1988 California Bowl
The 1988 California Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 10, 1988 at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California. The game pitted the Fresno State Bulldogs and the Western Michigan Broncos.
Background
The Broncos started the season with a non-conference win over Wisconsin, and they promptly won the next four games before a loss to Kent State. It was their only conference loss, closing out the season with a 23–16 win over Ohio. This was their first Mid-American Conference title since 1966, though it was their first non shared titled since 1929. It was also their first bowl game since 1961. Fresno State had a perfect conference record once again en route to their third Big West Conference title in seven seasons.Game summary
- Fresno State - Andre Alexander, 55 yard touchdown pass from Mark Barsotti
- Fresno State - Andre Alexander, 38 yard touchdown pass from Mark Barsotti
- Western Michigan - Robert Oliver, 31 yard touchdown pass from Tony Kimbrough
- Western Michigan - Robert Davis, 51 yard touchdown run
- Western Michigan - John Creek, 29 yard field goal
- Fresno State - Darrell Rosette, 65 yard touchdown run
- Western Michigan - Robert Davis, 15 yard touchdown pass from Kimbrough
- Fresno State - Darrell Rosette, 4 yard touchdown run
- Fresno State - Myron Jones, 26 yard touchdown run
- Western Michigan - Tony Kimbrough, 6 yard touchdown run