The 1989 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky as a Southeastern Conference (SEC) member during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Led by eighth-year head coach Jerry Claiborne, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 6–5, with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, and finished tied for seventh in the SEC.

[1] Kentucky opened with wins against Indiana and North Carolina, lost to Alabama and Auburn, beat Rutgers and LSU, lost at Georgia, beat Cincinnati and Vanderbilt, and lost to Florida and Tennessee.

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