Cincinnati Bengals

12-4-0 • 1st in AFC Central •
Logo for the 1988 Cincinnati Bengals

PPG

28.0

1st

OPP PPG

20.6

16th

RUSH YDS/G

169.4

1st

PASS YDS/G

224.5

14th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

The Cincinnati Bengals were 12-4 in 1988. They finished 1st in the AFC Central and 1st in the AFC. They fell to the San Francisco 49ers, 20 to 16, in Super Bowl XXIII. It was their second Super Bowl appearance.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sun
1/22
 		@
SF logo SF
L
16-20
Sun
1/8
 		vs
BUF logo BUF
W
21-10
Sat
12/31
 		vs
SEA logo SEA
W
21-13
Sat
12/17
 		vs
WAS logo WAS
W
20-17
Sun
12/11
 		@
HOU logo HOU
L
6-41

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

3,572

Esiason

Esiason

RUSH YDS

1,066

Woods

Woods

REC YDS

1,273

Brown

Brown

1988 Division Standings

TEAM W L T PCT
Bengals logo Bengals
12 4 0 .750
Browns logo Browns
10 6 0 .625
Oilers logo Oilers
10 6 0 .625
Steelers logo Steelers
5 11 0 .313

1988 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 448 6,057 985 6.1 2,710 563 4.8 3,592 392 9.2 30 245 351 159 165 27 82 647
Team Rank 1st 1st 23rd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 14th 27th 1st 9th 16th 1st 1st 16th 7th 3rd 5th
Opponent 16 329 5,182 1,059 4.9 2,048 493 4.2 3,508 524 6.7 42 374 322 126 177 19 95 873
Opponent Rank 16th 15th 22nd 11th 18th 15th 22nd 12th 20th 10th 9th 25th 25th 21st 22nd 5th 17th 8th
Net +119 +875 -74 +1.3 +662 +70 +0.7 +84 -132 +2.5 -12 -129 +29 +33 -12 +8 -13 -226
Net Rank 2nd 4th 25th 1st 3rd 7th 4th 12th 27th 1st 7th 25th 6th 5th 17th 6th 11th 5th

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