1988 Indianapolis Colts season

1988 Indianapolis Colts season
Head coach	Ron Meyer
General manager	Jim Irsay
Owner	Robert Irsay
Home field	Hoosier Dome
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1988 Indianapolis Colts season was the 36th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL) and fifth in Indianapolis. The team finished the year with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, and tied for second in the AFC East division with the New England Patriots. However, the Colts finished ahead of New England based on better record against common opponents (7–5 to Patriots' 6–6).

Personnel

Staff

1988 Indianapolis Colts staff

Front office

President and Treasurer – Robert Irsay
Vice President and General Manager – Jim Irsay
Assistant General Manager – Bob Terpening
Director of Player Personnel – Jack Bushofsky

Head coaches

Head Coach – Ron Meyer
Assistant Head Coach – Tom Lovat

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – John Becker
Running Backs – Leon Burtnett
Receivers – Chip Myers
Offensive Line – Tom Lovat
Assistant Offensive Line – Keith Rowen

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – George Hill
Defensive Line – John Marshall
Linebackers – Rick Venturi
Secondary – George Catavolos

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Keith Rowen

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Tom Zupancic

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 4, 1988	Houston Oilers	L 14–17	0–1	Hoosier Dome	57,251
2	September 11, 1988	Chicago Bears	L 13–17	0–2	Hoosier Dome	60,503
3	September 19, 1988	at Cleveland Browns	L 17–23	0–3	Cleveland Stadium	75,148
4	September 25, 1988	Miami Dolphins	W 15–13	1–3	Hoosier Dome	59,638
5	October 2, 1988	at New England Patriots	L 17–21	1–4	Sullivan Stadium	58,050
6	October 9, 1988	at Buffalo Bills	L 23–24	1–5	Rich Stadium	76,018
7	October 16, 1988	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 35–31	2–5	Hoosier Dome	53,135
8	October 23, 1988	at San Diego Chargers	W 16–0	3–5	Jack Murphy Stadium	37,722
9	October 31, 1988	Denver Broncos	W 55–23	4–5	Hoosier Dome	60,544
10	November 6, 1988	New York Jets	W 38–14	5–5	Hoosier Dome	59,233
11	November 13, 1988	at Green Bay Packers	W 20–13	6–5	Lambeau Field	53,492
12	November 20, 1988	at Minnesota Vikings	L 3–12	6–6	Metrodome	58,342
13	November 27, 1988	New England Patriots	W 24–21	7–6	Hoosier Dome	58,157
14	December 4, 1988	at Miami Dolphins	W 31–28	8–6	Joe Robbie Stadium	45,236
15	December 10, 1988	at New York Jets	L 16–34	8–7	The Meadowlands	46,284
16	December 18, 1988	Buffalo Bills	W 17–14	9–7	Hoosier Dome	59,908

Game summaries

Week 4

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	7	0	0	6	13
• Colts	3	9	0	3	15

Date: September 25
Location: Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Scoring summary

Q1	MIA	Hampton 39 yard pass from Marino (Reveiz kick)	MIA 7–0

Q1	IND	Biasucci 50 yard field goal	MIA 7–3

Q2	IND	Biasucci 34 yard field goal	MIA 7–6

Q2	IND	Biasucci 41 yard field goal	IND 9–7

Q2	IND	Biasucci 51 yard field goal	IND 12–7

Q4	IND	Biasucci 25 yard field goal	IND 15–7

Q4	MIA	Stradford 8 yard pass from Marino (two-point failed)	IND 15–13

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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

Eric Dickerson, Led AFC (tied), Touchdowns, 15 TD's ^[2]

References

↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-15.
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 447

Indianapolis Colts

Founded in 1953 Played in Baltimore (1953–1983) Based and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana

Franchise	History in Baltimore relocation to Indianapolis in Indianapolis Players Quarterbacks Coaches Seasons Draft First-round draft picks Ring of Honor

Stadiums	Memorial Stadium RCA Dome Lucas Oil Stadium

Culture	Carroll Rosenbloom Robert Irsay Jim Irsay 12th Man AAFC Colts Baltimore Colts Marching Band The Band That Wouldn't Die Blue Cheerleaders

Lore	The Greatest Game Ever Played Ghost to the Post 1995 AFC Championship Game Deflategate

Rivalries	New England Patriots (Manning vs. Brady)

Division championships (16)	1968 1970 1975 1976 1977 1987 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014

Conference championships (7)	1958 1959 1964 1968 1970 2006 2009

League championships (4^†)	1958 1959 1970 (V) 2006 (XLI) ^† does not include 1968 NFL championship

Retired numbers	19 22 24 70 77 82 89

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: American Football Conference Division: South Division

Seasons (63)	1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts seasons

Baltimore 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Indianapolis 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1988 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	Phoenix	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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