1988 Cincinnati Bengals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Sam Wyche (12-4)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1988 Cincinnati Bengals RosterTeam Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Sam Wyche (12-4)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1988 Cincinnati Bengals Results
The Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League ended the 1988 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
The Bengals piled up points with 448 points, and the defense gave up 329. Ickey Woods carried the ball for a team-best 1,066 yards for Cincinnati, and James Brooks also contributed to the rushing attack.
Boomer Esiason triggered the aerial attack, slinging for 3,572 yards. Eddie Brown grabbed 53 passes for 1,273 yards.
Eric Thomas picked off 7 opponent throws. Jim Skow sacked quarterbacks 9.5 times.
Sam Wyche coached the team. The 1988 Cincinnati Bengals lost in the Super Bowl.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Boomer Esiason | 388 | 223 | 57.5 | 3572 | 9.2 | 28 | 7.2 | 14 | 3.6 | 86 | 30 | 245 | 97.4 | Turk Schonert | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 64.6 |
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| Totals | 392 | 225 | 57.4 | 3592 | 9.2 | 28 | 7.1 | 14 | 3.6 | 86 | 30 | 245 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ickey Woods | 203 | 1066 | 5.3 | 56 | 15 | James Brooks | 182 | 931 | 5.1 | 51 | 8 | Stanley Wilson | 112 | 398 | 3.6 | 19 | 2 | Boomer Esiason | 43 | 248 | 5.8 | 24 | 1 | Stanford Jennings | 17 | 47 | 2.8 | 9 | 1 | Marc Logan | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 | Turk Schonert | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | Mike Norseth | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Eddie Brown | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 563 | 2710 | 4.8 | 56 | 27 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eddie Brown | 53 | 1273 | 24.0 | 86 | 9 | Rodney Holman | 39 | 527 | 13.5 | 33 | 3 | Tim McGee | 36 | 686 | 19.1 | 78 | 6 | James Brooks | 29 | 287 | 9.9 | 28 | 6 | Ickey Woods | 21 | 199 | 9.5 | 25 | 0 | Cris Collinsworth | 13 | 227 | 17.5 | 36 | 1 | Stanley Wilson | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 28 | 1 | Jim Riggs | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 16 | 0 | Ira Hillary | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 31 | 1 | Stanford Jennings | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 31 | 0 | Mike Martin | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 1 | Marc Logan | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 | Eric Kattus | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 225 | 3592 | 16.0 | 86 | 28 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Jim Breech | 59 | 56 | 94.9 | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 89 | Lee Johnson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 59 | 56 | 94.9 | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 92 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Scott Fulhage | 44 | 1672 | 38.0 | 53 | Lee Johnson | 14 | 594 | 42.4 | 52 | Jim Breech | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 30 | Boomer Esiason | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 |
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| Totals | 62 | 2351 | 37.9 | 53 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ira Hillary | 17 | 166 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 | Eddie Brown | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 | Mike Martin | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
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| Totals | 32 | 244 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Stanford Jennings | 32 | 684 | 21.4 | 98 | 1 | Ira Hillary | 12 | 195 | 16.2 | 24 | 0 | Barney Bussey | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 22 | 0 | Marc Logan | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 | Rickey Dixon | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | James Brooks | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 57 | 1054 | 18.5 | 98 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eric Thomas | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 37 | 0 | David Fulcher | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 16 | 1 | Lewis Billups | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 29 | 0 | Ray Horton | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 | Rickey Dixon | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Solomon Wilcots | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Carl Zander | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 22 | 181 | 8.2 | 37 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Jim Skow | 9.5 | 0.0 | Jason Buck | 6.0 | 0.0 | David Grant | 5.0 | 0.0 | Barney Bussey | 4.0 | 0.0 | Leo Barker | 3.0 | 0.0 | Leon White | 3.0 | 0.0 | Tim Krumrie | 3.0 | 0.0 | Reggie Williams | 2.5 | 0.0 | Skip McClendon | 2.0 | 0.0 | David Fulcher | 1.5 | 0.0 | Ray Horton | 1.0 | 0.0 | Eddie Edwards | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 41.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Tim Krumrie | 152 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eric Thomas | 64 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Kelly | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | Barney Bussey | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Brady | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Boomer Esiason | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Solomon Wilcots | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anthony Munoz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lewis Billups | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | Jim Riggs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rodney Holman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Zander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ickey Woods | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leon White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rickey Dixon | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | David Grant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leo Barker | 0 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | Tim McGee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eric Kattus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cris Collinsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stanley Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stanford Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Fulcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marc Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | James Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 303 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 57 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Ickey Woods | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Jim Breech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 56 | 0 | 89 | James Brooks | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | Eddie Brown | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Tim McGee | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Stanley Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Rodney Holman | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Stanford Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Leo Barker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Cris Collinsworth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | David Fulcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Boomer Esiason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lewis Billups | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ira Hillary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lee Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 27 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 446 |
