1988 Green Bay Packers season

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1988 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach Lindy Infante
Home field Lambeau Field
Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record 4–12
Division place 5th NFC Central
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1988 Green Bay Packers season was their 68th season in the National Football League. Under coach Lindy Infante, the club had their second 4–12 in three seasons, finishing last place in the NFC Central division. 1988 was the first season the Packers played under Lindy Infante.

Contents

Offseason [edit]

NFL Draft [edit]

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
7 Green Bay Packers Sterling Sharpe Wide Receiver South Carolina
34 Green Bay Packers Shawn Patterson Defensive End Arizona State
61 Green Bay Packers Keith Woodside Running Back Texas A&M
88 Green Bay Packers Rollin Putzier Nose Tackle Oregon
89 Green Bay Packers Chuck Cecil Defensive Back Arizona
144 Green Bay Packers Nate Hill Defensive End Auburn
173 Green Bay Packers Gary Richard Defensive Back Pittsburgh
200 Green Bay Packers Patrick Collins Running Back Oklahoma
228 Green Bay Packers Neal Wilkinson Tight End James Madison

Personnel [edit]

Staff [edit]

1988 Green Bay Packers staff
Front Office

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Backs – Willie Peete
  • Wide Receivers – Wayne "Buddy" Geis
  • Tight Ends – Virgil Knight
  • Offensive Line – Charlie Davis
  • Offensive Assistant – Joe Clark
   Defensive Coaches

Special Teams Coaches

  • Special Teams – Howard Tippett

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Virgil Knight

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Regular season [edit]

Schedule [edit]

Week Date Opponent Result Venue Attendance
1 September 4, 1988 Los Angeles Rams L 34-7 Lambeau Field
53,769
12:00 PM
2 September 11, 1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 13-10 Lambeau Field
52,584
12:00 PM
3 September 18, 1988 at Miami Dolphins L 24-17 Joe Robbie Stadium
54,409
1:00 PM
4 September 25, 1988 Chicago Bears L 24-6 Lambeau Field
56,492
12:00 PM
5 October 2, 1988 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 27-24 Tampa Stadium
40,003

1:00 PM
6 October 9, 1988 New England Patriots W 45-3 Milwaukee County Stadium
51,932
12:00 PM
7 October 16, 1988 at Minnesota Vikings W 34-14 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
59,053
12:00 PM
8 October 23, 1988 Washington Redskins L 20-17 Milwaukee County Stadium
51,767
3:00 PM
9 October 30, 1988 at Buffalo Bills L 28-0 Rich Stadium
79,176
1:00 PM
10 November 6, 1988 at Atlanta Falcons L 20-0 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
29,952
1:00 PM
11 November 13, 1988 Indianapolis Colts L 20-13 Lambeau Field
53,492
12:00
12 November 20, 1988 Detroit Lions L 19-9 Milwaukee County Stadium
44,327
12:00 PM
13 November 27, 1988 at Chicago Bears L 16-0 Soldier Field
62,026
12:00 PM
14 December 4, 1988 at Detroit Lions L 30-14 Pontiac Silverdome
28,124
1:00 PM
15 December 11, 1988 Minnesota Vikings W 18-6 Lambeau Field
48,892
12:00 PM
16 December 18, 1988 at Phoenix Cardinals W 26-17 Sun Devil Stadium
44,586
2:00 PM

Standings [edit]

NFC Central
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA
Chicago Bears(1) 12 4 0 .750 6–2 9–3 312 215
Minnesota Vikings(4) 11 5 0 .688 6–2 9–3 406 233
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 11 0 .313 4–4 4–8 261 350
Detroit Lions 4 12 0 .250 2–6 3–11 240 315
Green Bay Packers 4 12 0 .250 2–6 3–9 220 313

Roster [edit]

1988 Team Starters

Offense

7  Don Majkowski           QB
33 Keith Woodside          RB
21 Brent Fullwood          FB/KR
84 Sterling Sharpe         WR
87 Walter Stanley          WR/PR
86 Ed West                 TE

75 Ken Ruettgers           LT
57 Rich Moran              LG
58 Mark Cannon             C
65 Ron Hallstrom           RG
70 Keith Uecker            RT

Defense

75 Alphonso Carreker       LDE
68 Blaise Winter           NT
93 Robert Brown            RDE

59 John Anderson           LB
91 Brian Noble             LB
50 Johnny Holland          LB
97 Tim Harris              LB

22 Mark Lee                LCB
32 Dave Brown              RCB
37 Mark Murphy             SS
29 Ken Stills              FS

Kicking Team

8 Max Zendejas            K
17 Don Bracken            P

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Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

| style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

| style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics
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Awards and records [edit]

Hall of Famers [edit]

Lionel Aldridge, DE, 1963–71

Bob Mann, E, 1950–54

References [edit]

  1. ^ "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Retrieved February 22, 2011. 
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