The 1988 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).

The team was led by head coach Denny Stolz, in his third year. They played home games at Jack Murphy Stadium^{[note 1]} in San Diego, California. They completed the season with a record of three wins, eight losses (3–8, 3–5 WAC). Stolz was fired after the season, two years after leading the Aztecs to their only Western Athletic Conference (WAC) title and appearance in San Diego's Holiday Bowl in his first season in 1986.^[1][2]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at No. 5 UCLA*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	L 6–59	46,487	[3]
September 11	Air Force	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	W 39–36	20,112	[4]
September 17	at Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 10–31	26,000	[5]
October 1	No. 20 Oregon*	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	L 13–34	22,527	[6]
October 8	No. 16 Wyoming	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	L 27–55	20,386	[7]
October 15	Hawaii	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	L 30–32	27,142	[8]
October 22	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 7–13	23,817	[9]
October 29	at Utah	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 20–41	22,453	[10]
November 5	No. 20 BYU	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	W 27–15	21,825	[11]
November 12	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	L 7–58	31,552	[12]
November 19	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 18–10	7,923	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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The following were selected in the 1989 NFL Draft.^[16]

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