1988 Aloha Bowl

1988 Eagle Aloha Bowl
Washington State Cougars Houston Cougars (8–3) (9–2) 24 22 Head coach:  Dennis Erickson Head coach:  Jack Pardee AP Coaches 18 18 AP Coaches 14 14
1 2 3 4 Total Washington State 0 24 0 0 24 Houston 3 6 6 7 22
Date	December 25, 1988
Season	1988
Stadium	Aloha Stadium
Location	Honolulu, Hawaii
MVP	OL Mike Utley, Washington State
Attendance	35,132
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Keith Jackson, Lynn Swann

The 1988 Eagle Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game, played as part of the 1988–89 bowl game schedule of the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the seventh Aloha Bowl. It was played on December 25, 1988, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game matched the Houston Cougars of the Southwest Conference against the Washington State Cougars of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Washington State scored 24 second-quarter points and forced a last-second Houston turnover in notching a 24–22 win over the Cougars 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.

Scoring summary

First quarter

• UH - Anderson 27-yard field goal (13:13). 3-0 UH

Second quarter

• WSU - Wood 5-yard fumble run (Hanson kick). (13:39). 7-3 WSU
• WSU - Wood 15-yard pass from Rosenbach (Hanson kick). (8:39). 14-3 WSU
• WSU - Hanson 33-yard field goal (6:31). 17-3 WSU
• UH - Witherspoon 1-yard run (kick failed) (4:56). 17-9 WSU
• WSU - Rosenbach 1-yard run (Hanson kick) (0:53). 24-9 WSU

Third quarter

• UH - Mason 53-yard pass from Dacus (2 point pass failed) (4:25). 24-15 WSU

Fourth quarter

• UH - Weatherspoon 2-yard pass from Dacus (Anderson kick). (13:16). 24-22 WSU

Statistics

Statistics	Washington State	Houston
First Downs	23	13
Rushing Yards	154	68
Passing Yards	306	241
Passing (C-A-I)	19-36-1	17-40-2
Total Offense	460	309
Fumbles-Lost	2-1	2-1
Penalties-Yards	11-95	9-58
Punts-Average	6-46.0	8-45.4

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