NFL team season
The 1988 Los Angeles Raiders season was the franchise's 29th season overall, and the franchise's 19th season in the National Football League . Mike Shanahan was hired as head coach, and the club finished with a 7–9 record. The Raiders drafted Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown , making Brown the third person on the Raiders roster to have won the Heisman Trophy, the others being Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson . Most of the team's success throughout the season came through their division, as the Raiders finished 6–2 against a weakening AFC West division, with their only 2 losses against the champions of the division, the Seattle Seahawks . However, the Raiders were only 1–7 against the rest of the NFL. Their only other win coming against the eventual champions , the 49ers in San Francisco in a game in which only field goals were kicked.
Offseason [ edit ] NFL Draft [ edit ] [1]
Personnel [ edit ] 1988 Los Angeles Raiders staff Front office
President of the General Partner – Al Davis Executive Assistant – Al LoCasale Personnel Operations – Ron Wolf Senior Executive – John Herrera Head coaches
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
Strength and Conditioning – John Dunn
1988 Los Angeles Raiders roster Quarterbacks Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Offensive linemen Defensive linemen
Linebackers Defensive backs
Special teams
Reserve lists Practice squad None
47 active, 16 inactive
Rookies in italics
Regular season [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 September 4 San Diego Chargers W 24–13 1–0 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 39,029 Recap 2 September 11 at Houston Oilers L 35–38 1–1 Houston Astrodome 46,050 Recap 3 September 18 Los Angeles Rams L 17–22 1–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 84,870 Recap 4 at Denver Broncos W 30–27 2–2 Mile High Stadium 75,964 Recap 5 October 2 Cincinnati Bengals L 21–45 2–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 42,594 Recap 6 October 9 Miami Dolphins L 14–24 2–4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 50,751 Recap 7 October 16 at Kansas City Chiefs W 27–17 3–4 Arrowhead Stadium 77,078 Recap 8 October 23 at New Orleans Saints L 6–20 3–5 Louisiana Superdome 66,249 Recap 9 October 30 Kansas City Chiefs W 17–10 4–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 36,103 Recap 10 November 6 at San Diego Chargers W 13–3 5–5 Jack Murphy Stadium 55,134 Recap 11 November 13 at San Francisco 49ers W 9–3 6–5 Candlestick Park 54,448 Recap 12 November 20 Atlanta Falcons L 6–12 6–6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 40,967 Recap 13 at Seattle Seahawks L 27–35 6–7 Kingdome 62,641 Recap 14 December 4 Denver Broncos W 21–20 7–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 65,561 Recap 15 December 11 at Buffalo Bills L 21–37 7–8 Rich Stadium 77,348 Recap 16 December 18 Seattle Seahawks L 37–43 7–9 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 61,127 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Season summary [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Chargers 0 3 3 7 13 • Raiders 0 14 0 10 24
Scoring summary 2 LA Marcus Allen 11 yard run (Chris Bahr kick)Raiders 7–0 2 SD Vince Abbott 23 yard field goalRaiders 7–3 2 LA Tim Brown 97 yard kickoff return (Chris Bahr kick)Raiders 14–3 3 SD Vince Abbott 33 yard field goal Raiders 14–6 4 LA Chris Bahr 25 yard field goal Raiders 17–6 4 SD Jamie Holland 24 yard pass from Babe Laufenberg (Vince Abbott kick)Raiders 17–13 4 LA Marcus Allen 1 yard run (Chris Bahr kick) Raiders 24–13
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Steve Beuerlein threw for 375 yards in a game against the Los Angeles Rams.
1 2 3 4 OT Total • Raiders 0 0 14 13 3 30 Broncos 7 17 0 3 0 27
Date: September 26Location: Mile High Stadium , Denver, Colorado Game start: 6:00 p.m. Game weather: 66 °F (18.9 °C), wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)Television network: ABC Scoring summary 1 DEN Tony Dorsett 1 yard run (Rich Karlis kick)Broncos 7–0 2 DEN Tony Dorsett 1 yard run (Rich Karlis kick) Broncos 14–0 2 DEN Steve Sewell 7 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick)Broncos 21–0 2 DEN Rich Karlis 39 yard field goal Broncos 24–0 3 LA Steve Smith 40 yard pass from Jay Schroeder (Chris Bahr kick)Broncos 24–7 3 LA Steve Smith 42 yard pass from Jay Schroeder (Chris Bahr kick) Broncos 24–14 4 LA Chris Bahr 28 yard field goal Broncos 24–17 4 LA Marcus Allen 4 yard run (Chris Bahr kick)Tie 24–24 4 DEN Rich Karlis 25 yard field goal Broncos 27–24 4 LA Chris Bahr 44 yard field goal Tie 27–27 OT LA Chris Bahr 35 yard field goal Raiders 30–27
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1 2 3 4 Total • Raiders 7 7 0 13 27 Chiefs 0 7 0 10 17
Scoring summary Q1 LA Allen 1 yard run (Bahr kick)LA 7–0 Q2 10:10 LA Smith 1 yard run (Bahr kick)LA 14–0 Q2 8:35 KC Palmer 48 yard pass from DeBerg (Lowery kick)LA 14–7 Q4 KC Lowery 43 yard field goal LA 14–10 Q4 LA Junkin 4 yard pass from Beuerlein (kick blocked)LA 20–10 Q4 5:49 LA Jackson 1 yard run (Bahr kick)LA 27–10 Q4 1:21 KC Paige 25 yard pass from DeBerg (Lowery kick)LA 27–17
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Standings [ edit ] Awards and records [ edit ] Tim Brown, Pro Bowl selection Tim Brown, led all AFC rookies in receiving yardage Tim Brown, led NFL with 26.8 yard average on kickoff return Tim Brown had more total yards rushing, receiving and returning kicks (2,317) than any other rookie in NFL history.[5] References [ edit ]
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