1988 Stanford Cardinal football team

The 1988 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Jack Elway's last season as head coach. He was fired following a disappointing season.[1]

1988 Stanford Cardinal football
ConferencePac-10 Conference
1988 record3–6–2 (1–5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)
1988 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 USC $ 8 0 0  10 2 0
No. 6 UCLA 6 2 0  10 2 0
No. 16 Washington State 5 3 0  9 3 0
Arizona 5 3 0  7 4 0
Arizona State 3 4 0  6 5 0
Washington 3 5 0  6 5 0
Oregon 3 5 0  6 6 0
Oregon State 2 5 1  4 6 1
Stanford 1 5 2  3 6 2
California 1 5 1  5 5 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1012:30 p.m.No. 8 USCABCL 20–2457,000
September 171:00 p.m.San Diego State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 31–1026,000
September 241:00 p.m.at No. 22 OregonL 3–739,089
October 14:00 p.m.at No. 5 Notre Dame*ESPNL 14–4259,075
October 81:00 p.m.San Jose State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 44–1255,000
October 151:00 p.m.Arizona State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 24–340,500
October 221:00 p.m.Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
T 20–2035,000
October 2912:30 p.m.at WashingtonL 25–2868,272
November 51:00 p.m.Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 21–2436,500
November 1212:30 p.m.at No. 6 UCLAL 17–2770,552
November 191:00 p.m.at CaliforniaT 19–1975,662
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[2]

Personnel

1988 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR Walter Batson
RB Scott Eschelman
QB 12 Jason Palumbis  Fr
WR Jon Pinckney
C Andy Sinclair
RB Tommy Vardell
RB Jon Volpe So
SB Chris Walsh
WR Charlie Young
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL Lester Archambeau
S Robert Engelhardt
DB Alan Grant
LB Rob Hinckley
NG Ray Huckestein
DL Scott Palmbush
ILB Kevin Richardson Sr
DB Kevin Scott
LB Jono Tunney
CB Tuan Van Le  Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K John Hopkins
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    Game summaries

    Southern California

    San Diego State

    at Oregon

    at Notre Dame

    San Jose State

    Arizona State

    Oregon State

    at Washington

    Washington State

    at UCLA

    at California

    Stanford Cardinal (3–6–1) at California Golden Bears (5–5)
    1 2 34Total
    Stanford 3 10 3319
    California 3 9 0719

    at California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

    • Date: November 19
    • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
    • Game attendance: 75,662
    • [3] [4]

    Stanford's Tuan Van Le, a Vietnam War refugee, blocked Robbie Keen's 20-yard field goal in the final seconds to preserve the tie.

    Radio

    Flagship stationPlay–by–playColor commentatorSideline reporterStudio host
    KSFO–AM 560

    Some games broadcast on KYA–FM 93.3 because of broadcast conflict with the Oakland Athletics

    References

    1. Cart, Julie (January 4, 1989). "Dennis Green Takes Stanford Job : 49er Assistant Is Pac-10's First Black Head Football Coach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
    2. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 19851989". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
    3. The Stanford Daily Retrieved 2020-Dec-13.
    4. "Stanford bears down on Cal kicker, 19-19." Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Nov 20. Pg. 6F. Retrieved 2020-Dec-13.
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