1989 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

College football game the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game the Division I-A (now FBS) champions 1989 Miami Hurricanes football team August 2023 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship I-AA National Championship Game 1989 NCAA Division I-AA 1989 December 16 Stephen F. Austin State University Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 12–1–1 Southland Lynn Graves 3 3 7 10 10 7 Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern Eagles 14–0 Independent Erk Russell 1 1 14 6 0 17 Paulson Stadium Statesboro, Georgia Wally Righton 25,725 ESPN Barry Tompkins (play-by-play), Stan White (color)https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30832931/iaa_championship_notebook/ I-AA championship notebook John Inman Longview News-Journal Longview, Texas 5-B December 15, 1989 April 21, 2019 newspapers.com 1988 1990 The 1989 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks. The game was played on December 16, 1989, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The culminating game of the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Georgia Southern, 37–34.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-17-sp-1730-story.html Georgia Southern Gets Its Kicks for I-AA Title AP Los Angeles Times December 17, 1989 April 21, 2019 Teams The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1989 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30833081/primed_for_the_playoffs/ Primed for the playoffs Willie T. Smith III The Greenville News Greenville, South Carolina 1D November 20, 1989 April 21, 2019 newspapers.com The location of the final, the Georgia Southern Eagles' Paulson Stadium, had been predetermined via a three-year agreement the university reached with the NCAA in February 1989.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30810481/georgia_southern_to_host_ncaa_title/ Georgia Southern to host NCAA title AP Rocky Mount Telegram Rocky Mount, North Carolina 11 February 24, 1989 April 21, 2019 newspapers.com Georgia Southern Eagles 1989 Georgia Southern Eagles football team Georgia Southern finished their regular season with an 11–0 record.http://cfbinfo.com/team/georgia-southern-eagles/1989 Georgia Southern Eagles 1989 Schedule cfbinfo.com April 21, 2019 December 20, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241220142006/http://cfbinfo.com/team/georgia-southern-eagles/1989 dead Ranked first in the final NCAA I-AA in-house pollhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/30833406/ncaa_division_iaa_final_poll/ NCAA Division I-AA final poll The Times and Democrat Orangeburg, South Carolina 1A November 20, 1989 April 21, 2019 newspapers.com and seeded first in the tournament, the Eagles defeated Villanova, Middle Tennessee State, and Montana to reach the final. This was the fourth appearance for Georgia Southern in a Division I-AA championship game, having two prior wins (1985 and 1986) and one prior loss (1988). Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 1989 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team Stephen F. Austin finished their regular season with a 9–1–1 record (5–0–1 in conference); their only loss was an away game against Boise State.http://cfbinfo.com/team/stephen-f-austin-lumberjacks/1989 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 1989 Schedule cfbinfo.com April 21, 2019 July 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Ranked third in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll and seeded third in the tournament, the Lumberjacks defeated Grambling State, Southwest Missouri State, and second-seed Furman to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Stephen F. Austin in a Division I-AA championship game. Game summary Scoring summary SFA GSC 1 10:41 GSC 6 66 2:42 RushTD Raymond Gross 34 good Mike Dowis 0 7 1 7:58 GSC 6 45 2:20 Other Gross fumble into end zone recovered by Terrance Sorrell for a touchdown, Dowis kick good 3 good Dowis 0 14 1 0:19 SFA 6 20 2:51 RushTD Todd Hammel 1 good Chuck Rawlinson 7 14 2 8:50 SFA 8 83 2:56 RecTD Larry Centers Hammel 12 good Rawlinson 14 14 2 4:27 GSC 8 52 4:23 FG 30 Dowis 14 17 2 0:21 GSC 6 7 2:38 FG 37 Dowis 14 20 2 0:00 SFA 1 29 0:21 FG 53 Rawlinson 17 20 3 11:19 SFA 5 11 2:06 FG 53 Rawlinson 20 20 3 5:27 SFA 11 79 4:34 RecTD Joe Bradford Hammel 7 good Rawlinson 27 20 4 14:57 GSC 16 86 5:30 RushTD Joe Ross 2 good Dowis 27 27 4 12:32 SFA 5 67 2:25 RecTD Centers Hammel 46 good Rawlinson 34 27 4 5:58 GSC 6 51 1::32 RushTD Ernest Thompson 1 good Dowis 34 34 4 1:41 GSC 9 27 3:17 FG 20 Dowis 34 37 34 37 Game statistics Lumberjacks 7 10 10 7 Eagles 14 6 0 17 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks SFA Georgia Southern Eagles GSC 18 73–377 32–74 303 15–41–5 26:50 21 81–387 66–274 113 7–15–0 33:10 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Stephen F. Austin Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern Todd Hammel 15–40, 303 yds, 3 TD, 5 INT Larry Centers 22 car, 63 yds Joe Bradford 4 rec, 102 yds, 1 TD Raymond Gross 7–15, 113 yds Joe Ross 31 car, 152 yds, 1 TD Karl Miller 2 rec, 53 yds https://s3.amazonaws.com/gatadb/gamereports/1989/19891216_stephen_f_austin_complete.pdf NCAA Official Scoring Summary December 16, 1989 April 21, 2019 Amazon Web Services References Further reading https://gseagles.com/news/2014/8/6/GEN_0806142014.aspx National Championship Rewind: 1989 gseagles.com August 7, 2014 April 21, 2019 External links 1989 I-AA National Championship - Stephen F. Austin vs Georgia Southern via YouTube Championship Game Category:NCAA Division I Football Championship Games Category:Georgia Southern Eagles football games Category:Stephen F. 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