NFL team 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 a weakening 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. Their only other win coming against the eventual champions , the 49ers in San Francisco in a game in which only field goals were kicked.
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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
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
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
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
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
1
2 3 4 Total
Chargers
0
3 3 7
13
• Raiders
0
14 0 10
24
Scoring summary 2 LA Marcus Allen 11 yard run (Chris Bahr kick)Raiders 7–0
2 SD Vince Abbott 23 yard field goalRaiders 7–3
2 LA Tim Brown 97 yard kickoff return (Chris Bahr kick)Raiders 14–3
3 SD Vince Abbott 33 yard field goal Raiders 14–6
4 LA Chris Bahr 25 yard field goal Raiders 17–6
4 SD Jamie Holland 24 yard pass from Babe Laufenberg (Vince Abbott kick)Raiders 17–13
4 LA Marcus Allen 1 yard run (Chris Bahr kick) Raiders 24–13
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Steve Beuerlein threw for 375 yards in a game against the Los Angeles Rams.
1
2 3 4 OT Total
• Raiders
0
0 14 13 3
30
Broncos
7
17 0 3 0
27
Date: September 26Location: Mile High Stadium , Denver, Colorado Game start: 6:00 p.m. Game weather: 66 °F (18.9 °C), wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)Television network: ABC
Scoring summary 1 DEN Tony Dorsett 1 yard run (Rich Karlis kick)Broncos 7–0
2 DEN Tony Dorsett 1 yard run (Rich Karlis kick) Broncos 14–0
2 DEN Steve Sewell 7 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick)Broncos 21–0
2 DEN Rich Karlis 39 yard field goal Broncos 24–0
3 LA Steve Smith 40 yard pass from Jay Schroeder (Chris Bahr kick)Broncos 24–7
3 LA Steve Smith 42 yard pass from Jay Schroeder (Chris Bahr kick) Broncos 24–14
4 LA Chris Bahr 28 yard field goal Broncos 24–17
4 LA Marcus Allen 4 yard run (Chris Bahr kick)Tie 24–24
4 DEN Rich Karlis 25 yard field goal Broncos 27–24
4 LA Chris Bahr 44 yard field goal Tie 27–27
OT LA Chris Bahr 35 yard field goal Raiders 30–27
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1
2 3 4 Total
• Raiders
7
7 0 13
27
Chiefs
0
7 0 10
17
Scoring summary Q1 LA Allen 1 yard run (Bahr kick)LA 7–0
Q2 10:10 LA Smith 1 yard run (Bahr kick)LA 14–0
Q2 8:35 KC Palmer 48 yard pass from DeBerg (Lowery kick)LA 14–7
Q4 KC Lowery 43 yard field goal LA 14–10
Q4 LA Junkin 4 yard pass from Beuerlein (kick blocked)LA 20–10
Q4 5:49 LA Jackson 1 yard run (Bahr kick)LA 27–10
Q4 1:21 KC Paige 25 yard pass from DeBerg (Lowery kick)LA 27–17
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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]
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