1989 Houston Cougars football team

The 1989 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 44th year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by third-year head coach Jack Pardee. Serving as offensive coordinator was John Jenkins, who succeeded Pardee as head coach following the season. The team played its games off-campus at the Astrodome, which had recently received upgrades to seat 62,439 spectators. The Cougars finished the season ranked as No. 14 by the AP Poll. Houston quarterback Andre Ware won the Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien Award following the conclusion of the season. Under probation by the NCAA from rules violated in prior seasons, Houston was disallowed from participating in a bowl game, television appearances, and the Coaches Poll.

1989 Houston Cougars football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 14
1989 record	9–2 (6–2 SWC)
Head coach	Jack Pardee (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	John Jenkins (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Run and shoot
Defensive coordinator	Jim Eddy (4th season)
Home stadium	Astrodome (62,439)

1989 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 Arkansas $	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 14 Houston	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Baylor	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Texas	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
TCU	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
SMU	0	–	8	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

Andre Ware became the first black quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy in 1989, along with the Davey O'Brien Award, the latter award given to the most outstanding college quarterback of the year. That year, his junior year, he threw for 4,699 yards, 44 touchdowns, and set 26 NCAA records. Many of the records were thanks to the innovative use of the run and shoot offense, which his successor, David Klingler, also used to great effect. The Cougars ended the season ranked the No. 14 team in the nation by the Associated Press. He then declared for the NFL Draft, foregoing his senior year.[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	at UNLV*	No. 21	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Las Vegas, NV	W 69–0	22,416[2]
September 23	at Arizona State*	No. 17	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 36–7	67,357[2]
September 30	Temple*	No. 14	Astrodome Houston, TX	W 65–7	15,121[2]
October 7	Baylor	No. 12	Astrodome Houston, TX	W 66–10	15,121[2]
October 14	at Texas A&M	No. 8	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 13–17	66,423[2]
October 21	SMU	No. 16	Astrodome Houston, TX	W 95–21	20,009[2]
October 28	at No. 13 Arkansas	No. 12	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	L 39–45	55,112[2]
November 4	at TCU	No. 17	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 55–10	19,212[2]
November 11	Texas	No. 15	Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 47–9	45,586[2]
November 25	No. 18 Texas Tech	No. 13	Astrodome Houston, TX	W 40–24	30,097[2]
December 2	at Rice	No. 13	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket Classic)	W 64–0	22,700[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1989 Houston Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL   Joey Banes Sr WR 20 Manny Hazard Jr QB 7 David Klingler So QB 11 Andre Ware Jr RB 28 Chuck Weatherspoon Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB   Reggie Burnette Jr DB   Chris Ellison Sr LB 46 Lamar Lathon Sr SS 29 Alton Montgomery Sr DT 96 Alfred Oglesby Sr DB   Cornelius Price DT   Craig Veasey Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K   Roman Anderson So	Head coach Jack Pardee Coordinators/assistant coaches John Jenkins – Offensive Coordinator Jim Eddy – Defensive Coordinator Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Main article: 1989 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Week-to-Week Rankings
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
AP	21	22	18	17	14	12	8	16	12	17	15	13	13	13	13	13	14
Coaches'	Ineligible (on probation)

Game summaries

at UNLV

See also: UNLV Rebels football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Arizona State

See also: 1989 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–5	1982	L 10–24

Temple

See also: Temple Owls football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1987	L 37–7 (forfeit)

Andre Ware threw for a career-high 7 touchdown passes.

Baylor

See also: 1989 Baylor Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–10–1	1988	W 27–24

Manny Hazard hauled in a school-record 5 touchdown receptions.

at Texas A&M

See also: 1989 Texas A&M Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–13	1988	L 16–30

SMU

SMU at Houston

1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 6 8 7 0 21 • No. 16 Cougars 24 35 22 14 95 Date: October 21 Location: Astrodome, Houston, Texas Game attendance: 20,009 Game weather: Indoors Source: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary 1 HOU Anderson 28-yard field goal Houston 3–0 1 HOU Weatherspoon 2-yard run (Anderson kick) Houston 10–0 1 HOU Weatherspoon 54-yard run (Anderson kick) Houston 17–0 1 SMU Ballard fumble recovery in end zone (kick blocked) Houston 17–6 1 HOU P. Smith 62-yard pass from Andre Ware (Anderson kick) Houston 24–6 2 HOU Cooper 7-yard pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Houston 31–6 2 SMU Beard 2-yard pass from Mike Romo (Collins pass from Lawson) Houston 31–14 2 HOU Williams 40-yard pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Houston 38–14 2 HOU Hazard 3-yard pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Houston 45–14 2 HOU Williams 87-yard pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Houston 52–14 2 HOU Hazard 28-yard pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Houston 59–14 3 HOU Hazard 46-yard pass from David Klingler (Anderson kick) Houston 66–14 3 SMU Love 26-yard run (Lomerick kick) Houston 66–21 3 HOU Weatherspoon 22-yard run (Anderson kick) Houston 73–21 3 HOU P. Smith 53-yard pass from Klingler (Perry run) Houston 81–21 4 HOU P. Smith 74-yard pass from Klingler (Anderson kick) Houston 88–21 4 HOU Cooper 16-yard pass from Klingler (Anderson kick) Houston 95–21

