1989 Cincinnati Bengals season

1989 season of the Cincinnati Bengals December 2013 March 2026 Cincinnati Bengals 1989 8–8 4th AFC Central Sam Wyche Paul Brown Riverfront Stadium Did not qualify 6 G Max Montoya OT Anthony Muñoz TE Rodney Holman QB Boomer Esiason RB James Brooks SS David Fulcher Bengals seasons The 1989 Cincinnati Bengals season was their 20th in the National Football League (NFL) and 22nd overall. 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 most recent NFL team to score 55 points or more twice in a single season:http://pfref.com/tiny/Nv4Qi Team Game Finder Query Results - Pro-Football-Reference.com Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 8 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (56) and Week 15 against the arch-rival Houston Oilers (61), both at home. Despite this, the Bengals finished the season 4th in their division and failed to earn a playoff berth, making them the only team in the AFC Central to do so. Offseason NFL draft 1989 NFL draft 1989 Cincinnati Bengals 2 35 Eric Ball Running back UCLA yes 2 55 Freddie Childress Offensive tackle Arkansas 3 83 Erik Wilhelm Quarterback Oregon State yes 4 89 Kerry Owens Linebacker Arkansas yes 4 111 Rob Woods Offensive tackle Arizona 5 138 Natu Tuatagaloa Defensive end California yes 6 166 Craig Taylor Running back West Virginia yes 7 194 Kendal Smith Wide receiver Utah State yes 8 222 Chris Chenault Linebacker Kentucky 9 250 Rich Stephens Guard Tulsa 10 256 Cornell Holloway Defensive back Pittsburgh 10 278 Bob Jean Quarterback New Hampshire 11 306 Dana Wells Defensive tackle Arizona yes 12 334 Scott Jones Offensive tackle Washington yes no no https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cin/1989_draft.htm 1989 Cincinnati Bengals draftees Pro-Football-Reference.com October 6, 2014 Undrafted free agents + 1989 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeRich GicewiczTight EndMichigan StateBrett GrimshawRunning BackWestern IllinoisTom GrunoLinebackerToledoJohn GuerreroTackleUSCTodd PhilcoxQuarterbackSyracuseMark RothwellWide receiverWisconsin–Stout Personnel Staff 1989 Cincinnati Bengals President – John Sawyer General Manager – Paul Brown Assistant General Manager – Mike Brown Director of Player Personnel – Pete Brown Head Coach – Sam Wyche Offensive Coordinator – Bruce Coslet Running Backs – Jim Anderson Tight Ends – Bill Johnson Offensive Line – Jim McNally Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Dick LeBeau Defensive Line – Chuck Studley Linebackers – Dick Selcer Special Teams – Mike Stock Strength – Kim Wood Roster 1989 Cincinnati Bengals  7 Boomer Esiason 12 Erik Wilhelm y 42 Eric Ball American football y 21 James Brooks running back 40 John Holifield 36 Stanford Jennings 20 Craig Taylor American football y 81 Eddie Brown wide receiver 48 John Garrett American football y 89 Ira Hillary 88 Mike Martin wide receiver 85 Tim McGee 83 Kendal Smith y 82 Rodney Holman 84 Eric Kattus 87 Jim Riggs American football 74 Brian Blados T 77 Scott Jones American football y T 64 Bruce Kozerski C 65 Max Montoya G 73 Ken Moyer y T 78 Anthony Muñoz T 75 Bruce Reimers G 63 Joe Walter American football T 99 Jason Buck DE 98 David Grant American football NT 71 Mike Hammerstein DE 69 Tim Krumrie NT 72 Skip McClendon DE 70 Jim Skow DE 96 Natu Tuatagaloa y DE 53 Leo Barker OLB 58 Joe Kelly American football ILB 59 Kevin Walker linebacker ILB 51 Leon White linebacker OLB 57 Reggie Williams linebacker OLB 91 Carl Zander ILB 24 Lewis Billups CB 27 Barney Bussey SS 34 Richard Carey American football y CB 29 Rickey Dixon FS 33 David Fulcher SS 22 Eric Thomas cornerback CB 41 Solomon Wilcots CB 55 Ed Brady American football LS  3 Jim Breech K 11 Lee Johnson punter P 35 Chris Barber gridiron football S IR 37 Robert Jackson safety S IR 68 Paul Jetton C IR 15 Turk Schonert QB IR 30 Ickey Woods FB IR 60 Rob Woods American football y OT IR 47 active, 6 inactive, 2 practice squad 10 Todd Philcox y QB 79 Dana Wells y NT Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 10 at Chicago Bears L 14–17 0–1 Soldier Field Recap 2 September 17 Pittsburgh Steelers W 41–10 1–1 Riverfront Stadium Recap 3 September 25, 1989 Cleveland Browns W 21–14 2–1 Riverfront Stadium Recap 4 October 1 at Kansas City Chiefs W 21–17 3–1 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 5 October 8 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 26–16 4–1 Three Rivers Stadium Recap 6 October 15 Miami Dolphins L 13–20 4–2 Riverfront Stadium Recap 7 October 22 Indianapolis Colts L 12–23 4–3 Riverfront Stadium Recap 8 October 29 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 56–23 5–3 Riverfront Stadium Recap 9 November 5 at Los Angeles Raiders L 7–28 5-4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap 10 November 13, 1989 at