1988 Cincinnati Bengals

1988 American Football Conference Champions!

1988 Record: 12-4 (Regular Season), 2-1 (Playoffs)
Head Coach: Sam Wyche
Points Scored: 448 (1st out of 28 NFL teams)
Points Allowed: 329 (17th out of 28 NFL teams)
Home Stadium: Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, OH

Quarterback Boomer Esiason, led the NFL in passing with a 97.4 passer rating. He also threw for 3572 yds., and 28 TD’s in 1988.

        1988 Game-by-Game Results
                Regular Season
   Date        Opponent          Result
9/ 4/88     Phoenix             W 21-14
9/11/88    at Philadelphia    W 28-24
9/18/88    at Pittsburgh      W 17-12
9/25/88    Cleveland            W 24-17
10/ 2/88    at L.A. Raiders    W 45-21
10/ 9/88    N.Y. Jets             W 36-19
10/16/88    at New England    L 21-27
10/23/88    Houston               W 44-21
10/30/88    at Kansas City       L 28-31
11/ 6/88    Pittsburgh            W 42- 7
11/13/88    at Seattle             L 24-27
11/20/88    at Dallas               W 38-24
11/27/88    Buffalo                 W 35-21
12/ 4/88    San Diego             W 27-10
12/11/88    at Houston           L 6-41
12/17/88    Washington         W 20-17 (OT)
                                 Playoffs
Round                       Opponent          Result
AFC Div. Playoff        Seattle            W 21-13
AFC Championship    Buffalo            W 21-10
Super Bowl XXIII        vs. San Fran.    L 16-20
Note: Super Bowl XXIII played at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, FL

1988 Cincinnati Bengals Individual Statistical Leaders

Passing: Boomer Esiason, 3572 yds., 57.5 comp. pct., 28 TD’s, 97.4 rating

Rushing: Ickey Woods, 1066 yds., 15 TD’s, 5.3 yds. /carry

Receiving: Eddie Brown, 53 rec., 1273 yds., 9 TD’s

Touchdowns: Ickey Woods, 15 (15 rush., 0 rec.)

QB Sacks: Jim Skow, 9.5

Interceptions: Eric Thomas, 7 int., 61 yds., 0 TD’s

Points: Ickey Woods, 90 (15 TD’s)

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1988 AFC CENTRAL DIVISION STANDINGS

1^st Place – Cincinnati (12-4)

2^nd Place – Cleveland (10-6)

3^rd Place – Houston (10-6)

4^th Place – Pittsburgh (5-11)

Fullback Ickey Woods burst onto the scene as a rookie in 1988 as he led the Bengals in rushing yards (1066), touchdowns (15), and yards per carry (5.3). He was most remembered for his "Ickey Shuffle" dance routine after each touchdown he scored.

Halfback James Brooks catches a pass in the end zone for a score against in-state rival Cleveland. He finished second on the squad with 14 touchdowns, 931 rushing yards, and 5.1 yards per carry in 1988.

Wide Receiver Cris Collinsworth catches a pass over the middle against the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIII, the final game of his great NFL career.

Linebacker Reggie Williams tackles Houston's Mike Rozier in the backfield.

1988 Cincinnati Bengals Depth Chart / Roster:

# Player Ht Wt Age Exp College Face Shape Hair Equipment

Quarterbacks

1. 7 Boomer Esiason (lefty) 6-5 225 27 4 Maryland 52 10 blo crop 3 bar qb, right bk wristband, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf)

2. 15 Turk Schonert 6-1 196 31 8 Stanford 82 14 l. brn crop 3 bar, bk wristbands

3. 12 Mike Norseth 6-2 200 24 R Kansas 2 bar, right bk wristband, wt sleeves

Halfbacks

1. 21 James Brooks 5-10 182 30 7 Auburn 136 1 blk buzz 2 bar rb, wt tc elbowpads, bk wristbands, right fingers taped, wt elbowpads (turf)

2. 32 Stanley Wilson 5-10 212 27 3 Oklahoma 3 bar rb, wt elbowpads, bk wristbands, bk elbowpads (turf), bk gloves (turf)

3. 36 Stanford Jennings 6-1 205 26 4 Furman 131 9 blk crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt sleeves (grass), bk wristbands (turf)

Fullbacks

1. 30 Ickey Woods 6-2 232 22 R UNLV 142 3 blk crop 3 bar rb, tc extended, bk elbowpads, bk wristbands, wt gloves (turf)

