1988 Auburn Tigers football team

1988 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Auburn +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 19 LSU +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 15 Georgia	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Alabama	4	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Florida	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Mississippi State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with a 10–2 record and won its second consecutive Southeastern Conference (SEC) title, sharing it with LSU. LSU handed Auburn its only conference loss of the year 7–6, in a game referred to as the "Earthquake Game". Auburn lost to Florida State, 13–7, in the 1989 Sugar Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	Kentucky	No. 7	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	TBS	W 20–10	60,000
September 17	Kansas*	No. 6	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 56–7	55,700
September 24	Tennessee	No. 4	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	CBS	W 38–6	83,687
October 1	North Carolina*	No. 4	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 47–21	73,611
October 8	at LSU	No. 4	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Earthquake Game)	ESPN	L 6–7	79,431
October 15	Akron*	No. 12	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 42–0	61,300
October 22	Mississippi State	No. 10	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 33–0	67,300
October 29	at Florida	No. 9	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	ESPN	W 16–0	75,199
November 5	Southern Miss*	No. 9	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 38–8	73,787
November 12	No. 17 Georgia	No. 9	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	CBS	W 20–10	85,214
November 25	vs. No. 17 Alabama	No. 7	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	CBS	W 15–10	75,962
January 2	vs. No. 4 Florida State*	No. 7	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 7–13	75,098
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Auburn Tigers football
Venues	Drill Field (1892–1910) Drake Field (1911–1939) Legion Field (alternate, 1926–1991) Jordan–Hare Stadium (1939–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Iron Bowl (James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy) Arkansas Clemson Florida Georgia: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Georgia Tech LSU Tennessee Tulane
Culture & lore	History Traditions Aubie "War Eagle" Marching band Toomer's Corner Punt Bama Punt Bo Over the Top Earthquake Game Prayer at Jordan–Hare Kick Six (Kick Bama Kick) Porter Cup
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

National championships in bold

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