1989 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 1989 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1989 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
OVC champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 3–45 at Georgia Southern
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	9–4 (6–0 OVC)
Head coach	Boots Donnelly (11th season)
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium

1989 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. T–10 Middle Tennessee $^	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Eastern Kentucky ^	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Murray State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Tennessee State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Tennessee Tech	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Austin Peay	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Morehead State	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Records adjusted for Morehead State forfeit of conference victories over Austin Peay and Tennessee Tech, and non-conference victories over Kentucky State and Samford Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	vs. Tennessee State	No. 18	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 36–7	29,500
September 9	at East Tennessee State*	No. 18	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 41–6	14,700
September 16	at Western Kentucky*	No. 18	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 16–31
September 21	at No. 3 Georgia Southern*		Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 0–26	16,449
September 30	Chattanooga*		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 24–7	3,500
October 7	at NC State*		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 14–35	41,200
October 14	at Morehead State		Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	W 34–3
October 21	Austin Peay		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 46–7
November 4	No. 1 Eastern Kentucky		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 24–19	10,000
November 11	No. 11 Murray State	No. 14	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 32–15
November 18	at Tennessee Tech	No. 12	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 24–3
November 25	No. 7 Appalachian State*	No. 10	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 24–21	5,000
December 2	at No. 1 Georgia Southern*	No. 10	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 3–45	11,272
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game