1988 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1988 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record281 (251 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainGreg Bradshaw [1]
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
Seasons
  1987
1989  
1988 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Michigan $ 7 0 19 2 1
Michigan State 6 1 16 5 1
Illinois 5 2 16 5 1
Iowa 4 1 36 4 3
No. 20 Indiana 5 3 08 3 1
Purdue 3 5 04 7 0
Ohio State 2 5 14 6 1
Northwestern 2 5 12 8 1
Wisconsin 1 7 01 10 0
Minnesota 0 6 22 7 2
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois. They were coached by Francis Peay.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pm Duke * SV L 21–3124,713
September 171:00 pmat Air Force *L 27–6242,612
September 2412:30 pmat Army *L 7–2336,978
October 111:00 am Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
ABC L 17–4827,113
October 87:00 pmat Minnesota T 28–2844,566
October 1512:00 pmat Michigan State L 3–3676,952
October 221:00 pm Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 35–1430,013
October 291:00 pmNo. 14 Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 7–5233,647
November 51:00 pmat Iowa L 10–3567,700
November 121:00 pm Purdue
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 28–724,542
November 191:00 pmat Illinois L 9–1443,329
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.