1988 Los Angeles Raiders season

The 1988 Los Angeles Raiders season was the franchise's 29th season overall, and the franchise's 19th season in the National Football League. Mike Shanahan was hired as head coach, and the club finished with a 7–9 record. The Raiders drafted Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown, making Brown the third person on the Raiders roster to have won the Heisman Trophy, the others being Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson. Most of the team's success throughout the season came through their division, as the Raiders finished 6-2 against the weak AFC West division, with their only 2 losses against the champions of the division, the Seattle Seahawks. However, the Raiders were only 1-7 against the rest of the NFL, with their only other win coming against the eventual champions, the 49ers in San Francisco in a game in which only field goals were kicked.

1988 Los Angeles Raiders season
OwnerAl Davis
Head coachMike Shanahan
General managerAl Davis
Home fieldLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Local radioKIIS–AM 1150
Results
Record7–9
Division place3rd AFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Offseason

NFL Draft
1988 Los Angeles Raiders draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 6 Tim Brown * †  WR Notre Dame
1 9 Terry McDaniel *  CB Tennessee
1 25 Scott Davis  DE Illinois
4 90 Tim Rother  DT Nebraska
5 131 Dennis Price  DB UCLA
6 143 Erwin Grabisna  LB Case Western Reserve
7 171 Derrick Crudup  DB Oklahoma
8 199 Mike Alexander  WR Penn State
9 227 Reggie Ware  RB Auburn
9 229 Scott Tabor  P California
10 255 Newt Harrell  OG West Texas A&M
11 283 David Weber  QB Carroll (WI)
12 311 Greg Kunkel  OG Kentucky
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff
1988 Los Angeles Raiders staff
Front office
  • President of the General Partner – Al Davis
  • Executive Assistant – Al LoCasale
  • Personnel Operations – Ron Wolf
  • Senior Executive – John Herrera

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – John Dunn

Roster
1988 Los Angeles Raiders roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists

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Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap
1 September 4 San Diego Chargers W 24–13 1–0 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 39,029 Recap
2 September 11 at Houston Oilers L 35–38 1–1 Houston Astrodome 46,050 Recap
3 September 18 Los Angeles Rams L 17–22 1–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 84,870 Recap
4 September 26 at Denver Broncos W 30–27 2–2 Mile High Stadium 75,964 Recap
5 October 2 Cincinnati Bengals L 21–45 2–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 42,594 Recap
6 October 9 Miami Dolphins L 14–24 2–4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 50,751 Recap
7 October 16 at Kansas City Chiefs W 27–17 3–4 Arrowhead Stadium 77,078 Recap
8 October 23 at New Orleans Saints L 6–20 3–5 Louisiana Superdome 66,249 Recap
9 October 30 Kansas City Chiefs W 17–10 4–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 36,103 Recap
10 November 6 at San Diego Chargers W 13–3 5–5 Jack Murphy Stadium 55,134 Recap
11 November 13 at San Francisco 49ers W 9–3 6–5 Candlestick Park 54,448 Recap
12 November 20 Atlanta Falcons L 6–12 6–6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 40,967 Recap
13 November 28 at Seattle Seahawks L 27–35 6–7 Kingdome 62,641 Recap
14 December 4 Denver Broncos W 21–20 7–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 65,561 Recap
15 December 11 at Buffalo Bills L 21–37 7–8 Rich Stadium 77,348 Recap
16 December 18 Seattle Seahawks L 37–43 7–9 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 61,127 Recap
  • Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Week 1
1 234Total
Chargers 0 337 13
• Raiders 0 14010 24

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Week 3

Steve Beuerlein threw for 375 yards in a game against the Los Angeles Rams.

Week 4
1 234OTTotal
• Raiders 0 014133 30
Broncos 7 17030 27

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Week 7
1 234Total
• Raiders 7 7013 27
Chiefs 0 7010 17

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Standings
AFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Seattle Seahawks(3) 9 7 0 .563 6–2 8–4 339 329 W2
Denver Broncos 8 8 0 .500 3–5 5–7 327 352 W1
Los Angeles Raiders 7 9 0 .438 6–2 6–6 325 369 L2
San Diego Chargers 6 10 0 .375 3–5 4–8 231 332 W2
Kansas City Chiefs 4 11 1 .281 2–6 4–9–1 254 320 L2

Awards and records
  • Tim Brown, Pro Bowl selection
  • Tim Brown, led all AFC rookies in receiving yardage
  • Tim Brown, led NFL with 26.8 yard average on kickoff return
  • Tim Brown had more total yards rushing, receiving and returning kicks (2,317) than any other rookie in NFL history.[5]

References
  1. The Football Database. Retrieved 2014-Aug-17.
  2. Pro-Football-Reference.com
  3. Pro-Football-Reference.com
  4. "Bo goes home, happy at hobby." Gainesville Sun. 1988 Oct 17.
  5. 1990 NFL Pro Set trading card, Tim Brown, Card No. 150, Pro Set Properties
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