1989 Stanford Cardinal football team

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.^[1]

1989 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	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

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

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

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

Game information

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.

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.

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.

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.

Steve Smith set the Pac-10 single game record for pass attempts.

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