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1988 Cincinnati Bengals

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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

1988 AFC Champions

Scored 448 points (28.0/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 329 points (20.6/g), 16th.
 Differential of 119 points (7.4/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 10.8-5.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.6/g), 5th.

Coached by Sam Wyche (12-4-0)

1988 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 4 box W 1-0 Phoenix Cardinals 21 14 21 403 251 152 1 23 374 207 167 2
2 Sun September 11 box W 2-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 28 24 20 431 353 78 3 28 415 225 190 1
3 Sun September 18 box W 3-0 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 17 12 20 306 190 116 1 19 319 195 124 6
4 Sun September 25 box W 4-0 Cleveland Browns 24 17 22 393 180 213 20 322 254 68 1
5 Sun October 2 box W 5-0 @ Los Angeles Raiders 45 21 28 496 332 164 1 20 405 309 96 5
6 Sun October 9 box W 6-0 New York Jets 36 19 23 402 196 206 2 16 226 117 109 1
7 Sun October 16 box L 6-1 @ New England Patriots 21 27 23 365 225 140 6 22 311 153 158
8 Sun October 23 box W 7-1 Houston Oilers 44 21 25 353 131 222 4 18 205 101 104 4
9 Sun October 30 box L 7-2 @ Cleveland Browns 16 23 18 281 153 128 17 302 203 99 2
10 Sun November 6 box W 8-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 42 7 28 559 338 221 2 15 198 97 101
11 Sun November 13 box L 8-3 @ Kansas City Chiefs 28 31 19 307 157 150 2 24 418 276 142
12 Sun November 20 box W 9-3 @ Dallas Cowboys 38 24 23 410 196 214 1 23 355 176 179 2
13 Sun November 27 box W 10-3 Buffalo Bills 35 21 34 455 223 232 21 353 243 110 4
14 Sun December 4 box W 11-3 San Diego Chargers 27 10 21 352 145 207 2 14 211 123 88 4
15 Sun December 11 box L 11-4 @ Houston Oilers 6 41 10 226 94 132 2 19 396 249 147 2
16 Sat December 17 box W 12-4 Washington Redskins 20 17 16 318 183 135 23 372 206 166 2
Playoffs
Division Sat December 31 box W 13-4 Seattle Seahawks 21 13
ConfChamp Sun January 8 box W 14-4 Buffalo Bills 21 10
SuperBowl Sun January 22 box L 14-5 N San Francisco 49ers 16 20

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 448 6057 985 6.1 351 225 392 3347 28 14 7.9 165 563 2710 27 4.8 159 27 13 27
Team Defense 329 5182 1059 4.9 518 283 524 3134 19 22 5.5 177 493 2048 18 4.2 322 36 14 19
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 1 27 11 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 10
Lg Rank Defense 16 15 22 20 10 12 6 7 15 18 20 22 10 16

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Boomer Esiason*+ 27 QB 16 16 12-4-0 223 388 57.5 3572 28 7.2 14 3.6 86 9.2 8.3 16.0 223.3 97.4 30 245 8.0 7.1 7.2
Turk Schonert 31 16 0 2 4 50.0 20 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 5.0 5.0 10.0 1.3 64.6 0 0 5.0 5.0 0.0
Team Total 26.1 16 12-4-0 225 392 57.4 3592 28 7.1 14 3.6 86 9.2 8.3 16.0 224.5 97.0 30 245 7.9 7.1 7.1
Opp Total 16 283 524 54.0 3134 19 3.6 22 4.2 6.0 4.5 11.1 195.9 66.6 42 374 5.5 3.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Ickey Woods 22 FB 16 10 203 1066 15 56 5.3 66.6 12.7 21 199 9.5 0 25 1.3 12.4 1265 15 8
James Brooks* 30 RB 15 15 182 931 8 51 5.1 62.1 12.1 29 287 9.9 6 28 1.9 19.1 1218 14 1
Stanley Wilson 27 fb 15 6 112 398 2 19 3.6 26.5 7.5 9 110 12.2 1 28 0.6 7.3 508 3 3
Boomer Esiason*+ 27 QB 16 16 43 248 1 24 5.8 15.5 2.7 248 1 5
Stanford Jennings 26 RET 16 1 17 47 1 9 2.8 2.9 1.1 5 75 15.0 0 31 0.3 4.7 122 1 1
Marc Logan 23 9 0 2 10 0 9 5.0 1.1 0.2 2 20 10.0 0 17 0.2 2.2 30 0 1
Turk Schonert 31 16 0 2 10 0 7 5.0 0.6 0.1 10 0 0
Eddie Brown* 26 WR 16 16 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.3 0.1 53 1273 24.0 9 86 3.3 79.6 1268 9 1
Mike Norseth 24 1 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5.0 1.0 5 0 0
Rodney Holman* 28 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 39 527 13.5 3 33 2.4 32.9 527 3 2
Tim McGee 24 WR 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 686 19.1 6 78 2.3 42.9 686 6 0
Cris Collinsworth 29 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 227 17.5 1 36 1.0 17.5 227 1 1
Jim Riggs 25 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 82 9.1 0 16 0.6 5.1 82 0 2
Ira Hillary 26 RET 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 76 15.2 1 31 0.3 4.8 76 1 0
Eric Kattus 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 8 4.0 0 11 0.5 2.0 8 0 1
Mike Martin 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 22 11.0 1 15 0.5 5.5 22 1 0
Team Total 26.1 16 563 2710 27 56 4.8 169.4 35.2 225 3592 16.0 28 86 14.1 224.5 6302 55 28
Opp Total 16 493 2048 18 4.2 128.0 30.8 283 3134 11.1 19 17.7 195.9 5182 37 28

