The 1989 Big Ten Conference football season was the 94th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Regular season With an 8-0 conference record, No. 7 Michigan won their second straight Big Ten title and a trip to Pasadena, where they would lose to USC 17-10. No. 10 Illinois finished second at 7-1, their lone conference loss coming to the Wolverines. The Fighting Illini would defeat Virginia in the Citrus Bowl, 31-21
No. 16 Michigan State and No. 24 Ohio State tied for third with 6-2 conference marks, and both went 8-4 overall as well. Minnesota came in fifth at 4-4 (6-5 overall).
Indiana and Iowa tied for sixth place at 3-5 in Big Ten play, both also going 5-6 overall.
Purdue took eighth at 2-6 (3-8 overall), Wisconsin ninth at 1-7 (2-9 overall), and Northwestern came in last at 0-8 (0-11 overall).
Bowl games
Four Big Ten teams played in bowl games, with the conference going 2-2 overall:
Rose Bowl: No. 12 USC 17, No. 3 Michigan 10 Hall of Fame Bowl: No. 9 Auburn 31, No. 21 Ohio State 14 Florida Citrus Bowl: No. 11 Illinois 31, No. 15 Virginia 21 Aloha Bowl: No. 22 Michigan State 33, No. 25 Hawaii 13
1990 NFL draft
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