1988 Philadelphia Eagles season

NFL team season December 2013 March 2026 Philadelphia Eagles 1988 10–6 1st NFC East Buddy Ryan Ted Plumb Wade Phillips Norman Braman Veterans Stadium 180px Lost Divisional Playoffs(at Bears) 12–20 Eagles seasons The 1988 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's fifty-sixth season in the National Football League (NFL). Background This season resulted in the team's appearance in the postseason for the first time since 1981. The Eagles won the NFC East for the first time since 1980, but lost to the Chicago Bears during the NFC Divisional round during the Fog Bowl. In control of its own destiny for a playoff berth, but not the NFC East title on the final day of the regular season, Philadelphia dumped the Dallas Cowboys, 23–7. Guaranteed a minimum of a wild card berth following a New Orleans Saints win, the team had to wait for the end to the New York Jets-New York Giants game at Giants Stadium to learn if had clinched the division or not to avoid the Wild Card round. The Jets won the game, 27–21, on a late touchdown strike from Ken O'Brien to Al Toon, giving the Eagles the NFC East crown on the tiebreaker of having beaten the Giants in both regular-season meetings. Offseason NFL draft 1988 Philadelphia Eagles Draft Round Selection Player Position College 1 9 Keith Jackson TE Oklahoma 2 30 Eric Allen CB Arizona State 3 64 Matt Patchan T Miami (Florida) 5 122 Eric Everett DB Texas Tech 6 149 Don McPherson QB Syracuse 160 Rob Sterling CB Maine 7 176 Todd White WR Cal State Fullerton 8 207 David Smith RB Western Kentucky 10 261 Joe Schuster DT Iowa 11 288 Izel Jenkins CB North Carolina State 12 288 Steve Kaufusi DE BYU Personnel Staff / Coaches 1988 Philadelphia Eagles Owner – Norman Braman President and chief operating officer – Harry Gamble Director of player personnel – Joe Woolley Head coach – Buddy Ryan Assistant head coach/offense – Ted Plumb Quarterbacks – Doug Scovil Offensive backs – Dave Atkins Offensive line – Bill Walsh Assistant offensive line – Dan Neal Defensive coordinator/linebackers – Wade Phillips Defensive line – Dale Haupt Defensive backs – Jeff Fisher Special teams – Al Roberts Strength and conditioning – Ronnie Jones Roster 1988 Philadelphia Eagles  6 Matt Cavanaugh 12 Randall Cunningham  9 Don McPherson y 32 Walter Abercrombie 41 Keith Byars 26 Michael Haddix 35 Mark Konecny KR/PR 25 Anthony Toney 81 Shawn Beals y WR/KR 80 Cris Carter 84 Kenny Jackson 85 Ron Johnson wide receiver, born 1958 82 Mike Quick 83 Jimmie Giles 88 Keith Jackson tight end y 89 David Little tight end LS 72 David Alexander American football G 63 Ron Baker American football G 78 Matt Darwin T 73 Ron Heller offensive tackle T 66 Ken Reeves American football T/G 50 Dave Rimington C 68 Reggie Singletary G 61 Ben Tamburello G 99 Jerome Brown DT 90 Mike Golic DT 97 John Klingel DE 74 Mike Pitts DT 96 Clyde Simmons DE 92 Reggie White DE 58 Ty Allert MLB 52 Todd Bell OLB 91 Scott Curtis American football y OLB 56 Byron Evans MLB 53 Dwayne Jiles OLB 59 Seth Joyner OLB 55 Mike Reichenbach American football MLB 21 Eric Allen y CB 42 Eric Everett y CB 33 William Frizzell SS 34 Terry Hoage FS 48 Wes Hopkins FS 46 Izel Jenkins y CB 20 Andre Waters SS 43 Roynell Young CB 10 John Teltschik P  8 Luis Zendejas K 87 Eric Bailey American football TE IR 95 Doug Bartlett American football DT IR 77 Donald Evans American football DE IR 86 Gregg Garrity WR IR 94 Steve Kaufusi y DE IR 57 Ron Moten LB IR 98 Joe Schuster defensive lineman y DT IR 65 Ron Solt G IR 47 Rob Sterling y S IR 47 active, 9 inactive Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 4 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 41–14 1–0 Tampa StadiumRecap 2 September 11 Cincinnati Bengals L 24–28 1–1 Veterans Stadium Recap 3 September 18 at Washington Redskins L 10–17 1–2 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Recap 4 September 25 at Minnesota Vikings L 21–23 1–3 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Recap 5October 2 Houston Oilers W 32–23 2–3 Veterans Stadium Recap 6 October 10 New York Giants W 24–13 3–3 Veterans Stadium Recap 7 October 16 at Cleveland Browns L 3–19 3–4 Cleveland Stadium Recap 8 October 23 Dallas Cowboys W 24–23 4–4 Veterans Stadium Recap 9 October 30 Atlanta Falcons L 24–27 4–5 Veterans Stadium Recap 10 November 6 Los Angeles Rams W 30–24 5–5 Veterans Stadium Recap 11 November 13 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 27–26 6–5 Three Rivers Stadium Recap 12 November 20 at New York Giants W 23–17 (OT) 7–5 Giants Stadium Recap 13 November 27 Phoenix Cardinals W 31–21 8–5 Veterans Stadium Recap 14 December 4 Washington Redskins L 19–20 8–6 Veterans StadiumRecap 15 December 10 at Phoenix Cardinals W 23–17 9–6 Sun Devil StadiumRecap 16 December 18 at Dallas Cowboys W 23–7 10–6 Texas Stadium Recaphttp://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1988-phi 1988 Philadelphia Eagles Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Season summary Week 1 Eagles 21 13 7 0 Buccaneers 0 0 14 0 September 4 Tampa Stadium EST 43,502 Johnny Grier James Brown and Gary Fencik CBS yes Q1 13:30 PHI Quick 37 yard pass from Cunningham (Dorsey kick) PHI 7–0 Q1 3:40 PHI Toney 2 yard run (Dorsey kick) PHI 14–0 Q1 2:23 PHI Jackson 8 yard pass from Cunningham (Dorsey kick) PHI 21–0 Q2 7:10 PHI Dorsey 23 yard field goal PHI 24–0 Q2 2:22 PHI Dorsey 24 yard field goal PHI 27–0 Q2 0:30 PHI Cunningham 2 yard run (Dorsey kick) PHI 34–0 Q3 11:12 TB Hill 42 yard pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick) PHI 34–7 Q3 6:37 PHI Hoage 38 yard run (Dorsey kick) PHI 41–7 Q3 1:32 TB Carrier 56 yard pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick) PHI 41–14 yes The Football Database. Retrieved 2018-Jan-15. The Eagles played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Tampa Stadium where temperatures reached 90-degrees. On the Eagles’ fourth play of the game, Bucs linebacker Kevin Murphy chased Cunningham out of the pocket, and he rolled to his left and floated a 37-yard TD to Mike Quick. The first quarter ended with the Eagles up 21 to 0 after Anthony Toney ran for a TD and Cunningham threw an 8-yard TD to Jackson. The Eagles even scored on a 38-yard TD run by safety Terry Hoage on the only carry of his 13-year career.Frank Reuben September 6, 2018 Roob's 10 observations: Nick Foles' strange career, Jason Peters' age, 2018 predictions https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/roobs-10-observations-nick-foles-strange-career-jason-peters-age-2018-predictions-repeat-super-bowl-nfl CSNPhilly Philadelphia Week 2 Bengals 7 7 0 14 Eagles 14 0 3 7 September 11 Veterans Stadium Bob McElwee Kevin Slaten and Dave Lapham NBC Week 3 Eagles 0 3 0 7 Redskins 14 0 3 0 September 18 RFK Stadium Jerry Markbreit Verne Lundquist and Terry Bradshaw CBS Week 4 Eagles 0 14 0 7 Vikings 10 0 7 6 September 25 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Indoors (dome) Jim Tunney Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts CBS Week 5 Oilers 16 0 0 7 Eagles 0 20 9 3 October 2 Veterans Stadium Dick Jorgensen NBC Week 6 Giants 3 0 3 7 Eagles 0 14 3 7 October 10 Veterans Stadium Fred Wyant Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf ABC Week 7 Eagles 0 3 0 0 Browns 3 0 6 10 October 16 Cleveland Stadium Johnny Grier Steve Zabriskie and Will McDonough CBS Week 8 Cowboys 17 3 3 0 Eagles 0 7 3 14 October 23 Veterans Stadium Dick Hantak Verne Lundquist and Dan Jiggetts CBS Week 9 Falcons 0 7 13 7 Eagles 3 7 0 14 October 30 Veterans Stadium Ben Dreith James Brown and Gary Fencik CBS Week 10 Rams 3 7 0 14 Eagles 0 10 10 10 November 6 Veterans Stadium Bob McElwee Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts CBS Week 11 Eagles 0 14 3 10 Steelers 10 6 7 3 November 13 Three Rivers Stadium Fred Wyant Tim Ryan and Dan Jiggetts CBS Week 12 Eagles 7 3 0 7 6 Giants 7 3 7 0 0 November 20 Giants Stadium Tom Dooley Pat Summerall and John Madden CBS Week 13 Cardinals 7 7 0 7 Eagles 7 0 17 7 November 27 Veterans Stadium Gordon McCarter Tim Ryan and Dan Jiggets CBS Week 14 Redskins 7 0 3 10 Eagles 3 13 3 0 December 4 Veterans Stadium EST Ben Dreith Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts CBS Week 15 Eagles 21 0 0 2 Cardinals 0 7 7 3 December 10 Sun Devil Stadium Pat Haggerty Verne Lundquist and Terry Bradshaw CBS Week 16 Eagles 0 10 7 6 Cowboys 7 0 0 0 December 18 Texas Stadium CST Jim Tunney Tim Brandt and Hank Stram CBS Standings Postseason 1988–89 NFL playoffs Schedule Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Recap Wild CardFirst-round bye Divisional December 31, 1988 F j, Y at Chicago Bears (1) L 12–20 0–1 Soldier Field Recap Game summaries NFC Divisional Playoffs: at (1) Chicago Bears text-align:center; Philadelphia Eagles 1988 2 NFC Divisional Playoffs: (3) Philadelphia Eagles at (1) Chicago Bears – Game summary Eagles 3 6 3 0 Bears 7 10 0 3 Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois December 31, 1988 F j, Y 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. CST CBS Verne Lundquist (play-by-play) and Terry Bradshaw (color commentator) Jim Tunney 65,534 25 F, sunny, then fog in the 2nd half First quarter CHI – Dennis McKinnon 64-yard pass from Mike Tomczak (Kevin Butler kick). Bears 7–0. PHI – Luis Zendejas 42-yard field goal. Bears 7–3. PHI – Luis Zendejas 29-yard field goal. Bears 7–6. Second quarter CHI – Neal Anderson 4-yard run (Kevin Butler kick). Bears 14–6. CHI – Kevin Butler 46-yard field goal. Bears 17–6. PHI – Luis Zendejas 30-yard field goal. Bears 17–9. Third quarter PHI – Luis Zendejas 35-yard field goal. Bears 17–12. Fourth quarter CHI – Kevin Butler 27-yard field goal. Bears 20–12. Top passers PHI – Randall Cunningham – 27/54, 407 yards, 3 INT CHI – Mike Tomczak – 10/20, 172 yards, TD, 3 INT Top rushers PHI – Keith Byars – 7 rushes, 34 yards CHI – Thomas Sanders – 8 rushes, 94 yards Top receivers PHI – Keith Jackson – 7 receptions, 142 yards CHI – Dennis McKinnon – 4 receptions, 108 yards, TD Awards and honors NFL All-Rookie: Eric Allen Bert Bell Award: Randall Cunninghamhttp://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm Maxwell Football Club - Bert Bell Award Past Recipients 2012-08-03 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090619081037/http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm June 19, 2009 mdy Sporting News Rookie of the Year: Keith Jackson References External links 1988 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com Category:Philadelphia Eagles seasons Philadelphia Eagles Category:NFC East championship seasons Philadelphia Eagles