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1989 Cincinnati Bengals season

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Head coach
  
Sam Wyche

Home field
  
Riverfront Stadium

Division place
  
4th AFC Central

General manager
  
Paul Brown

Record
  
8–8

Playoff finish
  
did not qualify

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.

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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.

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 season
  • James Brooks, 2nd 1,000-yard season (1,239 yards)
  • Tim McGee, 1st 1,000-yard season (1,211 yards)

    • References

    1989 Cincinnati Bengals season Wikipedia
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