1988 North Dakota State Bison football team
American college football season
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The 1988 North Dakota State football team represented North Dakota State University during the 1988 NCAA Division II football season, and completed the 92nd season of Bison football. The Bison played their home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota. The 1988 team came off a 6–4 record from the previous season.[1] The team was led by coach Rocky Hager. The team finished the regular season with an undefeated 10–0 record and made the NCAA Division II playoffs. The Bison defeated the Portland State, 35–21, in the National Championship Game en route to the program's fourth NCAA Division II Football Championship.[2]
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record14–0 (9–0 NCC)
Headcoach
- Rocky Hager (2nd season)
HomestadiumDacotah Field
| 1988 North Dakota State Bison football | |
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NCAA Division II champion NCC champion | |
NCAA Division II Championship Game, W 35–21 vs. Portland State | |
| Conference | North Central Conference |
| Record | 14–0 (9–0 NCC) |
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| Home stadium | Dacotah Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 North Dakota State $^ | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Augustana (SD) ^ | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 St. Cloud State | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska–Omaha | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mankato State | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 10 | No. 3 Northern Michigan* | No. 6 | W 55–21 | 18,200 | [3] | |
| September 17 | at South Dakota State | No. 2 | W 55–26 | 6,390 | [4] | |
| September 24 | Augustana (SD) | No. 1 |
| W 28–26 | 15,500 | [5] |
| October 1 | at Morningside | No. 1 |
| W 62–7 | 3,475 | [6] |
| October 8 | No. 17 St. Cloud State | No. 1 |
| W 29–28 | 18,400 | [7] |
| October 15 | at Mankato State | No. 1 | W 21–17 | 5,775 | [8] | |
| October 22 | at Northern Colorado | No. 1 |
| W 55–28 | 3,041 | [9] |
| October 29 | South Dakota | No. 1 |
| W 34–14 | 11,800 | [10] |
| November 5 | Nebraska–Omaha | No. 1 |
| W 23–5 | 9,500 | [11] |
| November 12 | at North Dakota | No. 1 | W 34–27 | 11,600 | [12] | |
| November 19 | No. 18 Augustana (SD) | No. 1 |
| W 49–7 | 7,500 | [13] |
| November 26 | No. 11 Millersville* | No. 1 |
| W 36–26 | 10,200 | [14] |
| December 3 | No. 10 Sacramento State* | No. 1 |
| W 42–20 | 13,200 | [15][16] |
| December 10 | No. 4 Portland State* | No. 1 |
| W 35–21 | 6,763 | [17] |
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