1988 Green Bay Packers season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Green Bay Packers 1988 4–12 5th NFC Central Lindy Infante Tom Braatz Lambeau FieldMilwaukee County Stadium Did not qualify None Packers seasons The 1988 Green Bay Packers season was their 70th season overall and their 68th in the National Football League (NFL). Before the season began, the team hired Lindy Infante to be their head coach. Unable to improve on their 5–9–1 record from 1987, the Packers instead went 4–12 for their third consecutive losing season, as well as their sixth consecutive non-winning season, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. Because the Packers played 2 games against the Lions and lost both of them, even though they both went 4–12, the Packers were actually a weaker team than the Lions, thus putting the Packers fifth and last in the NFC Central. Offseason NFL draft 1988 NFL draft 1988 Green Bay Packers 1 7 Sterling Sharpe Wide receiver South Carolina yes yes yes 2 34 Shawn Patterson Defensive end Arizona State yes 3 61 Keith Woodside Running back Texas A&M yes 4 88 Rollin Putzier Defensive tackle Oregon 4 89 Chuck Cecil Safety Arizona yes yes 5 116 Darrell Reed Linebacker Oklahoma 6 144 Nate Hill Defensive end Auburn yes 7 173 Gary Richard Cornerback Pittsburgh yes 8 200 Patrick Collins Running back Oklahoma yes 9 228 Neal Wilkinson Tight end James Madison 10 256 Bud Keyes Quarterback Wisconsin 12 312 Scott Bolton Wide receiver Auburn yes yes https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1988_draft.htm 1988 Green Bay Packers draftees Pro-Football-Reference.com December 26, 2013 Undrafted free agents + 1988 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeStephone AveryCornerbackNortheast LouisianaErik CampbellDefensive backMichiganDewey DoroughWide receiverColorado StateThomas FlesherDefensive endWeber StateWes GrossOffensive lineUtah StateTodd GregoireKickerWisconsinThomas HarperLinebackerHoustonFrank HarrisTight endNorthern MichiganJohn KidderGuardUCLAJeff McCombPunterSouthern UtahJohn NairnDefensive backColoradoEddie ParkerDefensive backTempleJohn PhillipsOffensive lineClemsonPaul PomfretTight endPenn StatePat ShurmurCenterMichigan StateMatt SoraghanLinebackerSouthwest Missouri StatePat TaylorLinebackerArizona StateTom WhelihanKickerMissouriPhil ZelinskiLinebackerCentral Michigan Sean Russell Wide Receiver University of California Santa Barbara Personnel Staff 1988 Green Bay Packers President – Robert J. Parins Executive vice-president of administration – Bob Harlan Executive vice-president of football operations – Tom Braatz Head coach – Lindy Infante Offensive backs – Willie Peete Wide receivers – Wayne "Buddy" Geis Tight ends – Virgil Knight Offensive line – Charlie Davis Offensive assistant – Joe Clark Defensive coordinator – Hank Bullough Defensive line – Greg Blache Outside linebackers – Dick Moseley Defensive backs – Dick Jauron Special teams – Howard Tippett Strength and conditioning – Virgil Knight http://nfl.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/coaches/ All Time Coaches Database Packers.com December 26, 2013 December 27, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131227073313/http://nfl.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/coaches/ dead Roster 1988 Green Bay Packers 10 Blair Kiel  7 Don Majkowski 30 Paul Ott Carruth 25 Patrick Collins American football y 36 Kenneth Davis American football 21 Brent Fullwood 34 Larry Mason American football 45 Lavale Thomas 33 Keith Woodside y 82 Scott Bolton American football y 81 Perry Kemp 88 Aubrey Matthews 83 Patrick Scott American football 84 Sterling Sharpe y 80 Clint Didier 86 Ed West American football 58 Mark Cannon American football C 64 Steve Collier T 60 Dave Croston T 74 Darryl Haley T 65 Ron Hallstrom G 57 Rich Moran G 75 Ken Ruettgers T 70 Keith Uecker T 93 Robert Brown American football, born 1960 DE 76 Alphonso Carreker DE 79 Bob Nelson defensive tackle NT 96 Shawn Patterson American football y DE 68 Blaise Winter NT 59 John Anderson American football OLB 56 Burnell Dent ILB 99 John Dorsey American football ILB 97 Tim Harris linebacker OLB 50 Johnny Holland ILB 91 Brian Noble American football ILB 54 Scott Stephen OLB 52 Mike Weddington OLB 32 Dave Brown cornerback CB 26 Chuck Cecil y FS 23 Tiger Greene SS 22 Mark Lee American football CB 44 Chris Mandeville FS 37 Mark Murphy safety, born 1958 SS 28 Ron Pitts CB 17 Don Bracken P  5 Curtis Burrow K 62 Kani Kauahi LS 47 J.R. Ambrose y WR IR 31 Joe Armentrout RB IR 61 Jerry Boyarsky NT IR 85 Phil Epps WR IR 89 Joey Hackett TE IR 38 Norman Jefferson CB IR 39 Kenneth Johnson American football CB IR 46 Gary Richard y CB IR 77 Tommy Robison G IR 87 Walter Stanley WR IR 29 Ken Stills S IR 73 Alan Veingrad LT IR 16 Randy Wright QB IR 47 active, 14 inactive None Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 4 Los Angeles Rams L 7–34 0–1 Lambeau Field 53,769 2 September 11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10–13 