| Game Name: | Aloha Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Eagle |
| Date Game Played: | December 25 |
| Year Game Played: | 1988 |
| Football Season: | 1988 |
| Stadium: | Aloha Stadium |
| City: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Visitor School: | Washington State University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Washington State |
| Visitor Nickname: | Cougars |
| Visitor Conference: | Pac-10 |
| Visitor Record: | 8–3 |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 18 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 18 |
| Visitor Coach: | Dennis Erickson |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 24 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home School: | University of Houston |
| Home Name Short: | Houston |
| Home Nickname: | Cougars |
| Home Conference: | SWC |
| Home Record: | 9–2 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 14 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 14 |
| Home Coach: | Jack Pardee |
| Home 1Q: | 3 |
| Home 2Q: | 6 |
| Home 3Q: | 6 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Mvp: | Victor Wood (WR, WSU) |
| Odds: | Houston by 4½ points [1] [2] |
| Referee: | John Laurie (Big Eight) |
| Attendance: | 35,132 |
| Us Network: | ABC |
| Us Announcers: | 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 of the Southwest Conference against the of the
Washington State climbed up to sixteenth in the final AP poll, and Houston dropped
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
| Statistics | Washington State | Houston | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 23 | 13 | |
| Rushes–yards | 56–154 | 21–68 | |
| Passing yards | 306 | 241 | |
| Passes (C–A–I) | 19–36–1 | 17–40–2 | |
| Total yards | 460 | 309 | |
| Fumbles–lost | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Turnovers by | 2 | 3 | |
| Punts–average | 6–46.0 | 8–45.4 | |
| Penalties–yards | 11–95 | 9–58 | |
| Time of possession | 37:43 | 22:17 |