1989 Stanford Cardinal football team

1989 Stanford Cardinal football
Conference	Pac-10 Conference
Record	3–8 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dennis Green (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Ron Turner (1st season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Fred von Appen (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium

1989 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 USC $	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 23 Washington	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Oregon	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 25 Arizona	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Arizona State	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	7	–	1
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
UCLA	2	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
California	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	Prime	L 3–19	48,712
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		L 16–20	30,223
September 23	1:00 p.m.	Oregon	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 18–17	35,000
September 30	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		L 33–40	58,000
October 7	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Notre Dame*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Legends Trophy)	WSJV	L 17–27	86,019
October 14	7:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN	L 13–31	24,617
October 21	1:00 p.m.	Utah*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 24–27	15,000
October 28	3:30 p.m.	at No. 10 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	Prime	L 0–19	67,411
November 4	1:00 p.m.	UCLA	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 17–14	45,000
November 11	6:00 p.m.	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		L 22–30	65,312
November 18	1:00 p.m.	California	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	Prime	W 24–14	86,019
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster

1989 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Darran Baird WR Walter Batson TE Turner Baur TE Cory Booker RB Todd Burton OL John Carpenter OL Chris Dalman RB Scott Eschelman QB 5 Brian Johnson Sr RB J.J. Lasley QB 17 John Lynch Fr WR 40 Ed McCaffrey Jr OL Rick Pallow QB 12 Jason Palumbis  So OL Andy Papathanassiou WR Jon Pinckney TE 89 Jim Price Sr QB 9 Steve Smith Fr RB Gary Taylor FB 44 Tommy Vardell  So WR 80 Chris Walsh So OT 70 Bob Whitfield So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 72 Lester Archambeau Sr DL Estevan Avila DB Herbie Berry DL Matt Borkowski DB Galen Foster LB Dave Garnett CB 21 Darrien Gordon Fr DB Alan Grant LB Chris Hawkins LB Bob Hinckley DB Jimmy Klein LB Bruce Lang LB Charles Lough DL Scott Palmbush DL Aaron Rembisz DB Albert Richardson DB Kevin Scott DB Tony Trousset LB Jono Tunney	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 94 John Hopkins Jr	Head coach Dennis Green Coordinators/assistant coaches 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 Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Notre Dame

See also: Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry

#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4–0) at Stanford Cardinal (1–3)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	0	14	7	6	27
Stanford	6	0	8	3	17

at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

• Date: October 7
• Game attendance: 86,019
• Recap/Box Score

Game information

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.