1988 New England Patriots season

1988 New England Patriots season
Head coach	Raymond Berry
General manager	Patrick Sullivan
Owner	Victor Kiam
Home field	Sullivan Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	T-2nd AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	RB John Stephens LB Johnny Rembert LB Andre Tippett
AP All-Pros	T Bruce Armstrong (2nd team) LB Andre Tippett (2nd team)
Uniform

The New England Patriots finished the National Football League's 1988 season with a record of nine wins and seven losses, and finished tied for second in the AFC East division.

Personnel

Staff

1988 New England Patriots staff
	Front office Chairman – Victor Kiam Vice Chairman – Fran Murray President – Billy Sullivan Vice President – Bucko Kilroy General Manager – Patrick Sullivan Director of Player Development – Dick Steinberg Director of Pro Scouting – Bill McPeak Director of College Scouting – Joe Mendes Head coaches Head Coach – Raymond Berry Assistant Head Coach-Offense – Rod Humenuik Special Assistant to Head Coach – John Polonchek Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Rod Humenuik Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator – Les Steckel Offensive Backfield/Running Game Coordinator – Bobby Grier Receivers – Harold Jackson Tight Ends – Dante Scarnecchia Assistant Offensive Line – Guy Morriss			Defensive coaches Defensive Line – Eddie Khayat Assistant Defensive Line – Ray Hamilton Linebackers – Don Shinnick Defensive Backfield – Jimmy Carr Staff Assistant – Don Blackmon Special teams coaches Special Teams – Dante Scarnecchia Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Jerry Simmons

Roster

1988 New England Patriots roster
	Quarterbacks 11 Tony Eason  2 Doug Flutie 14 Steve Grogan 12 Tom Ramsey Running backs 34 Bob Perryman FB 44 John Stephens Wide receivers 80 Irving Fryar PR 82 Sammy Martin KR 86 Stanley Morgan		Tight ends 81 Russ Francis Offensive linemen 78 Bruce Armstrong T 68 Mike Baab C 62 Sean Farrell G 73 Danny Villa T 61 Ron Wooten G		Defensive linemen 72 Tim Goad NT 60 Garin Veris DE 96 Brent Williams DE Linebackers 50 Larry McGrew OLB 52 Johnny Rembert ILB 95 Ed Reynolds ILB 56 Andre Tippett OLB		Defensive backs 26 Raymond Clayborn CB 38 Roland James SS 42 Ronnie Lippett CB 31 Fred Marion FS Special teams  6 Jeff Feagles P  7 Teddy Garcia K Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 4, 1988	New York Jets	W 28–3	1–0	44,027
2	September 11, 1988	at Minnesota Vikings	L 36–6	1–1	55,545
3	September 18, 1988	Buffalo Bills	L 16–14	1–2	55,945
4	September 25, 1988	at Houston Oilers	L 31–6	1–3	38,646
5	October 2, 1988	Indianapolis Colts	W 21–17	2–3	58,050
6	October 9, 1988	at Green Bay Packers	L 45–3	2–4	51,932
7	October 16, 1988	Cincinnati Bengals	W 27–21	3–4	59,969
8	October 23, 1988	at Buffalo Bills	L 23–20	3–5	76,824
9	October 30, 1988	Chicago Bears	W 30–7	4–5	60,821
10	November 6, 1988	Miami Dolphins	W 21–10	5–5	60,840
11	November 13, 1988	at New York Jets	W 14–13	6–5	48,358
12	November 20, 1988	at Miami Dolphins	W 6–3	7–5	53,526
13	November 27, 1988	at Indianapolis Colts	L 24–21	7–6	58,157
14	December 4, 1988	Seattle Seahawks	W 13–7	8–6	59,086
15	December 11, 1988	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 10–7	9–6	39,889
16	December 17, 1988	at Denver Broncos	L 21–10	9–7	70,910

Game summaries

Week 5

1 2 3 4 Total Colts 0 7 0 10 17 • Patriots 0 7 0 14 21 Date: October 2 Location: Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 68°F; wind 19

Scoring summary Q2 NE Perryman 1 yard run (Garcia kick) NE 7–0 Q2 IND Dickerson 1 yard run (Biasucci kick) Tie 7–7 Q4 NE Morgan 26 yard pass from Flutie (Garcia kick) NE 14–7 Q4 IND Biasucci 20 yard field goal NE 14–10 Q4 IND Brooks 48 yard pass from Chandler (Biasucci kick) IND 17–14 Q4 NE Flutie 13 yard run (Garcia kick) NE 21–17

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

See also

• New England Patriots seasons