1988 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record4–8 (4–3 Big West)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRick Rasnick (2nd season)
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
1988 Big West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Fresno State $ 7 0 010 2 0
Cal State Fullerton 5 2 05 6 0
Utah State 4 3 04 7 0
San Jose State 4 3 04 8 0
UNLV 3 4 04 7 0
Long Beach State 3 4 03 9 0
Pacific (CA) 2 5 02 9 0
New Mexico State 0 7 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1988 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big West Conference.[note 1] The team was led by head coach Claude Gilbert, in his fifth year as head coach at San Jose State. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1988 season with a record of four wins and eight losses (4–8, 4–3 Big West).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3at New Mexico StateW 51–0
September 10Oregon State*L 27–4117,183[1]
September 17at Hawaii*L 27–3645,683[2]
September 24at No. 17 Washington*L 31–3563,692[3]
October 1at California*L 14–21
October 8at Stanford*L 12–4455,000
October 15at Pacific (CA)W 35–179,732[4]
October 22Utah Statedagger
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 36–3114,215[5]
October 29Fresno State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA (rivalry)
L 15–1721,367[6]
November 5Long Beach State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 13–345,788[7]
November 12at Cal State FullertonL 13–584,112[8]
November 19at UNLVW 42–03,260[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1989 NFL Draft.[12]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Jay TaylorDefensive back6150Phoenix Cardinals

Notes

  1. This was the first year the conference had been called the Big West. It had been known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.

References

  1. "Oregon State Football 2016" (PDF). Retrieved February 14, 2007.
  2. "Hawaii Rainbow Warrior Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). p. 131. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  3. "Washington 2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved February 14, 2007.
  4. "College Football". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 17, 1988. p. III-20. Retrieved April 12, 2017 via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. "Utah State Football Guide 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2007.
  6. "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  7. "CS Long Beach 34, SJ St. 13". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 6, 1988. p. III-16. Retrieved February 10, 2017 via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  8. Robyn Norwood (November 13, 1988). "Explosive Titans Deflate San Jose St., 58-13". The Los Angeles Times (Orange County ed.). Los Angeles, California. p. III-12. Retrieved February 12, 2017 via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  9. "2016 UNLV Rebel Football Light the Fuse". Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2007.
  10. "San Jose State 1988 Schedule". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  11. "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  12. "1989 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2016.


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