1989 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

1989 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
1234 Total
Stephen F. Austin 710107 34
Georgia Southern 146017 37
DateDecember 16, 1989
Season1989
StadiumPaulson Stadium
LocationStatesboro, Georgia
RefereeWally Righton[1]
Attendance25,725[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersBarry Tompkins (play-by-play), Stan White (color)[2]
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
 < 1988 1990

The 1989 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks. The game was played on December 16, 1989, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The culminating game of the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Georgia Southern, 37–34.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NCAAbox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Inman, John (December 15, 1989). "I-AA championship notebook". Longview News-Journal. Longview, Texas. p. 5-B. Retrieved April 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Georgia Southern Gets Its Kicks for I-AA Title". Los Angeles Times. AP. December 17, 1989. Retrieved April 21, 2019.