1989 Bowling Green Falcons football team

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1989 Bowling Green Falcons football
Conference Mid-American Conference
Record5–6 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Bob Wolfe (4th season)
Home stadium Doyt Perry Stadium
Seasons
←  1988
1990  →
1989 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Ball State $ 6 –1 –17 –3 –2
Eastern Michigan 6 –2 –07 –3 –1
Toledo 6 –2 –06 –5 –0
Central Michigan 5 –2 –15 –5 –1
Bowling Green 5 –3 –05 –6 –0
Western Michigan 3 –5 –05 –6 –0
Miami (OH) 2 –5 –12 –8 –1
Ohio 1 –6 –11 –9 –1
Kent State 0 –8 –00 –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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9at East Carolina *
L 6–4133,412 [3]
September 16 Ball State
L 3–288,286 [4]
September 23 Central Michigan
  • Doyt Perry Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 24–2015,103 [5]
September 30 Akron *
  • Doyt Perry Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
L 24–3825,057 [6]
October 7at Ohio
W 31–28 [7]
October 14 Toledo
  • Doyt Perry Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)
W 27–23 [8]
October 21at Eastern Michigan
L 13–2111,229 [9]
October 28at Miami (OH)
L 13–1714,787 [10]
November 4 Kent State
W 51–2815,220 [11]
November 11at Western Michigan
W 31–306,575 [12]
November 18at Tulsa *
L 10–4525,629 [13]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "1989 Bowling Green State Falcons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ "1989 Bowling Green State Falcons Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ "East Carolina whips Bowling Green, gives coach first win". The Charlotte Observer. September 10, 1989. Retrieved March 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Cards crush Falcons in conference opener". Palladium-Item. September 17, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Chips come up short again". The Flint Journal. September 24, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Akron U snaps back to top Bowling Green". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 1, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "BG cages Bobcats with 31–28 triumph". The Lima News. October 8, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Falcons edge Toledo". Miami Valley Sunday News. October 15, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "EMU beats BG 21–13 to stir title talk". The Ann Arbor News. October 22, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Miami casts off 'The Streak'". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 29, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Falcons fly high over Kent". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 5, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "'Flat' Broncos drop another one-point decision". The Kalamazoo Gazette. November 12, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "TU sacks up Bowl-ing Green". Tulsa World. November 19, 1989. Retrieved June 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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