1989 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1989 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Don Morton in his third and final season as head coach, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing ninth in the Big Ten. Wisconsin played home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

1989 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	2–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Don Morton (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Pat Simmers (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Veer
Defensive coordinator	Mike Daly (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4
MVP	Tim Knoeck
Captains	Dan Kissling Tim Knoeck
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium
Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Illinois	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Michigan State	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 24 Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Iowa	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 9	No. 3 Miami (FL)*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 3–51	38,646
September 16	Toledo*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 23–10	37,162
September 23	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 14–20	36,000
October 7	at No. 5 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–24	104,097
October 14	Iowa	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 24–31	62,402
October 21	Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 35–31	44,978
October 28	at No. 8 Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 9–32	64,856
November 4	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 22–24	39,325
November 11	Indiana	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 17–45	37,442
November 18	at No. 22 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 22–42	89,626
November 25	No. 25 Michigan State	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 3–31	29,776
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Miami (FL)

#3 Miami (FL) at Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total • Hurricanes 13 21 10 7 51 Badgers 3 0 0 0 3 Date: September 9 Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin Game attendance: 38,646 TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Bob Griese, Mike Adamle

Scoring summary 1 WIS Thompson 38-yard field goal WIS 3–0 1 MIA Huerta 28-yard field goal Tied 3–3 1 MIA Huerta 43-yard field goal MIA 6–3 1 MIA Conley 1-yard run (Huerta kick) MIA 13–3 2 MIA Carroll 15-yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick) MIA 20–3 2 MIA Carroll 10-yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick) MIA 27–3 2 MIA Hill 3-yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick) MIA 34–3 3 MIA Huerta 24-yard field goal MIA 37–3 3 MIA Aaron 3-yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick) MIA 44–3 4 7:57 MIA Kevin Gibbs 6-yard run (Huerta kick) MIA 51–3

See also: 1989 Miami Hurricanes football team

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Toledo

At California

Michigan

Iowa

See also: 1989 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry

Northwestern

At Illinois

At Minnesota

See also: Paul Bunyan's Axe

Quarter	1	2	Total
Wisconsin	7	15	22
Minnesota	10	14	24

Wisconsin Badgers (2–5) at Minnesota Golden Gophers (4–3)

• Date: November 4, 1989
• Game time: 2:30 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: Indoors (dome)
• Game attendance: 39,325
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Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Wisconsin	Passing
	Rushing	Robert Williams	21 Rush, 129 Yds, TD
	Receiving
Minnesota	Passing
	Rushing	Darrell Thompson	32 Rush, 143 Yds, TD
	Receiving

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP WISC MINN 1 10:20 11 86 Minnesota Darrell Thompson 1-yard touchdown run, Brent Berglund kick good 0 7 2 0:38 Wisconsin Lionell Crawford 2-yard touchdown run, kick good 7 7 2 0:00 Minnesota 39-yard field goal by Bert Berglund 7 10 Wisconsin Touchdown 14 10 Minnesota Chris Gaiters 17-yard touchdown reception from Scott Schaffner, Bert Berglund kick good 14 17 Minnesota Interception returned 73 yards for touchdown by Ron Goetz, Bert Berglund kick good 14 24 80 Wisconsin Robert Williams 6-yard touchdown run, 2-point run good 22 24 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 22 24

Indiana

The Badgers allowed Indiana running back Anthony Thompson to rush for 377 yards in a game on November 11.^[3] This broke the NCAA Division I-A record and stood as a Big Ten Conference single-game rushing record for 25 years until it was broken by Melvin Gordon in 2014.^[4] The 377 yards still stands as an Indiana Hoosiers football school record.

At Ohio State

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	3	10	3	6	22
Ohio St	7	21	14	0	42

