1988 New York Giants season

1988 New York Giants season
Head coach	Bill Parcells
General manager	George Young
Owner	Wellington Mara
Home field	Giants Stadium
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	2nd NFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1988 New York Giants season was the 64th season for the club in the National Football League (NFL). The team would finish with 10 wins and 6 losses, but a loss to the New York Jets in the season finale would keep them out of the playoffs for the second consecutive season. The Giants would finish second behind the Philadelphia Eagles in the division, losing the conference tiebreaker to the Los Angeles Rams for the final wild card. The season was marked early by the suspension for substance abuse of star linebacker Lawrence Taylor by the NFL for the first four games of the season. Following the end of the season, the Giants would see two longtime defensive stalwarts; defensive end George Martin and future Hall-of-Fame inside linebacker Harry Carson, announce their retirement.

Offseason

NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	10	Eric Moore

Personnel

Staff

1988 New York Giants staff

Front office

President – Wellington Mara
General Manager – George Young
Director of Pro Personnel – Tim Rooney

Head coaches

Head Coach – Bill Parcells

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Ron Erhardt
Offensive Backfield – Ray Handley
Receivers – Tom Coughlin
Tight Ends – Mike Pope
Offensive Line – Fred Hoaglin

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Bill Belichick
Defensive Line – Lamar Leachman
Defensive Backfield – Len Fontes
Defensive Assistant – Mike Sweatman

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Romeo Crennel
Assistant Special Teams – Mike Sweatman

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Johnny Parker

Roster

1988 New York Giants roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

64 Jim Burt NT
77 Eric Dorsey DE
74 Erik Howard NT
70 Leonard Marshall DE
75 George Martin DE
73 John Washington DE
71 Robb White DE

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 5, 1988	Washington Redskins	W 27–20	76,417
2	September 11, 1988	San Francisco 49ers	L 20–17	75,943
3	September 18, 1988	at Dallas Cowboys	W 12–10	55,325
4	September 25, 1988	Los Angeles Rams	L 45–31	75,617
5	October 2, 1988	at Washington Redskins	W 24–23	54,601
6	October 10, 1988	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 24–13	63,736
7	October 16, 1988	Detroit Lions	W 30–10	74,813
8	October 23, 1988	at Atlanta Falcons	W 23–16	45,092
9	October 31, 1988	at Detroit Lions	W 13–10	38,354
10	November 6, 1988	Dallas Cowboys	W 29–21	75,826
11	November 13, 1988	at Phoenix Cardinals	L 24–17	65,324
12	November 20, 1988	Philadelphia Eagles	L 23–17	43,621
13	November 27, 1988	at New Orleans Saints	W 13–12	66,526
14	December 4, 1988	Phoenix Cardinals	W 44–7	73,438
15	December 11, 1988	Kansas City Chiefs	W 28–12	69,807
16	December 17, 1988	at New York Jets	L 27–21	69,770

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	6	7	0	7	20
• Giants	0	3	10	14	27

Date: September 5
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 8:00 p.m.
Game weather: 72°F, wind 17 mph
TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, and Dan Dierdorf

Scoring summary

1	WSH	Chip Lohmiller 26 yard field goal	Redskins 3–0

1	WSH	Chip Lohmiller 25 yard field goal	Redskins 6–0

2	WSH	Ricky Sanders 29 yard pass from Doug Williams (Chip Lohmiller kick)	Redskins 13–0

2	NYG	Raul Allegre 23 yard field goal	Redskins 13–3

3	NYG	Joe Morris 9 yard run (Raul Allegre kick)	Redskins 13–10

3	NYG	Raul Allegre 32 yard field goal	Tie 13–13

4	NYG	Tom Flynn 27 yard blocked punt return (Raul Allegre kick)	Giants 20–13

4	NYG	Jim Burt 39 yard fumble return (Raul Allegre kick)	Giants 27–13

4	WSH	Kelvin Bryant 19 yard pass from Doug Williams (Chip Lohmiller kick)	Giants 27–20

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Week 9

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
• Giants	0	3	7	0	3	13
Lions	0	7	0	3	0	10

Date: October 30
Location: Pontiac Silverdome
Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 38,354
Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Scoring summary

Q2	DET	Chadwick 15 yard pass from Hilger (Murray kick)	DET 7–0

Q2	NYG	McFadden 42 yard field goal	DET 7–3

Q3	NYG	Morris 1 yard run (McFadden kick)	NYG 10–7

Q4	DET	Murray 37 yard field goal	Tie 10–10

OT	NYG	McFadden 33 yard field goal	NYG 13–10

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Week 13

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Giants	0	7	0	6	13
Saints	3	6	0	3	12

Date: November 27
Location: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Game start: 7:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 66,526
Game weather: Indoors (dome)
TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Patrick and Joe Theismann

Scoring summary

Q1	NO	Morten Andersen 27 yard field goal	NO 3–0

Q2	NO	Morten Andersen 41 yard field goal	NO 6–0

Q2	NYG	Stephen Baker 85 yard pass from Jeff Hostetler (Paul McFadden kick)	NYG 7–6

Q2	NO	Morten Andersen 26 yard field goal	NO 9–7

Q4	NYG	Paul McFadden 46 yard field goal	NYG 10–9

Q4	NO	Morten Andersen 45 yard field goal	NO 12–10

Q4	NYG	Paul McFadden 35 yard field goal	NYG 13–12

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Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles⁽³⁾	10	6	0	.625	6–2	8–4	379	319	W2
New York Giants	10	6	0	.625	5–3	9–5	359	304	L1
Washington Redskins	7	9	0	.438	4–4	6–6	345	387	L2
Phoenix Cardinals	7	9	0	.438	3–5	6–6	344	398	L5
Dallas Cowboys	3	13	0	.188	2–6	3–9	265	381	L1

References

↑ "1988 New York Giants starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-Dec-03.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Jan-20.

External links

1988 New York Giants at Pro-Football-Reference.com

New York Giants

Founded in 1925 Based and headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey

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Rivalries	Philadelphia Eagles Dallas Cowboys Washington Redskins San Francisco 49ers New York Jets

Key personnel	Owners: John Mara, Steve Tisch General Manager: Jerry Reese Head Coach: Ben McAdoo

Division championships (16)	1933 1934 1935 1938 1939 1941 1941 1944 1946 1986 1989 1990 1997 2000 2005 2008 2011

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Retired numbers	1 4 7 11 14 14 16 32 40 42 50 56

Ring of Honor	Jessie Armstead Carl Banks Tiki Barber Mark Bavaro Al Blozis Rosey Brown Harry Carson Charlie Conerly Frank Gifford Pete Gogolak Mel Hein Jim Lee Howell Sam Huff Dave Jennings Tuffy Leemans Dick Lynch Jack Mara Tim Mara Wellington Mara George Martin Joe Morrison Charlie Conerly Steve Owen Bill Parcells Andy Robustelli Phil Simms Michael Strahan Ken Strong Lawrence Taylor Bob Tisch Y. A. Tittle Amani Toomer Emlen Tunnell Brad Van Pelt Alex Webster George Young

Media	Radio network Bob Papa Carl Banks Howard Cross

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: East Division

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Championship seasons in bold

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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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