1989 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1989 Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

Northern Illinois Huskies football
1989 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Independent
1989 record	9–2
Head coach	Jerry Pettibone (5th season)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium; (Capacity: 30,998)

The 1989 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football, Division I-A. They were led by fifth year head coach Jerry Pettibone and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:30 PM	Cal State Fullerton*	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois		W 26–17	8,235
September 9	1:30 PM	at No. 4 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		L 17–48	76,194
September 23	1:10 PM	at Kansas State*	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas		W 37–20	20,256
September 30	6:30 PM	Western Illinois*	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois		W 34–27	22,365
October 7	1:00 PM	Southern Illinois*	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois	SCC	W 29–24	23,933
October 14	2:00 PM	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana		L 21–42	17,300
October 21	1:00 PM	UNLV*	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois		W 42–24	16,352
October 28	12:00 PM	at Temple	Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia		W 20–17	15,712
November 4	1:00 PM	Southwestern Louisiana	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois		W 23–20	5,604
November 11	1:00 PM	Toledo*	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois		W 39–27	5,971
November 18	12:30 PM	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati		W 56–3	4,610
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Northern Illinois Huskies football
Venues	Glidden Field (1903–1965) Huskie Stadium (1965–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Ball State (Bronze Stalk Trophy)
Culture & lore	"Huskie Fight Song" Huskie Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
National championship seasons in bold

1989 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Miami		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Notre Dame		–		12	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Florida State		–		10	–	2	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Penn State		–		8	–	3	–	1
No. 17 Pittsburgh		–		8	–	3	–	1
No. 21 West Virginia		–		8	–	3	–	1
Syracuse		–		8	–	4	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		7	–	4	–	0
Akron		–		6	–	4	–	1
South Carolina		–		6	–	4	–	1
Virginia Tech		–		6	–	4	–	1
Louisiana Tech		–		5	–	4	–	1
Army		–		6	–	5	–	0
Louisville		–		6	–	5	–	0
East Carolina		–		5	–	5	–	1
Tulsa		–		6	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss		–		5	–	6	–	0
Tulane		–		4	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		3	–	8	–	0
Rutgers		–		2	–	7	–	2
Boston College		–		2	–	9	–	0
Memphis		–		2	–	9	–	0
Cincinnati		–		1	–	9	–	1
Temple		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll