1988 San Diego State Aztecs football team

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1988
Jack Murphy Stadium
Seasons
1988 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 20 Wyoming $ 8 0 0 11 2 0
UTEP 6 2 0 10 3 0
Hawaii 5 3 0 9 3 0
BYU 5 3 0 9 4 0
Utah 4 4 0 6 5 0
Air Force 3 5 0 5 7 0
San Diego State 3 5 0 3 8 0
New Mexico 1 7 0 2 10 0
Colorado State 1 7 0 1 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).

The team was led by head coach

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 11Air ForceW 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 15Hawaiidagger
  • Jack Murphy Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
L 30–3227,142[8]
October 22at Colorado StateL 7–1323,817[9]
October 29at UtahL 20–4122,453[10]
November 5No. 20 BYU
  • Jack Murphy Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
W 27–1521,825[11]
November 12at UTEPL 7–5831,552[12]
November 19at New MexicoW 18–107,923[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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]

Player Position Round Overall NFL Team
Alfred Jackson
Wide Receiver 5 135 Los Angeles Rams

Team awards

Award Player
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 Player Monty 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.

References

  1. ^ Shanahan, Tom (September 5, 2001). "Football at SDSU, ASU followed different paths - Sun Devils flourished - Aztecs have struggled". San Diego Union-Tribune. p. D-1. Retrieved May 27, 2023 – via NewsBank. There has been only one WAC title and Holiday Bowl trip, in 1986 when the Aztecs lost to Iowa 39-38 under Stolz.
  2. ^ Simers, T. J. (April 14, 1991). "Stolz Still Searching For A Reason Behind His Change of Course". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
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  4. ^ "Hawaii 2015 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
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  6. ^ "Utah 1989 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  7. ^ "BYU 1989 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  8. ^ "Texas El Paso 2015 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  9. Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  10. ^ "San Diego State 1988 Schedule". Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  11. ^ a b "San Diego State 2016 Football Media Guide". Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  12. ^ "1989 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2016.