1988 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football | |
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OVC champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal, L 17–21 at Georgia Southern | |
Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Record | 11–3 (6–0 OVC) |
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Home stadium | Hanger Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Eastern Kentucky $^ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Middle Tennessee | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1988 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 25th-year head coach Roy Kidd, the Colonels compiled an overall record of 11–3, with a mark of 6–0 in conference play, and finished as OVC champion. Eastern Kentucky advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal and were defeated by Georgia Southern.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 10 | Delaware State* | No. T–3 | W 48–7 | 21,700 | [1] | |
September 17 | at No. 10 Marshall* | No. T–3 | L 32–34 | [2] | ||
September 24 | at Western Kentucky* | No. 8 | L 14–16 | 18,000 | [3] | |
October 1 | Tennessee State | No. 20 |
| W 10–0 | 12,700 | [4] |
October 8 | at Austin Peay | No. 18 | W 56–10 | [5] | ||
October 15 | Tennessee Tech | No. T–16 |
| W 14–7 | [6] | |
October 22 | at Western Carolina* | No. 15 | W 32–14 | 11,420 | [7] | |
October 29 | at Murray State | No. 14 | W 31–24 | [8] | ||
November 5 | No. 9 Middle Tennessee | No. 12 |
| W 27–14 | 7,600 | [9] |
November 12 | UCF* | No. 8 |
| W 35–31 | 6,800 | [10] |
November 19 | Morehead State | No. 8 |
| W 39–17 | 4,400 | [11] |
November 26 | No. T–10 UMass* | No. 7 |
| W 28–17 | 4,600 | [12] |
December 3 | No. 13 Western Kentucky* | No. 7 |
| W 41–24 | 8,100 | [13] |
December 10 | at No. 2 Georgia Southern* | No. 7 |
| L 17–21 | 14,023 | [14] |
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