The 1988Philadelphia Eaglesseason was the franchise's 56th season in the National Football League.
The Eagles playing against the Chicago Bears in the famous "Fog Bowl"
This season resulted an appearance in the postseason for the first time since 1981. The Eagles won the NFC East for the first time since 1980, but lost to the Chicago Bears in the NFC Divisional round during the Fog Bowl.
In control of their own destiny for a playoff berth, but not the NFC East title on the final day of the regular season, Philadelphia dumped Dallas, 23–7, guaranteed a minimum of a wild card berth, but had to wait for the end to the Jets-Giants game at Giants Stadium to learn if they had clinched the division or not to avoid the Wild Card round. The Jets won the game, 27–21, on a late TD strike from Ken O'Brien to Al Toon, giving the Eagles the NFC East crown on the tiebreaker of having beaten the Giants in both regular-season meetings.
The Eagles played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Tampa Stadium where temperatures reached 90-degrees. On the Eagles’ fourth play of the game, Bucs linebacker Kevin Murphy chased Cunningham out of the pocket, and he rolled to his left and floated a 37-yard TD to Mike Quick. The first quarter ended with the Eagles up 21 to 0 after Anthony Toney ran for a TD and Cunningham threw an 8-yard TD to Jackson. The Eagles even scored on a 38-yard TD run by safety Terry Hoage on the only carry of his 13-year career.[3]
Week 2[]
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2
3
4
Total
• Bengals
7
7
0
14
28
Eagles
14
0
3
7
24
Date: September 11
Location:Veterans Stadium
Referee: Bob McElwee
TV announcers (NBC): Kevin Slaten and Dave Lapham
Week 3[]
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2
3
4
Total
Eagles
0
3
0
7
10
• Redskins
14
0
3
0
17
Date: September 18
Location:RFK Stadium
Week 4[]
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2
3
4
Total
Eagles
0
14
0
7
21
• Vikings
10
0
7
6
23
Date: September 25
Location:Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Game weather: Indoors (dome)
Referee: Jim Tunney
TV announcers (CBS): Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts
Week 5[]
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2
3
4
Total
Oilers
16
0
0
7
23
• Eagles
0
20
9
3
32
Date: October 2
Location: Veterans Stadium
Referee: Dick Jorgensen
Television network: NBC
Week 6[]
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2
3
4
Total
Giants
3
0
3
7
13
• Eagles
0
14
3
7
24
Date: October 10
Location: Veterans Stadium
Referee: Fred Wyant
TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf
Week 7[]
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2
3
4
Total
Eagles
0
3
0
0
3
• Browns
3
0
6
10
19
Date: October 16
Location:Cleveland Stadium
Referee: Johnny Grier
Television network: CBS
Week 8[]
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2
3
4
Total
Cowboys
17
3
3
0
23
• Eagles
0
7
3
14
24
Date: October 23
Location: Veterans Stadium
Referee: Dick Hantak
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist and Dan Jiggetts
Week 9[]
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2
3
4
Total
• Falcons
0
7
13
7
27
Eagles
3
7
0
14
24
Date: October 30
Location: Veterans Stadium
Referee: Ben Dreith
TV announcers (CBS): James Brown and Gary Fencik
Week 10[]
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2
3
4
Total
Rams
3
7
0
14
24
• Eagles
0
10
10
10
30
Date: November 6
Location: Veterans Stadium
Referee: Bob McElwee
TV announcers (CBS): Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts
Week 11[]
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2
3
4
Total
• Eagles
0
14
3
10
27
Steelers
10
6
7
3
26
Date: November 13
Location:Three Rivers Stadium
Referee: Fred Wyant
TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Dan Jiggetts
Week 12[]
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2
3
4
OT
Total
• Eagles
7
3
0
7
6
23
Giants
7
3
7
0
0
17
Date: November 20
Location:Giants Stadium
Referee: Tom Dooley
TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and John Madden
Known as The Fog Bowl in NFL lore, the Bears defeated the Eagles, 20–12, in a contest in which a heavy, dense fog rolled over Chicago's Soldier Field during the second quarter and cut visibility to about 15–20 yards for the rest of the game.
Bold indicates NFL Championship (1920–1969) or Super Bowl (1966–) victory Italics indicates NFL Championship (1920–1969) or Super Bowl (1966–) appearance