1988 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1988 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1988 Northwestern Wildcats football
1988 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1988 record	2–8–1 (2–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Francis Peay (3rd season);
Captain	Greg Bradshaw
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium; (Capacity: 49,256)
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois. They were coached by Francis Peay.

Schedule[]

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

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1988 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	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