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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 325 points (20.3/g), 16th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 369 points (23.1/g), 23rd.
Differential of -44 points (-2.8/g), 18th.
Expected W-L: 6.8-9.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 12th.
Coached by Mike Shanahan (7-9-0)
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1988 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 4 | box | W | 1-0 | San Diego Chargers | 24 | 13 | 18 | 277 | 183 | 94 | 1 | 15 | 263 | 152 | 111 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 11 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 35 | 38 | 17 | 158 | 84 | 74 | 2 | 29 | 406 | 250 | 156 | 3 |
| 3 | Sun | September 18 | box | L | 1-2 | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 22 | 18 | 408 | 305 | 103 | 1 | 16 | 313 | 173 | 140 | 1 | |
| 4 | Mon | September 26 | box | W | 2-2 | @ | Denver Broncos | 30 | 27 | 20 | 363 | 235 | 128 | 1 | 23 | 398 | 209 | 189 | 5 |
| 5 | Sun | October 2 | box | L | 2-3 | Cincinnati Bengals | 21 | 45 | 20 | 405 | 309 | 96 | 5 | 28 | 496 | 332 | 164 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 9 | box | L | 2-4 | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 24 | 19 | 344 | 266 | 78 | 5 | 19 | 266 | 175 | 91 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 16 | box | W | 3-4 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 27 | 17 | 20 | 233 | 119 | 114 | 16 | 334 | 241 | 93 | 4 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 23 | box | L | 3-5 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 6 | 20 | 16 | 367 | 182 | 185 | 3 | 14 | 317 | 127 | 190 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 30 | box | W | 4-5 | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 10 | 23 | 404 | 248 | 156 | 2 | 17 | 208 | 63 | 145 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 6 | box | W | 5-5 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 3 | 18 | 306 | 170 | 136 | 2 | 12 | 216 | 153 | 63 | 3 |
| 11 | Sun | November 13 | box | W | 6-5 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 3 | 17 | 251 | 92 | 159 | 1 | 15 | 219 | 136 | 83 | 2 |
| 12 | Sun | November 20 | box | L | 6-6 | Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 12 | 9 | 212 | 147 | 65 | 2 | 17 | 280 | 150 | 130 | 2 | |
| 13 | Mon | November 28 | box | L | 6-7 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 27 | 35 | 15 | 257 | 144 | 113 | 2 | 25 | 459 | 212 | 247 | 5 |
| 14 | Sun | December 4 | box | W | 7-7 | Denver Broncos | 21 | 20 | 14 | 216 | 87 | 129 | 2 | 20 | 347 | 297 | 50 | 3 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 11 | box | L | 7-8 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 21 | 37 | 17 | 318 | 207 | 111 | 3 | 24 | 367 | 112 | 255 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 18 | box | L | 7-9 | Seattle Seahawks | 37 | 43 | 22 | 442 | 331 | 111 | 1 | 20 | 490 | 389 | 101 | 3 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 325 | 4961 | 1035 | 4.8 | 283 | 219 | 496 | 3109 | 21 | 20 | 5.7 | 145 | 493 | 1852 | 15 | 3.8 | 116 | 33 | 13 | 22 |
| Team Defense | 369 | 5379 | 1056 | 5.1 | 310 | 265 | 483 | 3171 | 23 | 17 | 6.1 | 165 | 533 | 2208 | 17 | 4.1 | 124 | 34 | 17 | 21 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 16 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 23 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 7 | ||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Jay Schroeder | 27 | QB | 9 | 8 | 3-5-0 | 113 | 256 | 44.1 | 1839 | 13 | 5.1 | 13 | 5.1 | 85 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 16.3 | 204.3 | 64.6 | 19 | 178 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 6.9 |
| 7 | Steve Beuerlein | 23 | qb | 10 | 8 | 4-4-0 | 105 | 238 | 44.1 | 1643 | 8 | 3.4 | 7 | 2.9 | 57 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 15.6 | 164.3 | 66.6 | 26 | 215 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 9.8 |
| 32 | Marcus Allen | 28 | RB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 21.0 | 1.4 | 87.5 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 33.3 | |
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 7-9-0 | 219 | 496 | 44.2 | 3503 | 21 | 4.2 | 20 | 4.0 | 85 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 16.0 | 218.9 | 65.6 | 46 | 394 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 8.5 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 265 | 483 | 54.9 | 3471 | 23 | 4.8 | 17 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 13.1 | 216.9 | 79.0 | 40 | 300 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 32 | Marcus Allen | 28 | RB | 15 | 15 | 223 | 831 | 7 | 32 | 3.7 | 55.4 | 14.9 | 34 | 303 | 8.9 | 1 | 30 | 2.3 | 20.2 | 1134 | 8 | 5 |
| 34 | Bo Jackson | 26 | FB | 10 | 9 | 136 | 580 | 3 | 25 | 4.3 | 58.0 | 13.6 | 9 | 79 | 8.8 | 0 | 27 | 0.9 | 7.9 | 659 | 3 | 5 |
| 35 | Steve Smith | 24 | fb | 16 | 6 | 38 | 162 | 3 | 21 | 4.3 | 10.1 | 2.4 | 26 | 299 | 11.5 | 6 | 45 | 1.6 | 18.7 | 461 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | Steve Beuerlein | 23 | qb | 10 | 8 | 30 | 35 | 0 | 20 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 56 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Jay Schroeder | 27 | QB | 9 | 8 | 29 | 109 | 1 | 12 | 3.8 | 12.1 | 3.2 | 109 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| 42 | Vance Mueller | 24 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 60 | 0 | 13 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | 28 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 123 | 0 | 1 | |
| 81 | Tim Brown* | 22 | WR | 16 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 1 | 12 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 43 | 725 | 16.9 | 5 | 65 | 2.7 | 45.3 | 775 | 6 | 5 |
| 39 | Steve Strachan | 25 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | 13 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 31 | 1 | 2 | |
| 86 | Mervyn Fernandez | 29 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 31 | 805 | 26.0 | 4 | 85 | 1.9 | 50.3 | 814 | 4 | 0 | |
| 83 | Willie Gault | 28 | wr | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 16 | 392 | 24.5 | 2 | 57 | 1.1 | 26.1 | 396 | 2 | 1 |