Game information

First quarter WIS – Rich Thompson 40-yard field goal, 12:06. Wisconsin 3–0. Drive: 7 plays, 16 yards, 2:45. OSU – Dante Lee 1-yard run (Pat O'Morrow kick), 5:00. Ohio St 7–3. Drive: 15 plays, 66 yards, 7:01. Second quarter WIS – Rich Thompson 36-yard field goal, 10:35. Ohio St 7–6. Drive: 12 plays, 66 yards, 6:04. WIS – Troy Vincent 71-yard punt return (Rich Thompson kick), 8:35. Wisconsin 13–7. OSU – Jim Palmer 9-yard pass from Greg Frey (Pat O'Morrow kick), 6:25. Ohio St 14–13. Drive: 6 plays, 66 yards, 2:05. OSU – Dante Lee 18-yard run (Pat O'Morrow kick), 1:24. Ohio St 21–13. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:00. OSU – David Brown 43-yard interception return (Pat O'Morrow kick), 1:07. Ohio St 28–13. Third quarter OSU – Scottie Graham 16-yard run (Pat O'Morrow kick), 12:13. Ohio St 35–13. Drive: 6 plays, 61 yards, 2:38. WIS – Rich Thompson 35-yard field goal, 9:34. Ohio St 35–18. Drive: 7 plays, 46 yards, 2:33. OSU – Scottie Graham 1-yard run (Pat O'Morrow kick), 3:10. Ohio St 42–18. Drive: 12 plays, 62 yards, 6:16. Fourth quarter WIS – Craig Hudson 5-yard run (run failed), 8:26. Ohio St 42–24. Drive: 8 plays, 30 yards, 3:54. Top passers WIS – Lionell Crawford – 0/8, 0 yards, INT OSU – Greg Frey – 10/15, 151 yards, TD Top rushers WIS – Lionell Crawford – 16 rushes, 104 yards OSU – Scottie Graham – 23 rushes, 152 yards, 2 TD Top receivers WIS – None OSU – Bobby Olive – 3 receptions, 44 yards

Wisconsin Badgers (2–7) at #22 Ohio State Buckeyes (7–2)

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

• Date: November 10
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: Partly cloudy, 28 °F (−2 °C)
• Game attendance: 89,626
• Referee: Jim Kemmerling
• Box Score

Michigan State

Personnel

1989 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 55 Jim Basten  Jr G 75 Chuck Belin  Fr QB, P 20 Brad Brekke Jr WR 19 Aaron Brown Fr WR 85 Tom Browne, Jr  So RB 2 Tywin Claypool So QB 13 Lionell Crawford So RB 4 Damone Freeman So C 52 Rick Godfrey  So RB 16 Jimmy Henderson  Fr TE 81 Craig Hudson Sr RB 32 Leon Hunt Sr TE 19 Tim Kowalski Sr G 77 Joe Magazzeni  Sr G 76 Jeff Miller Jr TE 89 Kerry Miller Jr WR 29 Fred Owens Jr OT 78 Brady Pierce  Jr G 56 Nick Polczinski  Jr OT 50 David Rapps Jr WR 23 Tony Spaeth  Fr WR 43 Mike Tams Jr WR 15 Tim Ware Fr WR 28 Tyrone Washington  Jr RB 3 Robert Williams So QB 12 Sean Wilson  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class NG 74 John Banaszak Sr DE 94 Dan Batsch  Jr LB 57 Gary Casper  Fr DE 91 Don Davey  Jr CB 7 Eddie Fletcher, Jr  So DB 26 Chris Hiltgen Sr LB 58 Malvin Hunter Jr DT 65 Leon Johnson  Sr LB 44 Dan Kissling (C) Sr LB 93 Tim Knoeck (C) Sr DT 98 Todd Kowalkowski Jr LB 42 Brendan Lynch  So S 6 Tyrone Mahone Jr LB 55 Curt Maternowski So DB 33 Philip McConnell Sr NG 90 Pat McGettigan  Fr S 27 Scott Nelson Fr LB 46 Robert Newell  Jr LB 48 Aaron Norvell  Fr LB 25 Rafael Robinson  So LB 36 Duer Sharp So S 39 Todd Strop Jr S 27 Greg Thomas  Jr CB 22 Troy Vincent So CB 21 LaMarr White  Jr LB 8 John L Williams  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class QB, P 20 Brad Brekke Jr K 9 Robb Mehring Jr K 18 Rich Thompson  Fr	Head coach Don Morton Coordinators/assistant coaches Pat Simmers – Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Mike Daly – Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs Bob Babich – Offensive Line Jacob Burney – Defensive Line L. C. Cole – Outside Linebackers Phil Engle – Inside Linebackers Jimmy Gonzales – Defensive Line Mark Mauer – Tight Ends/Wide Receivers Scott Seeliger – Quarterbacks/Running Backs Ken Ellett – Director of Football Operations/Recruiting Coordinator Mario Russo – Administrative Assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

1990 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Craig Hudson	Tight End	10	263	Kansas City Chiefs

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References

1. "Miami Overwhelms Wisconsin by 51-3". The New York Times. September 10, 1989. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
2. "Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 22". UPI. November 4, 1989. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
3. Woods, David (November 16, 2014). "Tevin Coleman's 307 rushing yards can't save IU in loss". IndyStar. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
4. Potrykus, Jeff (November 15, 2014). "Melvin Gordon breaks FBS single-game rushing record with 408 yards". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
5. "1990 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2007.