1988 Houston Oilers

1988 Houston Oilers season
Head Coach	Jerry Glanville
Home Field	Astrodome
Results
Record	10–6
Place	3rd AFC Central
Playoff Finish	Lost AFC Divisional Playoff (at Bills) 10-17
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1987	1989

The 1988 season was the Houston Oilers 29th season and their 19th in the NFL. The franchise scored 424 points, which was second in the AFC and second overall in the NFL. The defense gave up 365 points. Their record of 10 wins and 6 losses resulted in a third place finish in the AFC Central Division. The Oilers appeared once on Monday Night Football and appeared in the playoffs for the second consecutive year. Warren Moon would be selected for the Pro Bowl.

Personnel

Staff

1988 Houston Oilers final staff
	Front Office Owner/Chairman of the Board/President – Bud Adams Executive Vice President/General Manager – Ladd Herzeg Head Coaches Head Coach – Jerry Glanville Offensive Coaches Quarterbacks – June Jones Running Backs – Ray Sherman Receivers – Milt Jackson Tight Ends – Richard Smith Offensive Line – Kim Helton			Defensive Coaches Defensive Line – Doug Shively Linebackers – Floyd Reese Secondary – Nick Saban Special Teams Coaches Special Teams – Richard Smith Strength and Conditioning Strength and Rehabilitation – Steve Watterson

Roster

1988 Houston Oilers roster
	Quarterbacks 14 Cody Carlson  1 Warren Moon 10 Brent Pease Running backs 32 Alonzo Highsmith FB 20 Allen Pinkett KR 30 Mike Rozier Wide receivers 80 Curtis Duncan 81 Ernest Givins 85 Drew Hill 84 Haywood Jeffires Tight ends 88 Chris Verhulst 87 Jamie Williams		Offensive linemen 77 Bruce Davis T 74 Bruce Matthews G 63 Mike Munchak G 52 Jay Pennison C 70 Dean Steinkuhler T 75 Vince Stroth G Defensive linemen 97 Robert Banks DE 71 Richard Byrd DT 79 Ray Childress DT 95 William Fuller DE 96 Sean Jones DE 99 Doug Smith DT		Linebackers 59 John Grimsley OLB 93 Robert Lyles 91 Johnny Meads OLB 53 Eugene Seale MLB 54 Al Smith MLB Defensive backs 29 Patrick Allen CB 25 Keith Bostic SS 24 Steve Brown CB 28 Cris Dishman CB 21 Tracey Eaton S 27 Quintin Jones 23 Richard Johnson CB Special teams 9 Greg Montgomery P 7 Tony Zendejas K		Reserve lists Practice/Taxi Squad Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 4, 1988	at Indianapolis Colts	W 17–14	57,251
2	September 11, 1988	Los Angeles Raiders	W 38–35	46,050
3	September 18, 1988	at New York Jets	L 45–3	64,683
4	September 25, 1988	New England Patriots	W 31–6	38,646
5	October 2, 1988	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 32–23	64,692
6	October 9, 1988	Kansas City Chiefs	W 7–6	39,134
7	October 16, 1988	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–14	52,229
8	October 23, 1988	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 44–21	54,659
9	October 30, 1988	Washington Redskins	W 41–17	48,781
10	November 7, 1988	Cleveland Browns	W 24–17	51,467
11	November 13, 1988	at Seattle Seahawks	L 27–24	60,446
12	November 20, 1988	Phoenix Cardinals	W 38–20	43,843
13	November 24, 1988	at Dallas Cowboys	W 25–17	50,845
14	December 4, 1988	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 37–34	47,791
15	December 11, 1988	Cincinnati Bengals	W 41–6	50,269
16	December 18, 1988	at Cleveland Browns	L 28–23	74,610

Standings

1988 AFC Central standings
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Streak
Cincinnati Bengals	12	4	0	.750	448	329	W1
Cleveland Browns	10	6	0	.625	304	288	W1
Houston Oilers	10	6	0	.625	424	365	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	11	0	.313	336	421	W1

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Wildcard	December 24, 1988	at Cleveland Browns	W 24–23	74,977
Divisional	January 1, 1989	at Buffalo Bills	L 17–10	79,532

Awards and records

• Warren Moon, Pro Bowl
• Warren Moon, All-Pro selection

Milestones

• Drew Hill, 3rd 1,000 Yard Receiving Season (1,141)

External links

• 1988 Houston Oilers season article at Wikipedia
• 1988 Houston Oilers at Pro Football Reference
• 1988 Houston Oilers at jt-sw.com