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1988 Miami Dolphins season
Head coachDon Shula
Home fieldJoe Robbie Stadium
Results
Record6–10
Division place5th AFC East
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 1988 Miami Dolphins season was the team's 23rd as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins failed to improve upon their previous season's output of 8–7, winning only six games[1] 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 1988, also a single-season NFL record.[2]

Personnel

Staff

1988 Miami Dolphins staff

Front office

Head coaches

  • Head Coach – Don Shula
  • Assistant Head Coach – David Shula

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Mike Westhoff

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Junior Wade


Roster

1988 Miami Dolphins roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad
  • Currently vacant

Reserve

  • Currently vacant
Rookies in italics
26 active, 0 reserve, 0 practice squad

[3]

Regular season

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

Game summaries

Week 6

1 234Total
• Dolphins 0 2400 24
Raiders 0 077 14
Scoring summary
2MIALorenzo Hampton 1 yard run (Fuad Reveiz kick)Dolphins 7–0
2MIALiffort Hobley 19 yard fumble return (Fuad Reveiz kick)Dolphins 14–0
2MIAFuad Reveiz 45 yard field goalDolphins 17–0
2MIAJim Jensen 17 yard pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick)Dolphins 24–0
3LAMervyn Fernandez 7 yard pass from Jay Schroeder (Chris Bahr kick)Dolphins 24–7
4LASteve Strachan 13 yard pass from Jay Schroeder (Chris Bahr kick)Dolphins 24–14

[4]

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)[5]
  • November 6, 1988: Jim Jensen set a franchise record for most receptions in one game (12) [5]
  • Brian Sochia, Pro Bowl selection

References

  1. ^ 1988 Miami Dolphins
  2. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com – NFL Single-Season Sacked % Leaders
  3. ^ "1988 Miami Dolphins starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  4. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
  5. ^ a b NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.60
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