The Penn State Nittany Lions were 7-3-1 in 1989. They emerged victorious over the BYU Cougars, 50 to 39, in the Holiday Bowl.
GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
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Team | 11 | 209 | 3,658 | 764 | 4.8 | 2,353 | 535 | 4.4 | 1,305 | 229 | 5.7 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 78th | 74th | 72nd | 73rd | 25th | 24th | 26th | 98th | 89th | 95th | |||||||||
Opponent | 11 | 130 | 3,614 | 4.7 | 1,533 | 446 | 3.4 | 2,081 | 325 | 6.4 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 4th | 30th | 30th | 36th | 41st | 39th | 44th | 59th | 26th | ||||||||||
Net | +79 | +44 | +764 | +0.1 | +820 | +89 | +1.0 | -776 | -96 | -0.7 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 30th | 49th | 72nd | 49th | 23rd | 26th | 29th | 90th | 89th | 76th |
Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Arizona State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
2 | BYU | 10 | 2 | .833 |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Boise State | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UConn | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Oregon | 13 | 0 | 1.000 |
2 | Penn State | 12 | 2 | .857 |
Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon State | 5 | 7 | .417 |
2 | Washington State | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |