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1988 Colorado State

1–⁠10 (1–⁠7 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Leon Fuller.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1988, game by game: lost vs. Air Force 23–29; lost vs. Hawai’i 23–31; lost at Arizona State 17–28; lost vs. Colorado 23–27; lost at BYU 7–42; lost at UTEP 14–34; won vs. San Diego State 13–7; lost vs. No. 10 Wyoming 14–48; lost at Utah 7–46; lost at New Mexico 23–24; lost at Tulsa 28–32+7−39Lost 23–29 vs. Air Force-6Air ForceLost 23–31 vs. Hawai’i-8Hawai’iLost 17–28 at Arizona State-11Arizona StateLost 23–27 vs. Colorado-4ColoradoLost 7–42 at BYU-35BYULost 14–34 at UTEP-20UTEPWon 13–7 vs. San Diego State+6San Diego StateLost 14–48 vs. No. 10 Wyoming-34No. 10 WyomingLost 7–46 at Utah-39UtahLost 23–24 at New Mexico-1New MexicoLost 28–32 at Tulsa-4Tulsa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsAir ForceL 23–⁠2936%
Sep 10vsHawai’iL 23–⁠3144%
Sep 17atArizona StateL 17–⁠2817%
Oct 1vsColoradoL 23–⁠2725%
Oct 8atBYUL 7–⁠4215%
Oct 15atUTEPL 14–⁠3418%
Oct 22vsSan Diego StateW 13–⁠745%
Oct 29vs10WyomingL 14–⁠4818%
Nov 5atUtahL 7–⁠4635%
Nov 12atNew MexicoL 23–⁠2453%
Nov 26atTulsaL 28–⁠3228%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tulsa 32–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 116th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 8th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
192–⁠348
Coach
Leon Fuller
Elo
1302 −97 this season
SP+ rating
-15.3 No. 87 of 102; offense No. 78, defense No. 83
SRS
−13.5 No. 87 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Kay Dalton
Defensive coordinator
Harold Richardson

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.