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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 StadiuminBloomington, Indiana.

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[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	1:30 pm	atKentucky*	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
September 30	2:00 pm	Toledo*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 32–12	43,501
October 7	2:00 pm	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 43–11	47,845
October 14	1:30 pm	atOhio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 31–35	89,750
October 21	2:00 pm	Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 28–18	51,069
October 28	12:00 pm	at No. 5Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	L 10–38	105,989
November 4	12:30 pm	Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	ESPN	L 20–51	51,567
November 11	2:00 pm	atWisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 45–17	37,442
November 18	3:30 pm	at No. 12Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	ABC	L 28–41	53,368
November 25	2:00 pm	Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		L 14–15	51,502
*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[edit]

At Kentucky[edit]

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Missouri[edit]

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Toledo[edit]

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Northwestern[edit]

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At Ohio State[edit]

atOhio 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

Minnesota[edit]

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At Michigan[edit]

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Michigan State[edit]

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

At Wisconsin[edit]

• 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.^[7] As of 2014^[update], it still stands as the school record.^[8] Thompson also scores four touchdowns on the day.

At Illinois[edit]

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Purdue[edit]

atMemorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana

• Date: November 25, 1989
• Game attendance: 51,502
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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. ^[10] 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.^[11]

Personnel[edit]

Awards and honors[edit]

• 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[edit]

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• Trent Green joined the NFL in 1997 with the Washington Redskins.^[13]

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