1988 Arizona Wildcats football team

1988 Arizona Wildcats football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record7–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRip Scherer (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLarry Mac Duff (2nd season)
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
1988 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

The 1988 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Dick Tomey, the Wildcats compiled a 7–4 record (5–3 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the Pac-10, and outscored their opponents, 279 to 218.[1][2] The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.

The team's statistical leaders included Ronald Veal with 669 passing yards, Alonzo Washington with 651 rushing yards, and Derek Hill with 508 receiving yards.[3] Linebacker Chris Singleton led the team with 118 tackles.[4]

Despite a 7–4 record, the Wildcats were left out of a bowl game due to a lack of bowls available at the time and that most of the bowls involved ranked teams.

  1. ^ "1988 Arizona Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona. 2016. p. 108. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "1988 Arizona Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  4. ^ 2016 Media Guide, p. 86.