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1988 Los Angeles Rams season

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1988 Los Angeles Rams season
OwnerGeorgia Frontiere
Head coachJohn Robinson
Home fieldAnaheim Stadium
Local radioKMPC–AM 710
Results
Record10–6
Division place2nd NFC West
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs
(at Vikings) 17–28

The 1988 Los Angeles Rams season was the franchise's 51st season in the National Football League, their 52nd overall, and their 43rd in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The team improved on a disappointing 6–9 record the previous year, going 10–6 and qualifying as a Wild Card before losing to the Minnesota Vikings 28–17 in the NFC Wild Card game.

Offseason

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NFL draft

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Main article: 1988 NFL draft
1988 Los Angeles Rams draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 14 Gaston Green  Running back UCLA
1 20 Aaron Cox  Wide receiver Arizona State
2 35 Anthony Newman  Safety Oregon
2 46 Flipper Anderson  Wide receiver UCLA
2 47 Fred Strickland  Linebacker Purdue
3 82 Mike Piel  Defensive end Illinois
5 117 Robert Delpino  Running back Missouri
5 137 James Washington  Safety UCLA
6 147 Keith "End Zone" Jones  Running back Nebraska
6 165 Jeff Knapton  Defensive tackle Wyoming
8 201 Darryl Franklin  Wide receiver Washington
9 231 Pat Foster  Defensive tackle Montana
10 258 R. C. Mullin  Offensive tackle Southwestern Louisiana
12 333 Jeff Beathard  Wide receiver Southern Oregon 1988 Mr. Irrelevant
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

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Staff

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1988 Los Angeles Rams staff

Front office

  • Owner/President – Georgia Frontiere
  • Vice president of finance – John Shaw
  • General counsel – Jay Zygmunt
  • Administrator of football operations – Jack Faulkner
  • Director of operations – Dick Beam
  • Director of player personnel – John Math

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Artie Gigantino



Roster

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1988 Los Angeles Rams 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

none

47 active, 9 inactive Reserve


Rookies in italics

Regular season

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1988 Team Starters

Offense 

11 Jim Everett            QB
42 Greg Bell              RB
24 Buford McGee           FB
80 Henry Ellard           WR
84 Aaron Cox              WR
86 Damone Johnson         TE

75 Irv Pankey             LT
66 Tom Newberry           LG
56 Doug Smith             C
67 Duval Love             RG
78 Jackie Slater          RT

Defense 

93 Doug Reed              LDE
99 Alvin Wright           NT
98 Shawn Miller           RDE

91 Kevin Greene           LB
55 Carl Ekern             LB
59 Mark Jerue             LB
54 Mike Wilcher           LB

25 Jerry Gray             CB
47 LeRoy Irvin            CB
23 Michael Stewart        SS
20 Johnnie Johnson        FS

Kicking Team 

1 Mike Lansford           K
3 Rich Camarillo          P
28 Cliff Hicks            PR
89 Ron Brown              KR

Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 4 at Green Bay Packers W 34–7 1–0 Lambeau Field 53,769
2 September 11 Detroit Lions W 17–10 2–0 Anaheim Stadium 46,262
3 September 18 at Los Angeles Raiders W 22–17 3–0 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 84,870
4 September 25 at New York Giants W 45–31 4–0 Giants Stadium 75,617
5 October 2 Phoenix Cardinals L 27–41 4–1 Anaheim Stadium 49,830
6 October 9 at Atlanta Falcons W 33–0 5–1 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 30,852
7 October 16 San Francisco 49ers L 21–24 5–2 Anaheim Stadium 65,450
8 October 23 Seattle Seahawks W 31–10 6–2 Anaheim Stadium 57,033
9 October 30 at New Orleans Saints W 12–10 7–2 Louisiana Superdome 68,238
10 November 6 at Philadelphia Eagles L 24–30 7–3 Veterans Stadium 65,624
11 November 13 New Orleans Saints L 10–14 7–4 Anaheim Stadium 63,305
12 November 20 San Diego Chargers L 24–38 7–5 Anaheim Stadium 45,462
13 November 27 at Denver Broncos L 24–35 7–6 Mile High Stadium 74,141
14 December 5 Chicago Bears W 23–3 8–6 Anaheim Stadium 65,579
15 December 11 Atlanta Falcons W 22–7 9–6 Anaheim Stadium 42,828
16 December 18 at San Francisco 49ers W 38–16 10–6 Candlestick Park 62,444
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

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Week 4

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1 234Total
• Rams 7 21710 45
Giants 0 10147 31
  • Date: September 25
  • Location: Giants Stadium
  • Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 64 °F (17.8 °C); wind 11 miles per hour (18 km/h; 9.6 kn)
  • Referee: Johnny Grier
  • Television network: CBS
Scoring summary
Q1LAHolohan 14 yard pass from Everett (Lansford kick)LA 7–0
Q2NYGAllegre 34 yard field goalLA 7–3
Q2LADelpino 5 yard pass from Everett (Lansford kick)LA 14–3
Q2LABell 2 yard run (Lansford kick)LA 21–3
Q2LACox 69 yard pass from Everett (Lansford kick)LA 28–3
Q2NYGIngram 9 yard pass from Simms (Allegre kick)LA 28–10
Q3NYGJohnson 33 yard interception return (Allegre kick)LA 28–17
Q3LABell 2 yard pass from Everett (Lansford kick)LA 35–17
Q3NYGMorris 3 yard run (Allegre kick)LA 35–24
Q4LALansford 41 yard field goalLA 38–24
Q4LAEllard 41 yard pass from Everett (Lansford kick)LA 45–24
Q4NYGBavaro 16 yard pass from Simms (Allegre kick)LA 45–31

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Standings

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NFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
San Francisco 49ers(2) 10 6 0 .625 4–2 8–4 369 294 L1
Los Angeles Rams(5) 10 6 0 .625 4–2 8–4 407 293 W3
New Orleans Saints 10 6 0 .625 3–3 6–6 312 283 W1
Atlanta Falcons 5 11 0 .313 1–5 4–8 244 315 L3

Playoffs

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Main article: 1988–89 NFL playoffs
Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Attendance
Wildcard December 26 at Minnesota Vikings (4) L 17–28 0–1 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 57,666

Awards and records

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See also

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Other Anaheim–based teams in 1988
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References

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  1. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Oct-02.
  2. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 447


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