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1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season
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The 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1989, and concluded with the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 16, 1989, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their third I-AA championship, defeating the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks by a score of 37−34.[1]
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The top four teams were seeded, and thus assured of home games in the opening round.[2] The location of the final, the Georgia Southern Eagles' Paulson Stadium, had been predetermined via a three-year agreement the university reached with the NCAA in February 1989.[3]
NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
| First Round November 25 Campus sites | Quarterfinals December 2 Campus sites | Semifinals December 9 Campus sites | National Championship Game December 16 Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA | ||||||||||||
| Villanova | 36 | ||||||||||||||
| (1) Georgia Southern* | 52 | ||||||||||||||
| (1) Georgia Southern* | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee* | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| (1) Georgia Southern* | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| Montana | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| (4) Idaho* | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Montana* | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Montana* | 48 | ||||||||||||||
| (1) Georgia Southern | 37 | ||||||||||||||
| (3) Stephen F. Austin | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| (2) Furman* | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| (2) Furman* | 42 | ||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky* | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| (2) Furman* | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| (3) Stephen F. Austin | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Grambling State | 56 | ||||||||||||||
| (3) Stephen F. Austin* | 59 | ||||||||||||||
| (3) Stephen F. Austin* | 55 | ||||||||||||||
| Southwest Missouri State | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Maine | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| Southwest Missouri State* | 38 | ||||||||||||||
* Denotes host institution
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