1988 Miami Dolphins season

1988 Miami Dolphins season
Head coach	Don Shula
Home field	Joe Robbie Stadium
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	5th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1988 Miami Dolphins season was the team's 23rd as a member of the National Football League. The Dolphins failed to improve upon their previous season's output of 8–7, winning only six games and failing to reach the playoffs for the third straight season.

The Dolphins offensive line set the record for fewest sacks in a single season with 7 during 1988, protecting quarterback Dan Marino. Marino was only sacked on 0.98% of his dropbacks in '88, also a single-season NFL record.

Regular season

1988 Team Starters

Offense

13   Dan Marino       QB
27   Lorenzo Hampton  RB
34   Woody Bennett    FB
83   Mark Clayton     WR
85   Mark Duper       WR
80   Ferrell Edmunds  TE

79   Jon Giesler      LT
61   Roy Foster       LG
65   Jeff Dellenbach  C
62   Harry Galbreath  RG
72   Ronnie Lee       RT

Defense

95  T.J. Turner      LDE
70  Brian Sochia     NT
98  Jackie Cline     RDE

99  Rick Graf        LB
51  Mark Brown       LB
56  John Offerdahl   LB
55  Hugh Green       LB

44  Paul Lankford   LCB
49  William Judson  RCB
29  Liffort Hobley  SS
26  Jarvis Willims  FS

Kicking Team

7  Fuad Reveiz      K
4  Reggie Roby      P
81 Scott Schwedes   PR
20 Joe Cribbs       KR

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 4, 1988	at Chicago Bears	L 34–7	63,330
2	September 11, 1988	at Buffalo Bills	L 9–6	79,520
3	September 18, 1988	Green Bay Packers	W 24–17	54,409
4	September 25, 1988	at Indianapolis Colts	L 15–13	59,638
5	October 2, 1988	Minnesota Vikings	W 24–7	59,867
6	October 9, 1988	at Los Angeles Raiders	W 24–14	50,751
7	October 16, 1988	San Diego Chargers	W 31–28	58,972
8	October 23, 1988	New York Jets	L 44–30	68,292
9	October 30, 1988	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 17–14	67,352
10	November 6, 1988	at New England Patriots	L 21–10	60,840
11	November 14, 1988	Buffalo Bills	L 31–6	67,091
12	November 20, 1988	New England Patriots	L 6–3	53,526
13	November 27, 1988	at New York Jets	L 38–34	52,752
14	December 4, 1988	Indianapolis Colts	L 31–28	45,236
15	December 12, 1988	Cleveland Browns	W 38–31	61,884
16	December 18, 1988	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 40–24	36,051

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

Awards and records

• October 23, 1988: Dan Marino set a franchise record for most throwing yards in one game (521)
• November 6, 1988: Jim Jensen set a franchise record for most receptions in one game (12)
• Brian Sochia, Pro Bowl selection