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1988 Stanford

3–⁠6–⁠2 (1–⁠5–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Jack Elway.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1988, game by game: lost vs. No. 6 USC 20–24; won vs. San Diego State 31–10; lost at Oregon 3–7; lost at No. 5 Notre Dame 14–42; won vs. San José State 44–12; won vs. Arizona State 24–3; tied vs. Oregon State 20–20; lost at Washington 25–28; lost vs. Washington State 21–24; lost at No. 6 UCLA 17–27; tied at California 19–19+32−28Lost 20–24 vs. No. 6 USC-4No. 6 USCWon 31–10 vs. San Diego State+21San Diego StateLost 3–7 at Oregon-4OregonLost 14–42 at No. 5 Notre Dame-28No. 5 Notre DameWon 44–12 vs. San José State+32San José StateWon 24–3 vs. Arizona State+21Arizona StateTied 20–20 vs. Oregon State0Oregon StateLost 25–28 at Washington-3WashingtonLost 21–24 vs. Washington State-3Washington StateLost 17–27 at No. 6 UCLA-10No. 6 UCLATied 19–19 at California0California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vs6USCL 20–⁠2445%
Sep 17vsSan Diego StateW 31–⁠1060%
Sep 24atOregonL 3–⁠739%
Oct 1at5Notre DameL 14–⁠4225%
Oct 8vsSan José StateW 44–⁠1258%
Oct 15vsArizona StateW 24–⁠356%
Oct 22vsOregon StateT 20–⁠2074%
Oct 29atWashingtonL 25–⁠2836%
Nov 5vsWashington StateL 21–⁠2457%
Nov 12at6UCLAL 17–⁠2717%
Nov 19atCaliforniaT 19–⁠1946%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied California 19–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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
3–⁠6–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠2 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
238–⁠216
Coach
Jack Elway
Elo
1527 +1 this season
SP+ rating
13.4 No. 24 of 102; offense No. 39, defense No. 17
SRS
10.2 No. 24 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Dick Mannini
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second 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 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC8–⁠010–⁠27
UCLA6–⁠210–⁠26
Washington State5–⁠39–⁠316
Arizona5–⁠37–⁠4
Arizona State3–⁠46–⁠5
Washington3–⁠56–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠56–⁠6
Oregon State2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠5–⁠23–⁠6–⁠2
California1–⁠5–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1

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