1988 Cleveland Browns season

NFL season
team = Cleveland Browns
year = 1988
coach = Marty Schottenheimer
stadium = Cleveland Stadium
record = 10–6–0
division_place = 2nd–T AFC Central
playoffs = Lost AFC Wild Card PlayoffsThe 1988 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 39^th season with the National Football League.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Postseason

AFC Wild Card Game

* Houston Oilers 24, Cleveland Browns 23Linescore Amfootball
Road=Oilers
R1=0
R2=14
R3=0
R4=10
RT=24
Home=Browns
H1=3
H2=6
H3=7
H4=7
HT=23

"at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio"
*Game time: 1:30 p.m. EST
*TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy
*Referee: Jerry Seeman
*Game attendance: 74,977

Oilers cornerback Richard Johnson's interception set up kicker Tony Zendejas' game-clinching 49-field field goal with 1:54 left in the game. After the Browns scored first on a 33-yard field goal by Matt Bahr, Houston marched 91 yards to score on quarterback Warren Moon's 14-yard touchdown pass to running back Allen Pinkett. Then on Cleveland's next drive, Oilers defensive lineman Richard Byrd recovered quarterback Don Strock's fumble to set up Pinkett's 16-yard touchdown run. Bahr later made two field goals to cut Houston's lead, 14-9, before halftime. In the third quarter, backup quarterback Mike Pagel, who replaced an injured Strock, threw a 14-yard touchdown completion to wide receiver Webster Slaughter to put the Browns ahead, 16-14. However, the Oilers marched on a 76-yard drive that was capped with running back Lorenzo White's 1-yard rushing touchdown. After Johnson's interception and Zendejas' subsequent game-clinching 49-yard field goal, Slaughter caught a 2-yard touchdown reception to close out the scoring.

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