0–2 Lambeau Field 52,584 3 September 18 at Miami Dolphins L 17–24 0–3 Joe Robbie Stadium 54,409 4 September 25 Chicago Bears L 6–24 0–4 Lambeau Field 56,492 5 October 2 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 24–27 0–5 Tampa Stadium 40,003 6 October 9 New England Patriots W 45–3 1–5 Milwaukee County Stadium 51,932 7 October 16 at Minnesota Vikings W 34–14 2–5 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 59,053 8 October 23 Washington Redskins L 17–20 2–6 Milwaukee County Stadium 51,767 9 October 30 at Buffalo Bills L 0–28 2–7 Rich Stadium 79,176 10 November 6 at Atlanta Falcons L 0–20 2–8 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 29,952 11 November 13 Indianapolis Colts L 13–20 2–9 Lambeau Field 53,492 12 November 20 Detroit Lions L 9–19 2–10 Milwaukee County Stadium 44,327 13 November 27 at Chicago Bears L 0–16 2–11 Soldier Field 62,026 14 December 4 at Detroit Lions L 14–30 2–12 Pontiac Silverdome 28,124 15 December 11 Minnesota Vikings W 18–6 3–12 Lambeau Field 48,892 16 December 18 at Phoenix Cardinals W 26–17 4–12 Sun Devil Stadium 44,586 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Game summaries Week 1: vs. Los Angeles Rams Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week One: Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers – Game summary September 4 12:00 PM CDT/1:00 PM EDT Rams 7 14 10 3 Packers 0 0 0 7 Dick Hantak Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin CBS Steve Zabriskie and Terry Bradshaw https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198809040gnb.htm Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers - September 4th, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com First quarter LA – Greg Bell 1 yd. TD run XP good (LA 7–0) Second quarter LA – Greg Bell 3 yd. TD pass from Jim Everett XP good (LA 14–0) LA – Henry Ellard 11 yd TD pass from Jim Everett XP good (LA 21–0) Third quarter LA – Mike Lansford 33 yd. field goal (LA 24–0) LA – Jerry Gray 47 yd INT return for TD XP good (LA 31–0) Fourth quarter GB – Ed West 17 yd. TD pass from Don Majkowski XP good (LA 31–7) LA – Mike Lansford 29 yd. field goal (LA 34–7) Week 2: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; Week Two: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers – Game summary September 11 12:00 PM CDT Buccaneers 0 10 0 3 Packers 10 0 0 0 Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin Jerry Seeman CBS Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198809110gnb.htm Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers - September 11th, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 3: at Miami Dolphins Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week Three: Green Bay Packers at Miami Dolphins – Game summary September 18 1:00 PM EDT/12:00 PM CDT Packers 0 14 3 0 Dolphins 17 7 0 0 Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida Gordon McCarter CBS Steve Zabriskie and Will McDonough https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198809180mia.htm Green Bay Packers at Miami Dolphins - September 18th, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com First quarter MIA – Fuad Reveiz 29-yard field goal (MIA 3–0) MIA – Lorenzo Hampton 2 yd. TD run, Fuad Reveiz, XP good (MIA 10–0) MIA – Mark Clayton 25 yd. TD pass from Dan Marino, XP good (MIA 17–0) Second quarter GB Randy Wright 1 yd. TD run, Max Zendejas kick (MIA 17–7) MIA Ferrell Edmunds 4 yd TD pass from Dan Marino, XP good (MIA 24–7) GB Brent Fullwood 1 yd. TD run, XP good (MIA 24–14) GB Max Zendejas 36 yard field goal (MIA 24–17) 24–14 Third quarter Fourth quarter Week 4: vs. Chicago Bears Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week Four: Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers – Game summary September 25 12:00 PM Bears 0 17 0 7 Packers 6 0 0 0 Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin Tom Dooley CBS Tim Ryan and Dan Jiggetts https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198809250gnb.htm Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers - September 25th, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com First quarter GB – Brent Fullwood 2 yd TD run (kick failed) (GB 6–0) Second quarter CHI – Neal Anderson 45 yd TD run (Kevin Butler PAT) (CHI 7–6) CHI – Neal Anderson 4 yd TD run XP good (CHI 14–6) CHI – Kevin Butler 35 yd FG (CHI 17–6) Third quarter Fourth Quarter Thomas Sanders 5 yd. TD XP good (CHI 24–6) Week 5: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week Five: Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Game summary October 2 1:00 PM EDT Packers 3 7 7 7 Buccaneers 0 10 0 17 Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida Fred Wyant CBS Greg Gumbel and Ken Stabler https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198810020tam.htm Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - October 2nd, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com First quarter GB – Max Zendejas 44 