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1989 Bowling Green Falcons football
1989 Bowling Green Falcons football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	5–6 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Moe Ankney (4th season);
Defensive coordinator	Bob Wolfe (4th season)
Home stadium	Doyt Perry Stadium
	Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Ball State $	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	2
Eastern Michigan	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
Toledo	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Central Michigan	5	–	2	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Bowling Green	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Western Michigan	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Miami (OH)	2	–	5	–	1	2	–	8	–	1
Ohio	1	–	6	–	1	1	–	9	–	1
Kent State	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at East Carolina*	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC	L 6–41	33,412	^[3]
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
*Non-conference game