1988 Stanford Cardinal football team

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1988 Stanford Cardinal football
Conference Pac-10 Conference
Record3–6–2 (1–5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadium Stanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)
Seasons
  1987
1989  
1988 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 USC $ 8 0 010 2 0
No. 6 UCLA 6 2 010 2 0
No. 16 Washington State 5 3 09 3 0
Arizona 5 3 07 4 0
Arizona State 3 4 06 5 0
Washington 3 5 06 5 0
Oregon 3 5 06 6 0
Oregon State 2 5 14 6 1
Stanford 1 5 23 6 2
California 1 5 15 5 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Jack Elway's last season as head coach. He was fired following a disappointing season. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1012:30 p.m.No. 8 USC ABC L 20–2457,000
September 171:00 p.m. San Diego State *
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 31–1026,000
September 241:00 p.m.at No. 22 Oregon L 3–739,089
October 14:00 p.m.at No. 5 Notre Dame * ESPN L 14–4259,075
October 81:00 p.m. San Jose State *
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 44–1255,000
October 151:00 p.m. Arizona State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 24–340,500
October 221:00 p.m. Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
T 20–2035,000
October 2912:30 p.m.at Washington L 25–2868,272
November 51:00 p.m. Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 21–2436,500
November 1212:30 p.m.at No. 6 UCLA L 17–2770,552
November 191:00 p.m.at California T 19–1975,662
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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Personnel

1988 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR Walter Batson
RB Scott Eschelman
QB 12 Jason Palumbis Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR Jon Pinckney
C Andy Sinclair
RB Tommy Vardell Fr
RB Jon VolpeSo
SB Chris WalshFr
WR Charlie Young
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 72 Lester Archambeau Sr
S Robert Engelhardt
DB Alan Grant
LB Rob Hinckley
NG Ray Huckestein
DL Scott Palmbush
ILB Kevin RichardsonSr
DB Kevin Scott
LB Jono Tunney
CB Tuan Van LeRFr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K John Hopkins
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Dave Baldwin Passing game coordinator and wide receivers
  • Gary Gagnon Running backs
  • Chris Foerster Assistant offensive line
  • Dick Mannini Defensive coordinator and defensive line
  • Larry Kerr Inside linebackers
  • Otto Kofler Outside linebackers
  • Jack Gilmete Outside linebackers
  • Sonny Lubick Defensive backs

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Southern California

San Diego State

at Oregon

at Notre Dame

San Jose State

Arizona State

Oregon State

at Washington

Washington State

at UCLA

at California

Stanford Cardinal (3–6–1) at California Golden Bears (5–5)
1234Total
Stanford3103319
California390719

at California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

  • Date: November 19
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 75,662
  • [3] [4]
Game information

Stanford's Tuan Van Le, a Vietnam War refugee, blocked Robbie Keen's 20-yard field goal in the final seconds to preserve the tie.

Radio

Flagship stationPlay–by–playColor commentatorSideline reporterStudio host
KSFO–AM 560

Some games broadcast on KYA–FM 93.3 because of broadcast conflict with the Oakland Athletics

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