1988 Washington Redskins season

1988 Washington Redskins season
Head coach	Joe Gibbs
Home field	RFK Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	3rd NFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1988 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 11–4 record from 1987, when they won Super Bowl XXII. The Redskins failed to qualify for the playoffs. They were the seventh team in NFL history to enter a season as the defending Super Bowl champion and miss the playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	TV Time	Attendance
1	September 5, 1988	at New York Giants	L 27–20	ABC 8:00et	76,417
2	September 11, 1988	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 30–29	NBC 1:00et	54,083
3	September 18, 1988	Philadelphia Eagles	W 17–10	CBS 1:00et	53,920
4	September 25, 1988	at Phoenix Cardinals	L 30–21	CBS 4:00et	61,973
5	October 2, 1988	New York Giants	L 24–23	CBS 1:00et	54,601
6	October 9, 1988	at Dallas Cowboys	W 35–17	CBS 1:00et	63,325
7	October 16, 1988	Phoenix Cardinals	W 33–17	CBS 1:00et	54,402
8	October 23, 1988	at Green Bay Packers	W 20–17	CBS 4:00et	51,767
9	October 30, 1988	at Houston Oilers	L 41–17	ESPN 8:00et	48,781
10	November 6, 1988	New Orleans Saints	W 27–24	CBS 4:00et	54,183
11	November 13, 1988	Chicago Bears	L 34–14	CBS 1:00et	52,418
12	November 21, 1988	at San Francisco 49ers	L 37–21	ABC 9:00et	59,268
13	November 27, 1988	Cleveland Browns	L 17–13	NBC 1:00et	51,604
14	December 4, 1988	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 20–19	CBS 1:00et	65,947
15	December 11, 1988	Dallas Cowboys	L 24–17	CBS 1:00et	51,526
16	December 17, 1988	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 20–17	CBS 12:30et	52,157

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	6	7	0	7	20
• Giants	0	3	10	14	27

Date: September 5
Location: Giants Stadium
Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 72°F
Referee: Dick Jorgensen
TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf

Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	3	10	6	10	29
• Redskins	7	3	7	13	30

Date: September 11
Location: RFK Stadium
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 54,083
Game weather: 73°F
Referee: Gene Barth
TV announcers (NBC): Curt Gowdy and Merlin Olsen

Week 14

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Redskins	7	0	3	10	20
Eagles	3	13	3	0	19

Date: December 4
Location: Veterans Stadium
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 41°F
Referee: Ben Dreith
TV announcers (CBS): Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles⁽³⁾	10	6	0	.625	6–2	8–4	379	319	W2
New York Giants	10	6	0	.625	5–3	9–5	359	304	L1
Washington Redskins	7	9	0	.438	4–4	6–6	345	387	L2
Phoenix Cardinals	7	9	0	.438	3–5	6–6	344	398	L5
Dallas Cowboys	3	13	0	.188	2–6	3–9	265	381	L1

1988 Team Starters

Offense

17 Doug Williams     QB
32 Craig McEwan      RB
36 Timmy Smith       FB
81 Art Monk          WR
84 Gary Clark        WR
85 Don Warren        TE

66 Joe Jacoby        LT
63 Raleigh McKenzie  LG
53 Jeff Bostic       C
73 Mark May          RG
79 Jim Lachey        RT

Defense

71 Charles Mann     LDE
65 Dave Butz        LDT
77 Darryl Grant     RDT
72 Dexter Manley    RDT

51 Monte Coleman    LB
52 Neal Olkewicz    LB
58 Wilber Marshall  LB

45 Barry Wilburn    LCB
28 Darrell Green    RCB
40 Alvin Walton     SS
23 Todd Bowles      FS

8 Chip Lohmiller    K
15 Greg Coleman     P
80 Derrick Shepherd PR
22 Jamie Morris     KR

Awards and honors

Charles Mann, Pro Bowl selection

References

↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 256

Washington Redskins

Founded in 1932 Formerly the Boston Braves and Boston Redskins Based in Landover, Maryland Headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia

Franchise	Franchise History Seasons Players Coaches First-round draft picks Draft Starting quarterbacks

Stadiums	Braves Field Fenway Park Griffith Stadium RFK Stadium FedExField

Culture	Redskins Band "Hail to the Redskins" Hogettes Cheerleaders Chief Zee Joe Gibbs Team name controversy Name change advocates Trademark dispute Original Americans Foundation "Go Fund Yourself" (South Park episode)

Lore	Redskins 0, Bears 73 The Hogs The Fun Bunch The Over-the-Hill Gang The Body Bag Game Redskins Rule

Rivalries	Dallas Cowboys New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles

Division championships (14)	1936 1937 1940 1942 1943 1945 1972 1983 1984 1987 1991 1999 2012 2015

Conference championships (5)	1972 1982 1983 1987 1991

League championships (5)	1937 1942 1982 (XVII) 1987 (XXII) 1991 (XXVI)

Hall of Fame players	Battles Baugh Dudley Edwards Green Grimm Hanburger Houston Huff D. Jones S. Jones Jurgensen Krause Millner Mitchell Monk Riggins Smith Taylor

All-time leaders	Passing Receiving Rushing Kick and punt returning

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: East Division

Seasons (84)	1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Washington Redskins seasons

Boston Braves 1932 Boston 1933 1934 1935 1936 Washington 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1988 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	Phoenix	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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