1989 Bowling Green Falcons football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1989

| team = Bowling Green Falcons

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Mid-American Conference

| short_conf = MAC

| record = 5–6

| conf_record = 5–3

| head_coach = Moe Ankney

| hc_year = 4th

| off_coach =

| oc_year =

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Bob Wolfe

| dc_year = 4th

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Doyt Perry Stadium

}}

{{1989 Mid-American Conference football standings}}

The 1989 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Moe Ankney, the Falcons compiled a 5–6 record (5–3 against MAC opponents), finished in fifth place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 319 to 233.{{cite web|title=1989 Bowling Green State Falcons Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=September 27, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/bowling-green-state/1989-schedule.html}}

The team's statistical leaders included Rich Dackin with 2,679 passing yards, LeRoy Smith with 564 rushing yards, and Ronald Heard with 916 receiving yards.{{cite web|title=1989 Bowling Green State Falcons Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=September 27, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/bowling-green-state/1989.html}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| attend = y

| source = y

|September 9|at|East Carolina|Ficklen Memorial Stadium|Greenville, NC|L 6-41|33,412|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72754054/east-carolina-whips-bowling-green/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=East Carolina whips Bowling Green, gives coach first win|date=September 10, 1989|accessdate=March 5, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 16||Ball State|Doyt Perry Stadium|Bowling Green, OH|L 3-28||

|September 23||Central Michigan|Doyt Perry Stadium|Bowling Green, OH|W 24-20||

|September 30||Akron|Doyt Perry Stadium|Bowling Green, OH|L 24-38||

|October 7|at|Ohio|Peden Stadium|Athens, OH|W 31-28||

|October 14||Toledo|Doyt Perry Stadium|Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)|W 27-23||

|October 21|at|Eastern Michigan|Rynearson Stadium|Ypsilanti, MI|L 13-21||

|October 28|at|Miami (OH)|Yager Stadium|Oxford, OH|L 13-17||

|November 4||Kent State|Doyt Perry Stadium|Bowling Green, OH (Anniversary Award)|W 51-28||

|November 11|at|Western Michigan|Waldo Stadium|Kalamazoo, MI|W 31-30||

|November 18|at|Tulsa|Skelly Stadium|Tulsa, OK|L 10-45|25,629|

}}

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