The 1988 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 13th season with the National Football League (NFL). The Seahawks won their first division title in the AFC West. They won the division with only a 9–7 record and finished with only a +10-point differential.
The team never went under .500 during the season and clinched the AFC West in week 16 with a 43–37 shootout win over the Los Angeles Raiders. The Seahawks were the #3 seed in the AFC playoffs; they lost 21–13 on the road in the Divisional round to the top-seeded Cincinnati Bengals on December 31.
In late August, Ken Behring and partner Ken Hofmann purchased the team from the Nordstrom family for $80 million.
Offseason NFL draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1988 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeRyan KnightRunning backUSCKevin McLeanQuarterbackUSCPat PearsonGuardSouthern MissGarey WaitersPunterJacksonville StateArthur WhiteLinebackerFloridaDonald WilsonSafetyPenn
Personnel
Staff
Final roster
(*) Denotes players that were selected for the 1989 Pro Bowl.
Schedule
Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap 1 Phoenix Cardinals W 21–7 1–0 Kingdome Recap 2 at Detroit Lions W 16–13 2–0 Pontiac Silverdome Recap 3 Buffalo Bills W 30–13 3–0 Kingdome Recap 4 at San Francisco 49ers L 21–27 3–1 Candlestick Park Recap
Source: Seahawks Media Guides1988 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.1989 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
Regular season Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC West.
Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap 1 September 4 at Denver Broncos W 21–14 1–0 Mile High Stadium Recap 2 September 11 Kansas City Chiefs W 31–10 2–0 Kingdome Recap 3 September 18 at San Diego Chargers L 6–17 2–1 Jack Murphy Stadium Recap 4 September 25 San Francisco 49ers L 7–38 2–2 Kingdome Recap 5 October 2 at Atlanta Falcons W 31–20 3–2 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Recap 6 October 9 at Cleveland Browns W 16–10 4–2 Cleveland Stadium Recap 7 October 16 New Orleans Saints L 19–20 4–3 Kingdome Recap 8 October 23 at Los Angeles Rams L 10–31 4–4 Anaheim Stadium Recap 9 October 30 San Diego Chargers W 17–14 5–4 Kingdome Recap 10 November 6 Buffalo Bills L 3–13 5–5 Kingdome Recap 11 November 13 Houston Oilers W 27–24 6–5 Kingdome Recap 12 November 20 at Kansas City Chiefs L 24–27 6–6 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 13 Los Angeles Raiders W 35–27 7–6 Kingdome Recap 14 December 4 at New England Patriots L 7–13 7–7 Sullivan Stadium Recap 15 December 11 Denver Broncos W 42–14 8–7 Kingdome Recap 16 December 18 at Los Angeles Raiders W 43–37 9–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap
Bold indicates division opponents. Source: 1988 NFL season results1988 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.
Postseason
Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Game site Recap Wild CardFirst-round bye Divisional at Cincinnati Bengals (1) L 13–21 0–1 Riverfront Stadium Recap
Standings
Game summaries
Preseason
Week P1: vs. Phoenix Cardinals
Week P2: at Detroit Lions
Week P3: vs. Buffalo Bills
Week P4: at San Francisco 49ers
Regular season
Week 1: at Denver Broncos
Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week 3: at San Diego Chargers
Week 4: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Week 5: at Atlanta Falcons
Week 6: at Cleveland Browns
Week 7: vs. New Orleans Saints
Week 8: at Los Angeles Rams
Week 9: vs. San Diego Chargers
Week 10: vs. Buffalo Bills
Week 11: vs. Houston Oilers
Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 13: vs. Los Angeles Raiders
Week 14: at New England Patriots
Week 15: vs. Denver Broncos
Week 16: at Los Angeles Raiders
Postseason
Seattle entered the postseason as the #3 seed in the AFC.
AFC Divisional Playoff: at #1 Cincinnati Bengals Seahawks lost and in 1989 missed the playoffs 7-9.
References
External links
1988 Seattle Seahawks season at ESPN 1988 Seattle Seahawks at Pro Football Reference (Profootballreference.com) 1988 Seattle Seahawks Statistics at jt-sw.com 1988 Seattle Seahawks Schedule at jt-sw.com