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Every 1988 NFL race charted week by week: AFC Central, AFC East, AFC West, AFC Wild Card, NFC Central, NFC East, NFC West and NFC Wild Card. Final standings, from a season that ran September 4 to December 19, 1988.
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AFC Central standings, 1988
Team W L T Pct GB L10 Streak (CIN) b 12 4 0 .750 - 6-4 W1 (CLE) x 10 6 0 .625 2 7-3 W1 (HOU) x 10 6 0 .625 2 6-4 L1 (PIT) 5 11 0 .313 7 4-6 W1
Final standings.
Clinch key x clinched a playoff place b clinched a first-round bye
Turning points Wire to wire: the Cincinnati Bengals held first place on every charted week. The Cincinnati Bengals won 6 games in a row from Week 1 to Week 6, the longest run of the race. Four teams held first place.
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Standings Chart › NFL › 1988 Data from FiveThirtyEight's openly licensed NFL data and the devstopfix results set . Charts update nightly after the last game goes final. The league's own current standings are at NFL.com .
The numbers carry a few honest asterisks, from 1927 darkness ties to the only forfeit in WNBA history: all of them are disclosed in the data notes .
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1988 NFL races AFC Central The Cincinnati Bengals won the 1988 NFL AFC Central division race at 12-4, 2 games ahead of the Cleveland Browns. AFC East The Buffalo Bills won the 1988 NFL AFC East division race at 12-4, 3 games ahead of the Indianapolis Colts. AFC West The Seattle Seahawks won the 1988 NFL AFC West division race at 9-7, 1 game ahead of the Denver Broncos. AFC Wild Card The Cleveland Browns and Houston Oilers took the 2 wild card spots in the 1988 NFL AFC wild card race, finishing 1 game ahead of the Indianapolis Colts. NFC Central The Chicago Bears won the 1988 NFL NFC Central division race at 12-4, 1 game ahead of the Minnesota Vikings. NFC East The Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants finished tied atop the 1988 NFL NFC East division race, both at 10-6. The Philadelphia Eagles won the division on an NFL tiebreaker these standings do not carry. NFC West The San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints finished tied atop the 1988 NFL NFC West division race, all at 10-6. The San Francisco 49ers won the division on an NFL tiebreaker these standings do not carry. NFC Wild Card The Minnesota Vikings took a wild card spot in the 1988 NFL NFC wild card race; the Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans Saints and New York Giants finished level at 10-6 for the last wild card spot. The Los Angeles Rams took the last wild card spot on an NFL tiebreaker these standings do not carry. 🏆 PlayoffsEvery playoff game, charted. 57 NFL seasons since 1970 Closest NFL races · Biggest NFL comebacks and collapses · Weeks in first place