The 1988 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The 1988 Michigan Wolverines football team captured seven of the first-team spots on the All-Big Ten teams selected by the conference coaches for the United Press International. The Iowa Hawkeyes followed with six first-team spots, including quarterback Chuck Hartlieb.^[1]

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Chuck Hartlieb, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jeff George, Illinois (AP-2)
• Dave Schnell, Indiana (UPI-2)

Running backs

• Anthony Thompson, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Tony Boles, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Keith Jones, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Blake Ezor, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Centers

• John Vitale, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jeff Uhlenhake, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Guards

• Don Shrader, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mike Husar, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Bob Kula, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Tim Radtke, Indiana (AP-2; UPI-2)

Tackles

• Tony Mandarich, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Bob Kratch, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mark McGowan, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Kevin Robbins, Michigan State (AP-2)

Tight ends

• Marv Cook, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Tim Jorden, Indiana (AP-2)
• Jeffrey Brown, Michigan (UPI-2)

Receivers

• Andre Rison, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Deven Harberts, Iowa (AP-1)
• John Kolesar, Michigan (UPI-1)
• Greg McMurtry, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Steven Williams, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Linemen

• Morris Gardner, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Dave Haight, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mark Messner, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Joe Mott, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Joe Huff, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Travis Davis, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Kurt Larson, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Mel Agee, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Jeff Koeppel, Iowa (AP-2)
• Jerrol Williams, Purdue (AP-2)

Linebackers

• Brad Quast, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Percy Snow, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Darrick Brownlow, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Willie Bates, Indiana (AP-2; UPI-1)
• J. J. Grant, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Darrin Trieb, Purdue (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive backs

• Marc Foster, Purdue (AP-1; UPI-1)
• John Miller, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Glenn Cobb, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
• David Arnold, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Zack Dumas, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Ronnie Beeks, Purdue (AP-2)
• Marc Ferry, Indiana (UPI-2)
• Marlon Primous, Illinois (UPI-2)
• Derrick Reed, Michigan State (UPI-2)

Special teams

Kickers

• Pete Stoyanovich, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mike Gillette, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Pat O'Morrow, Ohio State (UPI-2)

Punters

• Mike Gillette, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Ed Sutter, Northwestern (AP-2)
• Brent Herbel, Minnesota (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[2]

UPI = United Press International, selected by the Big Ten coaches^[1]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI