1988 Philadelphia Eagles season

1988 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coach	Buddy Ryan
Owner	Norman Braman
Home field	Veterans Stadium
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	1st NFC East
Playoff finish	Lost Divisional Round

The 1988 Philadelphia Eagles season resulted in a winning season and an appearance in the postseason for the first time since 1981. The Eagles won the NFC East for the first time in seven seasons, but lost to the Chicago Bears in the NFC Divisional round during the Fog Bowl.

On the final day of the regular season, Philadelphia dumped Dallas, 23–7, but had to wait for the end to the Jets-Giants game at Giants Stadium to learn if they had clinched the division or not. The Jets won the game, 27–21, on a late TD 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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	9	Keith Jackson	Tight End	Oklahoma
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3
4
5
6	149	Don McPherson	Quarterback	Syracuse
6	176	Todd White	Wide Receiver	Cal State-Fullerton
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12

Personnel

Staff

1988 Philadelphia Eagles staff
	Front office Owner – Norman Braman President and Chief Operating Officer – Harry Gamble Director of Player Personnel – Joe Woolley Head coaches Head Coach – Buddy Ryan Offensive coaches Assistant Head Coach/Offense – Ted Plumb Quarterbacks – Doug Scovil Offensive Backs – Dave Atkins Offensive Line – Bill Walsh Assistant Offensive Line – Dan Neal			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Wade Phillips Defensive Line – Dale Haupt Defensive Backs – Jeff Fisher Special teams coaches Special Teams – Al Roberts Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Ronnie Jones

Regular season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Eagles points	Opponents	Record	Attendance
1	Sep 4	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Win	41	14	1–0	43,502
2	Sep 11	Cincinnati Bengals	Loss	24	28	1–1	66,459
3	Sep 18	at Washington Redskins	Loss	10	17	1–2	53,920
4	Sep 25	at Minnesota Vikings	Loss	21	23	1–3	56,012
5	Oct 2	Houston Oilers	Win	32	23	2–3	64,692
6	Oct 10	New York Giants	Win	24	13	3–3	63,736
7	Oct 16	at Cleveland Browns	Loss	3	19	3–4	78,787
8	Oct 23	Dallas Cowboys	Win	24	23	4–4	66,309
9	Oct 30	Atlanta Falcons	Loss	24	27	4–5	60,091
10	Nov 6	Los Angeles Rams	Win	30	24	5–5	65,624
11	Nov 13	at Pittsburgh Steelers	Win	27	26	6–5	46,026
12	Nov 20	at New York Giants	Win (OT)	23	17	7–5	43,621
13	Nov 27	Phoenix Cardinals	Win	31	21	8–5	57,918
14	Dec 4	Washington Redskins	Loss	19	20	8–6	65,947
15	Dec 10	at Phoenix Cardinals	Win	23	17	9–6	54,832
16	Dec 18	at Dallas Cowboys	Win	23	7	10–6	46,131

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Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles^(3)	10	6	0	.625	6–2	8–4	379	319	W2
New York Giants	10	6	0	.625	5–3	9–5	359	304	L1
Washington Redskins	7	9	0	.438	4–4	6–6	345	387	L2
Phoenix Cardinals	7	9	0	.438	3–5	6–6	344	398	L5
Dallas Cowboys	3	13	0	.188	2–6	3–9	265	381	L1

Playoffs

NFC Divisional Playoff

Chicago Bears 20, Philadelphia Eagles 12

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	6	3	0	12
Bears	7	10	0	3	20

at Soldier Field, Chicago

• Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. CST
• Game attendance: 65,534
• Referee: Jim Tunney
• TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist and Terry Bradshaw

Known as The Fog Bowl, the Bears defeated the Eagles, 20–12, in a contest in which a heavy, dense fog rolled over Chicago's Soldier Field during the second quarter and cut visibility to about 15–20 yards for the rest of the game.

Awards and honors

• NFL All-Rookie: Eric Allen
• Bert Bell Award: Randall Cunningham^[2]
• Sporting News Rookie of the Year: Keith Jackson

References

1. http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1988-phi
2. http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm

External links

• 1988 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com