1989 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1989 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1989 record	6–5 (4–3 Big Eight)
Head coach	Jim Walden (3rd season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium (Capacity: 48,000)
Seasons

1989 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 Colorado †	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#11 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Cyclone Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They participated as members of the Big Eight Conference. The team was coached by head coach Jim Walden. This was also the first time Iowa State played against Minnesota in 65 years. On October 6, 1923, Jack Trice, an Iowa State athlete and one of the first college football players to be African-American, died after suffering injuries in a Minnesota game. There was speculation that the injuries caused by the Minnesota players were intentional. Because of this, Iowa State did not renew their contract to play with Minnesota until the 1989 season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	7:00 PM	Ohio*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa		W 28–3	41,614
September 16	12:00 PM	Minnesota*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa		L 20–30	45,410
September 23	12:00 PM	Iowa*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	ABC	L 21–31	54,458
September 30	7:00 PM	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans		W 25–24	20,156
October 7	1:00 PM	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 24–20	31,500
October 14	12:00 PM	No. 3 Colorado	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa		L 17–52	41,515
October 21	1:00 PM	No. 25 Oklahoma	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa		L 40–43	40,812
October 28	1:30 PM	at No. 4 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska		L 17–49	76,371
November 4	1:00 PM	Kansas State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa		W 36–11	40,332
November 11	1:30 PM	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		W 35–21	36,538
November 18	1:30 PM	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 31–21	33,200
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time