2. 23 Marc Logan 5-11 207 23 1 Kentucky 71 4 blk fade 3 bar qb, neck roll, bk wristbands, bk gloves, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf), wt gloves (turf)

Wide Receivers

1. 81 Eddie Brown 6-0 185 26 3 Miami 248 4 blk fade 3 bar, bk wristbands, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf)

2. 85 Tim McGee 5-10 175 24 2 Tennessee 122 3 blk fade 3 bar, wt wristbands, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf)

3. 80 Cris Collinsworth 6-5 192 29 7 Florida 1 3 brn crop 2 bar, left wt elbowpad, right bk elbowpad, bk wristbands, wt sleeves

4. 89 Ira Hillary 5-11 190 26 1 S. Carolina 104 3 blk fade 3 bar, qb wristbands, wt sleeves, bk wristbands (turf)

5. 88 Mike Martin 5-10 186 28 5 Illinois dk skin 189 2 blk crop 3 bar, bk elbowpads, bk wrist double, fingers taped

Tight Ends

1. 82 Rodney Holman 6-3 238 28 6 Tulane 102 6 blk crop 2 bar rb, eye paint, bk wristbands, bk gloves (grass), wt gloves (turf)

2. 84 Eric Kattus 6-5 245 25 2 Michigan 14 17 l. brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk gloves

# 87 Jim Riggs 6-5 245 25 1 Clemson 3 bar rb, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Left Tackles

1. 78 Anthony Munoz 6-6 278 30 8 USC 15 9 blk crop half cage, neck roll, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 74 Brian Blados 6-5 295 26 3 N. Carolina 46 16 l. brn crop half cage, neck roll, wt wristbands, wt gloves

3. 60 Dave Smith 6-7 290 24 R S. Illinois 30 17 l. brn crop half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Left Guards

1. 75 Bruce Reimers 6-7 280 28 4 Iowa State 50 17 brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 67 David Douglas 6-4 280 25 2 Tennessee 46 13 brn crop half cage, left rubber pad, wt wristbands, wt gloves

# 68 Paul Jetton 6-4 288 24 R Texas 50 15 brn crop half cage, wt elbowbands, wt wristbands, fingers taped

Centers

1. 64 Bruce Kozerski 6-4 287 26 4 N/A 50 8 l.brn crop half cage, right wt elbowband, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 62 Sam Manos 6-3 265 26 1 Marshall

Right Guards

1. 65 Max Montoya 6-5 275 32 9 UCLA 14 12 blk crop half cage, wt gloves

2. 77 Jim Rourke 6-5 275 31 7 Boston Coll, 69 16 l. brn crop half cage, bk extended, wt gloves

Right Tackles

1. 63 Joe Walter 6-5 295 25 3 Texas Tech 55 16 brn crop half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. n/a (switch position to LG)

Left Defensive Ends

1. 72 Skip McClendon 6-7 275 24 1 Arizona St. half cage, clr visor, bk wristbands, wt gloves, bk sleeves, bk gloves (turf)

2. 73 Eddie Edwards 6-5 256 34 11 Miami 205 14 blk crop half cage, wt gloves, wt sleeves

Right Defensive Ends

1. 70 Jim Skow 6-3 255 25 2 Nebraska 30 7 brn crop half cage, wt gloves

2. 99 Jason Buck 6-5 264 25 1 BYU 86 13 brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

3. 71 Mike Hammerstein 6-4 270 25 2 Michigan

Nose Tackles

1. 69 Tim Krumrie 6-2 268 28 5 Wisconsin 19 14 l. brn crop half cage, wt wrist double, wt gloves

2. 98 David Grant 6-4 277 23 R West Virginia 129 17 blk fade half cage, dk visor, bk wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves

3. 93 Curtis Maxey 6-3 298 23 R Grambling St.

Left Outside Linebackers

1. 51 Leon White 6-3 245 25 2 BYU 111 10 blk fade half cage, bk extended, wt wristbands, bk rb gloves, wt sleeves, bk elbowpads (turf)

2. 90 Emmanuel King 6-4 251 25 3 Alabama 170 2 blk crop 3 bar, bk extended, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves, tc rb gloves

Inside Linebackers

1. 58 Joe Kelly 6-2 231 24 1 Washington 114 9 blk fade half cage, bk elbowpads, wt wrist double, fingers taped

2. 91 Carl Zander 6-2 235 25 3 Tennessee 69 11 blk crop half cage, bk extended, bk elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt sleeves, wt rb gloves (turf)

