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1988 Indianapolis Colts

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 354 points (22.1/g), 9th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 315 points (19.7/g), 11th.
 Differential of 39 points (2.4/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 9.1-6.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 9th.

Coached by Ron Meyer (9-7-0)

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 L 0-1 Houston Oilers 14 17 16 281 170 111 3 18 347 174 173 3
2 Sun September 11 box L 0-2 Chicago Bears 13 17 11 173 65 108 3 23 326 172 154 1
3 Mon September 19 box L 0-3 @ Cleveland Browns 17 23 15 282 154 128 3 22 356 255 101 2
4 Sun September 25 box W 1-3 Miami Dolphins 15 13 18 304 91 213 1 18 323 252 71 2
5 Sun October 2 box L 1-4 @ New England Patriots 17 21 15 267 164 103 1 19 298 193 105 2
6 Sun October 9 box L 1-5 @ Buffalo Bills 23 34 25 308 241 67 3 25 456 315 141 3
7 Sun October 16 box W 2-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35 31 25 349 246 103 2 24 483 444 39 2
8 Sun October 23 box W 3-5 @ San Diego Chargers 16 0 28 453 255 198 3 14 239 121 118 1
9 Mon October 31 box W 4-5 Denver Broncos 55 23 23 464 220 244 22 397 266 131 4
10 Sun November 6 box W 5-5 New York Jets 38 14 22 336 196 140 3 20 273 182 91 2
11 Sun November 13 box W 6-5 @ Green Bay Packers 20 13 14 247 111 136 1 22 297 199 98 4
12 Sun November 20 box L 6-6 @ Minnesota Vikings 3 12 17 213 110 103 2 13 275 192 83
13 Sun November 27 box W 7-6 New England Patriots 24 21 16 241 160 81 2 18 285 180 105 3
14 Sun December 4 box W 8-6 @ Miami Dolphins 31 28 23 322 101 221 21 362 304 58 2
15 Sat December 10 box L 8-7 @ New York Jets 16 34 18 329 220 109 3 22 331 158 173 3
16 Sun December 18 box W 9-7 Buffalo Bills 17 14 25 301 117 184 14 248 195 53 1

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 354 4870 982 5.0 311 222 403 2621 15 22 6.0 130 545 2249 23 4.1 153 30 8 28
Team Defense 315 5296 1016 5.2 521 321 539 3602 21 15 6.3 184 447 1694 14 3.8 315 35 20 22
Lg Rank Offense 9 21 12 26 24 20 21 15 5 4 4 11 6 1
Lg Rank Defense 11 17 23 24 25 16 23 23 8 8 10 8 12 3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Chris Chandler 23 QB 15 13 129 233 55.4 1619 8 3.4 12 5.2 54 6.9 5.0 12.6 107.9 67.2 18 128 5.9 4.1 7.2
Gary Hogeboom 30 9 1 76 131 58.0 996 7 5.3 7 5.3 58 7.6 5.7 13.1 110.7 77.7 12 88 6.3 4.6 8.4
Jack Trudeau 26 2 2 14 34 41.2 158 0 0.0 3 8.8 48 4.6 0.7 11.3 79.0 19.0 2 13 4.0 0.3 5.6
Ricky Turner 26 4 0 3 4 75.0 92 0 0.0 0 0.0 37 23.0 23.0 30.7 23.0 116.7 2 15 12.8 12.8 33.3
Albert Bentley 28 RET 16 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.7 16 222 403 55.1 2865 15 3.7 22 5.5 58 7.1 5.0 12.9 179.1 67.3 34 244 6.0 4.1 7.8
Opp Total 16 321 539 59.6 3602 21 3.9 15 2.8 6.7 5.8 11.2 225.1 80.9 30 201 6.3 5.2

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
Eric Dickerson*+ 28 RB 16 16 388 1659 14 41 4.3 103.7 24.3 36 377 10.5 1 50 2.3 23.6 2036 15 5
Chris Chandler 23 QB 15 13 46 139 3 29 3.0 9.3 3.1 139 3 8
Albert Bentley 28 RET 16 2 45 230 2 20 5.1 14.4 2.8 26 252 9.7 1 21 1.6 15.8 482 3 2
George Wonsley 28 16 0 26 48 1 4 1.8 3.0 1.6 48 1 0
Ricky Turner 26 4 0 16 42 2 14 2.6 10.5 4.0 42 2 0
Gary Hogeboom 30 9 1 11 -8 1 6 -0.7 -0.9 1.2 -8 1 2
Clarence Verdin 25 WR 16 11 8 77 0 44 9.6 4.8 0.5 20 437 21.9 4 54 1.3 27.3 514 4 0
Bill Brooks 24 WR 16 16 5 62 0 38 12.4 3.9 0.3 54 867 16.1 3 53 3.4 54.2 929 3 1
Mark Boyer 26 TE 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 256 9.5 2 24 1.7 16.0 256 2 0
Pat Beach 29 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 235 9.0 0 23 1.6 14.7 235 0 1
Matt Bouza 30 wr 15 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 342 13.7 4 28 1.7 22.8 342 4 0
Mark Bellini 24 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 64 12.8 0 25 0.3 4.3 64 0 0
Brian Baldinger 28 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 37 37.0 0 37 0.1 2.3 37 0 0
Ray Donaldson* 30 C 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 0.1 -0.2 -3 0 0
Chris Hinton* 27 LT 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 545 2249 23 44 4.1 140.6 34.1 222 2865 12.9 15 54 13.9 179.1 5114 38 20
Opp Total 16 447 1694 14 3.8 105.9 27.9 321 3602 11.2 21 20.1 225.1 5296 35 32