yd field goal (GB 3–0) Second quarter TB – Donald Igwebuike 45 yd field goal (GB 3–3) TB – Kevin Murphy 35 INT return for TD XP good (TB 10–3) GB – Ed West 14 yd TD pass from Randy Wright XP good (TB 10–10) Third quarter GB – Brent Fullwood 1 yd TD run XP good (GB 17–10) Fourth quarter TB – Lars Tate 1 yd TD run XP good (GB 17–17) GB – Randy Wright 1 yd TD run XP good (GB 24–17) TB – Bruce Hill 19 yd TD pass from Vinny Testaverde XP good (GB 24–24) TB – Donald Igwebuike 44 yard field goal (TB 27–24) Week 7: at Minnesota Vikings Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week Seven: Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings – Game Summary October 16 time: 1:00 PM EDT Packers 9 7 8 10 Vikings 0 7 0 7 Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota Ben Dreith CBS James Brown and Gary Fencik https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198810160min.htm Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings - October 16th, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week Eight: Washington Redskins at Green Bay Packers – Game summary October 23 time: 3:00 PM CDT Redskins 10 0 7 3 Packers 7 3 7 0 Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Red Cashion CBS Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198810230gnb.htm Washington Redskins at Green Bay Packers - October 23rd, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 9: at Buffalo Bills Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week Nine: Green Bay Packers at Buffalo Bills – Game summary October 30 1:00 PM EDT Packers 0 0 0 0 Bills 7 7 7 7 Rich Stadium, Buffalo, New York Gene Barth CBS Greg Gumbel and Ken Stabler https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198810300buf.htm Green Bay Packers at Buffalo Bills - October 30th, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 10: at Atlanta Falcons Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week 10: Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons – Game summary November 6 1:00 PM ET Packers 0 0 0 0 Falcons 7 10 0 3 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Fred Wyant CBS James Brown and Gary Fencik https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198811060atl.htm Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons - November 6th, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 12: vs. Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week 12: Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers – Game summary November 20 1:00 PM EDT Lions 3 6 0 10 Packers 0 0 3 6 Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Fred Silva CBS James Brown and Gary Fencik https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198811200gnb.htm Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers - November 20th, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 13: at Chicago Bears Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week 13: Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears – Game summary November 27 12:00 PM CDT Packers 0 0 0 0 Bears' 7 0 7 2 Soldier Field, Chicago Pat Haggerty CBS Pat Summerall and John Madden https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198811270chi.htm Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears - November 27th, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 14: at Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week 14: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions – Game summary December 4 1:00 ETD Packers 0 0 0 14 Lions 10 17 0 3 Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan CBS Red Cashion Steve Zabriskie and Gary Fencik https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198812040det.htm Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions - December 4th, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 15: vs. Minnesota Vikings Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week 15: Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers – Game summary December 11 time: 12:00 PM CDT Vikings 0 3 0 3 Packers 7 3 6 2 Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin Bob McElwee CBS Steve Zabriskie and Ken Stabler https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198812110gnb.htm Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers - December 11th, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 16: at Phoenix Cardinals Green Bay Packers 1988 2; text-align:center; autocollapse Week 16: Green Bay Packers at Phoenix Cardinals – Game summary December 18 2:00 PM Packers 13 7 6 0 Cardinals 7 10 0 0 Sun Devil Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona Jerry Markbreit CBS Tim Ryan and Dan Jiggetts https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198812180crd.htm Green Bay Packers at Phoenix Cardinals - December 18th, 1988 Pro-Football-Reference.com Standings References 30em External links 1988 Green Bay Packers at Pro-Football-Reference.com Category:Green Bay Packers seasons Green Bay Packers Green Bay