The 1988 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Don Morton, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing ninth in the Big Ten. Wisconsin played home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 3	Western Michigan*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 14–24	38,230
September 17	Northern Illinois*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 17–19	46,869
September 24	at No. 1 Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 3–23	48,311
October 1	No. 19 Michigan	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 14–62	61,180
October 8	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 6–31	67,700
October 15	Illinois	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 6–34	57,886
October 22	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 14–35	30,013
October 29	Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 6–9	51,147
November 5	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 12–34	90,032
November 12	Minnesota	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	W 14–7	40,467
November 19	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 0–36	76,372
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1988 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 88 Brian Anderson Sr RB 34 Marvin Artley Sr C 55 Jim Basten  So WR 39 Scott Bestor Sr WR 3 David Burks Sr TE 9 Paul Chryst  Sr QB 13 Lionell Crawford Fr QB 1 Otis Flowers So RB 4 Damone Freeman Fr TE 81 Craig Hudson Sr RB 32 Leon Hunt Sr C 66 Matt Joki Sr QB 14 Tony Lowery So RB 4 Damone Freeman Fr G 77 Joe Magazzeni  Jr G 76 Jeff Miller So TE 89 Kerry Miller So OT 75 Todd Nelson (C)  Sr OT 54 Tim Otto Jr RB 29 Fred Owens Jr WR 23 Shawn Peters Sr OT 71 Keith Peterson Sr OT 78 Brady Pierce  So G 50 David Rapps Jr WR 26 James Ross Sr RB 22 Steve Vinci Sr WR 86 Bill Williams, Jr Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class NG 92 Bill Antonie Jr NG 74 John Banaszak Sr DL, LB 94 Dan Batsch  So DE 91 Don Davey  So CB 7 Eddie Fletcher, Jr  Fr LB 49 Victor Fortino  Sr LB 30 Andy Hartlieb Sr LB 58 Malvin Hunter So DE 65 Leon Johnson  Jr LB 41 Scott Johnson Sr DL, LB 44 Dan Kissling Jr DL, LB 93 Tim Knoeck Sr CB 37 Brad Mayo  Jr LB 46 Robert Newell  So S 8 Pete Nowka Sr LB 19 Paul Partington Sr S 25 Rafael Robinson  Fr LB 36 Duer Sharp Fr S 27 Greg Thomas  So DT 60 Chad Vande Zande Sr CB 26 Troy Vincent  Fr S 10 Jeff Wagner Sr LB 63 Jeff Weyker Sr CB 21 LaMarr White  So LB 48 David Wings (C) Sr DT 72 Jeff Wolf Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 20 Brad Brekke So P Chris Heymans K 9 Robb Mehring So K 18 Rich Thompson Fr	Head coach Don Morton Coordinators/assistant coaches Pat Simmers – Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Mike Daly – Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs Bob Babich – Offensive Line Craig Bohl – Inside Linebackers L. C. Cole – Outside Linebackers Phil Engle – Defensive Line Jimmy Gonzales – Defensive Line Mark Mauer – Tight Ends/Wide Receivers Scott Seeliger – Quarterbacks/Running Backs Ken Ellett – Director of Football Operations/Recruiting Coordinator Mario Russo – Administrative Assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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