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
Albert Bentley 28 RET 16 2 39 775 0 40 19.9 1257
Clarence Verdin 25 WR 16 11 22 239 1 73 10.9 7 145 0 32 20.7 898
Roy Banks 23 14 0 4 56 0 20 14.0 56
Bill Brooks 24 WR 16 16 3 15 0 8 5.0 944
Pat Beach 29 TE 16 16 1 35 0 35 35.0 270
Mike Prior 25 FS 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Terry Wright 24 8 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 22
Team Total 26.7 16 26 254 1 73 9.8 52 1033 0 40 19.9 6401
Opp Total 16 37 1 67 1480 1 22.1

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
Dean Biasucci 26 K 16 0 8 8 6 5 10 6 8 6 32 25 78.1% 40 39 97.5%
Rohn Stark 29 P 16 0 64 2784 65 0 43.5
Team Total 26.7 16 8 8 6 5 10 6 8 6 32 25 78.1% 40 39 97.5% 64 2784 65 0 43.5
Opp Total 16 25 17 68.0% 38 36 94.7% 68 2679 39.4

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
Chris Chandler 23 QB 15 13 8 5 -6 0
Willie Tullis 30 LCB 16 9 1.0 4 36 0 20 0 3 0 0
Duane Bickett 26 ROLB 16 16 3.5 3 7 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 126
Eric Dickerson*+ 28 RB 16 16 5 1 0 0
Chris Goode 25 lcb 13 8 2 53 0 35 0 4 16 0
Jon Hand 25 RDE 15 15 5.0 0 0 1 0 0 73
Mike Prior 25 FS 16 16 1.0 3 46 0 23 1 1 1 12 0 98
Donnell Thompson 30 LDE 16 16 3.0 0 2 0 0
Harvey Armstrong 29 16 1 2.0 0 2 0 0
O'Brien Alston 23 LOLB 15 11 3.0
Bill Brooks 24 WR 16 16 1 2 0 0
Ezra Johnson 33 10 1 3.0
Barry Krauss 31 RILB 16 15 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 0
Cliff Odom 30 lilb 13 7 2.0 0 1 0 0
Albert Bentley 28 RET 16 2 2 0 0 0
Eugene Daniel 27 RCB 16 15 2 44 1 41 65
Byron Darby 28 16 1 2.0
Gary Hogeboom 30 9 1 2 0 0 0
Craig Swoope 24 11 4 1.0 0 1 15 0
Brian Baldinger 28 16 3 0 1 0 0
Michael Ball 24 16 0 0 1 0 0
Pat Beach 29 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
Mark Bellini 24 15 0 0 1 0 0
Dean Biasucci 26 K 16 0 0 1 0 0
Matt Bouza 30 wr 15 5 0 1 0 0
Jeff Herrod 22 16 0 1.0 22
Joe Klecko 35 NT 15 14 0 1 0 0
Terry Wright 24 8 0 0.5
Team Total 26.7 16 28.0 15 189 1 41 2 20 32 37 0 388
Opp Total 16 34 32 12

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
Dean Biasucci 26 K 16 0 39 25 114
Eric Dickerson*+ 28 RB 16 16 14 1 90
Clarence Verdin 25 WR 16 11 4 1 30
Matt Bouza 30 wr 15 5 4 24
Albert Bentley 28 RET 16 2 2 1 18
Bill Brooks 24 WR 16 16 3 18
Chris Chandler 23 QB 15 13 3 18
Mark Boyer 26 TE 16 13 2 12
Ricky Turner 26 4 0 2 12
Eugene Daniel 27 RCB 16 15 1 6
Gary Hogeboom 30 9 1 1 6
George Wonsley 28 16 0 1 6
Team Total 26.7 16 23 15 1 1 39 25 354
Opp Total 16 14 21 1 1 36 17 315