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1988 Cincinnati Bengals Game Log

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Record: 12-4-0, 1st in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Sam Wyche (12-4-0)

Points For: 448 (28.0/g) 1st of 28

Points Against: 329 (20.6/g) 16th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.8-5.2

SRS: 6.13 (5th of 28), SOS: -1.30

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 21-13 vs. Seattle Seahawks
Won Conference Championship 21-10 vs. Buffalo Bills
Lost Super Bowl 16-20 vs. San Francisco 49ers

Offensive Coordinator: Bruce Coslet

Defensive Coordinator: Dick LeBeau

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Johnson (Tight Ends)

Stadium: Riverfront Stadium

Owner/General Manager: Paul Brown

Owner/President: John Sawyer

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +4000

Training Camp: Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

1988 AFC Champion

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Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 4	boxscore	W			Phoenix Cardinals	21	14	17	26	251	3	1	2	20	10.4	9.0	65.4	119.2	27	152	5.6	0	0	1	3	3	3	110	28:48
2	Sun	September 11	boxscore	W		@	Philadelphia Eagles	28	24	20	32	353	4	1	1	10	11.3	10.7	62.5	126.7	26	78	3.0	0	0	0	4	4	4	134	23:36
3	Sun	September 18	boxscore	W		@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	12	15	27	190	2	1	2	33	8.3	6.6	55.6	87.0	36	116	3.2	0	1	1	2	2	7	268	30:47
4	Sun	September 25	boxscore	W			Cleveland Browns	24	17	8	23	180	0	0	1	3	8.0	7.5	34.8	63.7	44	213	4.8	2	1	1	3	3	6	249	30:32
5	Sun	October 2	boxscore	W		@	Los Angeles Raiders	45	21	21	28	332	3	0	0	0	11.9	11.9	75.0	149.7	40	164	4.1	3	1	1	6	6	4	118	35:04
6	Sun	October 9	boxscore	W			New York Jets	36	19	10	20	196	3	0	4	24	11.0	8.2	50.0	124.2	37	206	5.6	2	1	2	3	5	2	69	28:17
7	Sun	October 16	boxscore	L		@	New England Patriots	21	27	18	28	225	2	5	1	14	8.5	7.8	64.3	73.4	30	140	4.7	1	0	0	3	3	1	40	26:00
8	Sun	October 23	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	44	21	11	20	131	0	2	3	23	7.7	5.7	55.0	35.6	46	222	4.8	5	0	0	6	6	4	176	34:36
9	Sun	October 30	boxscore	L		@	Cleveland Browns	16	23	12	25	153	0	0	4	20	6.9	5.3	48.0	67.6	31	128	4.1	0	3	3	1	1	4	125	27:10
10	Sun	November 6	boxscore	W			Pittsburgh Steelers	42	7	18	26	338	3	2	0	0	13.0	13.0	69.2	118.3	36	221	6.1	3	0	0	6	6	3	115	31:47
11	Sun	November 13	boxscore	L		@	Kansas City Chiefs	28	31	11	22	157	0	1	0	0	7.1	7.1	50.0	54.5	29	150	5.2	3	0	0	4	4	3	66	21:44
12	Sun	November 20	boxscore	W		@	Dallas Cowboys	38	24	16	29	196	3	0	2	9	7.1	6.3	55.2	110.7	32	214	6.7	2	1	1	5	5	5	165	27:31
13	Sun	November 27	boxscore	W			Buffalo Bills	35	21	18	25	223	1	0	2	15	9.5	8.3	72.0	112.6	52	232	4.5	4	0	1	5	5	2	85	41:21
14	Sun	December 4	boxscore	W			San Diego Chargers	27	10	10	20	145	2	0	4	33	8.9	6.0	50.0	107.3	36	207	5.8	2	0	2	3	4	4	115	34:01
15	Sun	December 11	boxscore	L		@	Houston Oilers	6	41	10	22	94	0	1	3	37	6.0	3.8	45.5	38.8	33	132	4.0	0	2	2	0	0	9	387	30:33
16	Sat	December 17	boxscore	W	OT		Washington Redskins	20	17	10	19	183	2	0	1	4	9.8	9.2	52.6	121.2	28	135	4.8	0	2	3	2	2	3	129	24:10

