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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)
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1988 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Boomer Esiason*+ | 27 | 4 | 16 | 223 for 388, 3,572 yards, 28 td, 14 int, & 43 rushes for 248 yards and 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1984 |
| RB | James Brooks* | 30 | 7 | 15 | 182 rushes for 931 yards, 8 td, & 29 catches for 287 yards and 6 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 24th pick / 1981 |
| FB | Ickey Woods | 22 | Rook | 10 | 203 rushes for 1,066 yards, 15 td, & 21 catches for 199 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 31st pick / 1988 |
| FB | Stanley Wilson | 27 | 5 | 6 | 112 rushes for 398 yards, 2 td, & 9 catches for 110 yards and 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 9th / 248th pick / 1983 |
| WR | Eddie Brown* | 26 | 3 | 16 | 53 catches for 1,273 yards, 9 td, & 1 rush for -5 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 13th pick / 1985 |
| WR | Tim McGee | 24 | 2 | 15 | 36 catches for 686 yards, 6 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 21st pick / 1986 |
| TE | Rodney Holman* | 28 | 6 | 16 | 39 catches for 527 yards, 3 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1982 |
| LT | Anthony Munoz*+ | 30 | 8 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1980 |
| LG | Bruce Reimers | 28 | 4 | 16 | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 204th pick / 1984 |
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| C | Bruce Kozerski | 26 | 4 | 16 | Cincinnati Bengals / 9th / 231st pick / 1984 |
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| RG | Max Montoya* | 32 | 9 | 15 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 168th pick / 1979 |
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| RT | Joe Walter | 25 | 3 | 16 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 181st pick / 1985 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Skip McClendon | 24 | 1 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 77th pick / 1987 |
| NT | Tim Krumrie*+ | 28 | 5 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 276th pick / 1983 |
| RDE | Jim Skow | 25 | 2 | 16 | 9.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 58th pick / 1986 |
| LOLB | Leon White | 25 | 2 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 123rd pick / 1986 |
| LILB | Carl Zander | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1985 |
| RILB | Joe Kelly | 24 | 2 | 15 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 11th pick / 1986 |
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| ROLB | Reggie Williams | 34 | 12 | 16 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1976 |
| LCB | Lewis Billups | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1986 |
| RCB | Eric Thomas* | 24 | 1 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 49th pick / 1987 |
| SS | David Fulcher* | 24 | 2 | 16 | 1.5 sacks, 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1986 |
| FS | Solomon Wilcots | 24 | 1 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 215th pick / 1987 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Breech | 32 | 9 | 0 | 11 of 16 field goals & 56 of 59 extra points | Detroit Lions / 8th / 206th pick / 1978 |
| P | Scott Fulhage | 27 | 1 | 0 | 44 punts for a 38.0 average, 2 blocked | |
| PR | Ira Hillary | 26 | 1 | 0 | 17 punt returns for a 9.8 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 210th pick / 1985 |
| KR | Stanford Jennings | 26 | 4 | 1 | 32 kick returns for a 21.4 average and 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 65th pick / 1984 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Leo Barker | 29 | LB | 16 | 1 | 226 | 6-2 | New Mexico State | 11/7/1959 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 177th pick / 1984 |
| Lewis Billups | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 5-11 | North Alabama | 10/10/1963 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1986 |
| Brian Blados | 26 | T-G | 16 | 1 | 300 | 6-5 | North Carolina | 1/11/1962 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 28th pick / 1984 |
| Ed Brady | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | Illinois | 6/17/1962 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 215th pick / 1984 |
| Jim Breech | 32 | K | 16 | 0 | 161 | 5-6 | California | 4/11/1956 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 206th pick / 1978 |
| James Brooks* | 30 | RB | 15 | 15 | 180 | 5-10 | Auburn | 12/28/1958 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 24th pick / 1981 |
| Eddie Brown* | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 185 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 12/17/1962 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 13th pick / 1985 |
| Jason Buck | 25 | DE-DT | 16 | 0 | 268 | 6-5 | BYU | 7/27/1963 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 17th pick / 1987 |
| Barney Bussey | 26 | DB-LB | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | South Carolina State | 5/20/1962 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 119th pick / 1984 |
| Cris Collinsworth | 29 | WR | 13 | 0 | 192 | 6-5 | Florida | 1/27/1959 | 7 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 37th pick / 1981 |
| Ellis Dillahunt | 24 | DB | 8 | 0 | 198 | 5-11 | East Carolina | 11/25/1964 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 253rd pick / 1988 |
| Rickey Dixon | 22 | DB | 15 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 12/26/1966 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 5th pick / 1988 |
| David Douglas | 25 | C-T-G | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 3/20/1963 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 204th pick / 1986 |
| Eddie Edwards | 34 | DE-DT | 11 | 0 | 256 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 4/25/1954 | 11 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1977 |
| Boomer Esiason*+ | 27 | QB | 16 | 16 | 224 | 6-5 | Maryland | 4/17/1961 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1984 |
