1988 Green Bay Packers season

1988 Green Bay Packers season
1988 Green Bay Packers season
General manager	Tom Braatz
Head coach	Lindy Infante
Home field	Lambeau Field; Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	4–12
Division place	5th NFC Central
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	None
	← 1987; Packers seasons; 1989 →;

The 1988 Green Bay Packers season was their 70th season overall and their 68th in the National Football League (NFL). Under coach Lindy Infante, the team finished with their second 4–12 in three seasons, and finishing last place in the NFC Central division. 1988 was the first season the Packers played under Infante.

Offseason

NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1988 Green Bay Packers draft
1	7	Sterling Sharpe *	Wide receiver	South Carolina
2	34	Shawn Patterson	Defensive end	Arizona State
3	61	Keith Woodside	Running back	Texas A&M
4	88	Rollin Putzier	Defensive tackle	Oregon
4	89	Chuck Cecil *	Safety	Arizona
5	116	Darrell Reed	Linebacker	Oklahoma
6	144	Nate Hill	Defensive end	Auburn
7	173	Gary Richard	Cornerback	Pittsburgh
8	200	Patrick Collins	Running back	Oklahoma
9	228	Neal Wilkinson	Tight end	James Madison
10	256	Bud Keyes	Quarterback	Wisconsin
12	312	Scott Bolton	Wide receiver	Auburn
Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Undrafted free agents

1988 Undrafted Free Agents of note
Player	Position	College
Stephone Avery	Cornerback	Northeast Louisiana
Erik Campbell	Defensive back	Michigan
Dewey Dorough	Wide receiver	Colorado State
Thomas Flesher	Defensive end	Weber State
Wes Gross	Offensive line	Utah State
Todd Gregoire	Kicker	Wisconsin
Thomas Harper	Linebacker	Houston
Frank Harris	Tight end	Northern Michigan
John Kidder	Guard	UCLA
Jeff McComb	Punter	Southern Utah
John Nairn	Defensive back	Colorado
Eddie Parker	Defensive back	Temple
John Phillips	Offensive line	Clemson
Paul Pomfret	Tight end	Penn State
Pat Shurmur	Center	Michigan State
Matt Soraghan	Linebacker	Southwest Missouri State
Pat Taylor	Linebacker	Arizona State
Tom Whelihan	Kicker	Missouri
Phil Zelinski	Linebacker	Central Michigan

Personnel

Staff

**1988 Green Bay Packers staff**
	Front office President – Robert J. Parins Executive vice-president of administration – Bob Harlan Executive vice-president of football operations – Tom Braatz Head coaches Head coach – Lindy Infante Offensive coaches Offensive backs – Willie Peete Wide receivers – Wayne "Buddy" Geis Tight ends – Virgil Knight Offensive line – Charlie Davis Offensive assistant – Joe Clark			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Hank Bullough Defensive line – Greg Blache Outside linebackers – Dick Moseley Defensive backs – Dick Jauron Special teams coaches Special teams – Howard Tippett Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Virgil Knight

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Roster

**1988 Green Bay Packers roster**
Quarterbacks (QB) 10 Blair Kiel 7 Don Majkowski Running backs (RB) 30 Paul Ott Carruth 25 Patrick Collins 36 Kenneth Davis 21 Brent Fullwood 34 Larry Mason 45 Lavale Thomas 33 Keith Woodside Wide receivers (WR) 82 Scott Bolton 81 Perry Kemp 88 Aubrey Matthews 83 Patrick Scott 84 Sterling Sharpe Tight ends (TE) 80 Clint Didier 86 Ed West		Offensive linemen (OL) 58 Mark Cannon C 64 Steve Collier T 60 Dave Croston T 74 Darryl Haley T 65 Ron Hallstrom G 57 Rich Moran G 75 Ken Ruettgers T 70 Keith Uecker T Defensive linemen (DL) 93 Robert Brown DE 76 Alphonso Carreker DE 79 Bob Nelson NT 96 Shawn Patterson DE 68 Blaise Winter NT		Linebackers (LB) 59 John Anderson OLB 56 Burnell Dent ILB 99 John Dorsey ILB 97 Tim Harris OLB 50 Johnny Holland ILB 91 Brian Noble ILB 54 Scott Stephen OLB 52 Mike Weddington OLB Defensive backs (DB) 32 Dave Brown CB 26 Chuck Cecil FS 23 Tiger Greene SS 22 Mark Lee CB 44 Chris Mandeville FS 37 Mark Murphy SS 28 Ron Pitts CB Special teams 17 Don Bracken P 5 Curtis Burrow K 62 Kani Kauahi LS		Practice squad None 47 active, 14 inactive Reserve 47 J.R. Ambrose WR (IR) 31 Joe Armentrout RB (IR) 61 Jerry Boyarsky NT (IR) 20 Kelly Cook RB (IR) 85 Phil Epps WR (IR) 89 Joey Hackett TE (IR) 38 Norman Jefferson CB (IR) 39 Kenneth Johnson CB (IR) 46 Gary Richard CB (IR) 77 Tommy Robison G (IR) 87 Walter Stanley WR (IR) 29 Ken Stills S (IR) 73 Alan Veingrad LT (IR) 16 Randy Wright QB (IR) Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 4	Los Angeles Rams	L 7–34	0–1	Lambeau Field	53,769
2	September 11	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 10–13	0–2	Lambeau Field	52,584
3	September 18	at Miami Dolphins	L 17–24	0–3	Joe Robbie Stadium	54,409
4	September 25	Chicago Bears	L 6–24	0–4	Lambeau Field	56,492
5	October 2	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 24–27	0–5	Tampa Stadium	40,003
6	October 9	New England Patriots	W 45–3	1–5	Milwaukee County Stadium	51,932
7	October 16	at Minnesota Vikings	W 34–14	2–5	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	59,053
8	October 23	Washington Redskins	L 17–20	2–6	Milwaukee County Stadium	51,767
9	October 30	at Buffalo Bills	L 0–28	2–7	Rich Stadium	79,176
10	November 6	at Atlanta Falcons	L 0–20	2–8	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	29,952
11	November 13	Indianapolis Colts	L 13–20	2–9	Lambeau Field	53,492
12	November 20	Detroit Lions	L 9–19	2–10	Milwaukee County Stadium	44,327
13	November 27	at Chicago Bears	L 0–16	2–11	Soldier Field	62,026
14	December 4	at Detroit Lions	L 14–30	2–12	Pontiac Silverdome	28,124
15	December 11	Minnesota Vikings	W 18–6	3–12	Lambeau Field	48,892
16	December 18	at Phoenix Cardinals	W 26–17	4–12	Sun Devil Stadium	44,586

