1988 Indianapolis Colts (NFL) |
| 2nd place American Football Conference Eastern Division 9-7-0 .563 |
| Head Coach: Ron Meyer |
| John Becker | Offensive Coordinator |
| Leon Burtnett | Running Backs |
| George Catavolos | Secondary |
| George Hill | Defensive Coordinator |
| Tom Lovat | Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line |
| John Marshall | Defensive Line |
| Chip Myers | Receivers |
| Keith Rowen | Special Teams/Assistant Offensive Line |
| Rick Venturi | Linebackers |
| Tom Zupancic | Strength and Conditioning |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1988 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 20-7 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 44258 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1988 | H | Green Bay Packers | 25-21 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 53720 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1988 | H | New Orleans Saints | 18-6 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 54117 | |
| Thu | 8/25/1988 | A | Denver Broncos | 20-21 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 73957 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1988 | H | Houston Oilers | 14-17 | L | OT | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 57251 |
| Sun | 9/11/1988 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-17 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 60503 | |
| Mon | 9/19/1988 | A | Cleveland Browns | 17-23 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75148 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1988 | H | Miami Dolphins | 15-13 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 59638 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1988 | A | New England Patriots | 17-21 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 58050 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1988 | A | Buffalo Bills | 23-34 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 76018 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1988 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 35-31 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 53135 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1988 | A | San Diego Chargers | 16-0 | W | San Diego, CA | Jack Murphy Stadium | 37722 | |
| Mon | 10/31/1988 | H | Denver Broncos | 55-23 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 60544 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1988 | H | New York Jets | 38-14 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 59233 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1988 | A | Green Bay Packers | 20-13 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 53492 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1988 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 3-12 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 58342 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1988 | H | New England Patriots | 24-21 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 58157 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1988 | A | Miami Dolphins | 31-28 | W | Miami-Dade County, FL | Joe Robbie Stadium | 45236 | |
| Sat | 12/10/1988 | A | New York Jets | 16-34 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 46284 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1988 | H | Buffalo Bills | 17-14 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 59908 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 97 | O'Brien Alston | LOLB | 6-6 | 251 | 23 | Maryland | 15 | 11 |
| 79 | Harvey Armstrong | NT | 6-3 | 270 | 29 | Southern Methodist | 16 | 1 |
| 14 | Jess Atkinson | K | 5-9 | 168 | 27 | Maryland | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Brian Baldinger | OT-OG | 6-4 | 275 | 28 | Nassau CC; Duke | 16 | 3 |
| 31 | Michael Ball | CB-S | 6-0 | 218 | 24 | Southern University | 16 | 0 |
| 86 | Roy Banks | WR | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Eastern Illinois | 14 | 0 |
| 81 | Pat Beach | TE | 6-4 | 249 | 29 | Washington State | 16 | 16 |
| 87 | Mark Bellini | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Brigham Young | 15 | 0 |
| 20 | Albert Bentley | FB | 5-11 | 215 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 2 |
| 34 | Dean Biasucci | K | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Western Carolina | 16 | 0 |
| 50 | Duane Bickett | ROLB | 6-5 | 249 | 26 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| 85 | Matt Bouza | WR | 6-2 | 213 | 29 | California | 15 | 5 |
| 84 | Mark Boyer | HBK-TE | 6-4 | 242 | 26 | Southern California | 16 | 13 |
| 9 | Kerry Brady | K | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Portland CC; Hawaii | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | John Brandes | TE | 6-2 | 251 | 24 | Cameron | 16 | 0 |
| 80 | Bill Brooks | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Boston University | 16 | 16 |
| 61 | Bob Brotzki | C | 6-5 | 269 | 26 | Syracuse | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Kevin Call | ROT | 6-7 | 301 | 27 | Colorado State | 8 | 4 |
| 17 | Chris Chandler | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Washington | 15 | 13 |
| 98 | Johnie Cooks | LOLB | 6-4 | 247 | 30 | Mississippi State | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Joe Cribbs | RB | 5-11 | 193 | 30 | Auburn | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Eugene Daniel | RCB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Louisiana State | 16 | 15 |
| 72 | Byron Darby | NT | 6-4 | 263 | 28 | Southern California | 16 | 1 |
| 48 | Donnie Dee | TE | 6-4 | 252 | 23 | Tulsa | 13 | 0 |
| 29 | Eric Dickerson | RB | 6-3 | 222 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 16 | 16 |
| 69 | Randy Dixon | LOG | 6-3 | 303 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
| 53 | Ray Donaldson | C | 6-3 | 291 | 30 | Georgia | 16 | 16 |
| 74 | Chris Gambol | OT | 6-6 | 303 | 24 | Iowa | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Chris Goode | CB | 6-0 | 197 | 25 | North Alabama; Alabama | 13 | 8 |
| 78 | Jon Hand | RDE | 6-7 | 294 | 25 | Alabama | 15 | 15 |
| 54 | Jeff Herrod | LB | 6-0 | 248 | 22 | Mississippi | 16 | 0 |
| 75 | Chris Hinton | LOT | 6-4 | 295 | 27 | Northwestern | 14 | 13 |
| 7 | Gary Hogeboom | QB | 6-4 | 208 | 30 | Central Michigan | 9 | 1 |
| 21 | John Holt | CB-S | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | West Texas A&M | 9 | 1 |
| 90 | Ezra Johnson | DE | 6-4 | 258 | 33 | Morris Brown | 10 | 1 |
| 73 | Joe Klecko | NT | 6-3 | 263 | 35 | Temple | 15 | 14 |
| 55 | Barry Krauss | RILB | 6-3 | 257 | 31 | Alabama | 16 | 15 |
| 59 | Orlando Lowry | LB | 6-4 | 237 | 27 | Ohio State | 16 | 2 |
| 60 | Dan McQuaid | OT | 6-7 | 278 | 28 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Chuckie Miller | CB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | UCLA | 3 | 1 |
| 93 | Cliff Odom | LILB | 6-2 | 237 | 30 | Texas-Arlington | 13 | 7 |
| 65 | Joel Patten | ROT | 6-7 | 307 | 30 | Duke | 15 | 13 |
| 39 | Mike Prior | FS | 6-0 | 207 | 25 | Illinois State | 16 | 16 |
| 49 | James Pruitt | WR | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Fullerton State | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Freddie Robinson | SS | 6-1 | 191 | 24 | Alabama | 13 | 10 |
| 66 | Ron Solt | OG | 6-3 | 284 | 26 | Maryland | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Rohn Stark | P | 6-3 | 205 | 29 | Florida State | 16 | 0 |
| 26 | Craig Swoope | SS | 6-1 | 200ir | 24 | Illinois | 11 | 4 |
| 27 | Keith Taylor | S | 5-11 | 206 | 24 | Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | Donnell Thompson | LDE | 6-4 | 275 | 30 | North Carolina | 16 | 16 |
| 96 | Don Thorp | NT | 6-4 | 248 | 26 | Illinois | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Jack Trudeau | QB | 6-3 | 219 | 26 | Illinois | 2 | 2 |
| 42 | Willie Tullis | LCB | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | Southern Mississippi; Troy | 16 | 9 |
| 12 | Ricky Turner | QB | 5-10 | 168 | 26 | Washington State | 4 | 0 |
| 64 | Ben Utt | ROG | 6-5 | 287 | 29 | Georgia Tech | 16 | 16 |
| 83 | Clarence Verdin | WR | 5-8 | 164 | 25 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 16 | 11 |
| 34 | George Wonsley | RB | 5-11 | 221 | 28 | Mississippi State | 16 | 0 |
| 27 | Terry Wright | CB-S | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Scottsdale CC; Temple | 8 | 0 |
| 56 | Fredd Young | LILB | 6-1 | 234 | 27 | New Mexico State | 15 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 3 | 76 | Chris Chandler | QB | Washington |
| 4 | 104 | Michael Ball | DB | Southern University |
| 5 | 129 | John Baylor | DB | Southern Mississippi |
| 9 | 243 | Jeff Herrod | LB | Mississippi |
| 10 | 270 | O'Brien Alston | LB | Maryland |
| 11 | 297 | Donnie Dee | TE | Tulsa |
| 12 | 308 | Aatron Kenney | WR | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 12 | 327 | Tim Vesling | K | Syracuse |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 135 | 61 | 81 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 88 | 48 | 121 | 3 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:19 | 311 | 153 | 130 | 28 | 64/186 34.4% | 11/20 55.0% | 89 | 657 |
| Opponents Totals | 29:41 | 315 | 109 | 184 | 22 | 88/204 43.1% | 9/16 56.3% | 118 | 965 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Biasucci | 0 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 25 | 32 | 78.1 | 0 | 114 |
| Eric Dickerson | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||
| Clarence Verdin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Matt Bouza | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Albert Bentley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bill Brooks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Chris Chandler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mark Boyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ricky Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Eugene Daniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gary Hogeboom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Wonsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 25 | 32 | 78.1 | 0 | 354 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 36 | 38 | 94.7 | 17 | 25 | 68.0 | 0 | 315 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Biasucci | 25 | 32 | 78.1 | 1 | 53 | 0/0 | 8/8 | 5/6 | 6/10 | 6/8 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 32 | 78.1 | 1 | 53 | 0/0 | 8/8 | 5/6 | 6/10 | 6/8 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 25 | 68.0 | 1/1 | 7/9 | 4/6 | 5/7 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Dickerson | 388 | 1659 | 4.3 | 41t | 14 |
| Albert Bentley | 45 | 230 | 5.1 | 20 | 2 |
| Chris Chandler | 46 | 139 | 3.0 | 29t | 3 |
| Clarence Verdin | 8 | 77 | 9.6 | 44 | 0 |
| Bill Brooks | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 38 | 0 |
| George Wonsley | 26 | 48 | 1.8 | 4 | 1 |
