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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
1988 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 369 points (23.1/g), 7th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 294 points (18.4/g), 8th.
Differential of 75 points (4.7/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 10.1-5.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.8/g), 4th.
Simple Rating System: Total 4.8, Offense: 3.1, Defense: 1.7, SoS: 0.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Bill Walsh
Defensive Coordinator: George Seifert
Training Camp: Sierra College (Rocklin, California)
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 4 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 34 | 33 | 21 | 289 | 165 | 124 | 2 | 23 | 344 | 197 | 147 | 3 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 11 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | New York Giants | 20 | 17 | 25 | 430 | 249 | 181 | 2 | 17 | 309 | 197 | 112 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 18 | boxscore | L | 2-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 34 | 22 | 426 | 322 | 104 | 4 | 19 | 367 | 171 | 196 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 25 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 38 | 7 | 27 | 580 | 341 | 239 | 1 | 8 | 154 | 125 | 29 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 2 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | Detroit Lions | 20 | 13 | 19 | 339 | 163 | 176 | 1 | 18 | 297 | 248 | 49 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 9 | boxscore | L | OT | 4-2 | Denver Broncos | 13 | 16 | 21 | 417 | 171 | 246 | 4 | 24 | 314 | 167 | 147 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 16 | boxscore | W | 5-2 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 24 | 21 | 24 | 429 | 184 | 245 | 2 | 14 | 236 | 194 | 42 | 4 | |
| 8 | Mon | October 24 | boxscore | L | 5-3 | @ | Chicago Bears | 9 | 10 | 12 | 213 | 135 | 78 | 1 | 14 | 237 | 115 | 122 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 30 | boxscore | W | 6-3 | Minnesota Vikings | 24 | 21 | 16 | 339 | 209 | 130 | 2 | 15 | 321 | 229 | 92 | 3 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 6 | boxscore | L | 6-4 | @ | Phoenix Cardinals | 23 | 24 | 22 | 357 | 117 | 240 | 21 | 355 | 288 | 67 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 13 | boxscore | L | 6-5 | Los Angeles Raiders | 3 | 9 | 15 | 219 | 136 | 83 | 2 | 17 | 251 | 92 | 159 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Mon | November 21 | boxscore | W | 7-5 | Washington Redskins | 37 | 21 | 18 | 320 | 208 | 112 | 2 | 20 | 327 | 271 | 56 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Sun | November 27 | boxscore | W | 8-5 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 48 | 10 | 24 | 475 | 272 | 203 | 21 | 312 | 176 | 136 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 4 | boxscore | W | 9-5 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 13 | 3 | 20 | 378 | 238 | 140 | 8 | 177 | 134 | 43 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 11 | boxscore | W | 10-5 | New Orleans Saints | 30 | 17 | 20 | 373 | 221 | 152 | 2 | 15 | 252 | 182 | 70 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 18 | boxscore | L | 10-6 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 38 | 20 | 316 | 246 | 70 | 1 | 23 | 322 | 201 | 121 | 1 | ||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | January 1 | boxscore | W | 11-6 | Minnesota Vikings | 34 | 9 | 20 | 372 | 171 | 201 | 2 | 20 | 262 | 208 | 54 | 3 | ||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 8 | boxscore | W | 12-6 | @ | Chicago Bears | 28 | 3 | 21 | 406 | 268 | 138 | 1 | 15 | 267 | 176 | 91 | 2 | |
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 22 | boxscore | W | 13-6 | N | Cincinnati Bengals | 20 | 16 | 23 | 452 | 341 | 111 | 2 | 13 | 229 | 123 | 106 | 1 | |