1988 Sonoma State Cossacks football team

1988 Sonoma State Cossacks football
1988 Sonoma State Cossacks football
Conference	Northern California Athletic Conference
Record	5–5 (3–2 NCAC)
Head coach	Marty Fine (2nd season);
Home stadium	Cossacks Stadium
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State University as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the 1988 NCAA Division II football season. Led by Marty Fine in his second and final season as head coach, Sonoma State compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the NCAC. The team was outscored by its opponents 225 to 200 for the season. The Cossacks played home games at Cossacks Stadium^{[note 1]} in Rohnert Park, California.

1988 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 UC Davis $^	5	–	0	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
Sonoma State	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Chico State	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Humboldt State	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Cal State Hayward	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
San Francisco State	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

Fine finished his tenure as at Sonoma State with an overall record of 10–11, for a .476 winning percentage.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at Cal Lutheran*	Mt. Clef Field Thousand Oaks, CA	L 13–17	2,144–2,246	^[1]
September 17	Cal State Northridge*	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	L 6–31	1,242	^[2]
September 24	Menlo*	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 29–19	628
October 1	Cal State Hayward	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 19–7	567
October 8	at UC Santa Barbara*	Harder Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 20–18	2,459	^[3]
October 15	at UC Davis	Toomey Field Davis, CA	L 13–42	4,700
October 22	Humboldt State	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	L 18–38	1,012
October 29	at Saint Mary's*	Saint Mary's Stadium Moraga, CA	L 34–35	3,050
November 5	at Chico State	University Stadium Chico, CA	W 14–10	1,500
November 12	San Francisco State	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 34–8	865
*Non-conference game

^ Cossacks Stadium was renamed in 2002 to Seawolf Stadium when the University changed the name of the mascot to Seawolves.

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^ "Final 1988 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
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