1988–89 NCAA football bowl games
{{short description|College football postseason game series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox College football bowl games
| season = 1988
| image =
| image_caption =
| regular_season =
| number_of_bowls = 17
| all_star_games =
| bowl_start = December 10, 1988
| bowl_end =
January 2, 1989
| championship_bowl = 1989 Fiesta Bowl
| championship_location = Sun Devil Stadium,
Tempe, Arizona
| champions = Notre Dame Fighting Irish
| conference1 = Independents
| conference1_teams = 8
| conference1_wins = 5
| conference1_losses = 3
| conference1_ap_poll = 5
| conference2 = SEC
| conference2_teams = 5
| conference2_wins = 3
| conference2_losses = 2
| conference2_ties =
| conference2_ap_poll = 4
| conference3 = Big Ten
| conference3_teams = 5
| conference3_wins = 2
| conference3_losses = 3
| conference3_ties =
| conference3_ap_poll = 2
| conference4 = Big Eight
| conference4_teams = 4
| conference4_wins = 1
| conference4_losses = 3
| conference4_ap_poll = 3
| conference5 = Pac-10
| conference5_teams = 3
| conference5_wins = 2
| conference5_losses = 1
| conference5_ap_poll = 3
| conference6 = WAC
| conference6_teams = 3
| conference6_wins = 1
| conference6_losses = 2
| conference6_ap_poll = 0
| conference7 = ACC
| conference7_teams = 2
| conference7_wins = 2
| conference7_losses = 0
| conference7_ap_poll = 1
| conference8 = SWC
| conference8_teams = 2
| conference8_wins = 0
| conference8_losses = 2
| conference8_ap_poll = 2
| conference9 = Big West
| conference9_teams = 1
| conference9_wins = 1
| conference9_losses = 0
| conference9_ap_poll = 0
| conference10 = MAC
| conference10_teams = 1
| conference10_wins = 0
| conference10_losses = 1
| conference10_ap_poll = 0
}}
The 1988–89 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1988 and January 1989 to end the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 17 team-competitive games,{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1988-bowls.html | title=1988 College Football Bowl Games | access-date=December 22, 2018 | work=Sports Reference }} and two all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the California Bowl on December 10, 1988, and concluded on January 21, 1989, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.