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1988 Air Force

5–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Fisher DeBerry.

Schedule and results

Air Force in 1988, game by game: won at Colorado State 29–23; lost at San Diego State 36–39; won vs. Northwestern 62–27; lost vs. Wyoming 45–48; won vs. New Mexico 63–14; won vs. Navy 34–24; won at Utah 56–49; lost at No. 2 Notre Dame 13–41; lost at Army 15–28; lost vs. BYU 31–49; lost at UTEP 24–31; lost at Hawai’i 14–19+49−28Won 29–23 at Colorado State+6Colorado StateLost 36–39 at San Diego State-3San Diego StateWon 62–27 vs. Northwestern+35NorthwesternLost 45–48 vs. Wyoming-3WyomingWon 63–14 vs. New Mexico+49New MexicoWon 34–24 vs. Navy+10NavyWon 56–49 at Utah+7UtahLost 13–41 at No. 2 Notre Dame-28No. 2 Notre DameLost 15–28 at Army-13ArmyLost 31–49 vs. BYU-18BYULost 24–31 at UTEP-7UTEPLost 14–19 at Hawai’i-5Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atColorado StateW 29–⁠2364%
Sep 11atSan Diego StateL 36–⁠3954%
Sep 17vsNorthwesternW 62–⁠2779%
Sep 24vsWyomingL 45–⁠4851%
Oct 1vsNew MexicoW 63–⁠1486%
Oct 8vsNavyW 34–⁠2479%
Oct 15atUtahW 56–⁠4968%
Oct 22at2Notre DameL 13–⁠4127%
Nov 5atArmyL 15–⁠2845%
Nov 12vsBYUL 31–⁠4951%
Nov 19atUTEPL 24–⁠3133%
Nov 26atHawai’iL 14–⁠1940%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Hawai’i 19–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 45th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 71 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1988.

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
422–⁠392
Coach
Fisher DeBerry
Elo
1487 −68 this season
SP+ rating
2.1 No. 50 of 102; offense No. 12, defense No. 95
SRS
1.2 No. 51 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Captain
All seniors
Offense
Wishbone triple option

1988 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming8–⁠011–⁠2
UTEP6–⁠210–⁠3
Hawai’i5–⁠39–⁠3
BYU5–⁠39–⁠4
Utah4–⁠46–⁠5
Air Force3–⁠55–⁠7
San Diego State3–⁠53–⁠8
New Mexico1–⁠72–⁠10
Colorado State1–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.