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1988 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics

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League Standings

Glossary
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
AFC East
Buffalo Bills 12 4 0 .750 329 237
New England Patriots 9 7 0 .563 250 284
Indianapolis Colts 9 7 0 .563 354 315
New York Jets 8 7 1 .531 372 354
Miami Dolphins 6 10 0 .375 319 380
AFC Central
Cincinnati Bengals 12 4 0 .750 448 329
Houston Oilers 10 6 0 .625 424 365
Cleveland Browns 10 6 0 .625 304 288
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 11 0 .313 336 421
AFC West
Seattle Seahawks 9 7 0 .563 339 329
Denver Broncos 8 8 0 .500 327 352
Los Angeles Raiders 7 9 0 .438 325 369
San Diego Chargers 6 10 0 .375 231 332
Kansas City Chiefs 4 11 1 .281 254 320
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
NFC East
Philadelphia Eagles 10 6 0 .625 379 319
New York Giants 10 6 0 .625 359 304
Phoenix Cardinals 7 9 0 .438 344 398
Washington Redskins 7 9 0 .438 345 387
Dallas Cowboys 3 13 0 .188 265 381
NFC Central
Chicago Bears 12 4 0 .750 312 215
Minnesota Vikings 11 5 0 .688 406 233
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 11 0 .313 261 350
Green Bay Packers 4 12 0 .250 240 315
Detroit Lions 4 12 0 .250 220 313
NFC West
San Francisco 49ers 10 6 0 .625 369 294
Los Angeles Rams 10 6 0 .625 407 293
New Orleans Saints 10 6 0 .625 312 283
Atlanta Falcons 5 11 0 .313 244 315

Playoff Games

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
WildCard Sat December 24 box W Houston Oilers @ Cleveland Browns 24 23
WildCard Mon December 26 box W Minnesota Vikings Los Angeles Rams 28 17
Division Sat December 31 box W Chicago Bears Philadelphia Eagles 20 12
Division Sat December 31 box W Cincinnati Bengals Seattle Seahawks 21 13
Division Sun January 1 box W Buffalo Bills Houston Oilers 17 10
Division Sun January 1 box W San Francisco 49ers Minnesota Vikings 34 9
ConfChamp Sun January 8 box W Cincinnati Bengals Buffalo Bills 21 10
ConfChamp Sun January 8 box W San Francisco 49ers @ Chicago Bears 28 3
SuperBowl Sun January 22 box W San Francisco 49ers N Cincinnati Bengals 20 16

Award Winners

AP MVPBoomer Esiason
PFWA MVPBoomer Esiason
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVPRoger Craig
Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)Randall Cunningham
AP Offensive Player of the YearRoger Craig
AP Defensive Player of the YearMike Singletary
Super Bowl MVPJerry Rice
AP Offensive Rookie of the YearJohn Stephens
AP Defensive Rookie of the YearErik McMillan
Walter Payton Man of the YearSteve Largent
AP Comeback Player of the YearGreg Bell

Team Offense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Passing Rushing
Rk Tm G Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
1 Cincinnati Bengals 16 448 6057 985 6.1 351 225 392 3347 28 14 7.9 165 563 2710 27 4.8 159 27 13 27
2 Houston Oilers 16 424 5205 1010 5.2 308 218 428 2956 21 18 6.5 148 558 2249 26 4.0 141 35 17 19
3 Los Angeles Rams 16 407 5808 1057 5.5 333 312 522 3805 31 18 6.9 203 507 2003 16 4.0 114 34 16 16
4 Minnesota Vikings 16 406 5595 1068 5.2 318 294 520 3789 20 18 6.7 187 501 1806 22 3.6 112 30 12 19
5 Philadelphia Eagles 16 379 5430 1102 4.9 318 309 581 3485 25 17 5.5 179 464 1945 17 4.2 105 26 9 34
6 New York Jets 16 372 5215 1094 4.8 331 299 538 3083 20 11 5.3 181 514 2132 19 4.1 118 27 16 32
7 San Francisco 49ers 16 369 5900 1076 5.5 326 293 502 3377 21 14 6.2 167 527 2523 18 4.8 141 26 12 18
8 New York Giants 16 359 4955 1078 4.6 317 290 525 3266 22 14 5.6 168 493 1689 15 3.4 123 27 13 26
9 Indianapolis Colts 16 354 4870 982 5.0 311 222 403 2621 15 22 6.0 130 545 2249 23 4.1 153 30 8 28
10 Washington Redskins 16 345 5679 1053 5.4 307 327 592 4136 33 25 6.7 202 437 1543 8 3.5 88 46 21 17
11 Phoenix Cardinals 16 344 5807 1102 5.3 336 322 562 3780 26 19 6.1 195 480 2027 15 4.2 122 35 16 19
12 Seattle Seahawks 16 339 4842 983 4.9 291 245 437 2756 22 20 5.9 139 517 2086 14 4.0 125 34 14 27
13 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 336 5204 1030 5.1 292 226 489 2976 15 20 5.6 150 499 2228 17 4.5 120 39 19 22
14 Buffalo Bills 16 329 5315 1012 5.3 313 271 454 3182 15 17 6.6 161 528 2133 15 4.0 137 33 16 15
15 Denver Broncos 16 327 5506 1077 5.1 338 324 581 3691 24 22 6.0 196 464 1815 13 3.9 106 34 12 36
16 Los Angeles Raiders 16 325 4961 1035 4.8 283 219 496 3109 21 20 5.7 145 493 1852 15 3.8 116 33 13 22
17 Miami Dolphins 16 319 5721 963 5.9 321 363 621 4516 29 23 7.2 218 335 1205 11 3.6 77 35 12 26
18 New Orleans Saints 16 312 5131 1034 5.0 306 286 498 3085 21 16 5.9 179 512 2046 9 4.0 108 32 16 19
19 Chicago Bears 16 312 5317 1040 5.1 303 248 461 2998 13 15 6.2 134 555 2319 25 4.2 137 34 19 32
20 Cleveland Browns 16 304 5011 1013 4.9 294 313 537 3436 19 17 6.0 177 440 1575 10 3.6 93 33 16 24
21 Dallas Cowboys 16 265 5483 1059 5.2 311 307 555 3488 21 27 5.9 175 469 1995 10 4.3 112 40 13 24
22 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 261 5061 998 5.1 295 253 512 3308 16 36 6.1 173 452 1753 11 3.9 91 52 16 31
23 Kansas City Chiefs 16 254 4844 1019 4.8 289 282 528 3131 16 21 5.5 161 448 1713 8 3.8 104 33 12 24
24 New England Patriots 16 250 4293 1000 4.3 264 199 389 2173 12 28 5.3 112 588 2120 17 3.6 126 38 10 26
25 Atlanta Falcons 16 244 4582 1002 4.6 257 250 481 2566 13 19 4.9 136 478 2016 11 4.2 106 37 18 15
26 Green Bay Packers 16 240 4664 1018 4.6 280 319 582 3285 13 24 5.2 175 385 1379 14 3.6 78 50 26 27
27 San Diego Chargers 16 231 4429 937 4.7 255 241 468 2388 11 20 4.8 116 438 2041 11 4.7 115 32 12 24
28 Detroit Lions 16 220 3405 920 3.7 226 213 477 2162 13 18 4.1 141 391 1243 7 3.2 63 33 15 22
Avg Team 324.1 5153.2 1026.7 5.0 302.6 273.9 504.7 3210.5 19.9 19.8 5.9 164.8 485.0 1942.7 15.1 4.0 113.9 34.5 14.7 24.0
League Total 9075 144290 28747 5.0 8474 7670 14131 89895 556 553 5.9 4613 13581 54395 424 4.0 3190 965 412 671
Avg Tm/G 20.3 322.1 64.2 5.0 18.9 17.1 31.5 200.7 1.2 1.2 5.9 10.3 30.3 121.4 0.9 4.0 7.1 2.2 0.9 1.5

