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 coach
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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3NewberryNo. 6W 55–7
September 10vs. Florida A&MNo. 6Jacksonville, FLW 42–14
September 17at ChattanoogaNo. 6W 13–38,717
September 24at No. 20 Middle Tennessee StateNo. T–6L 10–26
October 82:00 p.m.at No. 6 (I-A) Florida StateNo. T–7L 10–2859,109
October 15Northeast LouisianaNo. 10
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 43–11
October 22Bethune–CookmanNo. 6
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 38–14
October 29at UCFNo. 6W 31–1728,682
November 5at James MadisonNo. 6W 27–13
November 12SamfordNo. 3
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 49–21
November 19South Carolina StateNo. 3
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 53–0
November 26No. 14 The CitadelNo. 2
W 38–20
December 3No. 9 Stephen F. AustinNo. 2
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)
W 27–6
December 10No. 7 Eastern KentuckyNo. 2
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)
W 21–17
December 17vs. No. 4 FurmanNo. 2ESPNL 12–179,714

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References

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