1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big Eight champion
Orange Bowl, L 3–23 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
1988 record	11–2 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (16th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Osborne (19th year)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (8th year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,650)
Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

1988 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#10 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
#14 Oklahoma	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#11 Oklahoma State	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Colorado	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Kansas	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Texas A&M vs Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 7 0 0 7 14 • Nebraska 0 3 9 11 23 Date: 1988-08-27 Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey Game attendance: 58,162

Utah State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Utah State 0 0 7 6 13 • Nebraska 14 14 14 21 63 Date: 1988-09-03 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,233

Nebraska at UCLA [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 13 7 8 28 • UCLA 28 10 3 0 41 Date: 1988-09-10 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California Game attendance: 84,086 TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Bob Griese, and Mike Adamle

Arizona State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona State 13 3 0 0 16 • Nebraska 9 21 0 17 47 Date: 1988-09-24 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,312

UNLV at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total UNLV 0 0 0 6 6 • Nebraska 7 13 15 13 48 Date: 1988-10-01 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,398

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 28 21 7 7 63 Kansas 0 10 0 0 10 Date: 1988-10-08 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas Game attendance: 32,500

Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma State 0 21 7 14 42 • Nebraska 35 14 7 7 63 Date: 1988-10-15 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,432

Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 14 20 14 0 48 Kansas State 3 0 0 0 3 Date: 1988-10-22 Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas Game attendance: 35,000

The 1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1988 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.

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