1989 UCF Knights football team

The 1989 UCF Knights football season was the eleventh for the team. It was Gene McDowell's fifth season as the head coach of the Knights. The season marked UCF's last in Division II, as the Knight would move to Division I-AA in 1990. The team posted an overall record of 7–3 in 1989 but failed to make the Division II Playoffs.[1]

1989 UCF Knights football
ConferenceIndependent
1989 record7–3
Head coachGene McDowell (5th season)
Home stadiumCitrus Bowl
1989 NCAA Division II independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. T–12 New Haven   –    8 –2 –0
UCF   –    7 –3 –0
Wofford   –    6 –5 –0
Michigan Tech   –    2 –7 –0
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

As a Division II team in 1989, UCF defeated three Division I-AA teams, including two nationally ranked schools. On October 28, UCF upset No. 9 Liberty (I-AA), and two weeks later on November 11,[2] defeated No. 4 Eastern Kentucky (I-AA).[3] Against Eastern Kentucky, quarterback Rudy Jones led a fourth quarter comeback, throwing two touchdown passes to lift the Knights to a 20–19 victory.

The team played their home games at the Citrus Bowl in Downtown Orlando. During the decade of the 1980s, the Knights compiled an overall record of 47–59–1 (.443)[4]

Schedule
The Citrus Bowl, the Knights home field
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 1Bethune–Cookman
L 15–2323,620
September 9Valdosta State
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 35–1418,046
September 16at Troy
L 6–208,000
September 23Newberry
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 30–38,316
September 30at North Alabama
W 17–165,500
October 7East Tennessee State
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 34–012,072
October 21at Georgia Southern
L 17–3119,640
October 28 No. 9 Liberty
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 33–3015,095
November 11 No. 4 Eastern Kentucky
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 20–1917,506
November 18Texas Southern
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 49–1214,082
  • Rankings from no poll released prior to the game

See also

References
  1. "UCF Develops Winning Ways: Part 4 of 8 – The History of UCF Football". University of Central Florida Athletics Association. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  2. Eastern Kentucky (8-1) At Ucf (5-3)
  3. 2006 UCF Knights Football Media Guide
  4. "2011 UCF Football Yearbook". University of Central Florida Athletics Association. Retrieved 2012-01-12.


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