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Johnny Grier became the first African-American in NFL history to be promoted to referee. [2] Grier replaced long time referee Bob Frederic, who retired in the offseason. Grier was the field judge in the previous season's Super Bowl XXII, which was the same game that Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins became the first African-American quarterback to win the Super
Wilson finished the game with 253 passing yards and a touchdown, while Carter caught four passes for 102 yards. Rams linebacker Kevin Greene had three sacks. [4] To date, this was the final NFL playoff game to take place on a Monday until 2022. This was the sixth postseason meeting between the Rams and Vikings.
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
September 25, 1988 at Green Bay Packers: W 24–6 56,492 5 October 2, 1988 Buffalo Bills: W 24–3 62,793 6 October 9, 1988 at Detroit Lions: W 24–7 64,526 7 October 16, 1988 Dallas Cowboys: W 17–7 64,759 8 October 24, 1988 San Francisco 49ers: W 10–9 65,293 9 October 30, 1988 at New England Patriots: L 30–7 60,821 10 November 6, 1988
The 1988 New York Giants season was the franchise's 64th season in the National Football League (NFL). The team would finish with 10–6, 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 1988 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 39th season with the National Football League. Despite taking the Browns to the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year, head coach Marty Schottenheimer was fired at the end of the 1988 season.
In the National Football League (NFL), a tied game occurs when a regular season game ends with both teams having an equal score after one 10-minute overtime period. [1] [2] Ties have counted as a half-win and half-loss in league standings since 1972; before that, ties were not counted in the standings at all. [3]
The losing streak extended to 10 games before Dallas upset the defending Super Bowl champion Washington Redskins in week 15 in RFK Stadium, which eliminated the Redskins from 1988 playoff contention. The Redskins win marked the end of an era (and Landry's last win) but was also a harbinger as rookie (and future hall-of-fame) wide receiver Irvin ...