1988 Stanford Cardinal football team

	Conf					Overall
1988 Pacific-10 football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 USC †	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#6 UCLA	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#16 Washington State	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Arizona	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Arizona State	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Washington	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Oregon	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Stanford	1	–	5	–	2	3	–	6	–	2
California	1	–	5	–	1	5	–	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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	12:30 PM PDT	#8 USC	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	ABC	L 20–24	57,000
September 17	1:00 PM PDT	San Diego State*	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		W 31–10	26,000
September 24	1:00 PM PDT	at #22 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		L 3–7	39,089
October 1	4:00 PM PDT	at #5 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	ESPN	L 14–42	59,075
October 8	1:00 PM PDT	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		W 44–12	55,000
October 15	1:00 PM PDT	Arizona State	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		W 24–3	40,500
October 22	1:00 PM PDT	Oregon State	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		T 20–20	35,000
October 29	12:30 PM PDT	at Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		L 25–28	68,272
November 5	1:00 PM PST	Washington State	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		L 21–24	36,500
November 12	12:30 PM PST	at #6 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		L 17–27	70,552
November 19	1:00 PM PST	at California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (91st Big Game)		T 19–19	75,662
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

^[2] Notes:

^a All times in Pacific Time Zone. (UTC–7 and UTC–8 starting October 30)

↑ Cart, Julie (January 4, 1989). "Dennis Green Takes Stanford Job : 49er Assistant Is Pac-10's First Black Head Football Coach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
↑ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1988–1992". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 21, 2013.

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