Passing Offense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Rk Tm G 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%
1 Miami Dolphins 16 363 621 58.5 4516 29 4.7 23 3.7 80 7.3 6.1 12.4 282.3 81.2 7 41 7.1 5.9 1.1
2 Washington Redskins 16 327 592 55.2 4136 33 5.6 25 4.2 60 7.0 5.6 12.6 258.5 78.2 24 203 6.4 5.1 3.9
3 Los Angeles Rams 16 312 522 59.8 3805 31 5.9 18 3.4 69 7.3 6.3 12.2 237.8 87.7 28 197 6.6 5.7 5.1
4 Minnesota Vikings 16 294 520 56.5 3789 20 3.8 18 3.5 68 7.3 6.1 12.9 236.8 78.0 47 311 6.1 5.1 8.3
5 Phoenix Cardinals 16 322 562 57.3 3780 26 4.6 19 3.4 93 6.7 5.7 11.7 236.3 79.2 60 411 5.4 4.5 9.6
6 Denver Broncos 16 324 581 55.8 3691 24 4.1 22 3.8 86 6.4 5.1 11.4 230.7 73.0 32 250 5.6 4.4 5.2
7 Dallas Cowboys 16 307 555 55.3 3488 21 3.8 27 4.9 61 6.3 4.5 11.4 218.0 66.7 35 239 5.5 3.8 5.9
8 Philadelphia Eagles 16 309 581 53.2 3485 25 4.3 17 2.9 80 6.0 5.1 11.3 217.8 73.5 57 442 4.8 4.0 8.9
9 Cleveland Browns 16 313 537 58.3 3436 19 3.5 17 3.2 77 6.4 5.3 11.0 214.8 75.9 36 250 5.6 4.6 6.3
10 San Francisco 49ers 16 293 502 58.4 3377 21 4.2 14 2.8 96 6.7 5.9 11.5 211.1 81.1 47 298 5.6 4.8 8.6
11 Cincinnati Bengals 16 225 392 57.4 3347 28 7.1 14 3.6 86 8.5 7.6 14.9 209.2 94.4 30 245 7.4 6.5 7.1
12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 253 512 49.4 3308 16 3.1 36 7.0 59 6.5 3.6 13.1 206.8 51.3 34 300 5.5 2.8 6.2
13 Green Bay Packers 16 319 582 54.8 3285 13 2.2 24 4.1 56 5.6 4.0 10.3 205.3 61.5 51 324 4.7 3.2 8.1
14 New York Giants 16 290 525 55.2 3266 22 4.2 14 2.7 85 6.2 5.4 11.3 204.1 76.9 60 450 4.8 4.1 10.3
15 Buffalo Bills 16 271 454 59.7 3182 15 3.3 17 3.7 66 7.0 5.7 11.7 198.9 76.4 30 229 6.1 4.8 6.2
16 Kansas City Chiefs 16 282 528 53.4 3131 16 3.0 21 4.0 80 5.9 4.4 11.1 195.7 64.8 43 353 4.9 3.5 7.5
17 Los Angeles Raiders 16 219 496 44.2 3109 21 4.2 20 4.0 85 6.3 4.9 14.2 194.3 62.3 46 394 5.0 3.7 8.5
18 New Orleans Saints 16 286 498 57.4 3085 21 4.2 16 3.2 40 6.2 5.2 10.8 192.8 76.4 24 171 5.6 4.6 4.6
19 New York Jets 16 299 538 55.6 3083 20 3.7 11 2.0 50 5.7 5.2 10.3 192.7 76.1 42 291 4.8 4.3 7.2
20 Chicago Bears 16 248 461 53.8 2998 13 2.8 15 3.3 76 6.5 5.3 12.1 187.4 69.9 24 175 5.8 4.7 4.9
21 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 226 489 46.2 2976 15 3.1 20 4.1 89 6.1 4.6 13.2 186.0 59.1 42 331 5.0 3.6 7.9
22 Houston Oilers 16 218 428 50.9 2956 21 4.9 18 4.2 57 6.9 5.5 13.6 184.8 72.1 24 210 6.1 4.7 5.3
23 Seattle Seahawks 16 245 437 56.1 2756 22 5.0 20 4.6 75 6.3 4.8 11.2 172.3 72.8 29 223 5.4 4.0 6.2
24 Indianapolis Colts 16 222 403 55.1 2621 15 3.7 22 5.5 58 6.5 4.4 11.8 163.8 64.7 34 244 5.4 3.5 7.8
25 Atlanta Falcons 16 250 481 52.0 2566 13 2.7 19 4.0 68 5.3 3.8 10.3 160.4 60.2 43 348 4.2 2.8 8.2
26 San Diego Chargers 16 241 468 51.5 2388 11 2.4 20 4.3 59 5.1 3.4 9.9 149.3 56.3 31 240 4.3 2.7 6.2
27 New England Patriots 16 199 389 51.2 2173 12 3.1 28 7.2 80 5.6 2.7 10.9 135.8 48.3 23 160 4.9 2.1 5.6
28 Detroit Lions 16 213 477 44.7 2162 13 2.7 18 3.8 56 4.5 3.1 10.2 135.1 51.5 52 410 3.3 2.0 9.8
Avg Team 273.9 504.7 54.3 3210.5 19.9 3.9 19.8 3.9 71 6.4 5.0 11.7 200.7 70.6 37.0 276.4 5.4 4.1 6.8
League Total 7670 14131 54.3 89895 556 3.9 553 3.9 96 6.4 5.0 11.7 5618.4 70.6 1035 7740 5.4 4.1 6.8
Avg Tm/G 17.1 31.5 54.3 200.7 1.2 3.9 1.2 3.9 6.4 5.0 11.7 200.7 70.6 2.3 17.3 5.4 4.1 6.8

