Jump to content

1988 Boston University Terriers football team

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1988 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record4–7 (3–5 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumNickerson Field
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
1988 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. T–10 UMass +^ 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 15 Delaware +^ 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Connecticut 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Maine 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
New Hampshire 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Villanova 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Boston University 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Rhode Island 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Richmond 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1988 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first season under head coach Chris Palmer, the Terriers compiled a 4–7 record (3–5 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for seventh place in the Yankee Conference, and were outscored by a total of 285 to 230.[1]

Schedule

[edit]
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10at Rhode Island
W 41–166,782
September 17James Madison
L 13–235,857[2]
September 24Villanova
  • Nickerson Field
  • Boston, MA
L 24–315,153[3]
October 1at UMass
L 27–4412,840
October 8vs. Maine
L 10–30
October 16vs. Richmond
L 17–205,000[4][5]
October 22at The Citadel*
L 13–24
October 29New Hampshire
  • Nickerson Field
  • Boston, MA
W 23–21
November 5at Harvard*
W 24–236,500 [6]
November 12 No. 9 Connecticut
  • Nickerson Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–15
November 19at Delaware
L 18–38

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Boston Yearly Results 1985-1989". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "BU suffers a breakdown". The Boston Globe. September 18, 1988. Retrieved October 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Villanova fakes out BU". The Boston Globe. September 25, 1988. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "No tea party for BU". The Boston Globe. October 17, 1988. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "College planning Palace repeat". The Daily Telegraph. October 18, 1988. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 6, 1988). "BU Picks Off Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1988_Boston_University_Terriers_football_team&oldid=1210121170"