Sunday, September 4, 1988
Phoenix Cardinals 14, Cincinnati Bengals 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Cardinals (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Cincinnati Bengals (1-0-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| PHO | CIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | PHO | Stump Mitchell 4 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 7 | 0 |
| CIN | James Brooks 25 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 3rd | PHO | Roy Green 29 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 14 | 7 |
| CIN | Eddie Brown 61 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| 4th | CIN | Mike Martin 15 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 14 | 21 |
| PHO | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-167-0 | 27-152-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-31-227-2-2 | 17-26-271-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 2-20 |
| Net pass yards | 207 | 251 |
| Total yards | 374 | 403 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-25 | 3-20 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Stump Mitchell | PHO | 22 | 110 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Neil Lomax | PHO | 21 | 31 | 227 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| J.T. Smith | PHO | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 98 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Roy Green | PHO | 4 | 75 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Earl Ferrell | PHO | 6 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Robert Awalt | PHO | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Tony Jordan | PHO | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Boomer Esiason | CIN | 17 | 26 | 271 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Brown | CIN | 6 | 143 | 1 | 61 | ||||||||||
| James Brooks | CIN | 9 | 75 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| Stanley Wilson | CIN | 11 | 47 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tim McGee | CIN | 2 | 34 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Mike Martin | CIN | 2 | 22 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Rodney Holman | CIN | 3 | 19 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ira Hillary | CIN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ickey Woods | CIN | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bob Clasby | PHO | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ernie Jones | PHO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Freddie Joe Nunn | PHO | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Vai Sikahema | PHO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Leonard Smith | PHO | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Lewis Billups | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jason Buck | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Stanford Jennings | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Martin | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eric Thomas | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Leon White | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||