1988 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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

1988 Vanderbilt Commodores football
1988 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1988 record	3–8 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach	Watson Brown (3rd season);
Defensive coordinator	Dick Hopkins (3rd season)
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores were led by head coach Watson Brown in his third season and finished with a record of three wins and eight losses (3–8 overall, 2–5 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10		Mississippi State	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 24–20
September 17		at Rutgers*	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ		W 31–30
September 24	1:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL		L 10–44	70,123	^[1]
October 1		Duke*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 15–17	39,372
October 8		at No. 15 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		L 22–41	81,804
October 15		No. 20 Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	TBS	W 24–9	41,000
October 22	1:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)		L 28–36	41,276
November 5		at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)		L 13–14	44,105
November 12		at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY		L 19–24
November 19		at Memphis State*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		L 9–28	21,212
November 26		Tennessee	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)		L 7–14	41,404
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "Tide swamps Commodores; victory costly". The Tennessean. September 25, 1988. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1988 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

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National championships 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