1989 Texas Southern Tigers football team

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.

1989 Texas Southern Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record3–7–1 (3–3–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRobertson Stadium
1989 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Grambling State $^ 7 –0 –09 –3 –0
No. 17 Jackson State ^ 5 –2 –08 –4 –0
Alcorn State 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Southern 4 –3 –06 –4 –1
Texas Southern 3 –3 –13 –7 –1
Alabama State 2 –4 –15 –5 –1
Prairie View A&M 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
Mississippi Valley State 0 –7 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2Prairie View A&M
W 45–7[1]
September 9at No. 2 Texas A&I*
L 17–34[2]
September 16at Southern
W 21–14[3]
September 23Alabama State
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
T 16–16[4]
September 30at Sam Houston State*
L 20–28[5]
October 7Alcorn State
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 15–40[6]
October 14Southwest Texas State*
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 17–34[7]
October 21at Mississippi Valley State
W 22–0[8]
October 28at Grambling State
L 6–49[9]
November 4Jackson State
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 6–45[10]
November 18at UCF*
L 12–4914,082[11]

References
  1. "Texas Southern 45, Prairie View 7". The Clarion-Ledger. September 3, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Texas A&I topples Texas Southern". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. September 10, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "T-Southern tops Southern". Daily World. September 17, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Hornets tie Texas Southern 16–16". The Selma Times-Journal. September 24, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Sam Houston State 28, Texas Southern 20". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 1, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "McNair-Smalls combination boosts Alcorn over Texas Southern 40–15". The Clarion-Ledger. October 8, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "SWT romps by Texas Southern". Austin American-Statesman. October 15, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Texas Southern spoils Valley's homecoming with 22–0 victory". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 11, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Grambling hammers out victory". The Shreveport Times. October 29, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "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.
  11. "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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