1988 San Diego State Aztecs football team

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1988 San Diego State Aztecs football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record3–8 (3–5 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Dana Bible (3rd season)
Home stadium Jack Murphy Stadium
Seasons
  1987
1989  
1988 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 20 Wyoming $ 8 0 011 2 0
UTEP 6 2 010 3 0
Hawaii 5 3 09 3 0
BYU 5 3 09 4 0
Utah 4 4 06 5 0
Air Force 3 5 05 7 0
San Diego State 3 5 03 8 0
New Mexico 1 7 02 10 0
Colorado State 1 7 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1988 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).

Contents

The team was led by head coach Denny Stolz, in his third year. They played home games at Jack Murphy Stadium [note 1] in San Diego, California. They completed the season with a record of three wins, eight losses (3–8, 3–5 WAC). Stolz was fired after the season, two years after leading the Aztecs to their only Western Athletic Conference (WAC) title and appearance in San Diego's Holiday Bowl in his first season in 1986. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3at No. 5 UCLA *L 6–5946,487 [3]
September 11 Air Force W 39–3620,112 [4]
September 17at Stanford *L 10–3126,000 [5]
October 1No. 20 Oregon *
  • Jack Murphy Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
L 13–3422,527 [6]
October 8No. 16 Wyoming
  • Jack Murphy Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
L 27–5520,386 [7]
October 15 Hawaii Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Jack Murphy Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
L 30–3227,142 [8]
October 22at Colorado State L 7–1323,817 [9]
October 29at Utah L 20–4122,453 [10]
November 5No. 20 BYU
  • Jack Murphy Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
W 27–1521,825 [11]
November 12at UTEP L 7–5831,552 [12]
November 19at New Mexico W 18–107,923 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1989 NFL draft. [16]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL Team
Alfred Jackson Wide Receiver5135 Los Angeles Rams

Team awards

AwardPlayer
Most Valuable Player
(John Simcox Memorial Trophy)
Monty Gilbreath
Paul Hewitt
Outstanding Offensive & Defensive Linemen
(Byron H. Chase Memorial Trophy)
Kevin Wells, Off
Brad Burton, Def
Team captains
Dr. R. Hardy / C.E. Peterson Memorial Trophy
Alfred Jackson, Off
Kevin Wells, Off
Mario Mitchell, Def
Most Inspirational PlayerMonty Gilbreath

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Notes

  1. San Diego County Credit Union Stadium (SDCCU Stadium) was known as Jack Murphy Stadium from 1981 through 1997.

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