| Game Name: | Liberty Bowl |
| Subheader: | 31st Liberty Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 28 |
| Year Game Played: | 1989 |
| Football Season: | 1989 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Ole Miss |
| Visitor Nickname: | Rebels |
| Visitor Record: | 7–4 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Mvp: | Randy Baldwin (RB, Ole Miss) |
| Home Name Short: | Air Force |
| Home Nickname: | Falcons |
| Home Record: | 8–3–1 |
| Home 1Q: | 9 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 6 |
| Home 4Q: | 14 |
| Type: | bg |
| Attendance: | 60,128 |
The 1989 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 28, 1989, in Memphis, Tennessee. The 31st edition of the Liberty Bowl was contested between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Air Force Falcons.
The Rebels finished tied for 4th position in the Southeastern Conference while the Falcons finished 2nd in the Western Athletic Conference. This was the first year in which the winner of the Commander in Chief's Trophy received an automatic bid to the Liberty Bowl. The two teams had matched up before in 1983. Chucky Mullins (who had been paralyzed in a game just two months ago) visited the Ole Miss locker room prior to the game in his first visit outside the hospital prior to his injury.
Randy Baldwin rushed for 177 yards on 14 carries with two touchdowns, and John Darnell passed for 19-of-33 for 261 yards and a touchdown.[1]
The two teams would meet up three years later in the Liberty Bowl again.
| Statistics | Ole Miss | Air Force |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 30 | 25 |
| Rushing yards | 248 | 259 |
| Passing yards | 285 | 233 |
| Total yards | 533 | 513 |
| Passing C-A-I | 21–37–0 | 14–24–2 |
| Punts–average | 5–38.2 | 4–43.3 |
| Fumbles–lost | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Penalties–yards | 7–45 | 2–12 |