1988 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
| 1988 Arkansas Razorbacks football | |
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SWC champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 3–17 vs. UCLA | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 13 |
| AP | No. 12 |
| 1988 record | 10–2 (7–0 SWC) |
| Head coach | Ken Hatfield (5th year) |
| Offensive scheme | Option |
| Defensive coordinator | Fred Goldsmith (5th year) |
| Home stadium |
Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium |
| 1988 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #12 Arkansas $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M* | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1988 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1]
Arkansas won the SWC championship, finishing undefeated in conference play. Defensive end Wayne Martin, safety Steve Atwater, and placekicker Kendall Trainer were all named 1st Team All-American. Senior linebacker LaSalle Harper was named Defensive MVP of the 1989 Cotton Bowl, despite Arkansas losing the game.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 3, 1988 | Pacific* | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR | W 63–14 | 49,600 | |||||
| September 10, 1988 | Tulsa* | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | W 30–26 | 43,008 | |||||
| September 17, 1988 | Mississippi* | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR (Rivalry) | W 21–13 | 55,360 | |||||
| October 1, 1988 | TCU | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | W 53–10 | 41,240 | |||||
| October 8, 1988 | Texas Tech | No. 20 | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR | W 31–10 | 49,818 | ||||
| October 15, 1988 | at Texas | No. 17 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 27–24 | 73,451 | ||||
| October 22, 1988 | at Houston | No. 13 | Astrodome • Houston, TX | W 26–21 | 21,775 | ||||
| October 29, 1988 | Rice | No. 11 | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR | W 21–14 | 50,612 | ||||
| November 5, 1988 | at Baylor | No. 11 | Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX | W 33–3 | 40,148 | ||||
| November 12, 1988 | Texas A&M | No. 11 | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR (Rivalry) | W 25–20 | 53,818 | ||||
| November 26, 1988 | at No. 3 Miami (FL)* | No. 8 | Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL | L 16–18 | 63,271 | ||||
| January 2, 1989 | vs. No. 9 UCLA* | No. 8 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | L 3–17 | 74,304 | ||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
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