1988 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1988 Indiana Hoosiers football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 34–10 vs. South Carolina
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 20
1988 record	8–3–1 (5–3 Big 10)
Head coach	Bill Mallory (5th season)
Captain	Joe Huff
Captain	Don Shrader
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,324)
Seasons

1988 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4/4 Michigan †	7	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
Illinois	5	–	2	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
Iowa	4	–	1	–	3			6	–	4	–	3
#20/19 Indiana	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	1
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	6	–	2			2	–	7	–	2
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1988 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Big Ten Conference (Big 10), the team was led by head coach Bill Mallory, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. They finished the season with a record of eight wins, three losses and one tie (8–3–1 overall, 5–3 in the Big 10) and with a victory over South Carolina in the Liberty Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	2:00 PM	at Rice*		Rice Stadium Houston		W 41–14	17,300
September 17	2:00 PM	Kentucky*		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana (Bourbon Barrel)		W 36–15	51,077
September 24	2:30 PM	at Missouri*		Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		T 28–28	41,053
October 1	2:00 PM	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois		W 48–17	27,113
October 8	3:30 PM	Ohio State		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	ABC	W 41–7	52,133
October 15	2:00 PM	Minnesota	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana		W 33–13	51,154
October 22	3:30 PM	at No. 20 Michigan	No. 14	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	ABC	L 6–31	106,104
October 29	3:30 PM	Iowa		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	ABC	W 45–34	52,128
November 5	12:00 PM	at Illinois	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ABC	L 20–21	66,201
November 12	3:30 PM	Michigan State		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon)	ABC	L 12–38	50,738
November 19	2:00 PM	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)		W 52–7	67,861
December 28	8:00 PM	vs. South Carolina*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee (Liberty Bowl)	JPS	W 34–10	39,210
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1988 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Thompson, AnthonyAnthony Thompson 5.0 !Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Stoyanovich, PetePete Stoyanovich	Head coach Bill Mallory Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Purdue

See also: 1988 Purdue Boilermakers football team and Indiana–Purdue football rivalry

Anthony Thompson rushed 25 times for 167 yards and three touchdowns while breaking the school's career rushing record.

1989 NFL draftees

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Pete Stoyanovich	Kicker	8	203	Miami Dolphins
Gary Gooden	Defensive back	9	235	Los Angeles Raiders

• Anthony Thompson was drafted in the 1990 NFL Draft.

Awards and honors

• Anthony Thompson, Big Ten Player of the Year
• Anthony Thompson, Chicago Tribune Silver Football