1989 Texas Southern Tigers football team
| 1989 Texas Southern Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 3–7–1 (3–3–1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Robertson Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Grambling State $^ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Jackson State ^ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1989 Texas Southern Tigers football team represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Wally Highsmith, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 3–7–1, with a mark of 3–3–1 in conference play, and finished fifth in the SWAC.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | Prairie View A&M | W 45–7 | [1] | ||
| September 9 | at No. 2 Texas A&I* | L 17–34 | [2] | ||
| September 16 | at Southern | W 21–14 | [3] | ||
| September 23 | Alabama State |
| T 16–16 | [4] | |
| September 30 | at Sam Houston State* | L 20–28 | [5] | ||
| October 7 | Alcorn State |
| L 15–40 | [6] | |
| October 14 | Southwest Texas State* |
| L 17–34 | [7] | |
| October 21 | at Mississippi Valley State | W 22–0 | [8] | ||
| October 28 | at Grambling State | L 6–49 | [9] | ||
| November 4 | Jackson State |
| L 6–45 | [10] | |
| November 18 | at UCF* | L 12–49 | 14,082 | [11] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Texas Southern 45, Prairie View 7". The Clarion-Ledger. September 3, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas A&I topples Texas Southern". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. September 10, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "T-Southern tops Southern". Daily World. September 17, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hornets tie Texas Southern 16–16". The Selma Times-Journal. September 24, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sam Houston State 28, Texas Southern 20". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 1, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "McNair-Smalls combination boosts Alcorn over Texas Southern 40–15". The Clarion-Ledger. October 8, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SWT romps by Texas Southern". Austin American-Statesman. October 15, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Southern spoils Valley's homecoming with 22–0 victory". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 11, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grambling hammers out victory". The Shreveport Times. October 29, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "J-State plays old-fashioned way, spoils the day for Texas Southern". The Clarion-Ledger. November 5, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "It's curtains for Tigers as Knights bow out of NCAA II". The Orlando Sentinel. November 19, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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