1989 Auburn Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1989 Auburn Tigers football Auburn Tigers logo.svg 125 Southeastern Conference SEC 10–2 6–1 6 6 Pat Dye 9th 4th Wayne Hall 4th Jordan–Hare Stadium SEC co-championHall of Fame Bowl champion Hall of Fame Bowl W Won 31–14 vs. Ohio State The 1989 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with a 10–2 record and won their third straight SEC title. On December 2, Alabama visited Auburn on their home campus for the first time in the history of the Iron Bowl. Auburn won, 30–20, went on to beat Ohio State in the Hall of Fame Bowl, and finished the season ranked #6 in both major polls.1989 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 11, 2023 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/auburn/1989-schedule.html Schedule 1989 AP September 9 w y 5 Pacific (CA) Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL 55–0 77,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-auburn-aces/135044356/ The Montgomery Advertiser Auburn 'aces' Pacific 55–0 September 10, 1989 November 11, 2023 Newspapers.comFar West The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California September 10, 1989 III-21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10420883/far_west_19890910/ Newspapers.com April 21, 2017 September 16 w y 5 Southern Miss Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL 24–3 83,465 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74552804/auburn-cruises-past-usm The Montgomery Advertiser Auburn cruises past USM September 17, 1989 March 28, 2021 Newspapers.com September 30 l y 4 Tennessee 12 Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN rivalry CBS 14–21 95,341 https://www.newspapers.com/article/ledger-enquirer-tennessee-thumps-auburn/135042969/ Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Tennessee thumps Auburn October 1, 1989 November 11, 2023 Newspapers.com October 7 w y 11 Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY 24–12 55,688 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-uk-gets-behind-can/135044558/ The Courier-Journal UK gets behind, can't catch benevolent Auburn October 8, 1989 November 11, 2023 Newspapers.com October 14 w 12 LSU Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL rivalry CBS 10–6 85,214 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-auburn-defense-stops/135044710/ The Palm Beach Post Auburn defense stops LSU 10–6 October 15, 1989 November 11, 2023 Newspapers.com October 21 l y y 11 Florida State 14 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL ESPN 14–22 62,711 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-sweet-repeat-for-nole/135044813/ The Tampa Tribune Sweet repeat for 'Noles October 22, 1989 November 11, 2023 Newspapers.com October 28 w 16 y Mississippi State Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL 14–0 84,105 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-bulldogs-fall-just/135044926/ The Commercial Appeal Bulldogs fall just short October 29, 1989 November 11, 2023 Newspapers.com November 4 w 12 Florida 19 Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL rivalry ESPN 10–7 85,214 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-auburn-derails-florida/135045025/ The Miami Herald Auburn derails Florida November 5, 1989 November 11, 2023 Newspapers.com November 11 w y 12 Louisiana Tech Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL 38–23 77,237 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81004895/auburn-decks-la-tech/ The Montgomery Advertiser Auburn decks La. Tech November 12, 1989 July 7, 2021 Newspapers.com November 18 w y 11 Georgia Sanford Stadium Athens, GA rivalry TBS 20–3 82,122 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-selma-times-journal-tigers-run-over/135045197/ The Selma Times-Journal Tigers run over 'Dawgs 20–3 November 19, 1989 November 11, 2023 Newspapers.com December 2 w 11 Alabama 2 Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL Iron Bowl CBS 30–20 85,319 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71574919/slack-plays-his-ace-card-auburn-decks/ The Montgomery Advertiser Slack plays his Ace card; Auburn decks Tide 30–20 December 3, 1989 February 20, 2021 Newspapers.com January 1 w y y 9 Ohio State 21 Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL Hall of Fame Bowl NBC 31–14 52,535 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-qb-slack-splits-osu/135045359/ The Cincinnati Post QB Slack splits OSU defense as Auburn lays claim to Fame January 2, 1990 November 11, 2023 Newspapers.com Personnel 1989 Auburn Tigers y Kelly Brooks RB 64 Anthony Brown T Teapot Brown RB Herbert Casey WR 28 Fr Pedro Cherry WR 32 Jr Stacy Danley RB y Stacy Danley (American football) 86 Fr Chris Gray Chris Gray (American football) TE y 87 Victor Hall TE 19 So Melvin Hines WR 66 John Hudson OL 10 Jr James Joseph RB