1988 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) |
| 1st place American Football Conference Central Division 12-4-0 .750 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/31/1988 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 21-13 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 58560 | |
| AFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/8/1989 | H | Buffalo Bills | 21-10 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59747 | |
| Super Bowl XXIII | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/22/1989 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 16-20 | L | Miami-Dade County, FL | Joe Robbie Stadium | 75129 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 53 | Leo Barker | LB | 6-2 | 227 | 29 | New Mexico State | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Lewis Billups | LCB | 5-11 | 188 | 25 | North Alabama | 3 | 3 |
| 74 | Brian Blados | ROT | 6-5 | 295 | 26 | North Carolina | 3 | 3 |
| 55 | Ed Brady | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Jim Breech | K | 5-6 | 161 | 32 | California | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | James Brooks | RB | 5-10 | 182 | 30 | Auburn | 3 | 3 |
| 81 | Eddie Brown | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Navarro JC; Miami (Florida) | 3 | 3 |
| 99 | Jason Buck | LDE | 6-5 | 264 | 25 | Ricks JC; Brigham Young | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | Barney Bussey | S | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | South Carolina State | 3 | 0 |
| 80 | Cris Collinsworth | WR | 6-5 | 192 | 29 | Florida | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Rickey Dixon | S-CB | 5-11 | 186 | 22 | Oklahoma | 3 | 0 |
| 67 | David Douglas | OT | 6-4 | 280 | 25 | Tennessee | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | Eddie Edwards | DE | 6-5 | 257 | 34 | Arizona Western JC; Miami (Florida) | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Boomer Esiason | QB | 6-5 | 222 | 27 | Maryland | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | David Fulcher | SS | 6-3 | 231 | 24 | Arizona State | 3 | 3 |
| 98 | David Grant | NT | 6-4 | 277 | 23 | West Virginia | 3 | 0 |
| 89 | Ira Hillary | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | South Carolina | 3 | 0 |
| 82 | Rodney Holman | TE | 6-3 | 238 | 28 | Tulane | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Ray Horton | CB | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | Washington | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Stanford Jennings | RB | 6-1 | 207 | 26 | Furman | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Lee Johnson | P | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Brigham Young | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | Joe Kelly | RILB | 6-2 | 231 | 24 | Washington | 3 | 3 |
| 90 | Emanuel King | LB | 6-4 | 251 | 25 | Alabama | 3 | 0 |
| 64 | Bruce Kozerski | C | 6-4 | 279 | 26 | Holy Cross | 3 | 3 |
| 69 | Tim Krumrie | NT | 6-2 | 268 | 28 | Wisconsin | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Marc Logan | RB | 5-11 | 217 | 23 | Kentucky | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | Curtis Maxey | DE | 6-3 | 305 | 23 | Grambling State | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Skip McClendon | LDE | 6-6 | 288 | 24 | Northwestern; Butler CC; Arizona State | 3 | 1 |
| 89 | Tim McGee | WR | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | Tennessee | 3 | 3 |
| 65 | Max Montoya | ROG | 6-5 | 275 | 32 | UCLA | 3 | 3 |
| 78 | Anthony Munoz | LOT | 6-6 | 280 | 30 | Southern California | 3 | 3 |
| 86 | Carl Parker | WR | 6-2 | 201 | 23 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | Bruce Reimers | LOG | 6-7 | 287 | 28 | Iowa State | 3 | 3 |
| 87 | Jim Riggs | TE | 6-5 | 245 | 25 | Clemson | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Rourke | OT-OG | 6-5 | 263 | 31 | Boston College | 2 | 0 | |
| 15 | Turk Schonert | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 31 | Stanford | 3 | 0 |
| 70 | Jim Skow | RDE | 6-3 | 252 | 25 | Nebraska | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | Daryl Smith | CB | 5-9 | 187 | 25 | North Alabama | 3 | 0 |
| 60 | Dave Smith | OT | 6-7 | 290 | 24 | Southern Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Eric Thomas | RCB | 5-11 | 181 | 24 | Pasadena CC; Tulane | 3 | 3 |
| 51 | Leon White | LOLB | 6-3 | 241 | 25 | Brigham Young | 3 | 3 |
| 41 | Solomon Wilcots | FS | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Colorado | 3 | 3 |
| 57 | Reggie Williams | ROLB | 6-0 | 230 | 34 | Dartmouth | 3 | 3 |
| 32 | Stanley Wilson | RB | 5-10 | 210 | 27 | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Ickey Woods | FB | 6-2 | 232 | 22 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 3 | 3 |
| 91 | Carl Zander | LILB | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Tennessee | 3 | 3 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 14 | 24 | 10 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 35:50 | 58 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 17/41 41.5% | 1/3 33.3% | 2 | 29 |
| Opponents Totals | 24:10 | 52 | 9 | 40 | 3 | 6/35 17.1% | 2/5 40.0% | 14 | 127 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ickey Woods | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Breech | 0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Stanley Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| James Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Stanford Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 7 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 58 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 43 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Breech | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ickey Woods | 72 | 307 | 4.3 | 30 | 3 |
| James Brooks | 26 | 102 | 3.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Stanley Wilson | 12 | 74 | 6.2 | 20 | 2 |
| Boomer Esiason | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 29 | 0 |
| Stanford Jennings | 3 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 125 | 535 | 4.3 | 30 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 175 | 2.9 | 13 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boomer Esiason | 64 | 29 | 45.3 | 32 | 346 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 30 | 1 | 1.6 | 3 | 4.7 | 10 | 58 | 288 | 48.0 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 29 | 45.3 | 32 | 346 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 30 | 1 | 1.6 | 3 | 4.7 | 10 | 58 | 288 | 48.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 116 | 61 | 52.6 | 50 | 817 | 7.0 | 13.4 | 44 | 4 | 3.4 | 5 | 4.3 | 9 | 64 | 753 | 68.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Holman | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Cris Collinsworth | 5 | 75 | 15 | 30 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 20 | 1 |
| Eddie Brown | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Tim McGee | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Riggs | 3 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| Ira Hillary | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 346 | 11.9 | 30 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 817 | 13.4 | 4 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Thomas | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 |
| David Fulcher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Wilcots | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Billups | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Johnson | 17 | 718 | 42.2 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 88 | 630 | 37.1 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 718 | 42.2 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 630 | 37.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 684 | 42.8 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 636 | 39.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ira Hillary | 6 | 1 | 43 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Horton | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rickey Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 1 | 48 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 2 | 88 | 9.8 | 45 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Jennings | 4 | 0 | 154 | 38.5 | 93t | 1 |
| Ira Hillary | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 2 | 0 | 38 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 0 | 216 | 24.0 | 93t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 0 | 200 | 18.2 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Reggie Williams | 3.0 | 21.0 |
| Jason Buck | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| David Grant | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Jim Skow | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| David Fulcher | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Team Totals | 9.0 | 64.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10.0 | 58.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brady | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickey Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boomer Esiason | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ira Hillary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Holman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Horton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Skow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -12 | 0 |
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