1988 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

1988 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Southwest Conference 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 season)
Offensive coordinator	David Lee
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Fred Goldsmith (5th season)
Home stadium	Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

1988 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Arkansas $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M*	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
No. 18 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
$ – Conference champion *- Ineligible for conference championship and postseason bowl games due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

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 Trainor 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
September 3	Pacific (CA)*		War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	W 63–14	49,600
September 10	Tulsa*		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 30–26	43,008
September 17	Ole Miss*		War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	W 21–13	55,360
October 1	TCU		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 53–10	41,240
October 8	Texas Tech	No. 20	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	W 31–10	49,818
October 15	at Texas	No. 17	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 27–24	73,451
October 22	at Houston	No. 13	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	W 26–21	21,775
October 29	Rice	No. 11	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	W 21–14	50,612
November 5	at Baylor	No. 11	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	W 33–3	40,148
November 12	Texas A&M	No. 11	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)	W 25–20	53,818
November 26	at No. 3 Miami (FL)*	No. 8	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 16–18	63,271
January 2	vs. No. 9 UCLA*	No. 8	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	L 3–17	74,304
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll

Roster[]

1988 Arkansas Razorbacks football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class T 72 Freddie Childress Sr RB 18 Barry Foster Jr QB 4 Quinn Grovey So RB 34 JuJu Harshaw Jr RB Joe Johnson Sr RB Kerwin Price Fr RB 35 James Rouse Jr WR 2 Derek Russell So	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 27 Steve Atwater Sr DB 9 Richard Brothers Sr CB Anthony Cooney Jr LB LaSalle Harper Sr DE 83 Wayne Martin Sr DB Patrick Williams Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Allen Meacham Jr K 22 Kendall Trainor Sr	Head coach Ken Hatfield Coordinators/assistant coaches Larry Brinson Fred Goldsmith David Lee Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	17	13	11	11	11	10	8	9	8	12
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	19 т	17	15	11	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	13

Game summaries[]

at Texas[]

Texas A&M[]

at Miami (FL)[]

Arkansas at Miami (FL)

1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 Razorbacks 10 0 6 0 16 • No. 3 Hurricanes 10 5 0 3 18 Date: November 26 Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida Game start: 12:23 pm EST Elapsed time: 3:01 Game attendance: 63,271 Game weather: 82° F, Partly Sunny, Wind SE 15-20 mph Referee: Mike Dover TV announcers (CBS Sports): Brent Musburger, Pat Haden, and John Dockery Source:

Scoring summary 1 9:14 Miami Huerta 36-yard field goal Miami 3-0 1 4:43 Ark Trainor 58-yard field goal Tied 3-3 1 1:41 Miami Gary 1-yard run (Huerta kick) Miami 10-3 1 1:29 Ark Foster 80-yard run (Trainor kick) Tied 10-10 2 8:30 Miami Safety, Hawkins tackles Grovey in end zone Miami 12-10 2 0:03 Miami Huerta 45-yard field goal Miami 15-10 3 5:03 Ark Foster 16-yard pass from Grovey (conversion failed) Arkansas 16-15 4 5:38 Miami Huerta 20-yard field goal Miami 18-16

vs. UCLA (Cotton Bowl)[]

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1989 NFL Draft[]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Wayne Martin	Defensive end	1	19	New Orleans Saints
Steve Atwater	Strong safety	1	20	Denver Broncos
Fred Childress	Guard	2	55	Cincinnati Bengals
Kerry Owens	Linebacker	4	89	Cincinnati Bengals
Richard Brothers	Defensive back	7	189	Chicago Bears
Kendall Trainor	Kicker	9	234	Phoenix Cardinals
LaSalle Harper	Linebacker	9	243	Chicago Bears

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