y James Joseph (American football) 67 Ed King OL y Ed King (American football) 2 Junior Corey Lewis QB Frank McIntosh QB 70 So Bob Meeks OT y y 4 So Dale Overton WR Mark Rose OL 78 Rob Shelby T 17 Sr Reggie Slack QB y 21 So Alex Smith RB Alex Strong RB Horace Stroud RB 16 Greg Taylor WR 8 Shayne Wasden WR Darrell Williams RB 18 Sr Alexander Wright WR y Alexander Wright (American football) 12 So Corey Barlow DB Eltin Billingslea LB 56 So Darrel Crawford LB Fernando Horn DL Charles Kelly DB y Charles Kelly (American football) Craig Ogletree LB 27 Jr Eric Ramsey CB y Quentin Riggins LB 95 David Rocker DT 93 Richard Shea DL 29 So Alex Stankunas S Walter Tate DL 30 Jr Dennis Wallace S 9 Jr John Wiley S CB 72 Jon Wilson DT Win Lyle K 1 Richie Nell P 3 So Jim Von Wyl K Pat Dye Charles Kelly - Football https://auburntigers.com/sports/football/roster/charles-kelly/11134 2020-10-08 Auburn University Athletics en Rankings 1989 NCAA Division I-A football rankings Game summaries Pacific (CA) The season opener proved to be one of the most lopsided affairs Auburn had seen in years. On the first play from scrimmage, wide receiver Alexander Wright scored on a 78-yard screen play and the Tigers never looked back. They scored on 5 of their first 7 drives and held a 35–0 lead at halftime intermission. The defense held Pacific to 92 yards of total offense and 4 first downs. Alexander Wright caught 5 passes for 263 yards and 4 scores. His performance earned him National Offensive Player of the Week honors. Southern Miss Auburn ditched the air attack that worked to perfection against Pacific and relied on a more traditional downhill running game to wear down the Eagles. Implementing a two-back game plan, tailback James Joseph ran for 149 yards on 24 carries and counterpart Stacy Danley picked up 102 on 21 touches. The defense held Southern and their Heisman hopeful quarterback Brett Favre to 174 yards in a 24-3 victory. Lamar Rogers was named National Defensive Player of the Week for an effort that included 3 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, and a forced fumble. At Tennessee Pat Dye's defense surrendered over 350 yards on the ground, the most an Auburn defense had allowed in 13 years. 225 came from the legs of Volunteer running back Reggie Cobb, making him the first player to eclipse the 100-yard mark against the Tigers in three seasons. Despite the performance of the defensive front, Auburn still had a chance to tie late but Reggie Slack's fourth-down pass to Alexander Wright fell incomplete with 1:19 left. At Kentucky Quarterback Reggie Slack threw for 161 yards in the first half and tossed two 1st quarter touchdowns, a 24-yard strike to Greg Taylor and a 34-yard bomb to Pedro Cherry, to give Auburn a 14-0 lead. The scrappy Wildcats continued to put up a fight in the second half, narrowing the margin to 14-6 in the 3rd quarter and 21-12 in the 4th, but a late 40-yard field goal from the leg of Win Lyle was the clincher. LSU In a classic defensive slug fest, both offenses were held in check for most of the afternoon. The 1st half ended in a 3-3 stand still and the Bengal Tigers had managed to score a field goal on the opening drive of the third quarter. LSU held on to their 6-3 advantage well into the final 15 minutes of play. But the field position battle was titled when wide out Shane Wasden fielded a punt at the Auburn 30 and scampered up the sidelines to the LSU 37. Seven plays later, Stacy Danley bulldozed into the end zone from 1 yard out to take a 10-6 lead with 6:07 left in the game. From here, the Tiger defense stiffened and Danley was able to burn out the rest of the clock on the ensuing possession. At Florida State A 16-point second quarter doomed the visiting Tigers as Florida State was able to build a 22-3 lead going into the second half. The Seminoles were held off the scoreboard the rest of the night, but Auburn was only able to muster two scores and 265 yards as they fell 22-14 in Tallahassee. Mississippi State On his 22nd birthday, James Joseph gutted the Bulldog defense for 172 yards on a hefty 35 carries. Auburn played ball control for most of the afternoon, calling mostly running plays and only passing 14 times. Slack scored on a bootleg in the 3rd quarter and Joseph plunged in from 1-yard out to put it away in the 4th as the Tigers held on to a 14-0 homecoming win. Florida Auburn–Florida football rivalry Auburn Tigers 2; text-align:center collapsed #19 Florida Gators (6–1) at #12 Auburn Tigers (5–2) November 4 Florida 7 0 0 0 Auburn 0 0 3 7 Jordan–Hare Stadium, Auburn, Alabama 85,214 ESPN Gainesville Sun, 1989 Nov 05. Retrieved 2022-Oct-30. First quarter FLA – Emmitt Smith 5-yard run (John David Francis kick), 4:09. Florida 7–0. Second quarter No scoring Third quarter AUB – Win Lyle 47-yard field goal, 2:18. Florida 7–3. Fourth quarter AUB – Shayne Wasden 25-yard pass