1989 Long Beach State

4–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Big West), coached by Larry Reisbig.

Schedule and results

Long Beach State in 1989, game by game: won vs. Cal State Northridge 28–9; lost at Hawai’i 10–63; won at Boise State 17–14; lost at Fresno State 0–52; lost at Pacific 25–26; won vs. New Mexico State 55–48; lost at San Diego State 26–30; lost vs. San José State 10–21; lost at Oregon 10–52; lost at UNLV 21–43; lost at Cal State Fullerton 13–31; won vs. Utah State 31–18+19−53Won 28–9 vs. Cal State Northridge+19Cal State North…Lost 10–63 at Hawai’i-53Hawai’iWon 17–14 at Boise State+3Boise StateLost 0–52 at Fresno State-52Fresno StateLost 25–26 at Pacific-1PacificWon 55–48 vs. New Mexico State+7New Mexico StateLost 26–30 at San Diego State-4San Diego StateLost 10–21 vs. San José State-11San José StateLost 10–52 at Oregon-42OregonLost 21–43 at UNLV-22UNLVLost 13–31 at Cal State Fullerton-18Cal State Fulle…Won 31–18 vs. Utah State+13Utah State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah State 31–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big West.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 29 on file).

Record
4–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big West
AP final
Unranked
Points
246–⁠407
Coach
Larry Reisbig
Elo
1334 −58 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−20.6 No. 100 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

1989 Big West standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Fresno State7–⁠011–⁠1
Cal State Fullerton5–⁠26–⁠4–⁠1
San José State5–⁠26–⁠5
Utah State4–⁠34–⁠7
UNLV3–⁠44–⁠7
Long Beach State2–⁠54–⁠8
Pacific2–⁠52–⁠10
New Mexico State0–⁠70–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.