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1988 San Diego State

3–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Dennis Stolz.

Schedule and results

San Diego State in 1988, game by game: lost at No. 5 UCLA 6–59; won vs. Air Force 39–36; lost at Stanford 10–31; lost vs. No. 20 Oregon 13–34; lost vs. No. 16 Wyoming 27–55; lost vs. Hawai’i 30–32; lost at Colorado State 7–13; lost at Utah 20–41; won vs. No. 20 BYU 27–15; lost at UTEP 7–58; won at New Mexico 18–10+12−53Lost 6–59 at No. 5 UCLA-53No. 5 UCLAWon 39–36 vs. Air Force+3Air ForceLost 10–31 at Stanford-21StanfordLost 13–34 vs. No. 20 Oregon-21No. 20 OregonLost 27–55 vs. No. 16 Wyoming-28No. 16 WyomingLost 30–32 vs. Hawai’i-2Hawai’iLost 7–13 at Colorado State-6Colorado StateLost 20–41 at Utah-21UtahWon 27–15 vs. No. 20 BYU+12No. 20 BYULost 7–58 at UTEP-51UTEPWon 18–10 at New Mexico+8New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3at5UCLAL 6–⁠5922%
Sep 11vsAir ForceW 39–⁠3646%
Sep 17atStanfordL 10–⁠3140%
Oct 1vs20OregonL 13–⁠3444%
Oct 8vs16WyomingL 27–⁠5531%
Oct 15vsHawai’iL 30–⁠3246%
Oct 22atColorado StateL 7–⁠1355%
Oct 29atUtahL 20–⁠4147%
Nov 5vs20BYUW 27–⁠1523%
Nov 12atUTEPL 7–⁠5824%
Nov 19atNew MexicoW 18–⁠1063%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat New Mexico 18–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 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
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
204–⁠384
Coach
Dennis Stolz
Elo
1412 −89 this season
SP+ rating
-11.6 No. 81 of 102; offense No. 56, defense No. 87
SRS
−10.9 No. 83 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dana Bible
Defensive coordinator
Ed Schmidt
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 5Alfred Jackson WRLos Angeles Rams

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.