Houston Oilers L 24–26 5–5 Astrodome Recap 11 November 19 Detroit Lions W 42–7 6–5 Riverfront Stadium Recap 12 November 26 at Buffalo Bills L 7–24 6–6 Rich Stadium Recap 13 December 3 at Cleveland Browns W 21–0 7–6 Cleveland Stadium Recap 14 December 10 Seattle Seahawks L 17–24 7–7 Riverfront Stadium Recap 15 December 17 Houston Oilers W 61–7 8–7 Riverfront Stadium Recap 16 December 25 at Minnesota Vikings L 21–29 8–8 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Recap Season summary Week 1 at Bears Cincinnati Bengals 1989 2; text-align:center collapsed Week One: Cincinnati Bengals (0–0) at Chicago Bears (0–0) September 10 1:00 p.m. Bengals 7 0 7 0 Bears 0 7 3 7 Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois 64,730 64 F C Jerry Seeman NBC Dick Enberg and Bill Walsh Box Score, Box Score First quarter CIN – James Brooks 4-yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick), 9:52. Bengals 7–0. Second quarter CHI – Mike Tomczak 11-yard run (Kevin Butler kick), 0:10. Tie 7–7. Third quarter CIN – Ickey Woods 5-yard run (Jim Breech kick), 8:28. Bengals 14–7. CHI – Kevin Butler 29-yard field goal, 11:40. Bengals 14–10. Fourth quarter CHI – James Thornton 20-yard pass from Mike Tomczak (Kevin Butler kick), 10:06. Bears 17–14. Top passers CIN – Boomer Esiason – 18/36, 184 yards, TD CHI – Mike Tomczak – 10/24, 159 yards, TD, 2 INT Top rushers CIN – James Brooks – 13 rushes, 88 yards CHI – Neal Anderson – 21 rushes, 146 yards Top receivers CIN – James Brooks – 5 receptions, 46 yards, TD CHI – James Thornton – 4 receptions, 86 yards, TD Week 2 vs. Steelers September 2023 Week 3 vs. Browns Cincinnati Bengals 1989 2; text-align:center collapsed Week Three: Cleveland Browns (2–0) at Cincinnati Bengals (1–1) September 25 Monday 9:00 p.m. EDT Browns 0 14 0 0 Bengals 0 14 7 0 Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio 53 F C ABC Frank Gifford, Al Michaels, Dan Dierdorf Box Score Week 14 vs. Seahawks 1989 Seattle Seahawks season Cincinnati Bengals 1989 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Fourteen: Seattle Seahawks at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary December 10 1:00pm local Seahawks 0 7 10 7 Bengals 7 3 0 7 Riverfront Stadium • Cincinnati, Ohio 54,744 Cloudy • 30 °F °C • Wind 12 mph km/h SW Bob McElwee NBC Play-by-Play Seahawks Dave Krieg22/33, 258 Yds, 3 TD, INT Curt Warner14 Rush, 51 Yds Brian Blades 6 Rec, 107 Yds, TD Bengals Boomer Esiason21/42, 246 yds, TD James Brooks11 Rush, 52 Yds Tim McGee7 Rec, 109 Yds, TD You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati. Sam Wyche Bengals head coach SEA CIN collapsed 1 5:18 Bengals 3 44 0:48 RecTD Tim McGee Boomer Esiason 21 good Jim Breech run/pass good/failed/incomplete 0 7 2 10:37 Bengals 13 71 5:51 FG 24 Jim Breech 0 10 2 0:42 Seahawks 12 78 2:25 RecTD Steve Largent Dave Krieg 10 good Norm Johnson run/pass good/failed/incomplete 7 10 3 12:58 Seahawks 5 37 1:51 FG 48 Norm Johnson 10 10 3 10:14 Seahawks 1 60 0:12 RecTD Brian Blades Dave Krieg 60 good Norm Johnson run/pass good/failed/incomplete 17 10 4 9:39 Bengals IntTD Eric Thomas 18 good Jim Breech run/pass good/failed/incomplete 17 17 4 3:51 Seahawks 10 80 5:42 RecTD Curt Warner Dave Krieg 1 good Norm Johnson run/pass good/failed/incomplete 24 17 24 17 Standings Team leaders Passing Player Att Comp Yds TD INT Rating Boomer Esiason 455 258 3525 28 11 92.1 Rushing Player Att Yds YPC Long TD James Brooks 221 1239 5.6 65 7 Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg Long TD Tim McGee 65 1211 18.6 74 8 Rodney Holman 50 736 14.7 73 9 Defensive Player Tackles Sacks INTs FF FR David Fulcher 107 0 8 1 4 Jason Buck 63 6 0 1 1 Kicking and punting Player FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Points Jim Breech 14 12 85.7% 38 37 97.4% 73 Player Punts Yards Long Blkd Avg. Lee Johnson 61 2446 62 2 40.1 Special teams Player KR KRYards KRAvg KRLong KRTD PR PRYards PRAvg PRLong PRTD Stanford Jennings 26 525 20.2 33 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Martin 0 0 0.0 0 0 15 107 7.1 17 0 Awards and records Pro Bowl selections Boomer Esiason QB, AFC Pro Bowl selection Rodney Holman TE, AFC Pro Bowl selection James Brooks RB, AFC Pro Bowl selection David Fulcher SS, AFC Pro Bowl selection Anthony Muñoz LT, AFC Pro Bowl selection Milestones Boomer Esiason, 5th straight 3,000-yard seasonhttp://www.nfl.com/player/boomeresiason/2500562/profile Boomer Esiason NFL.com James Brooks, 2nd 1,000-yard season (1,239 yards)http://www.nfl.com/player/jamesbrooks/2499809/profile James Brooks NFL.com Tim McGee, 1st 1,000-yard season (1,211 yards)http://www.nfl.com/player/timmcgee/2501993/profile Tim McGee NFL.com References External links 1989 Cincinnati Bengals at Pro-Football-Reference.com Cincinnati Bengals Category:Cincinnati Bengals seasons Cinc