1988 Stanford Cardinal football team

1988 Stanford Cardinal football
Conference	Pac-10 Conference
Record	3–6–2 (1–5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jack Elway (5th season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)

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 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Jack Elway's last season as head coach. He was fired following a disappointing season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	12:30 p.m.	No. 8 USC	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	ABC	L 20–24	57,000
September 17	1:00 p.m.	San Diego State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 31–10	26,000
September 24	1:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		L 3–7	39,089
October 1	4:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	ESPN	L 14–42	59,075
October 8	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		W 44–12	55,000
October 15	1:00 p.m.	Arizona State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 24–3	40,500
October 22	1:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		T 20–20	35,000
October 29	12:30 p.m.	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		L 25–28	68,272
November 5	1:00 p.m.	Washington State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 21–24	36,500
November 12	12:30 p.m.	at No. 6 UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		L 17–27	70,552
November 19	1:00 p.m.	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (91st Big Game)		T 19–19	75,662
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Personnel

• QB Jason Palumbis (#12, RS Fr)

Game summaries

Southern California

See also: 1988 USC Trojans football team and Stanford–USC football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–45–3	1987	USC, 39–24

San Diego State

See also: 1988 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	1987	STAN, 44–40

at Oregon

See also: 1988 Oregon Ducks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–17–1	1987	STAN, 13–10

at Notre Dame

See also: 1988 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Notre Dame–Stanford rivalry, and Legends Trophy

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	1964	ND, 28–6

San Jose State

See also: 1988 San Jose State Spartans football team and Bill Walsh Legacy Game

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
33–8–1	1987	SJSU, 24–17

Arizona State

See also: 1988 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–5	1985	ASU, 21–14

Oregon State

See also: 1988 Oregon State Beavers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–15–2	1987	STAN, 38–7

at Washington

See also: 1988 Washington Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–28–4	1987	WASH, 31–21

Washington State

See also: 1988 Washington State Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–17–1	1987	STAN, 44–7

at UCLA

See also: 1988 UCLA Bruins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–31–3	1987	UCLA, 49–0

at California

See also: 1988 California Golden Bears football team and Big Game (American football)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–31–5	1987	STAN, 31–7

Radio

Flagship station	Play–by–play	Color commentator	Sideline reporter	Studio host
KSFO–AM 560

Some games broadcast on KYA–FM 93.3 because of broadcast conflict with the Oakland Athletics