Coached by Tom Smythe, the Pioneers were ranked in the top-25 nationally by the third week of the season. The team finished the season 1989 campaign as the first L&C team in 20 years to win the Northwest Conference Regular Season Championship and go onto win the NWC Championships. The teams put up stellar numbers, averaging 467 yards a game, while ranking third all-time in the L&C record books in passing yards with 255. The team is also ranked second all-time in offensive yards, totaling 5,069 on the season and 566 offensive yards per game. The team put up 389 points on the season, averaging 43.2 per game.
Matt Kobayashi, Mike Fanger, Alan Gilbert, Joe Bushman, Pat Basso, Craig Nelson, Mike Palelek, David Kelley, Tim Deggedorfer, Tristan Arthur, John Jeub, Joe Backus, Tony Fowler, Brian Maxwell, Chris Stephens, Ted Rose, Mike Van Buskirk, Jon Smart, Mike Anders, Doug Mootz, Barney Gertler, Chris Martin, Chad Carlson, Jerry Walker, Bob Niendorf, Jack Becraft, Don Graves, Fo Sherman, Jason Phillips, Dan Ruhl, Brock Harstad, Paul John, Bart Brown, Ascan Koerner, Tim Bailey, Justin Talbott, Jake Smith, Michael Morris, B.Z. Brown, Scott Jollo, Keith Chang, Adam Guenther, Ben Southwick, Brent Pavlick, Jeff Peters, Zan Kosoff, John Telesmanich, Deon Waldow, Dave Kastelic, Eric Gorman, Scott Heater, David Schleef, Pat Wilkinson, Tom Snider, Cameron Shayegi, Aaron Schneider, Jeff Miller, Kurt Wolf, David Berteaux, Clayton Ballard, Craig Pickard, Noa Lidstone, Scott Brandel
