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1988 Long Beach State

3–⁠9 (3–⁠4 Big West), coached by Larry Reisbig.

Schedule and results

Long Beach State in 1988, game by game: lost vs. Boise State 10–29; lost at Oregon 0–49; lost at No. 2 UCLA 3–56; lost vs. Pacific 10–22; lost at Utah State 24–31; won vs. Cal State Fullerton 24–22; lost at Akron 0–40; lost at Hawai’i 31–34; won at San José State 34–13; won at New Mexico State 21–16; lost at Fresno State 3–31; lost vs. UNLV 41–42+21−53Lost 10–29 vs. Boise State-19Boise StateLost 0–49 at Oregon-49OregonLost 3–56 at No. 2 UCLA-53No. 2 UCLALost 10–22 vs. Pacific-12PacificLost 24–31 at Utah State-7Utah StateWon 24–22 vs. Cal State Fullerton+2Cal State Fulle…Lost 0–40 at Akron-40AkronLost 31–34 at Hawai’i-3Hawai’iWon 34–13 at San José State+21San José StateWon 21–16 at New Mexico State+5New Mexico StateLost 3–31 at Fresno State-28Fresno StateLost 41–42 vs. UNLV-1UNLV
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsBoise StateL 10–⁠2975%
Sep 10atOregonL 0–⁠4924%
Sep 17at2UCLAL 3–⁠568%
Oct 1vsPacificL 10–⁠2258%
Oct 8atUtah StateL 24–⁠3130%
Oct 15vsCal State FullertonW 24–⁠2240%
Oct 22atAkronL 0–⁠4037%
Oct 29atHawai’iL 31–⁠3416%
Nov 5atSan José StateW 34–⁠1317%
Nov 12atNew Mexico StateW 21–⁠1659%
Nov 19atFresno StateL 3–⁠3116%
Nov 26vsUNLVL 41–⁠4261%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UNLV 42–⁠41; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big West.

In program history: The 19th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 29 on file).

Record
3–⁠9
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big West
AP final
Unranked
Points
201–⁠385
Coach
Larry Reisbig
Elo
1338 −76 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−19.9 No. 94 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 4Jeff Graham QBGreen Bay Packers

1988 Big West standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Fresno State7–⁠010–⁠2
Cal State Fullerton5–⁠25–⁠6
Utah State4–⁠34–⁠7
San José State4–⁠34–⁠8
UNLV3–⁠44–⁠7
Long Beach State3–⁠43–⁠9
Pacific2–⁠52–⁠9
New Mexico State0–⁠71–⁠10

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