1988 Connecticut Huskies football team

1988 Yankee Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

1988 Connecticut Huskies football
1988 Connecticut Huskies football
Conference	Yankee Conference
1988 record	7–4 (4–4 Yankee)
Head coach	Tom Jackson;
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Huskies were led by sixth year head coach Tom Jackson, and completed the season with a record of 7–4.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	No. 7 Richmond		Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 35–12
September 17	at New Hampshire	No. 20	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 20–27
September 24	at Yale*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 41–0	24,522	^[3]
October 1	at Northeastern*	No. 16	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 25–24
October 8	Villanova	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 14–21
October 15	at No. 9 UMass		Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Amherst, MA (rivalry)	W 35–14	14,301
October 22	Maine		Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 28–21
October 29	Southern Connecticut*	No. 16	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 45–0
November 5	at No. 9 Delaware	No. 14	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 21–20
November 12	at Boston University	No. 9	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 15–20
November 19	Rhode Island	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 19–21
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 121. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ Rieber, Anthony (September 25, 1988). "UConn Enjoys Field Day, 41-0; Overmatched Yale Absorbs Worst Loss at Home Since 1954". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.

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1988 Yankee Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. T–10 UMass +^	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 15 Delaware +^	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Maine	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Villanova	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Boston University	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rhode Island	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Richmond	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll