1988 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

1988 Big Sky Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll

The 1988 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Big Sky Conference (BSC). The Wolf Pack were led by 13th-year head coach Chris Ault and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.^[1]^[2]

Previous season[]

The Wolf Pack finished the 1987 season 5–6 and 4–4 in BSC play to finish in a three-way tie in third place.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10		Northwestern State*	No. T–18	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 35–26	13,850
September 17		at UC Davis*	No. T–18	Toomey Field Davis, CA	W 28–16
September 24		Murray State*		Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 28–18	12,675
October 1		No. 6 Montana	No. 10	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 27–3	15,220
October 8		Northern Arizona	No. 5	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 31–28	14,025
October 15		at Weber State	No. 6	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	L 31–37
October 22		at Montana State	No. 8	Reno H. Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 14–17
October 29		at Boise State	No. 17	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (rivalry)	L 28–40	22,178
November 5	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Idaho		Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 31–32	16,410
November 12		Eastern Washington		Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 30–12	12,100
November 19		at Idaho State		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 50–13
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

^ "Nevada Football 2018 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 136. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
^ "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

v t Nevada Wolf Pack football
Venues	Evans Field (1896–1905) Mackay Field and Stadium (I) (1915–1965) Mackay Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boise State UNLV (Fremont Cannon)
Culture & lore	Alphie and Wolfie Jr. KUUB
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1914 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

1988 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Idaho $^	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Montana ^	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Boise State ^	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Nevada	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Northern Arizona	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Weber State	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Montana State	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Eastern Washington	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Idaho State	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll