1988 Miami Dolphins season

1988 Miami Dolphins season
Head coach	Don Shula
Home field	Joe Robbie Stadium
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	5th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1988 Miami Dolphins season was the team's 23rd as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins failed to improve upon their previous season's output of 8–7, winning only six games^[1] and failing to reach the playoffs for the third straight season.

The Dolphins offensive line set the record for fewest sacks in a single season with 7 during 1988, protecting quarterback Dan Marino. Marino was only sacked on 0.98% of his dropbacks in 1988, also a single-season NFL record.^[2]

Personnel

Staff

1988 Miami Dolphins staff
	Front office President – Joe Robbie Executive Vice President/General Manager – Mike Robbie Vice President of Administration and Finance – Eddie Jones Vice President – Don Shula Director of Player Personnel – Chuck Connor Director of Pro Scouting – Charley Winner Head coaches Head Coach – Don Shula Assistant Head Coach – David Shula Offensive coaches Quarterbacks/Pass Game – David Shula Offensive Backs – Carl Taseff Receivers – Larry Seiple Tight Ends – Mike Westhoff Offensive Line – John Sandusky			Defensive coaches Defense – Tom Olivadotti Defensive Line – Dan Sekanovich Linebackers – Chuck Studley Defensive Backs – Mel Phillips Special teams coaches Special Teams – Mike Westhoff Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Junior Wade

Roster

1988 Miami Dolphins roster
	Quarterbacks 13 Dan Marino Running backs 20 Joe Cribbs KR 34 Woody Bennett FB 27 Lorenzo Hampton Wide receivers 83 Mark Clayton 85 Mark Duper 81 Scott Schwedes PR		Tight ends 80 Ferrell Edmunds Offensive linemen 65 Jeff Dellenbach C 61 Roy Foster G 62 Harry Galbreath G 79 Jon Giesler T 72 Ronnie Lee T		Defensive linemen 98 Jackie Cline DE 70 Brian Sochia NT 95 T. J. Turner DE Linebackers 51 Mark Brown 99 Rick Graf 55 Hugh Green 56 John Offerdahl		Defensive backs 29 Liffort Hobley SS 49 William Judson CB 44 Paul Lankford CB 26 Jarvis Williams FS Special teams  4 Reggie Roby P  7 Fuad Reveiz K Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 4, 1988	at Chicago Bears	L 34–7	63,330
2	September 11, 1988	at Buffalo Bills	L 9–6	79,520
3	September 18, 1988	Green Bay Packers	W 24–17	54,409
4	September 25, 1988	at Indianapolis Colts	L 15–13	59,638
5	October 2, 1988	Minnesota Vikings	W 24–7	59,867
6	October 9, 1988	at Los Angeles Raiders	W 24–14	50,751
7	October 16, 1988	San Diego Chargers	W 31–28	58,972
8	October 23, 1988	New York Jets	L 44–30	68,292
9	October 30, 1988	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 17–14	67,352
10	November 6, 1988	at New England Patriots	L 21–10	60,840
11	November 14, 1988	Buffalo Bills	L 31–6	67,091
12	November 20, 1988	New England Patriots	L 6–3	53,526
13	November 27, 1988	at New York Jets	L 38–34	52,752
14	December 4, 1988	Indianapolis Colts	L 31–28	45,236
15	December 12, 1988	Cleveland Browns	W 38–31	61,884
16	December 18, 1988	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 40–24	36,051

Game summaries

Week 6

1 2 3 4 Total • Dolphins 0 24 0 0 24 Raiders 0 0 7 7 14 Date: October 9 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 74°F, wind 10 mph

Scoring summary 2 MIA Lorenzo Hampton 1 yard run (Fuad Reveiz kick) Dolphins 7–0 2 MIA Liffort Hobley 19 yard fumble return (Fuad Reveiz kick) Dolphins 14–0 2 MIA Fuad Reveiz 45 yard field goal Dolphins 17–0 2 MIA Jim Jensen 17 yard pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick) Dolphins 24–0 3 LA Mervyn Fernandez 7 yard pass from Jay Schroeder (Chris Bahr kick) Dolphins 24–7 4 LA Steve Strachan 13 yard pass from Jay Schroeder (Chris Bahr kick) Dolphins 24–14

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Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Buffalo Bills^(2)	12	4	0	.750	7–1	10–2	329	237	L1
Indianapolis Colts	9	7	0	.563	5–3	7–5	354	315	W1
New England Patriots	9	7	0	.563	5–3	7–5	250	284	L1
New York Jets	8	7	1	.531	3–5	6–7–1	372	354	W2
Miami Dolphins	6	10	0	.375	0–8	3–9	319	380	L1

Awards and records

• October 23, 1988: Dan Marino set a franchise record for most throwing yards in one game (521)^[5]
• November 6, 1988: Jim Jensen set a franchise record for most receptions in one game (12) ^[5]
• Brian Sochia, Pro Bowl selection

References

1. 1988 Miami Dolphins
2. Pro-Football-Reference.com – NFL Single-Season Sacked % Leaders
3. "1988 Miami Dolphins starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
4. Pro-Football-Reference.com
5. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.60

External links

• 1988 Miami Dolphins at Pro-Football-Reference.com