The 1989 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1989, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 10, 1989, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama.
The Mississippi College Choctaws defeated the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, 3–0, to win their first Division II national title.
[1] The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Johnny Bailey, running back from Texas A&I, for the third consecutive year.
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Bowie State Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Grand Valley State Gulf South Conference – Jacksonville State Heartland Collegiate Conference – Butler Lone Star Conference – Texas A&I Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Pittsburg State North Central Conference – Saint Cloud State Northern California Athletic Conference – UC Davis Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota State–Moorhead Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Millersville and West Chester (East), Edinboro Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Adams State South Atlantic Conference – Carson-Newman Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Alabama A&M Western Football League – Portland State The 1989 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 17th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football.
The championship game was held at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, for the fourth time.