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Cincinnati

Bengals

HC Sam Wyche OC Bruce Coslet DC Dick LeBeau

1988 season
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12–4 Regular season · +119 point diff Lost SB · 16–20 @ SF

Franchise 57 seasons 405–474–4 all-time 16 playoff trips 0 Super Bowls

28.0 Points / game #1 of 28
19.1 Allowed / game #10 of 28
394 Yards / game #1 of 28
350 Yds allowed / game #17 of 28
37 Sacks #10 of 28
14 Giveaways #2 of 28

Results

  1. W1 W 21–14
  2. @ W2 W 28–24
  3. @ W3 W 17–12
  4. W4 W 24–17
  5. @ W5 W 45–21
  6. W6 W 36–19
  7. @ W7 L 21–27
  8. W8 W 44–21
  9. @ W9 L 16–23
  10. W10 W 42–7
  11. @ W11 L 28–31
  12. @ W12 W 38–24
  13. W13 W 35–21
  14. W14 W 27–10
  15. @ W15 L 6–41
  16. W16 W 20–17
  17. DIV W 21–13
  18. CON W 21–10
  19. @ SB L 16–20

Team leaders

Passing Boomer Esiason 3,572 yds · 28 TD · 14 INT
Rushing Ickey Woods 1,066 yds · 15 TD · 5.3 Y/C
Receiving Eddie Brown 53 rec · 1,273 yds · 9 TD
Tackles Tim Krumrie 152 tkl · 152 solo
Sacks Jim Skow 9.5 sacks · 2 FF
Interceptions Eric Thomas 7 INT

Margin by game

Points won or lost by Win Loss
  1. +7 1
  2. +4 2
  3. +5 3
  4. +7 4
  5. +24 5
  6. +17 6
  7. −6 7
  8. +23 8
  9. −7 9
  10. +35 10
  11. −3 11
  12. +14 12
  13. +14 13
  14. +17 14
  15. −35 15
  16. +3 16
  17. +8 DIVD
  18. +11 CONC
  19. −4 SBS