from Reggie Slack (Win Lyle kick), 0:26. Auburn 10–7. Top passers FLA – Donald Douglas – 1/5, 6 yards AUB – Reggie Slack – 12/19, 143 yards, TD Top rushers FLA – Emmitt Smith – 27 rushes, 86 yards, TD AUB – James Joseph – 26 rushes, 55 yards Top receivers FLA – Kirk Kirkpatrick – 1 reception, 6 yards AUB – James Joseph – 3 receptions, 47 yards Auburn defeated the Florida Gators 10–7 at Jordan–Hare Stadium in 1989. Auburn’s offense struggled for much of the game, while its defense limited Florida’s scoring opportunities and held leading rusher Emmitt Smith to 86 yards. Trailing 7–3 late in the fourth quarter, Auburn faced fourth-and-11 at the Florida 25-yard line with 26 seconds remaining. Quarterback Reggie Slack completed a touchdown pass to wide receiver Shane Wasden to give Auburn the lead. Linebacker Quentin Riggins recorded 23 tackles and was named National Defensive Player of the Week. Louisiana Tech Auburn benefited from a second quarter explosion that yielded 28 points in 2:29 minutes of play to trump vising Tech 38-23. With the score standing at 10-7, freshman sensation Darrell "Lectron" Williams darted through the Bulldog defense for 36 yards and a score to put the tally at 14-10. After forcing a three-n-out, Auburn scored on the second play of their next possession on a 37-yard pass from Slack to Wright to increase the margin to 21-10. Then after La Tech fumbled ensuing kickoff, Wright scored from 14 yards out on the next play on a reverse. Then after Tech regained possession, Craig Ogletree intercepted a Bulldog pass on the first play from scrimmage and Williams ran it in from 15 yards out on the following play. In less than three minutes, Auburn went from trailing 10-7 to leading 35-10. At Georgia Auburn played their most complete game of the season against Georgia, out gaining the Dogs 468-221 and dominating the time of possession. The Tigers mounted 17-0 first half lead and played keep away for the remaining 30 minutes. Lectron Williams ran for 128 yards on 26 carries as James Joseph was nursing an injury. Defensively, Craig Ogletree had one of the finest games of his career with 11 total tackles and 9 quarterback pressures and John Wiley earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors with two red zone interceptions. Alabama In what is known as the most emotional day in Auburn football history, Alabama was forced to play Auburn in Auburn for the first time ever. The Tide were 10-0, ranked #2, and eyeing a national championship match up with Miami. Auburn had something at stake as well - a third straight SEC title. In front of a national audience and roaring crowd of 86,000, the Tigers downed 'Bama by the count of 30-20. Stacy Danley had a huge afternoon with 170 yards on 28 carries and Lectron Williams had a monumental 12-yard touchdown scamper to put Auburn ahead 24-10 in the 4th quarter. The Tide managed somewhat of a comeback, cutting the lead to 27-20 late, but a 34-yard Lyle field goal with 30 seconds left iced the victory. Hall of Fame Bowl (vs Ohio State) Auburn Tigers 2; text-align:center collapsed Hall of Fame Bowl: #9 Auburn Tigers (9–2) vs. #21 Ohio State Buckeyes (8–3) January 1, 1990 Monday 1:00 p.m. EDT Ohio St 7 7 0 0 Auburn 3 7 7 14 Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida 52,535 Partly cloudy, 64 F C Bill McDonald NBC Don Criqui Box Score First quarter OSU – Carlos Snow 1-yard run (Pat O'Morrow kick), 6:50. Ohio St 7–0. Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, 1:40. AUB – Win Lyle 19-yard field goal, 2:14. Ohio St 7–3. Drive: 10 plays, 38 yards, 4:36. Second quarter OSU Brian Stablein 9-yard pass from Greg Frey (Pat O'Morrow kick), 13:36. Ohio St 14–3. Drive: 10 plays, 81 yards, 3:38. AUB – Greg Taylor 11-yard pass from Reggie Slack (Win Lyle kick), 0:11. Ohio St 14–10. Drive: 3 plays, 33 yards 0:37. Third quarter AUB – Greg Taylor 4-yard pass from Reggie Slack (Win Lyle kick), 9:50. Auburn 17–14. Drive: 9 plays, 49 yards, 3:58. Fourth quarter AUB – Reggie Slack 5-yard run (Win Lyle kick), 9:22. Auburn 24–14. Drive: 16 plays, 80 yards, 3:33. AUB – Herbert Casey 2-yard pass from Reggie Slack (Win Lyle kick), 7:20. Auburn 31–14. Drive: 3 plays, 32 yards, 0:57. Top passers OSU – Greg Frey – 16/31, 232 yards, TD, INT AUB – Reggie Slack – 16/22, 141 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT Top rushers OSU – Scottie Graham – 12 rushes, 53 yards AUB – Stacy Danley – 20 rushes, 85 yards Top receivers OSU – Jeff Graham – 5 receptions, 105 yards AUB – Alexander Wright – 4 receptions, 59 yards The Tigers responded to a 14-3 first half deficit to rout the Buckeyes in the Hall of Fame Bowl. Greg Taylor caught two touchdowns from Slack and Danley wore out the opposing defense as Auburn rode a 28-point unanswered run to close out a 31-14 victory and a 10-2 campaign. 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