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1989 Syracuse

8–⁠4, coached by Dick MacPherson.

Schedule and results

Syracuse in 1989, game by game: won at Temple 43–3; won vs. Army 10–7; lost at No. 13 Pittsburgh 23–30; lost vs. No. 22 Florida State 10–41; lost vs. No. 23 Penn State 12–34; won at Rutgers 49–28; won vs. East Carolina 18–16; won vs. Boston College 23–11; won at Navy 38–17; lost vs. No. 17 West Virginia 17–24; won vs. Louisville 24–13; won vs. Georgia 19–18+40−31Won 43–3 at Temple+40TempleWon 10–7 vs. Army+3ArmyLost 23–30 at No. 13 Pittsburgh-7No. 13 PittsburghLost 10–41 vs. No. 22 Florida State-31No. 22 Florida StateLost 12–34 vs. No. 23 Penn State-22No. 23 Penn StateWon 49–28 at Rutgers+21RutgersWon 18–16 vs. East Carolina+2East CarolinaWon 23–11 vs. Boston College+12Boston CollegeWon 38–17 at Navy+21NavyLost 17–24 vs. No. 17 West Virginia-7No. 17 West VirginiaWon 24–13 vs. Louisville+11LouisvilleWon 19–18 vs. Georgia+1Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atTempleW 43–⁠373%
Sep 16vsArmyW 10–⁠776%
Sep 23at13PittsburghL 23–⁠3056%
Oct 7vs22Florida StateL 10–⁠4154%
Oct 14vs23Penn StateL 12–⁠3462%
Oct 21atRutgersW 49–⁠2858%
Oct 28vsEast CarolinaW 18–⁠1672%
Nov 4vsBoston CollegeW 23–⁠1182%
Nov 11atNavyW 38–⁠1778%
Nov 23vs17West VirginiaL 17–⁠2452%
Dec 4vsLouisvilleW 24–⁠1359%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsGeorgiaPeach BowlW 19–⁠1856%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia 19–⁠18 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 14
  3. Wk 3: 11
  4. Wk 4: 10
  5. Wk 5: 18
  6. Wk 6: 17

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
8–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 4th in the Major eastern college football independents (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
286–⁠242
Coach
Dick MacPherson
Elo
1634 −22 this season
SP+ rating
6.1 No. 43 of 103; offense No. 53, defense No. 32
SRS
3.7 No. 44 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George DeLeone
Captains
Blake Bednarz, Dan Bucey, Rob Burnett, Michael Owens and Terry Wooden

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 2Terry Wooden LBSeattle Seahawks
Rd 5Rob Burnett DECleveland Browns
Rd 7Fred DeRiggi DTBuffalo Bills