The 1988 Auburn Tigers football team represented

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in the

1988 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Notre Dame winning the national championship. The Fighting Irish won the title via a 34–21 defeat of previously unbeaten West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona. With 4 of the fi ...

. Coached by

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, the team finished the season with a 10–2 record and won its second consecutive

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(SEC) title, sharing it with

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. LSU handed Auburn its only conference loss of the year 7–6, in a game referred to as the "Earthquake Game". Auburn lost to

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, 13–7, in the 1989 Sugar Bowl.

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Florida State (Sugar Bowl)

References

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Auburn Tigers football seasons Southeastern Conference football champion seasons

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