1988 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1988 Northwestern Wildcats football
1988 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	2–8–1 (2–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Francis Peay (3rd season);
Captain	Greg Bradshaw
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

1988 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Michigan $	7	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
Illinois	5	–	2	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
Iowa	4	–	1	–	3	6	–	4	–	3
No. 20 Indiana	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	1	2	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	6	–	2	2	–	7	–	2

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Francis Peay, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 2–8–1 with a mark of 2–5–1 in conference play, tying for seventh place in the Big Ten. Northwestern played home games at Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	6:00 pm	Duke*	Dyche Stadium Evanston IL	SV	L 21–31	24,713	^[2]
September 17	1:00 pm	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO		L 27–62	42,612
September 24	12:30 pm	at Army*	Michie Stadium [West Point, NY		L 7–23	36,978
October 1	11:00 am	Indiana	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	ABC	L 17–48	27,113
October 8	7:00 pm	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		T 28–28	44,566
October 15	12:00 pm	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		L 3–36	76,952
October 22	1:00 pm	Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 35–14	30,013
October 29	1:00 pm	No. 14 Michigan	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)		L 7–52	33,647
November 5	1:00 pm	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 10–35	67,700
November 12	1:00 pm	Purdue	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 28–7	24,542
November 19	1:00 pm	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)		L 9–14	43,329
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^ "Northwestern falls to Duke". Wisconsin State Journal. September 4, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.