1988 Ohio Bobcats football team

1988 Ohio Bobcats football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	4–6–1 (4–3–1 MAC)
Head coach	Cleve Bryant (4th season)
Home stadium	Peden Stadium

1988 Mid-American football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Western Michigan $	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Eastern Michigan	5	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Ball State	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Central Michigan	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Ohio	4	–	3	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Toledo	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Kent State	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Bowling Green	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
Miami (OH)	0	–	7	–	1			0	–	10	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1988 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Cleve Bryant, the Bobcats compiled a 4–6–1 record (4–3–1 against MAC opponents), finished in fifth place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 288 to 195.^[1][2][3] They played their home games in Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at No. 10 Marshall*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV (rivalry)	L 14–31		[5]
September 17	at Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 10–33	60,658
September 24	at UNLV*	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Whitney, NV	L 18–26	16,266
October 1	Toledo	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	W 24–14
October 8	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	L 0–42
October 15	Miami (OH)	Peden Stadium Athens, OH (rivalry)	W 38–21
October 22	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	W 21–14
October 29	Eastern Michigan	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	T 17–17
November 5	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	L 10–42
November 12	Ball State	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	W 27–25
November 19	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	L 16–23
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1988 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
2. "2015 Ohio Football Media Guide" (PDF). Ohio University. 2015. pp. 93–94. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
3. "Cleve Bryant". Sports Reference.
4. "Peden Stadium". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
5. "Morehead rally falls short as Marshall wins 30–17". Lexington Herald-Leader. September 4, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.