3. 53 Leo Barker 6-2 227 29 4 New Mex. St. 3 bar qb, bk extended, qb wristbands, wt sleeves, left bk elbowpad (turf), wt gloves (turf)

4. 55 Ed Brady 6-2 235 28 4 Illinois style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands

Right Outside Linebackers

1. 57 Reggie Williams 6-1 232 34 12 Dartmouth 153 3 blk crop half cage, bk extended, wt elbowpads (turf), bk wristbands (turf)

2. 59 Kevin Walker 6-3 237 22 R Maryland 50 9 blk fade bk extended, wt wristbands, bk gloves

Cornerbacks

1. 24 Lewis Billups 5-11 190 25 2 N. Alabama 66 3 blk fade 3 bar, eye paint, wt gloves, qb wristbands (grass)

2. 22 Eric Thomas 5-11 181 24 1 Tulane 167 4 blk fade 3 bar, dk visor, wt wrist double, wt sleeves, bk gloves (grass), wt gloves (turf)

3. 29 Rickey Dixon 5-11 181 22 R Oklahoma 103 9 blk fade 3 bar, qb wristbands, wt gloves

4. 25 Daryl Smith 5-10 188 25 1 N. Alabama 3 bar, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Free Safeties

1. 41 Solomon Wilcots 5-11 185 24 1 Colorado 71 2 blk fade half cage, bk visor, bk wristbands, wt gloves

2. 20 Ray Horton 5-11 190 28 5 Washington 139 2 blk crop 3 bar, bk wrist double, fingers taped

Strong Safeties

1. 33 David Fulcher 6-3 234 24 2 Arizona St. 245 9 blk fade 3 bar rb, bk gloves, wt sleeves, rubber pads (turf), wt gloves (turf)

2. 27 Barney Bussey 6-0 195 26 2 S. Carolina 130 5 blk buzz style 3 helmet, 2 bar rb, eye paint, qb wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf)

3. n/a (switch position to TE)

Kicker

1. 3 Jim Breech 5-6 170 32 9 California 50 8 brn crop 1 bar, wt sleeves

Punter

1. 11 Lee Johnson (lefty) 6-5 219 27 3 BYU 1 bar, wt sleeves

Players Not Included

# 34 Ellis Dilahunt SS 5-11 200 23 R E. Carolina dk skin

# 17 Scott Fulhage P 6-0 193 26 1 Kansas State lt skin 2 bar (thin), wt sleeves

# 92 Tim Inglis LB 6-3 232 24 1 Toledo lt skin

# 86 Carl Parker WR 6-2 201 23 R Vanderbilt lt skin 3 bar, bk wristbands, wt gloves (turf)

# 94 Rich Romer LB 6-3 222 22 R N/A lt skin

Player Ratings spd-str-awr-agi-acl-cth-car-jmp-bkt-tak-thp-tha-pbk-rbk-kpr-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh

Esiason 61-58-83-60-60-29-63-47-45-18-93-96-21-24-57-63-0-85-82-74

Schonert 51-53-86-51-47-25-45-53-42-15-86-84-20-23-26-23-0-72-68-62

Norseth 57-48-49-56-55-28-53-50-48-17-74-70-22-22-25-21-0-66-64-56

J. Brooks 87-62-88-86-84-78-84-73-66-18-22-28-39-38-23-21-56-80-79-66

S. Wilson 82-65-73-81-78-67-72-62-70-22-27-21-32-37-26-20-10-74-68-64

Jennings 88-55-58-86-87-63-68-69-56-23-25-24-23-24-22-20-80-68-72-74

I. Woods 75-66-57-74-84-66-73-62-79-26-31-21-42-47-27-21-10-77-65-79

Logan 76-57-54-75-75-73-70-63-59-26-29-24-38-39-18-21-25-73-85-67

E. Brown 92-52-74-91-90-79-76-84-62-20-23-22-26-29-21-20-57-88-81-62

T. McGee 90-47-63-89-91-75-84-83-57-16-21-23-23-28-20-20-61-76-83-64

Collinsworth 86-44-86-85-83-89-79-66-63-19-22-22-33-36-24-21-10-71-74-83

Hillary 87-49-53-86-85-67-66-77-54-17-23-23-21-24-22-20-69-68-74-58

M. Martin 85-44-69-84-84-72-58-71-56-20-19-22-24-28-23-22-53-64-71-57

Holman 73-67-79-71-75-75-73-57-66-23-27-20-58-64-26-21-8-83-91-69

Kattus 70-63-59-68-67-64-60-59-58-21-24-22-51-56-23-20-8-73-66-57

Riggs 66-66-52-65-66-56-55-46-61-18-23-22-47-53-22-20-8-68-71-59

Munoz 57-85-88-56-72-34-25-44-35-33-30-21-96-98-28-19-0-73-84-81

Blados 45-83-73-44-68-26-22-39-36-25-27-21-80-86-26-18-0-62-69-75

Dave Smith 47-78-46-46-63-17-18-35-34-23-26-22-69-75-24-20-0-58-66-68

Reimers 48-77-76-48-64-20-22-42-35-24-27-20-84-86-27-21-0-64-72-77

Douglas 38-80-57-37-58-15-15-32-38-27-29-19-72-77-28-17-0-61-64-79

Jetton 43-81-50-41-53-17-16-37-34-24-25-21-75-72-23-18-0-66-67-69

Kozerski 41-84-80-40-69-15-18-34-36-28-27-20-83-86-22-20-0-70-76-84

Manos 41-73-49-40-57-23-19-34-47-29-29-23-64-71-27-22-0-56-66-70

Montoya 44-87-89-44-62-14-13-38-35-26-27-23-89-91-32-23-0-65-75-89

Rourke 46-74-72-44-64-17-16-32-34-24-25-20-75-78-26-20-0-48-56-71

Walter 48-84-70-47-69-14-15-41-33-29-28-22-87-88-29-21-0-66-77-83

McClendon 56-76-61-55-68-17-19-55-32-78-27-21-24-34-28-22-0-73-72-78

E. Edwards 59-67-90-58-62-20-20-59-30-66-25-21-23-32-26-20-0-56-77-71

Skow 63-71-71-62-75-18-22-52-31-77-24-22-22-34-25-21-0-72-74-77

J. Buck 57-68-58-56-64-21-24-47-33-72-26-23-24-36-24-22-0-71-73-76

Hammerstein 49-78-58-47-62-21-18-42-29-78-25-22-24-35-26-22-0-71-63-73

Krumrie 52-84-82-50-68-16-19-42-36-88-28-21-25-38-28-20-0-74-89-85

D. Grant 58-76-54-57-77-23-26-56-31-74-25-20-23-32-25-19-0-72-71-73

Maxey 48-80-46-46-65-15-19-45-35-73-26-19-25-34-26-18-0-64-68-77

L. White 69-68-62-68-69-32-38-52-32-83-24-22-24-35-25-20-0-73-71-64

King 74-67-66-73-72-27-32-48-34-72-23-20-22-33-24-21-0-71-69-66

J. Kelly 71-67-65-70-68-38-44-57-31-86-22-20-21-32-22-20-0-78-83-75

Zander 67-70-74-66-66-34-40-48-34-85-21-20-22-34-24-20-0-73-81-72

L. Barker 71-64-70-70-73-36-43-55-30-77-20-22-19-28-22-20-0-72-79-67

E. Brady 64-66-67-63-62-30-35-46-29-73-22-22-22-34-24-22-0-66-81-63

R. Williams 67-72-92-66-71-36-44-43-33-89-24-22-25-37-26-20-0-71-88-80

K. Walker 70-65-54-69-72-32-39-52-31-78-22-19-21-30-22-20-0-69-70-61

Billups 87-54-68-86-88-56-58-83-29-71-21-21-14-17-20-20-10-76-72-66

E. Thomas 90-46-58-89-87-62-57-86-27-64-19-22-13-15-18-19-10-74-70-68

R. Dixon 89-43-53-89-88-51-55-84-25-51-18-18-12-15-17-19-21-71-73-56

Daryl Smith 83-49-56-82-82-58-57-77-27-55-20-19-12-15-19-19-10-67-68-61

Wilcots 85-51-60-84-83-52-55-83-28-79-19-21-13-19-20-21-10-76-87-69

Horton 78-53-75-76-78-53-52-76-23-67-24-22-14-20-23-19-10-71-72-66

Fulcher 76-63-73-75-79-60-59-65-31-92-23-21-19-28-22-20-10-82-77-81

Bussey 82-55-63-80-80-58-59-78-25-71-22-22-15-18-21-20-10-74-79-62

Breech 47-22-85-46-43-26-33-41-15-14-20-26-11-14-84-88-0-48-81-43

L. Johnson 38-32-67-36-37-29-37-37-22-18-24-38-12-15-81-80-0-54-77-51