Rushing Offense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Cincinnati Bengals 16 563 2710 27 56 4.8 169.4 28
2 San Francisco 49ers 16 527 2523 18 49 4.8 157.7 27
3 Chicago Bears 16 555 2319 25 80 4.2 144.9 37
4 Indianapolis Colts 16 545 2249 23 44 4.1 140.6 20
5 Houston Oilers 16 558 2249 26 42 4.0 140.6 33
6 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 499 2228 17 64 4.5 139.3 40
7 Buffalo Bills 16 528 2133 15 37 4.0 133.3 26
8 New York Jets 16 514 2132 19 28 4.1 133.3 32
9 New England Patriots 16 588 2120 17 52 3.6 132.5 19
10 Seattle Seahawks 16 517 2086 14 44 4.0 130.4 29
11 New Orleans Saints 16 512 2046 9 73 4.0 127.9 29
12 San Diego Chargers 16 438 2041 11 37 4.7 127.6 26
13 Phoenix Cardinals 16 480 2027 15 47 4.2 126.7 34
14 Atlanta Falcons 16 478 2016 11 62 4.2 126.0 29
15 Los Angeles Rams 16 507 2003 16 44 4.0 125.2 28
16 Dallas Cowboys 16 469 1995 10 38 4.3 124.7 22
17 Philadelphia Eagles 16 464 1945 17 52 4.2 121.6 29
18 Los Angeles Raiders 16 493 1852 15 32 3.8 115.8 33
19 Denver Broncos 16 464 1815 13 35 3.9 113.4 34
20 Minnesota Vikings 16 501 1806 22 34 3.6 112.9 22
21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 452 1753 11 47 3.9 109.6 27
22 Kansas City Chiefs 16 448 1713 8 48 3.8 107.1 21
23 New York Giants 16 493 1689 15 27 3.4 105.6 32
24 Cleveland Browns 16 440 1575 10 65 3.6 98.4 32
25 Washington Redskins 16 437 1543 8 29 3.5 96.4 34
26 Green Bay Packers 16 385 1379 14 33 3.6 86.2 44
27 Detroit Lions 16 391 1243 7 35 3.2 77.7 31
28 Miami Dolphins 16 335 1205 11 64 3.6 75.3 26
Avg Team 485.0 1942.7 15.1 46 4.0 121.4 29.4
League Total 13581 54395 424 80 4.0 3399.7 824
Avg Tm/G 30.3 121.4 0.9 4.0 121.4 1.8