See also: 1989 SMU Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–7	1986	L 3–10

Houston shattered the NCAA record for total offense with 1,021 yards, and set the mark for passing yards with 771.[3] Andre Ware threw for 517 yards and 6 touchdowns while completing 25 of 41 attempts, and did not play in the second half. Backup David Klingler threw for 254 yards and 4 touchdowns in the second half. Paul Smith caught 6 passes for 255 yards and 3 touchdowns. Chuck Weatherspoon rushed 15 times for 207 yards and 3 touchdowns.[4]

at Arkansas

See also: 1989 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–10	1988	L 21–26

[5]

at TCU

See also: 1989 TCU Horned Frogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–3	1988	W 40–12

Texas

Texas at Houston

1 2 3 4 Total Longhorns 3 6 0 0 9 • No. 15 Cougars 6 21 14 6 47 Date: November 11 Location: Astrodome, Houston, Texas Game start: 4:02 pm CST Elapsed time: 3:25 Game attendance: 45,586 Game weather: Indoors Referee: Joe Thomas Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 8:26 TEX Clements 25-yard field goal Texas 3–0 1 3:27 HOU Anderson 24-yard field goal Tied 3–3 1 2:17 HOU Anderson 38-yard field goal Houston 6–3 2 13:00 HOU Anders 18-yard pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Houston 13–3 2 6:43 TEX Clements 52-yard field goal Houston 13–6 2 1:40 HOU Hazard 38-yard pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Houston 20–6 2 0:44 HOU Anders 31-yard pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Houston 27–6 2 0:00 TEX Clements 47-yard field goal Houston 27–9 3 11:08 HOU Weatherspoon 60-yard run (Anderson kick) Houston 34–9 3 8:12 HOU Hazard 9-yard pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Houston 41–9 4 10:39 HOU Anderson 33-yard field goal Houston 44–9 4 4:28 HOU Anderson 36-yard field goal Houston 47–9

See also: 1989 Texas Longhorns football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–8–2	1988	W 66–15

[6]

Texas Tech

See also: 1989 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–5–1	1988	W 30–29

at Rice

See also: Rice Owls football and Bayou Bucket Classic

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–4	1988	W 45–14

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[8][9][10]

Awards and honors

• Andre Ware, Heisman Trophy[11][12]
• Andre Ware, Davey O`Brien Award

Team players in the NFL

Main article: 1990 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Andre Ware	Quarterback	1	7	Detroit Lions
Lamar Lathon	Linebacker	1	15	Houston Oilers
Alton Montgomery	Defensive back	2	52	Denver Broncos
Alfred Oglesby	Nose tackle	3	66	Miami Dolphins
Craig Veasey	Defensive tackle	3	81	Pittsburgh Steelers
Chris Ellison	Defensive back	11	278	Atlanta Falcons
Joey Banes	Tackle	11	295	Houston Oilers

[13]

• Note: David Klingler was drafted into the NFL in 1992.

References

1. "Houston: History & Records" (PDF). University of Houston Athletic Department. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
2. "2009 Houston Cougars Media Guide: All-Time Series Game-By-Game" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-09-13.
3. "FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
4. "Houston Rolls It Up Against SMU With 95 Points, 1,021 Yards". Los Angeles Times. October 22, 1989. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
5. "Arkansas Chills Score-Happy Houston, 45-39". Tulsa World. October 29, 1989. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
6. "UH air show bombs 'Horns again, 47-9". Odessa American via newspapers.com. November 12, 1989. p. 37. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
7. "COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Houston Routs Rice". The New York Times. December 3, 1989. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
8. "Passing Puts Ware on Receiving End of Heisman". The Washington Post. December 3, 1989. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
9. "THE HEISMAN TROPHY: Invisible Ware Gets Hardware". Los Angeles Times. December 3, 1989. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
10. "Houston's Ware Wins Heisman". The New York Times. December 3, 1989. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2007-04-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
12. "Ware wins Heisman". Houston Chronicle. December 3, 1989. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
13. http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=1990