The 1988 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The 1988 Michigan Wolverines football team captured seven of the first-team spots on the All-Big Ten teams selected by the conference coaches for the United Press International. The Iowa Hawkeyes followed with six first-team spots, including quarterback Chuck Hartlieb.
Chuck Hartlieb, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)Jeff George, Illinois (AP-2)Dave Schnell, Indiana (UPI-2)Anthony Thompson, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-1)Tony Boles, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)Keith Jones, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)Blake Ezor, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)John Vitale, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)Jeff Uhlenhake, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2)Don Shrader, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-1)Mike Husar, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)Bob Kula, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)Tim Radtke, Indiana (AP-2; UPI-2)Tony Mandarich, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)Bob Kratch, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)Mark McGowan, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)Kevin Robbins, Michigan State (AP-2)Marv Cook, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)Tim Jorden, Indiana (AP-2)Jeffrey Brown, Michigan (UPI-2)Andre Rison, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)Deven Harberts, Iowa (AP-1)John Kolesar, Michigan (UPI-1)Greg McMurtry, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)Steven Williams, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)Morris Gardner, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)Dave Haight, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)Mark Messner, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)Joe Mott, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)Joe Huff, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-2)Travis Davis, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)Kurt Larson, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)Mel Agee, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)Jeff Koeppel, Iowa (AP-2)Jerrol Williams, Purdue (AP-2)Brad Quast, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)Percy Snow, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)Darrick Brownlow, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-2)Willie Bates, Indiana (AP-2; UPI-1)J. J. Grant, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)Darrin Trieb, Purdue (AP-2; UPI-2)Marc Foster, Purdue (AP-1; UPI-1)John Miller, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)Glenn Cobb, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)David Arnold, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1)Zack Dumas, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2)Ronnie Beeks, Purdue (AP-2)Marc Ferry, Indiana (UPI-2)Marlon Primous, Illinois (UPI-2)Derrick Reed, Michigan State (UPI-2)Pete Stoyanovich, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-1)Mike Gillette, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1)Pat O'Morrow, Ohio State (UPI-2)Mike Gillette, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)Ed Sutter, Northwestern (AP-2)Brent Herbel, Minnesota (UPI-2)AP = Associated Press
UPI = United Press International, selected by the Big Ten coaches
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI