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Los Angeles Rams

Week One: Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	14	10	3	34
Packers	0	0	0	7	7

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: September 4
Game time: 12:00 PM CDT/1:00 PM EDT
Referee: Dick Hantak
TV announcers (CBS): Steve Zabriskie and Terry Bradshaw
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Game information

First quarter

LA – Greg Bell 1 yd. TD run XP good (LA 7–0)

Second quarter

LA – Greg Bell 3 yd. TD pass from Jim Everett XP good (LA 14–0)
LA – Henry Ellard 11 yd TD pass from Jim Everett XP good (LA 21–0)

Third quarter

LA – Mike Lansford 33 yd. field goal (LA 24–0)
LA – Jerry Gray 47 yd INT return for TD XP good (LA 31–0)

Fourth quarter

GB – Ed West 17 yd. TD pass from Don Majkowski XP good (LA 31–7)
LA – Mike Lansford 29 yd. field goal (LA 34–7)

Week 2: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week Two: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	10	0	3	13
Packers	10	0	0	0	10

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: September 11
Game time: 12:00 PM CDT
Referee: Jerry Seeman
TV announcers (CBS): Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts
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Week 3: at Miami Dolphins

Week Three: Green Bay Packers at Miami Dolphins – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	0	14	3	0	17
Dolphins	17	7	0	0	24

at Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida

Date: September 18
Game time: 1:00 PM EDT/12:00 PM CDT
Referee: Gordon McCarter
TV announcers (CBS): Steve Zabriskie and Will McDonough
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Game information

First quarter

MIA – Fuad Reveiz 29-yard field goal (MIA 3–0)
MIA – Lorenzo Hampton 2 yd. TD run, Fuad Reveiz, XP good (MIA 10–0)
MIA – Mark Clayton 25 yd. TD pass from Dan Marino, XP good (MIA 17–0)

Second quarter

GB Randy Wright 1 yd. TD run, Max Zendejas kick (MIA 17–7)
MIA Ferrell Edmunds 4 yd TD pass from Dan Marino, XP good (MIA 24–7)
GB Brent Fullwood 1 yd. TD run, XP good (MIA 24–14)
GB Max Zendejas 36 yard field goal (MIA 24–17)

Week 4: vs. Chicago Bears

Week Four: Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	17	0	7	24
Packers	6	0	0	0	6

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: September 25
Game time: 12:00 PM
Referee: Tom Dooley
TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Dan Jiggetts
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Game information

First quarter

GB – Brent Fullwood 2 yd TD run (kick failed) (GB 6–0)

Second quarter

CHI – Neal Anderson 45 yd TD run (Kevin Butler PAT) (CHI 7–6)
CHI – Neal Anderson 4 yd TD run XP good (CHI 14–6)
CHI – Kevin Butler 35 yd FG (CHI 17–6)

Third quarter

Fourth Quarter

Thomas Sanders 5 yd. TD XP good (CHI 24–6)

Week 5: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week Five: Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	3	7	7	7	24
Buccaneers	0	10	0	17	27

at Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Date: October 2
Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
Referee: Fred Wyant
TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and Ken Stabler
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Game information

