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1988 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1988
team	Florida Gators
sport	football
image	GatorsMontanaState.jpg
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
record	7–5
conf_record	4–3
head_coach	Galen Hall
hc_year	5th
off_coach	Lynn Amadee
oc_year	1st
def_coach	Gary Darnell
dc_year	1st
stadium	Florida Field
bowl	[All-American Bowl](1988-all-american-bowl)
bowl_result	W 14–10 vs. [Illinois](1988-illinois-fighting-illini-football-team)

The 1988 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Galen Hall's fifth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Hall's 1988 Florida Gators finished with a 7–5 overall record and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 4–3, tying for fourth place among the ten SEC teams.

The Gators started the 1988 season 5–0 and were ranked as high as No. 14. During an October game against the Memphis State Tigers, star running back Emmitt Smith injured his knee and was unable to play for a month. Florida lost the Memphis State contest and the next three as well, with the Gator offense unable to score a single touchdown while Smith was sidelined. The offense under coordinator Lynn Amadee struggled all season, with Gator quarterbacks combining to throw three touchdowns and 17 interceptions, leading one Florida sports columnist to dub the offense the "Amadeeville Horror". Defensive tackle Trace Armstrong was All-SEC in 1988, setting a new school, single-season record for tackles for a loss with nineteen, including seven sacks. In both 1987 and 1988, walk-on safety Louis Oliver was an All-American.

As of the conclusion of the 2023 season, Florida's 16-0 loss to Auburn on October 29, 1988 is the last time the Gators suffered a shutout, and Florida has scored in an all-time NCAA record 457 consecutive games.

Schedule

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Roster

Galen Hall
Lynn Amadee – Offensive coordinator
Gary Darnell – Defensive coordinator
Charlie Strong – Outside linebackers coach
Brian Borland – Graduate assistant

Rankings

Game summaries

Kentucky

Emmitt Smith 28 Rush, 127 Yds --

References

''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2015/media_guide.pdf 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive. link. (2015-12-08 '', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.)
"1988 Florida Gators Stats".
"Brent Pease Gators offense is worse than Jeff Bowden's ever was at FSU - tribunedigital-orlandosentinel".
"Florida vs. Oregon State - College Football Game Recap - December 17, 2022".
(September 4, 1988). "Gators chew up 'Cats". The Independent-Record.
(September 11, 1988). "Trick play helps Gators trip Ole Miss, 27–15". The Pensacola News-Journal.
(September 18, 1988). "Florida freshman helps Gators blitz ISU". The Indianapolis Star.
(September 25, 1988). "96-yard run keys Florida win over MSU". Enterprise-Journal.
(October 2, 1988). "Gator defense intercepts LSU". The Commercial Appeal.
(October 9, 1988). "Memphis State shocks Gators". The Bradenton Herald.
(October 16, 1988). "Power of gold helps Vanderbilt down Florida". The Jackson Sun.
(October 30, 1988). "Tigers maul Gators 16–0". The Palm Beach Post.
(November 6, 1988). "Punchless UF crumbles 26–3 to Bulldogs". St. Petersburg Times.
(November 13, 1988). "Gators find an offense and victory". Tallahassee Democrat.
(November 27, 1988). "Big plays by FSU bury Gators, 52–17". The Miami Herald.
(December 30, 1988). "Smith's TDs lift Gators". Birmingham Post-Herald.
Gainesville Sun. 1988 Nov 13. Retrieved 2015-Oct-07.

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