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1989 Air Force Falcons football
1989 Air Force Falcons football
Liberty Bowl, L 29–42 vs. Ole Miss
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	8–4–1 (5–1–1 WAC)
Head coach	Fisher DeBerry (6th season);
Offensive scheme	Wishbone triple option
Home stadium	Falcon Stadium
	Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the Ram–Falcon Trophy match, the Falcons beat the Colorado State Rams to win the trophy.

1989 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 22 BYU $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Air Force	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
Hawaii	5	–	2	–	1	9	–	3	–	1
Wyoming	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
San Diego State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	1
Colorado State	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Utah	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	10	–	0
New Mexico	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	San Diego State		Falcon Stadium Air Force Academy, CO		W 52–36	44,579
September 10	Wyoming		Falcon Stadium Air Force Academy, CO	ESPN	W 45–7	44,098
September 16	at Northwestern*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 48–31	27,334
September 23	UTEP		Falcon Stadium Air Force Academy, CO		W 43–26	43,898
September 30	at Colorado State	No. 24	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)		W 46–21	30,955
October 7	at Navy*	No. 20	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 35-7	35,632
October 14	No. 1 Notre Dame*	No. 17	Falcon Stadium Air Force Academy, CO (rivalry)	ESPN	L 27–41	53,533
October 21	at TCU*	No. 19	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		L 9–27	23,593
November 4	Army*		Falcon Stadium Air Force Academy, CO		W 29–3	52,226
November 11	at No. 21 BYU		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	CBS	L 35–44	66,089
November 25	at Utah		Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT		W 42–38	20,119
December 9	at No. 23 Hawaii		Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (rivalry)	ESPN	T 35–35	37,604
December 28	vs. Ole Miss*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	FOX	L 29–42	60,128	^[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1989 Air Force Falcons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL		Kevin Bell
OL		Terry Carr
QB	`6`	Dee Dowis	Sr
RB		DeShawn Durham
RB		Ron Gray
OL		Scott Hollister
RB		Chris Howard
RB		Greg Johnson
RB		Jason Jones
WR		Lee Jones
QB		Charles Kuhl
RB		Rodney Lewis
QB		Lance McDowell
RB		Brian Neal
RB		Geoff Rich
WR		Steve Senn
WR		Trent Van Hulzen
OL		Paul Walski
WR		Mark Weber
OL		Steven Wilson
WR		Darryl Woods
RB		Ron Worthington
RB		Bill Wosilius
WR		Dan Zdroik

Defense

Pos.	Name	Class
DL	Lane Beene
DB	Mike Betance
DL	Steve Brennan
DB	Eric Faison
LB	Randle Gladney
LB	Brian Hill
DB	Mike Jurries
DL	Tom Kafka
DB	Bob Lietzke
DB	Mario Mathis
CB	Carlton McDonald	Fr
DL	Pat McNielis
LB	Vergil Simpson	Fr
LB	Terry Walker
LB	Doug Young

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P		Eric Olson
K		Joe Wood

#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5–0) at #17 Air Force Falcons (6–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	14	21	3	3	41
Air Force	0	14	0	13	27

Game information

First quarter

ND – Anthony Johnson 1-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 9:41. Notre Dame 7–0. Drive: 80 yards.
ND – Ricky Watters 5-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 0:51. Notre Dame 14–0. Drive: 14 plays, 69 yards.

Second quarter

ND – Raghib Ismail 56-yard punt return (Craig Hentrich kick), 14:42. Notre Dame 21–0.
AFA – Greg Johnson 61-yard pass from Dee Dowis (Joe Wood kick), 13:36. Notre Dame 21–7.
ND – Anthony Johnson 27-yard pass from Tony Rice (Craig Hentrich kick), 9:46. Notre Dame 28–7.
AFA – Steve Senn 26-yard pass from Dee Dowis (Joe Wood kick). Notre Dame 28–14.
ND – Raghib Ismail 24-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 0:30. Notre Dame 35–14.

Third quarter