1988 Carson–Newman Eagles football team
American college football season
| 1988 Carson–Newman Eagles football | |
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NAIA Division I national champion SAC champion | |
Champion Bowl, W 56–21 vs. Adams State | |
| Conference | South Atlantic Conference |
| Record | 12–2 (5–2 SAC) |
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| Home stadium | Burke–Tarr Stadium |
Seasons ← 1987 1989 → | |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Carson–Newman +^ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Catawba +^ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Lenoir–Rhyne + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Elon | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mars Hill | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Newberry | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1988 Carson–Newman Eagles football team was an American football team that represented Carson–Newman College (renamed Carson–Newman University in 2012) as a member of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) during the 1988 NAIA Division I football season. In its ninth year under head coach Ken Sparks, the team compiled a 12–2 record (5–2 against conference opponents), tied for the SAC championship, and defeated Adams State in the Champion Bowl to win the NAIA national championship.[1]
It was the fourth of five national championships (1983, 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1989) won by Carson–Newman during the 1980s.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 3 | Fairmont State* | W 17–12 | 3,642 | ||||
| September 10 | at Hillsdale* | W 24–14 | 5,500 | ||||
| September 17 | Wingate* |
| W 36–24 | ||||
| September 24 | at Elon |
| L 7–10 | ||||
| October 1 | Catawba | W 3–0 | |||||
| October 8 | Newberry |
| L 13–14 | ||||
| October 15 | at Mars Hill | W 34–16 | |||||
| October 22 | Gardner–Webb |
| W 22–12 | ||||
| October 29 | at Lenoir–Rhyne | W 28–21 | |||||
| November 12 | Presbyterian |
| W 52–21 | ||||
| November 26 | Concord* |
| W 62–29 | 1,548 | |||
| December 3 | Moorhead State* |
| W 42–6 | ||||
| December 10 | at Central State (OH)* |
| W 13–0 | [2] | |||
| December 17 | Adams State* |
| W 56–21 | ||||
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References
- ^ "2010 Carson-Newman Eagles Football Media Guide" (PDF). Carson-Newman College. 2010.
- ^ "It's back to the Bowl for C–N". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. December 11, 1988. Retrieved April 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
