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1989 Army

6–⁠5, coached by Jim Young.

Schedule and results

Army in 1989, game by game: lost at No. 11 Syracuse 7–10; won vs. Wake Forest 14–10; won vs. Harvard 56–28; lost at Duke 29–35; won vs. Holy Cross 45–9; won vs. Lafayette 34–20; won vs. Rutgers 35–14; lost at Air Force 3–29; lost vs. Boston College 17–24; won vs. Colgate 59–14; lost vs. Navy 17–19+45−26Lost 7–10 at No. 11 Syracuse-3No. 11 SyracuseWon 14–10 vs. Wake Forest+4Wake ForestWon 56–28 vs. Harvard+28HarvardLost 29–35 at Duke-6DukeWon 45–9 vs. Holy Cross+36Holy CrossWon 34–20 vs. Lafayette+14LafayetteWon 35–14 vs. Rutgers+21RutgersLost 3–29 at Air Force-26Air ForceLost 17–24 vs. Boston College-7Boston CollegeWon 59–14 vs. Colgate+45ColgateLost 17–19 vs. Navy-2Navy
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16at11SyracuseL 7–⁠1024%
Sep 23vsWake ForestW 14–⁠1067%
Sep 30vsHarvardW 56–⁠2881%
Oct 7atDukeL 29–⁠3550%
Oct 14vsHoly CrossW 45–⁠982%
Oct 21vsLafayetteW 34–⁠2085%
Oct 28vsRutgersW 35–⁠1471%
Nov 4atAir ForceL 3–⁠2942%
Nov 11vsBoston CollegeL 17–⁠2476%
Nov 18vsColgateW 59–⁠1482%
Dec 9vsNavyL 17–⁠1975%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Navy 19–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1989.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
316–⁠212
Coach
Jim Young
Elo
1492 −35 this season
SP+ rating
-10.0 No. 79 of 103; offense No. 97, defense No. 43
SRS
−5.3 No. 71 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Greg Gregory
Defensive coordinator
Bob Sutton
Captains
Ben Barnett, Jack Frey and Will Huff
Offense
Triple option
Defense
4–⁠3