1988 Auburn Tigers football team

1988 Southeastern Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1988 Auburn Tigers football
1988 Auburn Tigers football
SEC co-champion
Sugar Bowl, L 7–13 vs Florida State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8
1988 record	10–2 (6–1 SEC)
Head coach	Pat Dye (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Larry Blakeney/Pat Sullivan
Defensive coordinator	Wayne Hall
Home stadium	Jordan–Hare Stadium
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

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.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Kentucky	No. 7	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	TBS	W 20–10	60,000
September 17	Kansas*	No. 6	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 56–7	55,700
September 24	Tennessee	No. 4	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	CBS	W 38–6	83,687
October 1	North Carolina*	No. 4	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 47–21	73,611
October 8	at LSU	No. 4	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Tiger Bowl) (Earthquake Game)	ESPN	L 6–7	79,431
October 15	Akron*	No. 12	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 42–0	61,300
October 22	Mississippi State	No. 10	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 33–0	67,300
October 29	at Florida	No. 9	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 16–0	75,199
November 5	Southern Miss*	No. 9	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 38–8	73,787	^[1]
November 12	No. 17 Georgia	No. 9	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	CBS	W 20–10	85,214
November 25	vs. No. 17 Alabama	No. 7	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	CBS	W 15–10	75,962	^[2]
January 2	vs. No. 4 Florida State*	No. 7	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 7–13	75,098
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel[]

1988 Auburn Tigers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TB	`10`	James Joseph	So
TE	`86`	Walter Reeves	Sr
QB	`17`	Reggie Slack	Jr
WR	`85`	Lawyer Tillman	Sr
WR	`14`	Freddy Weygand	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`35`	Carlo Cheattom	Sr
LB	`56`	Smokey Hodge	Sr
DB	`39`	Charles Kelly
CB	`27`	Eric Ramsey	So
DT	`74`	Tracy Rocker	Sr
DT	`96`	Benji Roland	Sr
LB	`90`	Brian Smith	Sr
DE	`92`	Ron Stallworth	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`1`	Brian Shulman	Sr
K	`3`	Jim Von Wyl	Fr

Head coach

Pat Dye

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

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	7	7	7	6	4	4	4	12	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	8
Coaches Poll	7	7	7	7	5	4	4	12	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7

Game summaries[]

Florida State (Sugar Bowl)[]

References[]

^ "Tigers blitz USM with 21 in first". The Selma Times-Journal. November 6, 1988. Retrieved March 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Big-play Tigers stop Tide". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 26, 1988. Retrieved March 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1988USM1-1] "Tigers blitz USM with 21 in first". The Selma Times-Journal. November 6, 1988. Retrieved March 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[1988Alabama1-2] "Big-play Tigers stop Tide". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 26, 1988. Retrieved March 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t Auburn Tigers football
Venues	(1892–1910) Drake Field (1911–1939) Legion Field (alternate, 1926–1991) Jordan–Hare Stadium (1939–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Iron Bowl (James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy) Clemson Florida Georgia: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Georgia Tech LSU Ole Miss Tennessee Tulane
Culture & lore	History Traditions Aubie "War Eagle" Marching band Toomer's Corner Punt Bama Punt Bo Over the Top Earthquake Game Prayer at Jordan–Hare Kick Six (Kick Bama Kick) Porter Cup
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1988 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 19 LSU +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 8 Auburn +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Georgia	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Alabama	4	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Florida	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Mississippi State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll