1988 Aloha Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 Aloha Bowl Eagle December 25 1988 1988 Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii Washington State University Washington State Cougars Pac-10 8–3 18 18 Dennis Erickson 0 24 0 0 University of Houston Houston Cougars SWC 9–2 14 14 Jack Pardee 3 6 6 7 Victor Wood (WR, WSU) Houston by 4½ points https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PrBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=920DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4256%2C6804872 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The latest line December 23, 1988 20https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zPUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=76IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6401%2C6058646 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Betting line December 24, 1988 14 John Laurie (Big Eight) 35,132 ABC Keith Jackson, Lynn Swann The 1988 Eagle Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game, the fourth of seventeen in the bowl season of the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The seventh edition of the Aloha Bowl, it was played on December 25 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game matched the #14 Houston Cougars of the Southwest Conference against the #18 Washington State Cougars of the Pacific-10 Conference.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w1pWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u-8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3487%2C3012279 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Bergum Steve WSU wins Aloha Brawl December 26, 1988 C1 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l_FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1868%2C7010880 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Defense saves Pac-10's Cougars December 26, 1988 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p3dfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mC8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5057%2C3009435 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Grummert Dale Washington State wins Aloha Bowl December 26, 1988 1B Underdog Washington State scored all of its points in the second quarter and forced a last-second Houston turnover in notching a 24–22 win on Christmas Day. The bowl appearance was Washington State's second of the 1980s and was the first bowl victory for Washington State since the 1916 Rose Bowl. This was the final game for head coach Dennis Erickson at WSU; he left for the University of Miami in March.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rlxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5399%2C3743456 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Bergum Steve Erickson's air express off to Miami March 6, 1989 A1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mZUrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ntAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2376%2C3411479 Idahonian Moscow Meehan Jim Erickson leaves 'dream' March 6, 1988 1Ahttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yedVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=seEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2516%2C1468206 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Erickson takes Miami job March 6, 1989 1D Washington State climbed up to sixteenth in the final AP poll, and Houston dropped to eighteenth.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D65VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6993%2C748284 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press It's not unanimous, but the Irish finish as No. 1 January 4, 1989 7C Scoring First quarter Houston – Roman Anderson 27-yard field goal (13:13). 3-0 UH Second quarter WSU – Victor Wood 5-yard fumble run (Jason Hanson kick). (13:39). 7-3 WSU WSU – Wood 15-yard pass from Timm Rosenbach (Hanson kick). (8:39). 14-3 WSU WSU – Hanson 33-yard field goal (6:31), 17-3 WSU Houston – Chuck Weatherspoon 1-yard run (kick failed), (4:56), 17-9 WSU WSU – Rosenbach 1-yard run (Hanson kick), (0:53), 24-9 WSU Third quarter Houston – Kevin Mason 53-yard pass from David Dacus (pass failed), (4:25), 24-15 WSU Fourth quarter Houston – Weatherspoon 2-yard pass from Dacus (Anderson kick), (13:16), 24-22 WSU Source Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! WashingtonState !!   Houston   |- |align=left|First downs || 23 || 13 |- |align=left|Rushes–yards|| 56–154 || 21–68 |- |align=left|Passing yards || 306 || 241 |- |align=left|Passes (C–A–I) || 19–36–1 || 17–40–2 |- |align=left|Total yards||460 || 309 |- |align=left|Fumbles–lost ||2–1 || 2–1 |- |align=left|Turnovers by ||2 || 3 |- |align=left|Punts–average || 6–46.0 || 8–45.4 |- |align=left|Penalties–yards || 11–95 || 9–58 |- |align=left|Time of possession || 37:43 || 22:17 |} Source References 2 Aloha Bowl Category:Aloha Bowl Category:Houston Cougars football bowl games Category:Washington State Cougars football bowl games Aloha Category:December 1988 sports events in the United States