The 1988 New Mexico Lobos football team was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
team that represented the
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico (UNM; es, Universidad de Nuevo México) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889, it is the state's flagship academic institution and the largest by enrollment, with over 25,400 ...
in the
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington (state), Washington, and Texa ...
(WAC) during 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 ...
. In their second season under head coach
Mike Sheppard, the Lobos compiled a 2–10 record (1–7 against WAC opponents) and were outscored by a total of 518 to 170.
The team's statistical leaders included Jeremy Leach with 1,986 passing yards, Andre Wooten with 801 rushing yards, Al Owens with 774 receiving yards, and kicker Rick Walsh with 46 points scored.
In its third season of broadcasting both live and delayed games, KGSW-TV 14 (now
KLUZ-TV
KLUZ-TV (channel 14) is a television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Univision network to most of the state. It is owned by TelevisaUnivision, which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA ...
) would only leave one road contest against Hawaii off its schedule. As with the past two seasons, the road games were seen live, while the home games were show on delay at 10pm (MST).
[TV Listings Albuquerque Journal Sep-Nov 1988]
Schedule
References
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New Mexico Lobos football seasons
New Mexico Lobos football
The New Mexico Lobos football team is the intercollegiate football team at the University of New Mexico. The Lobos compete as a member of the Mountain West Conference. Their official colors are cherry and silver. The Lobos play their home games a ...