1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1989 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Number of teams	88
Duration	August–November
Payton Award	John Friesz (QB, Idaho)
Playoff
Duration	November 25–December 16
Championship date	December 16, 1989
Championship site	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, Georgia
Champion	Georgia Southern
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons
«1988 1990»

The 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1989, and concluded with the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 16, 1989, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their third I-AA championship, defeating the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks by a score of 37−34.^[1]