1988 West Coast Eagles season

The 1988 VFL season was the West Coast Eagles' second season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). John Todd was appointed coach after Ron Alexander was sacked and Ross Glendinning remained captain. The Eagles played 22 games, winning 13 and losing 9 to finish 5th on the ladder.

Recruitment
West Coast recruited 12 players, with 11 from WAFL clubs, for the 1988 season:
 * Clinton Browning (East Fremantle)
 * Kevin Caton (Swan Districts)
 * Joe Cormack (Swan Districts)
 * Shane Ellis (East Fremantle)
 * Richard Geary (South Fremantle)
 * Peter Higgins (Claremont)
 * Brent Hutton (Swan Districts)
 * Don Langsford (Swan Districts)
 * Guy McKenna (Claremont)
 * Murray Rance
 * Troy Ugle (Swan Districts)
 * Chris Waterman (East Fremantle)

Panasonic Cup
West Coast defeated by 87 points in front of a crowd of 12,587 at the WACA Ground in the first round of the competition, the first night-series/pre-season match to be played in Western Australia since 1981, before losing to  by 36 points in the second round.

Home team's score listed in bold:

Regular season
Home team's score listed in bold:

Source: AFLTables