1988 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

1988 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record1–10 (1–5 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTucker Stadium
1988 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
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
1 – 5 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1988 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University (commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Jim Ragland, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 1–10, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished seventh in the OVC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3at East Carolina*
L 13–5229,702[1]
September 10at Liberty*
L 20–247,240[2][3]
September 17Samford*
L 9–19[4]
September 24Chattanooga*
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
L 0–412,989
October 1at Murray State
W 16–13[5]
October 15at No. T–16 Eastern Kentucky
L 7–14[6]
October 22No. 5 Western Kentucky*
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
L 17–209,242[7]
October 29at Tennessee State
L 23–275,346[8]
November 5Morehead State
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
L 3–20[9]
November 12Austin Peay
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
L 6–10500[10]
November 19at Middle Tennessee
L 0–51[11]

References

  1. ^ "East Carolina tumbles Tech in 52–13 rout". The Tennessean. September 4, 1988. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Liberty 24, Tennessee Tech 20". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 11, 1988. p. 30. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Liberty rally sends Tech to second defeat". The Tennessean. September 11, 1988. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bulldogs win first over I-AA opponent". Birmingham Post-Herald. September 19, 1988. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Murray loses". The Advocate-Messenger. October 2, 1988. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Harris leads Eastern over Golden Eagles". The Daily News-Journal. October 16, 1988. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Toppers pull out victory". The Park City Daily News. October 23, 1988. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rally lifts TSU over hard-luck Tennessee Tech". The Tennessean. October 30, 1988. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Morehead State 20, Tennessee Tech 3". Messenger-Inquirer. November 6, 1988. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "APSU beats Tech for second straight win". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 13, 1988. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "No mercy: MTSU dominates Tech 51–0". The Tennessean. November 20, 1988. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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