1989 Northern Iowa Panthers football
ConferenceGateway Football Conference
Record8–3 (4–1 Gateway)
Head coach
Home stadiumUNI-Dome
1989 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Southwest Missouri State $^ 5 1 010 3 0
No. 15 Eastern Illinois ^ 4 2 09 4 0
No. 20 Northern Iowa 4 2 08 3 0
Illinois State 4 2 05 6 0
Indiana State 2 4 04 7 0
Western Illinois 1 5 04 7 0
Southern Illinois 1 5 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1989 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Panthers offense scored 302 points while the defense allowed 211 points.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2Mankato StateL 14–22
September 16at Kansas State*W 10–8
September 23Fort Hays State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 43–15
September 30at No. T–5 Southwest Missouri StateL 22–37
October 7at Western IllinoisW 21–10
October 14at Indiana StateW 24–21
October 21Ferris State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 39–3
October 28at No. 13 Eastern IllinoisW 31–28
November 4at Illinois StateNo. 17L 13–32
November 11Southern Illinois
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 38–147,827[1]
November 18Eastern Washington
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 47–21

Roster

1989 Northern Iowa Panthers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 13 Kurt Warner Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 12 Willie Beamon Fr
DE 96 James Jones Jr
DB 9 Chris Klieman Jr
LB 55 Bryce Paup Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Bryce PaupLinebacker6159Green Bay Packers

[2]

  • Redshirted quarterback Kurt Warner would go on to an NFL career in which he played for the St. Louis Rams, New York Giants, and Arizona Cardinals.[3]

References

  1. "Matt Brinkman leads UNI past Salukis". Globe Gazette. Associated Press. November 12, 1989. p. D30. Retrieved January 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1990 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 20, 2007.
  3. "Kurt Warner Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
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