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 41st 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[edit]

NFL draft[edit]

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
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Roster[edit]

1988 Los Angeles Rams roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad none

47 active, 9 inactive


Rookies in italics

Regular season[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Week 4[edit]

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 (18 °C); wind 11 mph (18 km/h)
  • Referee: Johnny Grier
  • Television network: CBS

[1]

Standings[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

See also[edit]

Other Anaheim–based teams in 1988

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  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