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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 345 points (21.6/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 387 points (24.2/g), 26th.
Differential of -42 points (-2.6/g), 17th.
Expected W-L: 6.9-9.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -24 (-1.5/g), 28th.
Coached by Joe Gibbs (7-9-0)
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1988 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Mon | September 5 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | New York Giants | 20 | 27 | 20 | 386 | 269 | 117 | 2 | 16 | 218 | 162 | 56 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 11 | box | W | 1-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30 | 29 | 25 | 515 | 422 | 93 | 3 | 14 | 341 | 258 | 83 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 18 | box | W | 2-1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 17 | 10 | 16 | 285 | 135 | 150 | 2 | 13 | 299 | 209 | 90 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 25 | box | L | 2-2 | @ | Phoenix Cardinals | 21 | 30 | 20 | 335 | 282 | 53 | 2 | 18 | 323 | 138 | 185 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | October 2 | box | L | 2-3 | New York Giants | 23 | 24 | 19 | 344 | 251 | 93 | 3 | 20 | 264 | 190 | 74 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 9 | box | W | 3-3 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 35 | 17 | 19 | 350 | 170 | 180 | 1 | 18 | 361 | 301 | 60 | 5 |
| 7 | Sun | October 16 | box | W | 4-3 | Phoenix Cardinals | 33 | 17 | 16 | 386 | 289 | 97 | 1 | 23 | 381 | 305 | 76 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 23 | box | W | 5-3 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 20 | 17 | 22 | 385 | 225 | 160 | 3 | 10 | 205 | 123 | 82 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 30 | box | L | 5-4 | @ | Houston Oilers | 17 | 41 | 16 | 250 | 221 | 29 | 6 | 21 | 336 | 184 | 152 | 2 |
| 10 | Sun | November 6 | box | W | 6-4 | New Orleans Saints | 27 | 24 | 21 | 412 | 299 | 113 | 1 | 20 | 322 | 272 | 50 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 13 | box | L | 6-5 | Chicago Bears | 14 | 34 | 22 | 323 | 295 | 28 | 5 | 20 | 418 | 273 | 145 | 1 | |
| 12 | Mon | November 21 | box | L | 6-6 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 21 | 37 | 20 | 327 | 271 | 56 | 4 | 18 | 320 | 208 | 112 | 2 |
| 13 | Sun | November 27 | box | L | 6-7 | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 17 | 11 | 227 | 124 | 103 | 2 | 25 | 324 | 166 | 158 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 4 | box | W | 7-7 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 20 | 19 | 22 | 410 | 329 | 81 | 4 | 21 | 310 | 147 | 163 | 3 |
| 15 | Sun | December 11 | box | L | 7-8 | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 24 | 15 | 372 | 348 | 24 | 5 | 21 | 444 | 320 | 124 | 2 | |
| 16 | Sat | December 17 | box | L | 7-9 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 17 | 20 | 23 | 372 | 206 | 166 | 2 | 16 | 318 | 183 | 135 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 345 | 5679 | 1053 | 5.4 | 307 | 327 | 592 | 4136 | 33 | 25 | 6.7 | 202 | 437 | 1543 | 8 | 3.5 | 88 | 46 | 21 | 17 |
| Team Defense | 387 | 5184 | 982 | 5.3 | 475 | 261 | 497 | 3439 | 24 | 14 | 6.4 | 153 | 442 | 1745 | 17 | 3.9 | 294 | 22 | 8 | 28 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 10 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 26 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 27 | 28 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Williams | 33 | QB | 11 | 10 | 4-6-0 | 213 | 380 | 56.1 | 2609 | 15 | 3.9 | 12 | 3.2 | 58 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 12.2 | 237.2 | 77.4 | 10 | 88 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 2.6 |
| Mark Rypien | 26 | qb | 9 | 6 | 3-3-0 | 114 | 208 | 54.8 | 1730 | 18 | 8.7 | 13 | 6.3 | 60 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 15.2 | 192.2 | 85.2 | 14 | 115 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| David Archer | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Greg Coleman | 34 | P | 10 | 0 | 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 | ||
| Art Monk | 31 | WR | 16 | 13 | 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 | 27.0 | 16 | 7-9-0 | 327 | 592 | 55.2 | 4339 | 33 | 5.6 | 25 | 4.2 | 60 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 13.3 | 271.2 | 79.6 | 24 | 203 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 3.9 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 261 | 497 | 52.5 | 3439 | 24 | 4.8 | 14 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 214.9 | 79.0 | 43 | 305 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Timmy Smith | 24 | FB | 14 | 8 | 155 | 470 | 3 | 29 | 3.0 | 33.6 | 11.1 | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 0 | 16 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 523 | 3 | 4 |
| Jamie Morris | 23 | RET | 16 | 4 | 126 | 437 | 2 | 27 | 3.5 | 27.3 | 7.9 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 440 | 2 | 3 |
| Kelvin Bryant | 28 | 10 | 4 | 108 | 498 | 1 | 25 | 4.6 | 49.8 | 10.8 | 42 | 447 | 10.6 | 5 | 47 | 4.2 | 44.7 | 945 | 6 | 3 | |
| Mark Rypien | 26 | qb | 9 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 19 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 31 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Doug Williams | 33 | QB | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Mike Oliphant | 25 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 20 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 15 | 111 | 7.4 | 0 | 16 | 1.9 | 13.9 | 141 | 0 | 2 | |
| Art Monk | 31 | WR | 16 | 13 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 23 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 72 | 946 | 13.1 | 5 | 46 | 4.5 | 59.1 | 992 | 5 | 0 |
| Keith Griffin | 27 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | 5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | |
| David Archer | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ricky Sanders | 26 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 73 | 1148 | 15.7 | 12 | 55 | 4.6 | 71.8 | 1162 | 12 | 0 | |
| Gary Clark | 26 | WR | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 59 | 892 | 15.1 | 7 | 60 | 3.7 | 55.8 | 898 | 7 | 2 |
| Greg Coleman | 34 | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | -13 | 0 | 0 | -6.5 | -1.3 | 0.2 | -13 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Craig McEwen | 23 | RB | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 323 | 14.0 | 0 | 46 | 1.6 | 23.1 | 323 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Warren | 32 | TE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 112 | 9.3 | 0 | 32 | 0.9 | 8.0 | 112 | 0 | 1 | |
