| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Team: | Colorado Buffaloes |
| Conference: | Big Eight Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 8 |
| Record: | 8 - 4 |
| Conf Record: | 4 - 3 |
| Head Coach: | Bill McCartney |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
| Off Coach: | Gerry DiNardo |
| Oc Year: | 5th |
| Off Scheme: | Wishbone/I-Formation |
| Def Coach: | Mike Hankwitz |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Def Scheme: | 3–4 |
| Mvp: | Eric Bieniemy |
| Captain: | Don DeLuzio |
| Captain2: | Erik Norgard |
| Stadium: | Folsom Field |
| Bowl: | Freedom Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 17 - 20 vs. BYU |
The 1988 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Big Eight Conference during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Bill McCartney, Colorado finished the regular season at 8–3 (4–3 in Big 8, fourth),[1] and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.
The eight wins were the most by the Buffaloes in twelve years,[1] with narrow losses to ninth-ranked Oklahoma and #7 Nebraska.[2] [3]
Ranked twentieth in the coaches' poll, Colorado was invited to the Freedom Bowl in Anaheim, California,[4] but was upset 17–20 by BYU of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), led by redshirt freshman quarterback Ty Detmer.[5] [6]
See also: 1988 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.
See also: 1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.