The1988 Montana State Bobcats football team was anAmerican football team that representedMontana State University in theBig Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their second season under head coachEarle Solomonson, the Bobcats compiled a 4–7 record (4–4 against Big Sky opponents) and finished a four-way tie for fourth place in the Big Sky.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	atFlorida*	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 0–69	69,121	[2]
September 10	Mesa State*	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 10–41	6,637	[3]
September 17	atEastern Washington	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	W 35–13		[4]
September 24	atCentral Michigan*	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	L 10–48	18,516	[5]
October 1	Idaho State	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 45–37		[6]
October 8	at No. 8Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	L 24–41	9,200	[7]
October 15	No. 13Boise State	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 51–7	9,807	[8]
October 22	No. 8Nevada	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 17–14	8,467	[9]
October 29	Northern Arizona	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 17–28	9,777	[10]
November 5	at No. 20Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (rivalry)	L 3–17	15,142	[11]
November 12	atWeber State	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	L 35–59	2,957	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromNCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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