First quarter

GB – Max Zendejas 44 yd field goal (GB 3–0)

Second quarter

TB – Donald Igwebuike 45 yd field goal (GB 3–3)
TB – Kevin Murphy 35 INT return for TD XP good (TB 10–3)
GB – Ed West 14 yd TD pass from Randy Wright XP good (TB 10–10)

Third quarter

GB – Brent Fullwood 1 yd TD run XP good (GB 17–10)

Fourth quarter

TB – Lars Tate 1 yd TD run XP good (GB 17–17)
GB – Randy Wright 1 yd TD run XP good (GB 24–17)
TB – Bruce Hill 19 yd TD pass from Vinny Testaverde XP good (GB 24–24)
TB – Donald Igwebuike 44 yard field goal (TB 27–24)

Week 7: at Minnesota Vikings

Week Seven: Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings – Game Summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	9	7	8	10	34
Vikings	0	7	0	7	14

at Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date: October 16
Referee: Ben Dreith
TV announcers (CBS): James Brown and Gary Fencik
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Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins

Week Eight: Washington Redskins at Green Bay Packers – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	10	0	7	3	20
Packers	7	3	7	0	17

at Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: October 23
Referee: Red Cashion
TV announcers (CBS): Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts
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Week 9: at Buffalo Bills

Week Nine: Green Bay Packers at Buffalo Bills – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	0	0	0	0	0
Bills	7	7	7	7	28

at Rich Stadium, Buffalo, New York

Date: October 30
Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
Referee: Gene Barth
TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and Ken Stabler
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Week 10: at Atlanta Falcons

Week 10: Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	0	0	0	0	0
Falcons	7	10	0	3	20

at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

Date: November 6
Game time: 1:00 PM ET
Referee: Fred Wyant
TV announcers (CBS): James Brown and Gary Fencik
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Week 12: vs. Detroit Lions

Week 12: Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	3	6	0	10	19
Packers	0	0	3	6	9

at Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: November 20
Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
Referee: Fred Silva
TV announcers (CBS): James Brown and Gary Fencik
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Week 13: at Chicago Bears

Week 13: Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	0	0	0	0	0
Bears'	7	0	7	2	16

at Soldier Field, Chicago

Date: November 27
Game time: 12:00 PM CDT
Referee: Pat Haggerty
TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and John Madden
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Week 14: at Detroit Lions

Week 14: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	0	0	0	14	14
Lions	10	17	0	3	30

at Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan

Date: December 4
Game time: 1:00 ETD
Referee: Red Cashion
TV announcers (CBS): Steve Zabriskie and Gary Fencik
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Week 15: vs. Minnesota Vikings

Week 15: Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	3	0	3	6
Packers	7	3	6	2	18

at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: December 11
Referee: Bob McElwee
TV announcers (CBS): Steve Zabriskie and Ken Stabler
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Week 16: at Phoenix Cardinals

Week 16: Green Bay Packers at Phoenix Cardinals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	13	7	6	0	26
Cardinals	7	10	0	0	17

at Sun Devil Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona

Date: December 18
Game time: 2:00 PM
Referee: Jerry Markbreit
TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Dan Jiggetts
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Standings

NFC Central
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears⁽¹⁾	12	4	0	.750	6–2	9–3	312	215	L1
Minnesota Vikings⁽⁴⁾	11	5	0	.688	6–2	9–3	406	233	W1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5	11	0	.313	4–4	4–8	261	350	W1
Detroit Lions	4	12	0	.250	2–6	3–11	220	315	L2
Green Bay Packers	4	12	0	.250	2–6	3–9	240	313	W2

References

^ "1988 Green Bay Packers draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
^ "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
^ "Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers - September 4th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers - September 11th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Green Bay Packers at Miami Dolphins - September 18th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers - September 25th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - October 2nd, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings - October 16th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Washington Redskins at Green Bay Packers - October 23rd, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Green Bay Packers at Buffalo Bills - October 30th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons - November 6th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers - November 20th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears - November 27th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions - December 4th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers - December 11th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Green Bay Packers at Phoenix Cardinals - December 18th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

External links

1988 Green Bay Packers at Pro-Football-Reference.com

[1] "1988 Green Bay Packers draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

[2] "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

[3] "Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers - September 4th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[4] "Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers - September 11th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[5] "Green Bay Packers at Miami Dolphins - September 18th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[6] "Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers - September 25th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[7] "Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - October 2nd, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[8] "Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings - October 16th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[9] "Washington Redskins at Green Bay Packers - October 23rd, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[10] "Green Bay Packers at Buffalo Bills - October 30th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[11] "Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons - November 6th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[12] "Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers - November 20th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[13] "Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears - November 27th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[14] "Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions - December 4th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[15] "Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers - December 11th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[16] "Green Bay Packers at Phoenix Cardinals - December 18th, 1988". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

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