1988 Sonoma State Cossacks football team

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1988 Sonoma State Cossacks football
ConferenceNorthern California Athletic Conference
1988 record5–5 (3–2 NCAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCossacks Stadium
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
1988 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 UC Davis $^ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Sonoma State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Chico State 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Humboldt State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Cal State Hayward 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
San Francisco State 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1988 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State during the 1988 NCAA Division II football season. Sonoma State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference in 1988.

The 1988 Cossacks were led by second-year head coach Marty Fine. They played home games at Cossacks Stadium[note 1] in Rohnert Park, California. Sonoma State finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5, 3–2 NCAC). The Cossacks were outscored by their opponents 200–225 for the season. This was the last season for the Cossacks with Coach Fine at the helm. He finished his two years at Sonoma State with a record of 10–11, a .476 winning percentage.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 10at California Lutheran*
L 13–172,144[1]
September 17Cal State Northridge*
L 6–31[2]
September 24Menlo*
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, California
W 29–19
October 1Cal State Hayward[note 2]
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, California
W 19–7
October 8at UC Santa Barbara*
W 20–182,458[3]
October 15at UC Davis
L 13–42
October 22Humboldt State
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, California
L 18–38
October 29at Saint Mary's*
L 34–35
November 5at Chico State[note 3]
W 14–10
November 12San Francisco State
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, California
W 34–8
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL[]

No Sonoma State players were selected in the 1989 NFL Draft.[6][7][8]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Cossacks Stadium would be renamed in 2002 to Seawolf Stadium when the University changed the name of the mascot to Seawolves.
  2. ^ California State University, East Bay was known as California State University, Hayward from 1972 to 2004.
  3. ^ The official name of Chico State has been California State University, Chico since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Chico State.

References[]

  1. ^ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 11, 1988. p. III-21. Retrieved April 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  2. ^ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 18, 1988. p. III-23. Retrieved April 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. ^ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 9, 1988. p. III-23. Retrieved April 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  4. ^ "1988 - Sonoma St. (CA)". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  5. ^ "Sonoma State Football - 1988". Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "1989 NFL Draft". Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  7. ^ "Sonoma St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  8. ^ "Draft History: Sonoma State". Retrieved October 28, 2017.
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