1989 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

1989 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record9–3 (5–1 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHanger Field
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
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.