1989 Illinois State Redbirds football team

1989 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceGateway Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–6 (4–2 GCAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
1989 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Southwest Missouri State $^ 5 1 010 3 0
No. 15 Eastern Illinois ^ 4 2 09 4 0
No. 20 Northern Iowa 4 2 08 3 0
Illinois State 4 2 05 6 0
Indiana State 2 4 04 7 0
Western Illinois 1 5 04 7 0
Southern Illinois 1 5 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1989 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their second year under head coach Jim Heacock, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 5–6, with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, and finished tied for second in the GCAC. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.