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1989 Stanford Cardinal football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1989
team	Stanford Cardinal
sport	football
conference	Pacific-10 Conference
short_conf	Pac-10
record	3–8
conf_record	3–5
head_coach	Dennis Green
hc_year	1st
off_coach	Ron Turner
oc_year	1st
off_scheme	West Coast
def_coach	Fred von Appen
dc_year	2nd
def_scheme	4–3
stadium	Stanford Stadium

The 1989 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by first-year coach Dennis Green, previously an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers and hired to replace Jack Elway, who was fired the previous year.

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Arizona

At Oregon State

Oregon

San Jose State

Notre Dame

;First quarter

STAN – John Hopkins 34-yard field goal, 5:14. ''Stanford 3–0. '''Drive: 14 plays.'''''
STAN – John Hopkins 42-yard field goal, 2:40. Stanford 6–0. ;Second quarter
ND – Anthony Johnson 7-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 12:24. ''Notre Dame 7–6. '''Drive: 4 plays, 64 yards.'''''
ND – Rodney Culver 2-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 1:15. ''Notre Dame 14–6. '''Drive: 9 plays.''''' ;Third quarter
STAN – Ed McCaffrey 2-yard pass from Smith (run good), ''Tie 14–14. '''Drive: 79 yards.'''''
ND – Anthony Johnson 1-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 7:28. Notre Dame 21–14. ;Fourth quarter
ND – Craig Hentrich 20-yard field goal, 12:42. Notre Dame 24–14.
STAN – John Hopkins 27-yard field goal, 8:14. ''Notre Dame 24–17. '''Drive: 12 plays, 70 yards.'''''
ND – Craig Hentrich 18-yard field goal, 1:27. Notre Dame 27–17. ;Top passers
ND – Tony Rice – 7/17, 102 yards
STAN – Steve Smith – 39/68, 282 yards, TD, 3 int ;Top rushers
ND – Anthony Johnson – 15 rushes, 75 yards, 2 TD
STAN – Tommy Vardell – 9 rushes, 22 yards ;Top receivers
ND – Raghib Ismail – 3 receptions, 67 yards
STAN – Jim Price – 14 receptions, 98 yards

Steve Smith set the Pac-10 single game record for pass attempts.

At Washington State

Utah

At USC

UCLA

At Arizona State

California

Roster

Ron Turner – Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks
Tyrone Willingham – Running backs
Brian Billick – Wide receivers and tight ends
Chris Foerster – Assistant offensive line coach
Fred von Appen – Defensive coordinator and defensive line
Mike Tolleson – Inside linebackers
Dick Mannini – Inside linebackers
Dave Tipton – Outside linebackers
Willie Shaw – Secondary

References

Cart, Julie. (January 4, 1989). "Dennis Green Takes Stanford Job : 49er Assistant Is Pac-10's First Black Head Football Coach". Los Angeles Times.
(September 3, 1989). "Green era begins with thud: Arizona rolls past Stanford". The Sacramento Bee.
(September 10, 1989). "Beavers 'd'-feat Stanford 20–16". Omaha World-Herald.
(September 24, 1989). "Stanford's great finish earns a win". The Sacramento Bee.
(October 1, 1989). "Spartans flag down Stanford". The Sunday Oregonian.
(October 8, 1989). "Irish survive; Ismail's return helps Notre Dame get passed Stanford". The Muncie Star.
(October 15, 1989). "Cougs cruise behind Bruiser". The Spokesman-Review.
(October 22, 1989). "Only 15,000 see Utah tip Cardinal". Oakland Tribune.
(October 29, 1989). "Trojans clumsy, but Stanford worse". The Houston Post.
(November 5, 1989). "UCLA's bowl hopes vanish with 17–14 loss to Stanford". Blade-Citizen.
(November 12, 1989). "ASU good and ugly in beating Stanford". The Arizona Republic.
(November 19, 1989). "Cardinal sees red in Big win". The Modesto Bee.
"1989 Stanford Cardinal Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.

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