1988 Denver Broncos season

1988 Denver Broncos season
Head coach	Dan Reeves
General manager	John Beake
Owner	Pat Bowlen
Home field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	2nd AFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1988 Denver Broncos season was the team's 29th year in professional football and its 19th with the National Football League (NFL). The team tried to win its third consecutive AFC title, but went 8–8 and missed the playoffs for the second time in six seasons.

Personnel

Staff

1988 Denver Broncos staff
	Front office President and Chief Executive Officer – Pat Bowlen General Manager – John Beake Director of Player Personnel – Reed Johnson Director of Pro Personnel – Lide Huggins Head coaches Head Coach – Dan Reeves Assistant Head Coach/Defense – Joe Collier Offensive coaches Quarterbacks – Chan Gailey Running Backs – Mo Forte Wide Receivers – Larry Kennan Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line – Pete Mangurian Offensive Line – George Henshaw Special Assistant – Marvin Bass			Defensive coaches Defensive Line – Stan Jones Assistant Defensive Line – Rubin Carter Linebackers – Myrel Moore Assistant Linebackers – Mike Nolan Defensive Backs – Charlie West Assistant Defensive Backs – Charlie Waters Special teams coaches Special Teams – Mike Nolan Special Teams – Charlie Waters Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Al Miller

Roster

1988 Denver Broncos roster
	Quarterbacks  7 John Elway 12 Ken Karcher  8 Gary Kubiak Running backs 35 Ken Bell KR 33 Tony Dorsett 30 Steve Sewell 32 Calvin Thomas 47 Gerald Willhite FB 23 Sammy Winder FB Wide receivers 83 Sam Graddy 80 Mark Jackson 87 Jason Johnson 82 Vance Johnson 85 Rick Massie 84 Ricky Nattiel PR		Tight ends 88 Clarence Kay 86 Pat Kelly 89 Orson Mobley Offensive linemen 54 Keith Bishop G 64 Billy Bryan C 78 Winford Hood T 79 Stefan Humphries G 66 Jim Juriga T 72 Keith Kartz G 76 Ken Lanier T 66 Larry Lee G 60 Gerald Perry G 57 Mike Ruether C 70 Dave Studdard T		Defensive linemen 65 Walt Bowyer DE 90 Freddie Gilbert DE 75 Rulon Jones DE 99 Shawn Knight NT 71 Greg Kragen NT 61 Andre Townsend DE Linebackers 56 Michael Brooks OLB 95 Steve Bryan ILB 55 Rick Dennison ILB 73 Simon Fletcher OLB 97 Bruce Klosterman ILB 59 Tim Lucas OLB 77 Karl Mecklenburg ILB 51 Marc Munford ILB 50 Jim Ryan ILB/OLB		Defensive backs 34 Tyrone Braxton FS 28 Jeremiah Castille CB 27 Kevin Clark CB 37 Kevin Guidry CB 31 Mike Harden FS 36 Mark Haynes CB 38 Bruce Plummer CB 48 Randy Robbins SS 49 Dennis Smith SS 45 Steve Wilson CB Special teams  2 Mike Horan P  3 Rich Karlis K Rookies in italics

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Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 4, 1988	Seattle Seahawks	L 21–14	75,986
2	September 11, 1988	San Diego Chargers	W 34–3	75,359
3	September 18, 1988	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 20–13	63,268
4	September 26, 1988	Los Angeles Raiders	L 30–27	75,964
5	October 2, 1988	at San Diego Chargers	W 12–0	55,763
6	October 9, 1988	at San Francisco 49ers	W 16–13	61,711
7	October 16, 1988	Atlanta Falcons	W 30–14	75,287
8	October 23, 1988	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 39–21	49,811
9	October 31, 1988	at Indianapolis Colts	L 55–23	60,544
10	November 6, 1988	Kansas City Chiefs	W 17–11	74,227
11	November 13, 1988	Cleveland Browns	W 30–7	75,806
12	November 20, 1988	at New Orleans Saints	L 42–0	68,075
13	November 27, 1988	Los Angeles Rams	W 35–24	74,141
14	December 4, 1988	at Los Angeles Raiders	L 21–20	65,561
15	December 11, 1988	at Seattle Seahawks	L 42–14	62,838
16	December 17, 1988	New England Patriots	W 21–10	70,910

Game summaries

Week 16

1 2 3 4 Total Patriots 7 3 0 0 10 • Broncos 7 7 0 7 21 Date: December 17 Location: Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: 32°F; wind 9

Scoring summary Q1 NE Stephens 23 yard run (Staurovsky kick) NE 7–0 Q1 DEN Winder 1 yard run (Karlis kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 DEN Dorsett 5 yard run (Karlis kick) DEN 14–7 Q2 NE Staurovsky 32 yard field goal DEN 14–10 Q4 DEN Winder 4 yard run (Karlis kick) DEN 21–10

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Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Seattle Seahawks^(3)	9	7	0	.563	6–2	8–4	339	329	W2
Denver Broncos	8	8	0	.500	3–5	5–7	327	352	W1
Los Angeles Raiders	7	9	0	.438	6–2	6–6	325	369	L2
San Diego Chargers	6	10	0	.375	3–5	4–8	231	332	W2
Kansas City Chiefs	4	11	1	.281	2–6	4–9–1	254	320	L2

References

1. "1988 Denver Broncos starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
2. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-19.

External links

• 1988 Denver Broncos at Pro-Football-Reference.com