| Ricky Turner | 16 | 42 | 2.6 | 14 | 2 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 11 | -8 | -0.7 | 6 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 545 | 2249 | 4.1 | 44 | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 447 | 1694 | 3.8 | 29 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Chandler | 233 | 129 | 55.4 | 92 | 1619 | 6.9 | 12.6 | 54 | 8 | 3.4 | 12 | 5.2 | 18 | 128 | 1491 | 67.2 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 131 | 76 | 58.0 | 48 | 996 | 7.6 | 13.1 | 58 | 7 | 5.3 | 7 | 5.3 | 12 | 88 | 908 | 77.7 |
| Jack Trudeau | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | 17 | 158 | 4.6 | 11.3 | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 8.8 | 2 | 13 | 145 | 19.0 |
| Ricky Turner | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 92 | 23.0 | 30.7 | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | 77 | 116.7 |
| Albert Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 403 | 222 | 55.1 | 159 | 2865 | 7.1 | 12.9 | 58 | 15 | 3.7 | 22 | 5.5 | 34 | 244 | 2621 | 67.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 539 | 321 | 59.6 | 203 | 3803 | 7.1 | 11.8 | 58 | 21 | 3.9 | 15 | 2.8 | 30 | 201 | 3602 | 82.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Brooks | 54 | 867 | 16.1 | 53t | 3 |
| Eric Dickerson | 36 | 377 | 10.5 | 50t | 1 |
| Mark Boyer | 27 | 256 | 9.5 | 24t | 2 |
| Albert Bentley | 26 | 252 | 9.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Pat Beach | 26 | 235 | 9.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Matt Bouza | 25 | 342 | 13.7 | 28 | 4 |
| Clarence Verdin | 20 | 437 | 21.9 | 54 | 4 |
| Mark Bellini | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Brian Baldinger | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Chris Hinton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Donaldson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 222 | 2865 | 12.9 | 58* | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 321 | 3803 | 11.8 | 58 | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Tullis | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Prior | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Duane Bickett | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Chris Goode | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Eugene Daniel | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 41t | 1 |
| Barry Krauss | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 189 | 12.6 | 41t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 291 | 13.2 | 44t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohn Stark | 64 | 2784 | 43.5 | 65 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 418 | 2206 | 34.5 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 2784 | 43.5 | 65 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 418 | 2206 | 34.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 2677 | 39.4 | 74 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 254 | 2283 | 33.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Verdin | 22 | 7 | 239 | 10.9 | 73t | 1 |
| Bill Brooks | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Prior | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 12 | 254 | 9.8 | 73t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 3 | 418 | 11.3 | 59t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Bentley | 39 | 0 | 775 | 19.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Clarence Verdin | 7 | 0 | 145 | 20.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Roy Banks | 4 | 0 | 56 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Pat Beach | 1 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Terry Wright | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 52 | 0 | 1033 | 19.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 1480 | 22.1 | 95t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Jon Hand | 5.0 | |
| Duane Bickett | 3.5 | |
| Ezra Johnson | 3.0 | |
| Donnell Thompson | 3.0 | |
| Harvey Armstrong | 2.0 | |
| Byron Darby | 2.0 | |
| Cliff Odom | 2.0 | |
| Mike Prior | 1.0 | |
| Craig Swoope | 1.0 | |
| Willie Tullis | 1.0 | |
| Terry Wright | 0.5 | |
| O'Brien Alston | 3.0 | |
| Jeff Herrod | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 30.0 | 201.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 34.0 | 244.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Baldinger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Beach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Bellini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Bentley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Biasucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Bickett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Bouza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Brooks | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Chandler | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 | |
| Eric Dickerson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Goode | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| Jon Hand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Klecko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Krauss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Odom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Prior | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |
| Craig Swoope | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Donnell Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Tullis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 37 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 0 |
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