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Stanford Jennings 26 RET 16 1 32 684 1 98 21.4 806
Ira Hillary 26 RET 16 0 17 166 0 20 9.8 12 195 0 24 16.3 437
Eddie Brown* 26 WR 16 16 10 48 0 13 4.8 1316
Barney Bussey 26 16 0 7 83 0 22 11.9 83
Mike Martin 28 4 0 5 30 0 10 6.0 52
Marc Logan 23 9 0 4 80 0 24 20.0 110
James Brooks* 30 RB 15 15 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 1212
Rickey Dixon 22 15 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Team Total 26.1 16 32 244 0 20 7.6 57 1054 1 98 18.5 7600
Opp Total 16 32 0 61 1335 0 21.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Jim Breech 32 K 16 0 1 1 5 5 4 3 5 2 1 16 11 68.8% 59 56 94.9% 3 64 30 0 21.3
Scott Fulhage 27 P 13 0 44 1672 53 2 38.0
Lee Johnson 27 12 0 2 1 2 1 50.0% 14 594 52 0 42.4
Boomer Esiason*+ 27 QB 16 16 1 21 21 0 21.0
Team Total 26.1 16 1 1 5 5 4 3 5 2 3 1 18 12 66.7% 59 56 94.9% 62 2351 53 2 37.9
Opp Total 16 24 17 70.8% 39 38 97.4% 65 2594 39.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jim Skow 25 RDE 16 16 9.5
Boomer Esiason*+ 27 QB 16 16 5 4 0 0
Ickey Woods 22 FB 16 10 8 1 0 0
David Fulcher* 24 SS 16 16 1.5 5 38 1 16 1 0 0 0
Eric Thomas* 24 RCB 16 16 7 61 0 37 64
Lewis Billups 25 LCB 16 16 4 47 0 29 0 2 26 1
Jason Buck 25 16 0 6.0
Barney Bussey 26 16 0 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 25
David Grant 23 16 0 5.0 0 1 0 0
Tim Krumrie*+ 28 NT 16 16 3.0 0 0 3 0 0 152
Leo Barker 29 16 1 3.0 0 1 34 1
Ray Horton 28 14 0 1.0 3 13 0 11
Leon White 25 LOLB 16 16 3.0 0 1 0 0
Rodney Holman* 28 TE 16 16 2 1 0 0
Jim Riggs 25 16 1 2 1 0 0
Solomon Wilcots 24 FS 16 16 1 6 0 6 0 2 0 0
Stanley Wilson 27 fb 15 6 3 0 0 0
Reggie Williams 34 ROLB 16 16 2.5
Eddie Brown* 26 WR 16 16 1 1 0 0
Rickey Dixon 22 15 0 1 13 0 13 0 1 -3 0
Skip McClendon 24 LDE 16 16 2.0
Anthony Munoz*+ 30 LT 16 16 0 2 0 0
Carl Zander 25 LILB 16 16 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
James Brooks* 30 RB 15 15 1 0 0 0
Cris Collinsworth 29 13 0 1 0 0 0
Stanford Jennings 26 RET 16 1 1 0 0 0
Eric Kattus 25 4 0 1 0 0 0
Marc Logan 23 9 0 1 0 0 0
Tim McGee 24 WR 16 15 0 1 0 0
Eddie Edwards 34 11 0 0.5
Team Total 26.1 16 41.0 22 181 1 37 0 28 24 57 2 303
Opp Total 16 30 28 14 3

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ickey Woods 22 FB 16 10 15 90
Jim Breech 32 K 16 0 56 11 89
James Brooks* 30 RB 15 15 8 6 84
Eddie Brown* 26 WR 16 16 9 54
Tim McGee 24 WR 16 15 6 36
Rodney Holman* 28 TE 16 16 3 18
Stanley Wilson 27 fb 15 6 2 1 18
Stanford Jennings 26 RET 16 1 1 1 12
Leo Barker 29 16 1 1 6
Lewis Billups 25 LCB 16 16 1 6
Cris Collinsworth 29 13 0 1 6
Boomer Esiason*+ 27 QB 16 16 1 6
David Fulcher* 24 SS 16 16 1 6
Ira Hillary 26 RET 16 0 1 6
Mike Martin 28 4 0 1 6
Lee Johnson 27 12 0 1 3
Team Total 26.1 16 27 28 1 2 1 56 12 446
Opp Total 16 18 19 38 17 3 329