Schnell WR Chris Swartz WR Eddie Thomas RB Anthony Thompson Sr RB Ernie Thompson OL Phil Trinter OL Ron Vargo RB Mike Waddell TE Todd Walker	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Dave Ane LB Gene Boyd DB Mike Dumas Jr LB Greg Farrall LB Mark Hagen DL Nolan Harrison DL Brian Hunnicut DL Jason Mack LB Troy Mason DL Larry McDaniel DB Mike Middleton DL John Miller DB Mark Newell LB Paul Williams DB Joe Ziegler	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Scott Bonnell P Macky Smith	Head coach Bill Mallory Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Awards and honors

• Anthony Thompson, Big Ten Player of the Year
• Anthony Thompson, Chicago Tribune Silver Football
• Anthony Thompson, Walter Camp Award
• Anthony Thompson, Maxwell Award

1990 NFL draftees

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Anthony Thompson	Running back	2	31	Arizona Cardinals
Ian Beckles	Guard	5	114	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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• Trent Green joined the NFL in 1997 with the Washington Redskins.^[23]