The 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1989, and concluded with the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 16, 1989, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their third I-AA championship, defeating the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks by a score of 37−34.
Conference changes and new programs School 1988 Conference 1989 Conference Davidson Colonial (I-AA) D-III Independent Fordham Liberty (D-III) I-AA Independent Louisiana Tech I-AA Independent I-A Independent Samford D-III Independent I-AA Independent
Conference standings
Conference champions
Conference ChampionsBig Sky Conference – Idaho Colonial League – Holy Cross Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Southwest Missouri State Ivy League – Princeton and Yale Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Delaware State Ohio Valley Conference – Middle Tennessee State Southern Conference – Furman Southland Conference – Stephen F. Austin Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State Yankee Conference – Connecticut, Maine, and Villanova
Postseason The top four teams were seeded, and thus assured of home games in the opening round. 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.
NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
* Denotes host institution
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