Sunday, November 20, 1988
Cincinnati Bengals 38, Dallas Cowboys 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (9-3-0) | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Dallas Cowboys (2-10-0) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| CIN | DAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CIN | James Brooks 51 yard rush (Jim Breech kick) | 7 | 0 |
| DAL | Roger Ruzek 44 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| CIN | Rodney Holman 20 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 14 | 3 |
| CIN | Jim Breech 41 yard field goal | 17 | 3 |
| CIN | Rodney Holman 5 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 24 | 3 |
| DAL | Herschel Walker 11 yard rush (Roger Ruzek kick) | 24 | 10 |
| CIN | James Brooks 13 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 31 | 10 |
| CIN | Ickey Woods 10 yard rush (Jim Breech kick) | 38 | 10 |
| DAL | Ray Alexander 6 yard pass from Steve Pelluer (Roger Ruzek kick) | 38 | 17 |
| DAL | Thornton Chandler 1 yard pass from Steve Pelluer (Roger Ruzek kick) | 38 | 24 |
| CIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-214-2 | 34-179-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-29-205-3-0 | 20-36-217-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-9 | 6-41 |
| Net pass yards | 196 | 176 |
| Total yards | 410 | 355 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-56 | 13-114 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| James Brooks | CIN | 16 | 148 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 13 | ||||||
| Boomer Esiason | CIN | 16 | 29 | 205 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rodney Holman | CIN | 6 | 81 | 2 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Cris Collinsworth | CIN | 3 | 63 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Ickey Woods | CIN | 10 | 47 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | CIN | 2 | 37 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Wilson | CIN | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Tim McGee | CIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Herschel Walker | DAL | 27 | 131 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Steve Pelluer | DAL | 16 | 23 | 185 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Irvin | DAL | 4 | 94 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Darryl Clack | DAL | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Kevin Sweeney | DAL | 4 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thornton Chandler | DAL | 2 | 22 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Todd Fowler | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Everett Gay | DAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Steve Folsom | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ray Alexander | DAL | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Leo Barker | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jason Buck | CIN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ira Hillary | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ray Horton | CIN | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Stanford Jennings | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Krumrie | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Skow | CIN | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Thomas | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Reggie Williams | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Cornell Burbage | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Darryl Clack | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Jeffcoat | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Too Tall Jones | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kelvin Martin | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||