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American college football season
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.[1]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 10 | Kentucky | No. 7 | | TBS | W 20–10 | 67,000 | [2] |
September 17 | Kansas* | No. 6 | - Jordan-Hare Stadium
- Auburn, AL
| | W 56–7 | 55,700 | [3] |
September 24 | Tennessee | No. 4 | - Jordan-Hare Stadium
- Auburn, AL (rivalry)
| CBS | W 38–6 | 83,687 | [4] |
October 1 | North Carolina* | No. 4 | - Jordan-Hare Stadium
- Auburn, AL
| | W 47–21 | 73,611 | [5] |
October 8 | at LSU | No. 4 | | ESPN | L 6–7 | 79,431 | [6] |
October 15 | Akron* | No. 12 | - Jordan-Hare Stadium
- Auburn, AL
| | W 42–0 | 61,300 | [7] |
October 22 | Mississippi State | No. 10 | - Jordan-Hare Stadium
- Auburn, AL
| | W 33–0 | 67,300 | [8] |
October 29 | at Florida | No. 9 | | ESPN | W 16–0 | 75,199 | [9] |
November 5 | Southern Miss*![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 9 | - Jordan-Hare Stadium
- Auburn, AL
| | W 38–8 | 73,787 | [10] |
November 12 | No. 17 Georgia | No. 9 | - Jordan-Hare Stadium
- Auburn, AL (rivalry)
| CBS | W 20–10 | 85,214 | [11] |
November 25 | at No. 17 Alabama | No. 7 | | CBS | W 15–10 | 75,962 | [12] |
January 2 | vs. No. 4 Florida State* | No. 7 | | ABC | L 7–13 | 61,934 | [13] |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1988 Auburn Tigers football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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AP | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
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Coaches Poll | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
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- ^ "1988 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "Tigers won't celebrate 20–10 victory". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. September 11, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn once again too strong for KU". The Kansas City Star. September 18, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vols lose to Auburn". Bristol Herald Courier. September 25, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn pounds Carolina, 47–21". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 2, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU rallies past Auburn 7–6 on Fuller's last-chance TD". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 9, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "No surprises: Auburn 42–0". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 16, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn hammers dazed State 33–0". The Clarion-Ledger. October 23, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers maul Gators 16–0". The Palm Beach Post. October 30, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers blitz USM with 21 in first". The Selma Times-Journal. November 6, 1988. Retrieved March 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sweet dreams turn sour for Bulldogs". Anderson Independent-Mail. November 13, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Big-play Tigers stop Tide". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 26, 1988. Retrieved March 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Prime Time' steals the show". Birmingham Post-Herald. January 3, 1989. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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