1988 Auburn Tigers football team

1988 Auburn Tigers football
1988 Auburn Tigers football
SEC co-champion
Sugar Bowl, L 7–13 vs Florida State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8
Record	10–2 (6–1 SEC)
Head coach	Pat Dye (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Larry Blakeney / Pat Sullivan (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Wayne Hall (4th season)
Home stadium	Jordan-Hare Stadium
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with a 10–2 record and won its second consecutive Southeastern Conference (SEC) title, sharing it with LSU. LSU handed Auburn its only conference loss of the year 7–6, in a game referred to as the "Earthquake Game". Auburn lost to Florida State, 13–7, in the 1989 Sugar Bowl.^[1]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Kentucky	No. 7	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	TBS	W 20–10	67,000	^[2]
September 17	Kansas*	No. 6	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 56–7	55,700	^[3]
September 24	Tennessee	No. 4	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	CBS	W 38–6	83,687	^[4]
October 1	North Carolina*	No. 4	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 47–21	73,611	^[5]
October 8	at LSU	No. 4	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Earthquake Game, rivalry)	ESPN	L 6–7	79,431	^[6]
October 15	Akron*	No. 12	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 42–0	61,300	^[7]
October 22	Mississippi State	No. 10	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 33–0	67,300	^[8]
October 29	at Florida	No. 9	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 16–0	75,199	^[9]
November 5	Southern Miss*	No. 9	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 38–8	73,787	^[10]
November 12	No. 17 Georgia	No. 9	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	CBS	W 20–10	85,214	^[11]
November 25	at No. 17 Alabama	No. 7	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	CBS	W 15–10	75,962	^[12]
January 2	vs. No. 4 Florida State*	No. 7	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 7–13	61,934	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Schedule

1988 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	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