1988 Sonoma State Cossacks football team

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1988 Sonoma State Cossacks football
ConferenceNorthern California Athletic Conference
Record5–5 (3–2 NCAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCossacks Stadium
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
1988 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 UC Davis $^ 5 0 0 7 3 1
Sonoma State 3 2 0 5 5 0
Chico State 3 2 0 3 7 0
Humboldt State 2 3 0 4 6 0
Cal State Hayward 1 4 0 2 9 0
San Francisco State 1 4 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

The 1988 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State University as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the 1988 NCAA Division II football season. Led by Marty Fine in his second and final season as head coach, Sonoma State compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the NCAC. The team was outscored by its opponents 225 to 200 for the season. The Cossacks played home games at Cossacks Stadium[note 1] in Rohnert Park, California.

Fine finished his tenure as at Sonoma State with an overall record of 10–11, for a .476 winning percentage.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10at Cal Lutheran*
L 13–172,144–2,246[1]
September 17Cal State Northridge*
L 6–311,242[2]
September 24Menlo*
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, CA
W 29–19628
October 1Cal State Hayward
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, CA
W 19–7567
October 8at UC Santa Barbara*W 20–182,459[3]
October 15at UC DavisL 13–424,700
October 22Humboldt State
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, CA
L 18–381,012
October 29at Saint Mary's*
L 34–353,050
November 5at Chico State
W 14–101,500
November 12San Francisco State
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, CA
W 34–8865
  • *Non-conference game

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Cossacks Stadium was renamed in 2002 to Seawolf Stadium when the University changed the name of the mascot to Seawolves.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 11, 1988. p. III-21. Retrieved April 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 18, 1988. p. III-23. Retrieved April 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 9, 1988. p. III-23. Retrieved April 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^ "Final 1988 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  5. ^ "1988 - Sonoma St. (CA)". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  6. ^ "Sonoma State Football - 1988". Retrieved November 14, 2017.