1988 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
American college football season
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The 1988 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Earle Bruce in his first and only season as head coach, Panthers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the GCAC. Northern Iowa played home games at UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
ConferenceGateway Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–6 (3–3 GCAC)
Headcoach
- Earle Bruce (1st season)
HomestadiumUNI-Dome
| 1988 Northern Iowa Panthers football | |
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| Conference | Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (3–3 GCAC) |
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| Home stadium | UNI-Dome |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Western Illinois $^ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Missouri State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 3 | 7:30 p.m. | at Pittsburgh* | L 10–59 | 35,755 | [1] | |
| September 17 | 7:00 p.m. | Morgan State* | W 59–14 | 9,607 | [2] | |
| September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Southwest Missouri State |
| L 9–28 | 10,734 | [3] |
| October 1 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 4 Western Illinois |
| L 27–28 | 12,321 | [4] |
| October 8 | 1:00 p.m. | at Iowa State* | L 17–20 | 46,219 | [5] | |
| October 15 | 1:30 p.m. | at Illinois State | W 34–7 | 7,709 | [6] | |
| October 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at Eastern Illinois | W 17–15 | 9,677 | [7] | |
| October 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Indiana State |
| L 6–24 | 14,920 | [8] |
| November 3 | 7:00 p.m. | at Northern Arizona* | L 12–25 | 11,545 | [9] | |
| November 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Wayne State (NE)* |
| W 77–0 | 9,808 | [10] |
| November 19 | 1:30 p.m. | at Southern Illinois | W 24–21 | 2,500 | [11] | |
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