American college football season
The 1988 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by Mike Archer in his second season and finished with an overall record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 6–1 in the SEC), as Southeastern Conference (SEC) co-champion and with a loss against Syracuse in the Hall of Fame Bowl.[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 3 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 11 Texas A&M* | No. 17 | | PPV | W 27–0 | 79,018 | [2] |
September 17 | 11:30 a.m. | at Tennessee | No. 9 | | TBS | W 34–9 | 92,849 | [3] |
September 24 | 2:30 p.m. | at Ohio State* | No. 7 | | ABC | L 33–36 | 90,584 | [4] |
October 1 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 17 Florida | No. 14 | | CBS | L 6–19 | 74,264 | [5] |
October 8 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 4 Auburn | | | ESPN | W 7–6 | 79,431 | [6] |
October 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Kentucky | No. 19 | - Tiger Stadium
- Baton Rouge, LA
| PPV | W 15–12 | 71,418 | [7] |
October 29 | 11:30 a.m. | Ole Miss![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 13 | - Tiger Stadium
- Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
| TBS | W 31–20 | 79,114 | [8] |
November 5 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Alabama | No. 13 | | CBS | W 19–18 | 70,123 | [9] |
November 12 | 11:30 a.m. | at Mississippi State | No. 12 | | TBS | W 20–3 | 30,019 | [10] |
November 19 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 3 Miami (FL)* | No. 11 | - Tiger Stadium
- Baton Rouge, LA
| ESPN | L 3–44 | 79,528 | [11] |
November 26 | 7:00 p.m. | Tulane* | No. 16 | | PPV | W 44–14 | 75,497 | [12] |
January 2, 1989 | 12:00 p.m. | vs. No. 17 Syracuse* | No. 16 | | NBC | L 10–23 | 51,112 | [13] |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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1988 LSU Tigers football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Ed Zaunbrecher – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
- Jesse Daigle – Running backs
- Jerry Sullivan – Wide receivers
- Marty Galbraith – Offensive line
- Pete Jenkins – Defensive coordinator/defensive line
- Joe Wessel – Inside linebackers
- John Mitchell – Outside linebackers
- John Fontes – Defensive backs
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt Roster |
Team players drafted into the NFL
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- ^ "1988 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "Tigers maul Aggies 27–0". San Angelo Standard-Times. September 4, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU cruises over struggling UT". The Jackson Sun. September 18, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Buckeye comeback drops LSU". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 25, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gator defense intercepts LSU". The Commercial Appeal. October 2, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU rallies past Auburn 7–6 on Fuller's last-chance TD". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 9, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU drains Kentucky again". The Paducah Sun. October 16, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU dumps Ole Miss". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 30, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU outkicks Bama". Daily World. November 6, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU beats Miss. St. for share of SEC crown". The Jackson Sun. November 13, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hurricanes make a disaster of Bengals". The Commercial Appeal. November 20, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hudson helps LSU pull away from pesky Tulane". The Tampa Tribune. November 27, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Syracuse gains fame in win over LSU". Courier-Post. January 3, 1989. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1989 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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