1989 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

1989 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record9–3 (5–1 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHanger Field
1989 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. T–10 Middle Tennessee $^ 6 0 0 9 4 0
No. 12 Eastern Kentucky ^ 5 1 0 9 3 0
Murray State 3 3 0 6 4 1
Tennessee State 3 3 0 5 5 1
Tennessee Tech 3 3 0 5 5 0
Austin Peay 1 5 0 1 10 0
Morehead State 0 6 0 1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Records adjusted for Morehead State forfeit of conference victories over Austin Peay and Tennessee Tech, and non-conference victories over Kentucky State and Samford
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1989 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 26th-year head coach Roy Kidd, the Colonels compiled an overall record of 9–3, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished second in the OVC. Eastern Kentucky advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA First Round and were defeated by Youngstown State.