1988 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

The 1988 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern College (now known as Georgia Southern University) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Erk Russell, in his seventh year as head coach for the Eagles.

1988 Georgia Southern Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1988 record12–3
Head coachErk Russell (7th season)
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
1988 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Georgia Southern ^ 0 0 0  10 2 0
No. 13 Western Kentucky ^ 0 0 0  9 4 0
Liberty 0 0 0  8 3 0
Nicholls State 0 0 0  7 4 0
William & Mary 0 0 0  6 4 1
Towson 0 0 0  5 5 0
Arkansas State 0 0 0  5 6 0
James Madison 0 0 0  5 6 0
Louisiana Tech 0 0 0  4 7 0
Northeastern 0 0 0  4 7 0
Youngstown State 0 0 0  4 7 0
Lamar 0 0 0  3 8 0
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3Newberry College (SC)*W 55–7
September 10vs. Florida A&M*Jacksonville, FloridaW 42–14
September 17at Chattanooga*W 13–3
September 24at Middle Tennessee*L 10–26
October 82:00 PMat Florida State*L 10–2859,109
October 15Northeast Louisiana*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, Georgia
W 43–11
October 22Bethune–Cookman (FL)*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, Georgia
W 38–14
October 29at UCF*
W 31–1728,682
November 5at James Madison*
W 27–13
November 12Samford (AL)*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, Georgia
W 49–21
November 19South Carolina State*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, Georgia
W 53–0
November 26The Citadel*
W 38–20
December 3Stephen F. Austin*
W 27–6
December 10Eastern Kentucky*
W 21–17
December 17vs. Furman (SC)*ESPNL 12–179,714

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References

  1. "1988 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 24, 2017.


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