Playoffs Game Logs

Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
18	Sat	December 31	boxscore	W			Seattle Seahawks	21	13	7	19	91	0	0	2	17	5.7	4.3	36.8	52.7	47	254	5.4	3	0	0	3	3	6	166	35:19
19	Sun	January 8	boxscore	W			Buffalo Bills	21	10	11	20	74	1	2	3	20	4.7	3.2	55.0	40.4	50	175	3.5	2	0	0	3	3	6	133	39:29
20	Sun	January 22	boxscore	L		N	San Francisco 49ers	16	20	11	25	123	0	1	5	21	5.8	4.1	44.0	42.6	28	106	3.8	0	3	3	1	1	5	112	32:43

Opponent Game Logs

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 4	boxscore	W			Phoenix Cardinals	21	14	21	31	207	2	2	2	20	7.3	6.3	67.7	81.0	33	167	5.1	0	0	1	2	2	2	142	31:12
2	Sun	September 11	boxscore	W		@	Philadelphia Eagles	28	24	25	37	225	1	1	4	36	7.1	5.5	67.6	81.5	39	190	4.9	2	1	2	3	3	5	77	36:24
3	Sun	September 18	boxscore	W		@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	12	15	30	195	1	2	5	40	7.8	5.6	50.0	54.2	35	124	3.5	0	1	2	1	1	4	65	29:13
4	Sun	September 25	boxscore	W			Cleveland Browns	24	17	24	48	254	1	0	0	0	5.3	5.3	50.0	72.7	21	68	3.2	1	1	1	2	2	6	149	29:28
5	Sun	October 2	boxscore	W		@	Los Angeles Raiders	45	21	17	44	309	2	4	2	15	7.4	6.7	38.6	40.8	19	96	5.1	1	0	0	3	3	3	36	24:56
6	Sun	October 9	boxscore	W			New York Jets	36	19	18	38	117	1	0	4	34	4.0	2.8	47.4	63.2	28	109	3.9	1	1	1	2	2	8	244	31:43
7	Sun	October 16	boxscore	L		@	New England Patriots	21	27	10	14	153	0	0	2	12	11.8	9.6	71.4	107.1	43	158	3.7	3	0	1	3	4	5	104	34:00
8	Sun	October 23	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	44	21	13	32	101	2	2	4	57	4.9	2.8	40.6	43.9	24	104	4.3	1	0	1	3	3	5	108	25:24
9	Sun	October 30	boxscore	L		@	Cleveland Browns	16	23	18	28	203	0	2	1	7	7.5	7.0	64.3	56.1	28	99	3.5	1	3	3	2	2	1	30	32:50
10	Sun	November 6	boxscore	W			Pittsburgh Steelers	42	7	11	29	97	0	0	4	50	5.1	2.9	37.9	47.6	30	101	3.4	1	0	0	1	1	7	204	28:13
11	Sun	November 13	boxscore	L		@	Kansas City Chiefs	28	31	22	37	276	1	0	1	9	7.7	7.3	59.5	91.7	37	142	3.8	1	5	5	2	2	2	20	38:16
12	Sun	November 20	boxscore	W		@	Dallas Cowboys	38	24	20	36	176	2	2	6	41	6.0	4.2	55.6	64.1	34	179	5.3	1	1	1	3	3	5	103	32:29
13	Sun	November 27	boxscore	W			Buffalo Bills	35	21	24	35	243	1	2	2	22	7.6	6.6	68.6	73.9	18	110	6.1	2	0	0	3	3	2	178	18:39
14	Sun	December 4	boxscore	W			San Diego Chargers	27	10	14	37	123	1	3	3	15	3.7	3.1	37.8	22.7	24	88	3.7	0	1	2	1	1	6	150	25:59
15	Sun	December 11	boxscore	L		@	Houston Oilers	6	41	14	26	249	2	1	1	5	9.8	9.2	53.8	96.5	33	147	4.5	3	2	2	5	5	4	57	29:27
16	Sat	December 17	boxscore	W	OT		Washington Redskins	20	17	17	22	206	2	1	1	11	9.9	9.0	77.3	116.9	47	166	3.5	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	42:51

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
18	Sat	December 31	boxscore	W			Seattle Seahawks	21	13	24	50	276	1	2	2	21	5.9	5.3	48.0	55.1	17	18	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	6	159	24:41
19	Sun	January 8	boxscore	W			Buffalo Bills	21	10	14	30	136	1	3	3	27	5.4	4.1	46.7	31.4	17	45	2.6	0	1	2	1	1	6	163	20:31
20	Sun	January 22	boxscore	L		N	San Francisco 49ers	16	20	23	36	341	2	0	3	16	9.9	8.7	63.9	113.3	28	111	4.0	0	2	4	2	2	4	59	27:17

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