Record: 9-3, .750 W-L% (19th of 106) ▪ Rank: 19th in Final AP Poll
Conference: SWC
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Spike Dykes (9-3)
PS/G: 30.0 (21st of 106) ▪ PA/G: 23.4 (51st of 106)
SRS: 10.60 (22nd of 106) ▪ SOS: 3.85 (32nd of 106)
Bowl Game: Won All-American Bowl 49-21 versus Duke
| Pre | 9/5 | 9/12 | 9/19 | 9/26 | 10/3 | 10/10 | 10/17 | 10/24 | 10/31 | 11/7 | 11/14 | 11/21 | 11/28 | 12/5 | 12/12 | Final |
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| 23 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 19 |
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 9, 1989 | Sat | Texas Tech | (20) Arizona | Pac-10 | W | 24 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sep 16, 1989 | Sat | Texas Tech | New Mexico | WAC | W | 27 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sep 23, 1989 | Sat | Texas Tech | @ | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | W | 31 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Sep 30, 1989 | Sat | Texas Tech | @ | Baylor | SWC | L | 15 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Oct 7, 1989 | Sat | Texas Tech | (19) Texas A&M | SWC | W | 27 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Oct 14, 1989 | Sat | Texas Tech | (7) Arkansas | SWC | L | 13 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Oct 21, 1989 | Sat | Texas Tech | Rice | SWC | W | 41 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Nov 4, 1989 | Sat | Texas Tech | @ | (22) Texas | SWC | W | 24 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 9 | Nov 11, 1989 | Sat | (23) Texas Tech | Texas Christian | SWC | W | 37 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 10 | Nov 18, 1989 | Sat | (20) Texas Tech | @ | Southern Methodist | SWC | W | 48 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 11 | Nov 25, 1989 | Sat | (18) Texas Tech | @ | (13) Houston | SWC | L | 24 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Dec 28, 1989 | Thu | (24) Texas Tech | N | (20) Duke | ACC | W | 49 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 0 | W 1 | All-American Bowl (Birmingham, AL) |