1989 Cincinnati Bengals season

1989 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head coach	Sam Wyche
Home field	Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record	8–8–0
Division place	4th AFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1989 Cincinnati Bengals season was their 20th in the National Football League. The Bengals' 404 points scored were the fourth-most in the NFL in 1989. Four of their eight losses on the season were by a touchdown or less.

The 1989 Bengals are the last NFL team to score 55 points or more twice in a single season: Week Eight against Tampa Bay (57) and Week Fifteen against arch-rival Houston (61), both at home.

Offseason

NFL Draft

1989 Cincinnati Bengals Draft
Round	Pick #	Overall	Name	Position	College
2	7	35	Eric Ball	Running Back	UCLA
2	27	55	Freddie Childress	Offensive Tackle	Arkansas
3	27	83	Erik Wilhelm	Quarterback	Oregon State
4	5	89	Kerry Owens	Linebacker	Arkansas
4	27	111	Rob Woods	Offensive Tackle	Arizona
5	26	183	Natu Tuatagaloa	Defensive End	California
6	27	166	Craig Taylor	Running Back	West Virginia
7	27	194	Kendal Smith	Wide Receiver	Utah State
8	27	222	Chris Chenault	Linebacker	Kentucky
9	27	250	Richard Stephens	Guard	Tulsa
10	5	256	Cornell Holloway	Defensive Back	Pittsburgh
10	27	278	Bob Jean	Quarterback	New Hampshire
11	27	306	Dana Wells	Defensive Tackle	Arizona
12	27	334	Scott Jones	Offensive Tackle	Washington

Regular season

Schedule

1989 Cincinnati Bengals Schedule
Date	Opponent #	Result	Score	Attendance	Stadium
Sept 10	at Chicago Bears	L	17–10	64,730	Soldier Field
Sept 17	Pittsburgh Steelers	W	41–10	53,885	Riverfront Stadium
Sept 25	Cleveland Browns	W	21–14	55,996	Riverfront Stadium
Oct 1	at Kansas City Chiefs	W	21–17	61,165	Arrowhead Stadium
Oct 8	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W	26–16	52,785	Three Rivers Stadium
Oct 15	Miami Dolphins	L	20–13	58,184	Riverfront Stadium
Oct 22	Indianapolis Colts	L	23–12	57,642	Riverfront Stadium
Oct 29	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W	56–23	57,225	Riverfront Stadium
Nov 5	at Los Angeles Raiders	L	28–7	51,080	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Nov 13	at Houston Oilers	L	26–14	60,694	Astrodome
Nov 19	Detroit Lions	W	42–7	55,720	Riverfront Stadium
Nov 26	at Buffalo Bills	L	24–7	80,074	Rich Stadium
Dec 3	at Cleveland Browns	W	21–0	76,236	Cleveland Stadium
Dec 10	Seattle Seahawks	L	24–17	54,744	Riverfront Stadium
Dec 17	Houston Oilers	W	61–7	57,510	Riverfront Stadium
Dec 25	at Minnesota Vikings	L	29–21	58,829	Metrodome

Standings

AFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA
Cleveland Browns(2)	9	6	1	.594	3–3	6–5–1	334	254
Houston Oilers(4)	9	7	0	.563	3–3	6–6	365	412
Pittsburgh Steelers(5)	9	7	0	.563	1–5	6–6	265	326
Cincinnati Bengals	8	8	0	.500	5–1	6–6	404	285

Roster

Cincinnati Bengals 1989 roster
Quarterbacks 7 Boomer Esiason 15 Turk Schonert 12 Erik Wilhelm Running Backs Wide Receivers Tight Ends		Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen		Linebackers Defensive Backs Special Teams

Statistics

Passing

Player	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT
Boomer Esiason	258	455	5,525	28	11
Erik Wilhelm	30	56	425	4	2
Turk Schonert	0	2

External links

• Bengals on Pro Football Reference
• Bengals Schedule on jt-sw.com
• Bengals History on Official Site