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1989 Colorado State Rams football
1989 Colorado State Rams football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	5–5–1 (4–3 WAC)
Head coach	Earle Bruce (1st season);
Defensive coordinator	Steve Szabo (1st season)
Home stadium	Hughes Stadium
	Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 22 BYU $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Air Force	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
Hawaii	5	–	2	–	1	9	–	3	–	1
Wyoming	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
San Diego State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	1
Colorado State	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Utah	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	10	–	0
New Mexico	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Earle Bruce, the Rams compiled a 5–5–1 record.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	L 14–17	93,652	^[3]
September 9	at No. 9 Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	L 20–45	44,921
September 16	Cal State Fullerton*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	W 42–14	20,098
September 23	Eastern Michigan*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	T 35–35	22,149
September 30	No. 24 Air Force	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)	L 21–46	30,955
October 7	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 34–20	18,345
October 14	No. 25 BYU	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 16–45	21,198
October 21	Hawaii	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	W 31–16	29,774
October 28	at Utah	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 50–10	20,389
November 4	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY (rivalry)	L 25–56	20,412
November 11	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 52–0	28,977
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

1989 Colorado State Rams football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`27`	Greg Primus	Fr
QB	`13`	Kevin Verduge	So
WR	`5`	Sean Willis	Sr
FB	`41`	Todd Yert	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`2`	Selwyn Jones	So
LB	`89`	Eric Tipeconnic	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "1989 Colorado State Rams Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ "2020 Colorado State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colorado State University. 2020. p. 189. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ "Tennessee Vols hold off stubborn Colorado State". The Times and Democrat. September 3, 1989. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.