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Washington Redskins 16 52 377 0 34 7.3 74 1355 0 44 18.3 7411
2 Los Angeles Raiders 16 55 489 0 36 8.9 62 1407 1 97 22.7 6857
3 Minnesota Vikings 16 59 553 0 64 9.4 56 1160 0 30 20.7 7308
4 Dallas Cowboys 16 45 360 0 21 8.0 69 1410 0 53 20.4 7253
5 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 39 322 0 28 8.3 74 1575 2 92 21.3 7101
6 Phoenix Cardinals 16 52 463 0 28 8.9 60 1106 0 41 18.4 7376
7 Denver Broncos 16 53 451 0 24 8.5 58 1198 0 38 20.7 7155
8 New York Jets 16 38 418 1 59 11.0 72 1404 0 48 19.5 7037
9 San Francisco 49ers 16 54 612 2 95 11.3 55 978 0 44 17.8 7490
10 New York Giants 16 47 359 0 35 7.6 62 1154 0 40 18.6 6468
11 Los Angeles Rams 16 49 322 0 46 6.6 59 1191 0 73 20.2 7321
12 New Orleans Saints 16 35 413 1 66 11.8 70 1408 0 57 20.1 6952
13 Atlanta Falcons 16 42 343 0 68 8.2 59 1057 0 36 17.9 5982
14 Detroit Lions 16 42 346 0 25 8.2 59 1154 0 46 19.6 4905
15 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 36 328 0 40 9.1 64 1345 0 51 21.0 6734
16 Green Bay Packers 16 35 208 1 63 5.9 64 1181 0 46 18.5 6053
17 Seattle Seahawks 16 37 340 0 41 9.2 62 1352 0 65 21.8 6534
18 Houston Oilers 16 36 225 0 26 6.3 60 1232 1 90 20.5 6662
19 San Diego Chargers 16 35 314 0 24 9.0 60 1510 2 94 25.2 6253
20 Cleveland Browns 16 40 325 0 32 8.1 55 1159 0 84 21.1 6495
21 New England Patriots 16 38 398 0 30 10.5 57 1248 1 95 21.9 5939
22 Philadelphia Eagles 16 33 233 0 24 7.1 59 1028 0 32 17.4 6691
23 Miami Dolphins 16 27 259 0 36 9.6 65 1365 0 44 21.0 7345
24 Cincinnati Bengals 16 32 244 0 20 7.6 57 1054 1 98 18.5 7355
25 Kansas City Chiefs 16 32 215 0 16 6.7 56 925 0 31 16.5 5984
26 Chicago Bears 16 38 294 0 23 7.7 45 896 0 51 19.9 6507
27 Indianapolis Colts 16 26 254 1 73 9.8 52 1033 0 40 19.9 6157
28 Buffalo Bills 16 26 152 0 24 5.8 50 935 0 37 18.7 6402
Avg Team 40.5 343.5 0.2 39 8.5 60.5 1207.9 0.3 57 20.0 6704.5
League Total 1133 9617 6 95 8.5 1695 33820 8 98 20.0 187727
Avg Tm/G 2.5 21.5 0.0 8.5 3.8 75.5 0.0 20.0 419.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Rk Tm G FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 Philadelphia Eagles 16 2 2 10 9 11 8 6 3 3 1 32 23 71.9% 43 42 97.7% 104 4129 70 3 39.7
2 Minnesota Vikings 16 3 2 7 7 10 10 5 1 25 20 80.0% 49 48 98.0% 86 3388 55 2 39.4
3 San Francisco 49ers 16 1 1 10 9 11 9 11 7 5 1 38 27 71.1% 41 40 97.6% 80 3096 53 1 38.7
4 Los Angeles Raiders 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
5 Los Angeles Rams 16 1 1 12 9 10 8 8 6 1 32 24 75.0% 48 45 93.8% 76 3002 57 0 39.5
6 New York Jets 16 9 9 8 7 10 7 1 28 23 82.1% 43 43 100.0% 85 3306 64 0 38.9
7 Atlanta Falcons 16 1 1 4 3 9 6 12 8 4 1 30 19 63.3% 27 25 92.6% 98 3920 61 0 40.0
8 New York Giants 16 7 7 12 9 8 7 3 1 30 24 80.0% 41 39 95.1% 81 3232 66 2 39.9
9 Houston Oilers 16 1 1 5 3 8 7 16 9 4 2 34 22 64.7% 51 48 94.1% 65 2522 61 0 38.8
10 New England Patriots 16 7 5 8 5 7 2 2 1 24 13 54.2% 31 25 80.6% 91 3485 74 0 38.3
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