| 80 | James Lofton | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28 | 549 | 19.6 | 0 | 57 | 1.8 | 34.3 | 549 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Todd Christensen | 32 | te | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 190 | 12.7 | 0 | 22 | 2.1 | 27.1 | 190 | 0 | 0 | |
| 87 | Trey Junkin | 27 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 2 | 9 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 25 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 85 | Andy Parker | 27 | TE | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 12 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 493 | 1852 | 15 | 32 | 3.8 | 115.8 | 30.8 | 219 | 3503 | 16.0 | 21 | 85 | 13.7 | 218.9 | 5355 | 36 | 33 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 533 | 2208 | 17 | 4.1 | 138.0 | 33.3 | 265 | 3171 | 12.0 | 23 | 16.6 | 198.2 | 5379 | 40 | 31 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 81 | Tim Brown* | 22 | WR | 16 | 9 | 49 | 444 | 0 | 36 | 9.1 | 41 | 1098 | 1 | 97 | 26.8 | 2317 |
| 44 | Stefon Adams | 25 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 17 | 7.5 | 8 | 132 | 0 | 21 | 16.5 | 177 | |
| 42 | Vance Mueller | 24 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 97 | 0 | 25 | 19.4 | 220 | ||||||
| 35 | Steve Smith | 24 | fb | 16 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 16 | 15.3 | 507 | |||||
| 30 | Stacey Toran | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 29 | Russell Carter | 26 | SS | 15 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | |||||
| 40 | Zeph Lee | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 88 | Chris Woods | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 55 | 489 | 0 | 36 | 8.9 | 62 | 1407 | 1 | 97 | 22.7 | 7251 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 47 | 0 | 61 | 1299 | 0 | 21.3 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 6 | Jeff Gossett | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 91 | 3804 | 58 | 0 | 41.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Chris Bahr | 35 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 62.1% | 39 | 37 | 94.9% | |||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 62.1% | 39 | 37 | 94.9% | 91 | 3804 | 58 | 0 | 41.8 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 29 | 27 | 93.1% | 41 | 40 | 97.6% | 94 | 3892 | 41.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 33 | Eddie Anderson | 25 | fs | 16 | 5 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 91 | |||||||||
| 71 | Bill Pickel | 29 | NT | 16 | 16 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |||||||
| 93 | Greg Townsend | 27 | LDE | 16 | 11 | 11.5 | 1 | 86 | 1 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | |||
| 81 | Tim Brown* | 22 | WR | 16 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Jay Schroeder | 27 | QB | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | -4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Steve Beuerlein | 23 | qb | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Bo Jackson | 26 | FB | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 90 | Mike Wise | 24 | RDE | 16 | 14 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 70 | Scott Davis | 23 | 15 | 2 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | Marcus Allen | 28 | RB | 15 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 39 | Steve Strachan | 25 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Ron Fellows | 30 | LCB | 14 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | Mike Haynes | 35 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 75 | Howie Long | 28 | lde | 7 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 73 | |||||||||
| 26 | Vann McElroy | 28 | FS | 12 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 44 | Stefon Adams | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 29 | Russell Carter | 26 | SS | 15 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 57 | Jerry Robinson | 32 | RILB | 15 | 15 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 54 | Reggie McKenzie | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 55 | Matt Millen* | 30 | LILB | 16 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Vance Mueller | 24 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 38 | Dennis Price | 23 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Steve Smith | 24 | fb | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Stacey Toran | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 46 | Todd Christensen | 32 | te | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Willie Gault | 28 | wr | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 63 | John Gesek | 25 | lg | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 60 | Rory Graves | 25 | RT | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 52 | Linden King | 33 | LOLB | 14 | 13 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| 40 | Zeph Lee | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||||
| 80 | James Lofton | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 96 | Malcolm Taylor | 28 | 15 | 3 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 48 | Lionel Washington | 28 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 40.0 | 17 | 278 | 1 | 86 | 0 | 33 | 36 | 24 | 1 | 223 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 46 | 31 | 14 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Chris Bahr | 35 | K | 16 | 0 | 37 | 18 | 91 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Steve Smith | 24 | fb | 16 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 54 | |||||||||
| 32 | Marcus Allen | 28 | RB | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||
| 81 | Tim Brown* | 22 | WR | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||
| 86 | Mervyn Fernandez | 29 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 34 | Bo Jackson | 26 | FB | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Willie Gault | 28 | wr | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Trey Junkin | 27 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 93 | Greg Townsend | 27 | LDE | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 13 | Jay Schroeder | 27 | QB | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 39 | Steve Strachan | 25 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 37 | 18 | 325 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 27 | 1 | 369 |