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1988 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 329 points (20.6/g), 14th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 237 points (14.8/g), 3rd.
Differential of 92 points (5.8/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 11.0-5.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 16th.
Coached by Marv Levy (12-4-0)
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1988 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 4 | box | W | 1-0 | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 10 | 18 | 310 | 196 | 114 | 1 | 21 | 300 | 170 | 130 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 11 | box | W | 2-0 | Miami Dolphins | 9 | 6 | 15 | 319 | 215 | 104 | 4 | 16 | 334 | 219 | 115 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 18 | box | W | 3-0 | @ | New England Patriots | 16 | 14 | 18 | 254 | 149 | 105 | 2 | 14 | 264 | 159 | 105 | 3 |
| 4 | Sun | September 25 | box | W | 4-0 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 36 | 28 | 22 | 398 | 282 | 116 | 3 | 25 | 408 | 314 | 94 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 2 | box | L | 4-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 3 | 24 | 13 | 217 | 217 | 1 | 22 | 423 | 260 | 163 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 9 | box | W | 5-1 | Indianapolis Colts | 34 | 23 | 25 | 456 | 315 | 141 | 3 | 25 | 308 | 241 | 67 | 3 | |
| 7 | Mon | October 17 | box | W | 6-1 | @ | New York Jets | 37 | 14 | 24 | 427 | 292 | 135 | 1 | 10 | 199 | 154 | 45 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | October 23 | box | W | 7-1 | New England Patriots | 23 | 20 | 18 | 339 | 149 | 190 | 4 | 20 | 223 | 47 | 176 | ||
| 9 | Sun | October 30 | box | W | 8-1 | Green Bay Packers | 28 | 0 | 18 | 261 | 66 | 195 | 3 | 10 | 131 | 54 | 77 | 4 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 6 | box | W | 9-1 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 13 | 3 | 18 | 336 | 194 | 142 | 2 | 10 | 145 | 73 | 72 | 2 |
| 11 | Mon | November 14 | box | W | 10-1 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 31 | 6 | 29 | 416 | 211 | 205 | 15 | 257 | 224 | 33 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 20 | box | W | 11-1 | New York Jets | 9 | 6 | 20 | 341 | 112 | 229 | 2 | 16 | 259 | 119 | 140 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 27 | box | L | 11-2 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 21 | 35 | 21 | 353 | 243 | 110 | 4 | 34 | 455 | 223 | 232 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 4 | box | L | 11-3 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 10 | 16 | 273 | 234 | 39 | 2 | 19 | 253 | 143 | 110 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 11 | box | W | 12-3 | Los Angeles Raiders | 37 | 21 | 24 | 367 | 112 | 255 | 17 | 318 | 207 | 111 | 3 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 18 | box | L | 12-4 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 14 | 17 | 14 | 248 | 195 | 53 | 1 | 25 | 301 | 117 | 184 | |
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| Division | Sun | January 1 | box | W | 13-4 | Houston Oilers | 17 | 10 | 18 | 372 | 237 | 135 | 1 | 20 | 351 | 226 | 125 | 3 | |
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 8 | box | L | 13-5 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 10 | 21 | 10 | 181 | 136 | 45 | 3 | 23 | 249 | 74 | 175 | 2 |