1989–90 NCAA football bowl games

1989–90 NCAA football bowl games
Season1989
Number of bowls18
Bowl gamesDecember 9, 1989 –
January 1, 1990
National Championship1990 Sugar Bowl
Location of ChampionshipLouisiana Superdome,
New Orleans, Louisiana
ChampionsMiami Hurricanes
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Number of teams
in final AP poll
Independents 8 6–2 (0.750) 6
SEC 6 3–3 (0.500) 3
Pac-10 4 4–0 (1.000) 3
Big Ten 4 2–2 (0.500) 4
ACC 4 2–2 (0.500) 2
SWC 3 1–2 (0.333) 4
WAC 3 0–3 (0.000) 1
Big Eight 2 0–2 (0.000) 2
Big West 1 1–0 (1.000) 0
MAC 1 0–1 (0.000) 0

The 1989–90 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1989 and January 1990 to end the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 18 team-competitive games, and two all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the California Bowl on December 9, 1989, and concluded on January 20, 1990, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.