1989 Football Team
| Overall Record: 10-2 | Conference Record: 8-0 |
| Conference Finish: 1st place | |
| National Ranking: AP - No. 7, UPI - No. 8 | |
| Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler | |
| Captain: J.J. Grant, Derrick Walker | |
| All-Americans: Tripp Welborne | |
| All-Conference: Tony Boles, J.D. Carlson, Dean Dingman, Derrick Walker, Tripp Welborne | |
| Most Valuable Player: Tony Boles | |
| Meyer Morton Award: Chris Calloway | |
| John Maulbetsch Award: Steve Everitt | |
| Frederick Matthaei Award: Dean Dingman | |
| Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award: Tim Williams | |
| Dick Katcher Award: Mike Teeter | |
| Hugh Rader Jr. Award: Derrick Walker | |
| Robert P. Ufer Award: Chris Calloway | |
| Trainer: Russ Miller | |
| Assistant coaches: Tirrel Burton, Cam Cameron, Lloyd Carr, Jerry Hanlon, Bill Harris, Jim Herrmann, Les Miles, Gary Moeller, Bobby Morrison, Tom Reed | |
| Managers: senior manger Jeff Tack, Chris Carr, Scott Hanel, Mark Jacobson, Tom Lewand, John Myers, Dave Schueler, Chris Smith, Jim Sullivan, | |
| Opponent | Rank | Date | Site | Result | Attend. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame | 2/1 | 09/16 | H | L | 19-24 | 105,912 |
| UCLA | 5/24 | 09/23 | A | W | 24-23 | 71,797 |
| Maryland | 6/- | 09/30 | H | W | 41-21 | 104,872 |
| Wisconsin | 5/- | 10/07 | H | W | 24-0 | 104,097 |
| Michigan State | 5/21 | 10/14 | A | W | 10-7 | 76,913 |
| Iowa | 5/- | 10/21 | A | W | 26-12 | 67,700 |
| Indiana (HC) | /- | 10/28 | H | W | 38-10 | 105,989 |
| Purdue | 4/- | 11/04 | H | W | 42-27 | 105,128 |
| Illinois | 3/8 | 11/11 | A | W | 24-10 | 73,069 |
| Minnesota | 3/- | 11/18 | A | W | 49-15 | 35,103 |
| Ohio State | 3/20 | 11/255 | H | W | 28-18 | 106,137 |
| USC | 3/12 | 01/01 | 1 | L | 10-17 | 103,450 |
| Totals | 335-184 | 1,060,167 | ||||
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| 1 - Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California | ||||||
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| split end | Greg McMurtry (12) | |
| left tackle | Tom Dohring (12) | |
| left guard |
Dean Dingman (10) Matt Elliott (2) | |
| center | Steve Everitt (12) | |
| right guard |
Matt Elliott (9) Joe Cocozzo (2) Marc Ramirez | |
| right tackle | Greg Skrepenak (12) | |
| tight end | Derrick Walker (12) | |
| flanker | Chris Calloway (12) | |
| quarterback |
Michael Taylor (8) Elvis Grbac (4) | |
| tailback |
Tony Boles (9) Leroy Hoard (3) | |
| fullback |
Jarrod Bunch (5) Leroy Hoard (5) Burnie Legette (2) |
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| defensive tackle |
Mike Evans (7) Brent White (5) | |
| middle guard | Mike Teeter (12) | |
| defensive tackle | Chris Hutchinson (12) | |
| outside linebacker |
Alex Marshall (11) Brian Townsend | |
| outside linebacker | Bobby Abrams (12) | |
| inside linebacker |
J.J. Grant (9) John Milligan (3) | |
| inside linebacker |
Erick Anderson (12)
| |
| cornerback |
David Key (12)
| |
| cornerback |
Lance Dottin (6) Todd Plate (6) | |
| strong safety |
Tripp Welborne (12)
| |
| free safety |
Vada Murray (12)
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- Back Row
- Scott Wolfe, Phil Bromley, Bob Chmiel, Cam Cameron, Les Miles, Tirrel Burton, Jerry Hanlon, Gary Moeller, Lloyd Carr, Tom Reed, Bill Harris, Bobby Morrison, Jim Herrmann, Mike Gittleson, Jon Falk, Russ Miller, John Heacock, Kevin Kolcheff, Mike Dietzel
- 7th Row
- Brian Schrag, Dave Herrick, Jeff Tack, Pete Elezovic, Mike Maloney, Terry Looby, Brian Foster, Ron Buff, Robert Harbour, Greg Lobdell*, Joshua Wuerfel, Jim Plocki, Mike Dillon, Paul Schmidt, Bob Bland, Mike Vollmer
- 6th Row
- Chris Stapleton, Derrick Alexander, Alfie Burch, Marc Milia, Steve Rekowski, Marc Burkholder, Eric Graves, Ninef Aghakhan, Troy Plate, Mike Lewis, Sylvester Stanley, Todd Martens, Tony McGee, Burnie Legette, Mike Nadlicki, Doug Musgrave, Dave Dobreff, Joe Barry, William Steuk
- 5th Row
- Desmond Howard, Jon Vaughn, Dwayne Ware, Corwin Brown, Pat Maloney, Paul Manning, Randy Stark, Brian Wallace, John Albertson, Kevin Hedding, Curt Mallory, Eduardo Azcona, Doug Cohen, John Ellison, Coleman Wallace, Livetius Johnson, Dennis Washington
- 4th Row
- Alozie Okezie*, Ra-Mon Watkins, Leon Morton, Dave Caputo, Steve Everitt, Elvis Grbac, Doug Skene, Rob Doherty, Joe Cocozzo, Martin Davis, Chris Hutchinson, Eric Knuth, Barry Kelley, Bill Schaffer, John Woodlock, Bill Madden*, Shawn Watson, Eric Traupe, Yale VanDyne
- 3rd Row
- J.D. Carlson, Kevin Owen, Lance Dottin, Matt McCoy, Neil Simpson, Matt Elliott, Brian Townsend, Dave Diebolt, Greg Skrepenak, Alex Marshall, Dan Jokisch, Mike Evans, Dave Ritter, Ron Zielinski, Otis Williams, Steve Zacharias, Dave Knight, Chris Bohn, Eric Bush
- 2nd Row
- Dean Dingman, Scott Smykowski, Marc Spencer, Warde Manuel, Mike Teeter, Tom Dohring, Brent White, Derrick Walker, Bobby Abrams, Greg McMurtry, J.J. Grant, Jarrod Bunch, T.J. Osman, Marc Ramirez, John Milligan, Tim Williams, Doug Daugherty, Trey Walker, Erick Anderson
- Front Row
- Gulam Khan, Curtis Feaster, Tony Boles, Vada Murray, David Key, Tripp Welbourne, Chris Calloway, Michael Taylor, Allen Jefferson, Leroy Hoard, Todd Plate, Rusty Fichtner, Ken Sollom