The 1989 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by George Chaump in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Thundering Herd compiled an overall record of 6–5 record with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the SoCon. The played home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

After the season concluded, George Chaump left Marshall to become the head coach at Navy.^[1]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	Catawba*	No. 11	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 40–0
September 9	Morehead State*	No. 11	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 30–7
September 16	East Tennessee State	No. 11	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 31–21
September 23	at Chattanooga	No. 7	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 0–14	9,523
October 7	at No. 4T Furman	No. 16	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 13–34	11,418	[2]
October 14	No. 7 The Citadel	No. T–20	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 40–17
October 21	at No. 1 Eastern Kentucky*	No. 13	Hanger Field Richmond, KY	L 23–38		[3]
October 28	VMI		Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 40–10	15,807	[4]
November 4	at No. 10 Appalachian State	No. 19	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	L 7–28	11,212	[5]
November 11	Western Carolina		Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 35–22
November 18	at No. 1 Georgia Southern*		Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 31–63	16,323
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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