The 1989 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University an independent during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Led by ninth-year head coach Dick MacPherson, the Orangemen compiled a record of 8–4.
Syracuse was invited to the Peach Bowl, where the Orangemen defeated Georgia.
The team also played its final regular season game in Tokyo, at the Coca-Cola Classic against Louisville.
This college football 1980s season article is a stub.