| David Fulcher* | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-3 | Arizona State | 9/28/1964 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1986 |
| Scott Fulhage | 27 | P | 13 | 0 | 191 | 5-11 | Kansas State | 1/17/1961 | 1 | |
| David Grant | 23 | DE-NT | 16 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 9/17/1965 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 84th pick / 1988 |
| Ira Hillary | 26 | WR | 16 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | South Carolina | 11/13/1962 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 210th pick / 1985 |
| Rodney Holman* | 28 | TE | 16 | 16 | 238 | 6-3 | Tulane | 4/20/1960 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1982 |
| Ray Horton | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 189 | 5-10 | Washington | 4/12/1960 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1983 |
| Tim Inglis | 24 | LB | 4 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Toledo | 3/10/1964 | 1 | |
| Stanford Jennings | 26 | RB | 16 | 1 | 205 | 6-1 | Furman | 3/12/1962 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 65th pick / 1984 |
| Lee Johnson | 27 | P | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | BYU | 11/27/1961 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 138th pick / 1985 |
| Eric Kattus | 25 | TE | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | Michigan | 3/4/1963 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 91st pick / 1986 |
| Joe Kelly | 24 | LB | 16 | 15 | 227 | 6-2 | Washington | 12/11/1964 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 11th pick / 1986 |
| Emanuel King | 25 | LB | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Alabama | 8/15/1963 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 25th pick / 1985 |
| Bruce Kozerski | 26 | C-G-T | 16 | 16 | 287 | 6-4 | Holy Cross | 4/2/1962 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 9th / 231st pick / 1984 |
| Tim Krumrie*+ | 28 | NT-DT | 16 | 16 | 270 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 5/20/1960 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 276th pick / 1983 |
| Marc Logan | 23 | RB | 9 | 0 | 217 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 5/9/1965 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 130th pick / 1987 |
| Mike Martin | 28 | WR | 4 | 0 | 186 | 5-10 | Illinois | 11/18/1960 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 221st pick / 1983 |
| Curtis Maxey | 23 | DE-DT | 3 | 0 | 298 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 6/28/1965 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 195th pick / 1988 |
| Skip McClendon | 24 | DE | 16 | 16 | 282 | 6-6 | Arizona State,Northwestern | 4/9/1964 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 77th pick / 1987 |
| Tim McGee | 24 | WR | 16 | 15 | 183 | 5-10 | Tennessee | 8/7/1964 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 21st pick / 1986 |
| Max Montoya* | 32 | G | 15 | 15 | 282 | 6-5 | UCLA | 5/12/1956 | 9 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 168th pick / 1979 |
| Anthony Munoz*+ | 30 | T | 16 | 16 | 278 | 6-6 | USC | 8/19/1958 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1980 |
| Mike Norseth | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Kansas | 8/22/1964 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 174th pick / 1986 |
| Carl Parker | 23 | WR | 3 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Vanderbilt | 2/5/1965 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 12th / 307th pick / 1988 |
| Bruce Reimers | 28 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-7 | Iowa State | 9/28/1960 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 204th pick / 1984 |
| Jim Riggs | 25 | TE | 16 | 1 | 245 | 6-5 | Clemson | 9/23/1963 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1987 |
| Rich Romer | 22 | LB | 4 | 0 | 222 | 6-3 | Union (NY) | 2/27/1966 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 168th pick / 1988 |
| Turk Schonert | 31 | QB | 16 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Stanford | 1/15/1957 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 242nd pick / 1980 |
| Jim Skow | 25 | DE | 16 | 16 | 253 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 6/29/1963 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 58th pick / 1986 |
| Daryl Smith | 25 | DB | 7 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | North Alabama | 5/8/1963 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 249th pick / 1985 |
| Dave A. Smith | 24 | T | 4 | 0 | 290 | 6-6 | Southern Illinois | 12/12/1964 | Rook | |
| Eric Thomas* | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 184 | 5-11 | Tulane | 9/11/1964 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 49th pick / 1987 |
| Kevin P. Walker | 23 | LB | 3 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | Maryland | 12/24/1965 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 57th pick / 1988 |
| Joe Walter | 25 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 292 | 6-7 | Texas Tech | 6/18/1963 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 181st pick / 1985 |
| Leon White | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-3 | BYU | 10/4/1963 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 123rd pick / 1986 |
| Solomon Wilcots | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 189 | 5-11 | Colorado | 10/3/1964 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 215th pick / 1987 |
| Reggie Williams | 34 | LB | 16 | 16 | 228 | 6-1 | Dartmouth | 9/19/1954 | 12 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1976 |
| Stanley Wilson | 27 | RB | 15 | 6 | 209 | 5-10 | Oklahoma | 8/23/1961 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 9th / 248th pick / 1983 |
| Ickey Woods | 22 | RB | 16 | 10 | 231 | 6-2 | UNLV | 2/28/1966 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 31st pick / 1988 |
| Carl Zander | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 4/12/1963 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1985 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 229.7 | 6-2.0 | 3.2 |