| Terry Orr | 27 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 222 | 20.2 | 2 | 58 | 0.7 | 13.9 | 222 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Allen | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 1 | 18 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 48 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joe Caravello | 25 | te | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Jones | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 437 | 1543 | 8 | 29 | 3.5 | 96.4 | 27.3 | 327 | 4339 | 13.3 | 33 | 60 | 20.4 | 271.2 | 5882 | 41 | 34 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 442 | 1745 | 17 | 3.9 | 109.1 | 27.6 | 261 | 3439 | 13.2 | 24 | 16.3 | 214.9 | 5184 | 41 | 23 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Derrick Shepard | 24 | RET | 5 | 0 | 12 | 104 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 | 16 | 329 | 0 | 44 | 20.6 | 433 |
| Jamie Morris | 23 | RET | 16 | 4 | 21 | 413 | 0 | 35 | 19.7 | 853 | |||||
| Ricky Sanders | 26 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 362 | 0 | 31 | 19.1 | 1524 | ||||||
| Mike Oliphant | 25 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 3.4 | 7 | 127 | 0 | 26 | 18.1 | 292 | |
| Anthony Allen | 29 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 14 | 6.2 | 110 | ||||||
| Darrell Green | 28 | RCB | 15 | 15 | 9 | 103 | 0 | 32 | 11.4 | 103 | |||||
| Gary Clark | 26 | WR | 16 | 13 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 34 | 6.0 | 946 | |||||
| Steve Gage | 24 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 17 | 12.0 | 60 | ||||||
| Keith Griffin | 27 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 24 | 15.0 | 77 | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 8.7 | 26 | ||||||
| Terry Orr | 27 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 238 | |
| Ravin Caldwell | 25 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Steve Hamilton | 27 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | ||||||
| Dave Harbour | 23 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 52 | 377 | 0 | 34 | 7.3 | 74 | 1355 | 0 | 44 | 18.3 | 7614 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 39 | 1 | 61 | 1111 | 0 | 18.2 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Chip Lohmiller | 22 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 73.1% | 41 | 40 | 97.6% | 6 | 208 | 42 | 0 | 34.7 | ||
| Greg Coleman | 34 | P | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1505 | 53 | 0 | 38.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Barnhardt | 25 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 628 | 55 | 0 | 41.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Steve Cox | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 221 | 55 | 1 | 36.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 73.1% | 41 | 40 | 97.6% | 66 | 2562 | 55 | 1 | 38.8 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 36 | 22 | 61.1% | 46 | 43 | 93.5% | 79 | 3113 | 39.4 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Dexter Manley | 29 | RDE | 16 | 13 | 9.0 | |||||||||||||
| Wilber Marshall | 26 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 4.0 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | |||
| Mark Rypien | 26 | qb | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 33 | QB | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charles Mann* | 27 | LDE | 14 | 13 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |||||||
| Monte Coleman | 31 | LLB | 13 | 9 | 3.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 54 | |||
| Darryl Grant | 29 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Neal Olkewicz | 31 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| Timmy Smith | 24 | FB | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Barry Wilburn | 25 | LCB | 10 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | ||||
| Kelvin Bryant | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ravin Caldwell | 25 | 16 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Darrell Green | 28 | RCB | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |||
| Alvin Walton | 24 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 29 | |||||||||
| Markus Koch | 25 | rde | 11 | 6 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie Morris | 23 | RET | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Oliphant | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Derrick Shepard | 24 | RET | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Allen | 29 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave Butz | 38 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gary Clark | 26 | WR | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Coleman | 34 | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dean Hamel | 27 | 16 | 0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Orr | 27 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Don Warren | 32 | TE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Todd Bowles | 25 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Joe Caravello | 25 | te | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brian Davis | 25 | lcb | 9 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 26 | |||||||||
| Russ Grimm | 29 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Jacoby | 29 | LT | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mel Kaufman | 30 | llb | 11 | 6 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Lachey | 25 | RT/lt | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Monk | 31 | WR | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Vaughn | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 42.0 | 14 | 193 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 410 | 1 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chip Lohmiller | 22 | K | 16 | 0 | 40 | 19 | 97 | |||||||||
| Ricky Sanders | 26 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Gary Clark | 26 | WR | 16 | 13 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Kelvin Bryant | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Art Monk | 31 | WR | 16 | 13 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Smith | 24 | FB | 14 | 8 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jamie Morris | 23 | RET | 16 | 4 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Terry Orr | 27 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Allen | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Keith Griffin | 27 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mark Rypien | 26 | qb | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 33 | QB | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ravin Caldwell | 25 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 8 | 33 | 40 | 19 | 1 | 345 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 43 | 22 | 1 | 387 |