1988 Philadelphia Eagles

1988 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head Coach	Buddy Ryan
Home Field	Veterans Stadium
Results
Record	10–6
Place	1st NFC East
Playoff Finish	Lost Divisional Round (at Bears 12-20)
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1987	1989

The 1988 Philadelphia Eagles season resulted in an appearance in the postseason for the first time since 1981.

Offseason

Player Selections

The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

= Pro Bowler

= Hall of Famer

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	9	Keith Jackson	Tight End	Oklahoma
2
3
4
5
6	149	Don McPherson	Quarterback	Syracuse
6	176	Todd White	Wide Receiver	Cal State-Fullerton
8
9
10
11
12

Regular season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Record	Att.
1	Sept. 4	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Win	41-14	1–0	43,502
2	Sept. 11	Cincinnati Bengals	Loss	24-28	1–1	66,459
3	Sept. 18	at Washington Redskins	Loss	10-17	1–2	53,920
4	Sept. 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

Standings

NFC East
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia Eagles	10	6	0	.625	379	319
New York Giants	10	6	0	.625	359	304
Washington Redskins	7	9	0	.438	345	387
Phoenix Cardinals	7	9	0	.438	344	398
Dallas Cowboys	3	13	0	.188	265	381

Playoffs

NFC Divisional Playoff

For more details on this topic, see Fog Bowl (American football).

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

• stadium= Soldier Field, Chicago
• time= 11:30 a.m. CST
• TV=CBS
• TVAnnouncers= Verne Lundquist and Terry Bradshaw
• referee= Jim Tunney
• attendance= 65,534

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
• Sporting News Rookie of the Year: Keith Jackson

References

• Eagles on Pro Football Reference
• Eagles on jt-sw.com
• Eagles on Eagles.net