The 1988 Los Angeles Raiders season was the franchise's 29th season overall, and the franchise's 19th season in the
National Football League
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.
Mike Shanahan
Michael Edward Shanahan (born August 24, 1952) is a former American football coach, best known as the head coach of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) from 1995 to 2008. During his fourteen seasons with the Broncos, he led ...
was hired as head coach, and the club finished with a 7–9 record. The Raiders drafted
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy (usually known colloquially as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman) is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard ...
winner
Tim Brown Timothy, Timmy, or Tim Brown may refer to:
Music
* Timothy Brown (bassist) (born 1969), bassist for the band The Boo Radleys
* Timothy Brown (conductor) (born 1946), English choral conductor
* Timothy Brown (hornist), English hornist
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, making Brown the third person on the Raiders roster to have won the Heisman Trophy, the others being
Marcus Allen
Marcus LeMarr Allen (born March 26, 1960) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the Los Angeles Raiders. Considered one of the greatest goal line and short-y ...
and
Bo Jackson
Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is an American former professional baseball and American football player. He is the only professional athlete in history to be named an All-Star in both baseball and football. Jackson's el ...
. Most of the team's success throughout the season came through their division, as the Raiders finished 6-2 against the weak AFC West division, with their only 2 losses against the champions of the division, the
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as ...
. However, the Raiders were only 1-7 against the rest of the NFL, with their only other win coming against the
eventual champions, the 49ers in San Francisco in a game in which only field goals were kicked.
Offseason
NFL Draft
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Regular season
Schedule
Season summary
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Steve Beuerlein
Stephen Taylor Beuerlein (born March 7, 1965) is a former American football quarterback, and is currently an NFL and college football analyst for CBS.
High school career
In his senior year, Beuerlein led Anaheim's Servite High School to the ...
threw for 375 yards in a game against the Los Angeles Rams.
Week 4
Week 7
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Bo Jackson
Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is an American former professional baseball and American football player. He is the only professional athlete in history to be named an All-Star in both baseball and football. Jackson's el ...
70 Yds (season debut; reported to Raiders Wednesday)
*The Raiders played without DE
Howie Long
Howard Matthew Moses Long (born January 6, 1960) is an American sports analyst and former professional football player. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons as a defensive end, spending his entire career with the Raide ...
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Stacey Toran
Stacey Toran (October 11, 1961 – August 5, 1989) was an American football defensive back. He played for the Los Angeles Raiders for five seasons. A native of Indianapolis and a graduate of Broad Ripple High School, Toran was a member of the sch ...
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Todd Christensen
Todd Jay Christensen (August 3, 1956 – November 13, 2013) was an American football player who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1978 until 1988, spending most of that time playing tight end for the Oakland / Los Angeles Ra ...
due to injuries while
Marcus Allen
Marcus LeMarr Allen (born March 26, 1960) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the Los Angeles Raiders. Considered one of the greatest goal line and short-y ...
was limited due to a wrist injury of his own.
Standings
Awards and records
*Tim Brown, Pro Bowl selection
*Tim Brown, led all AFC rookies in receiving yardage
*Tim Brown, led NFL with 26.8 yard average on kickoff return
*Tim Brown had more total yards rushing, receiving and returning kicks (2,317) than any other rookie in NFL history.
[1990 NFL Pro Set trading card, Tim Brown, Card No. 150, Pro Set Properties]
References
Raiders on Pro Football ReferenceRaiders on jt-sw.comRaiders stats on jt-sw.com
Los Angeles Raiders
The Los Angeles Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994 before relocating back to Oakland, California, where the team played from its inaugural 1960 season to the 1981 season and then agai ...
1988
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Los
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Science and technology
* Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation
* Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers
* Level of significance, a measure of statistical significance ...
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