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1988 Florida

7–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Galen Hall.

Florida, 1988
Photo: Mark Foley collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Florida in 1988, game by game: won vs. Montana State 69–0; won at Ole Miss 27–15; won vs. Indiana State 58–0; won vs. Mississippi State 17–0; won vs. No. 14 LSU 19–6; lost vs. Memphis 11–17; lost at Vanderbilt 9–24; lost vs. No. 9 Auburn 0–16; lost vs. No. 19 Georgia 3–26; won at Kentucky 24–19; lost at No. 5 Florida State 17–52; won vs. Illinois 14–10+69−35Won 69–0 vs. Montana State+69Montana StateWon 27–15 at Ole Miss+12Ole MissWon 58–0 vs. Indiana State+58Indiana StateWon 17–0 vs. Mississippi State+17Mississippi Sta…Won 19–6 vs. No. 14 LSU+13No. 14 LSULost 11–17 vs. Memphis-6MemphisLost 9–24 at Vanderbilt-15VanderbiltLost 0–16 vs. No. 9 Auburn-16No. 9 AuburnLost 3–26 vs. No. 19 Georgia-23No. 19 GeorgiaWon 24–19 at Kentucky+5KentuckyLost 17–52 at No. 5 Florida State-35No. 5 Florida StateWon 14–10 vs. Illinois+4Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsMontana StateW 69–⁠088%
Sep 10atOle MissW 27–⁠1557%
Sep 17vsIndiana StateW 58–⁠088%
Sep 24vsMississippi StateW 17–⁠078%
Oct 1vs14LSUW 19–⁠648%
Oct 8vsMemphisL 11–⁠1783%
Oct 15atVanderbiltL 9–⁠2466%
Oct 29vs9AuburnL 0–⁠1638%
Nov 5vs19GeorgiaL 3–⁠2638%
Nov 12atKentuckyW 24–⁠1941%
Nov 26at5Florida StateL 17–⁠5217%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvsIllinoisAll-American BowlW 14–⁠1056%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Illinois 14–⁠10 in the All-American Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 20
  2. Wk 6: 17
  3. Wk 7: 14
  4. Wk 8: 20

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.

Consensus All-AmericanLouis Oliver, DB

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
268–⁠185
Coach
Galen Hall
Elo
1553 −16 this season
SP+ rating
3.7 No. 47 of 102; offense No. 87, defense No. 11
SRS
1.7 No. 50 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Lynn Amadee
Defensive coordinator
Gary Darnell

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 1Trace Armstrong DEChicago Bears
Rd 1David Williams OTHouston Oilers
Rd 1Louis Oliver DBMiami Dolphins
Rd 3Rhondy Weston DEDallas Cowboys
Rd 5Jeff Roth DTDallas Cowboys

All-SEC

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠28
LSU6–⁠18–⁠419
Georgia5–⁠29–⁠315
Alabama4–⁠39–⁠317
Florida4–⁠37–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss3–⁠45–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠55–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠53–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠71–⁠10

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