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1988 Detroit Lions season

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Home field
  
Pontiac Silverdome

Division place
  
4th NFC Central

Start date
  
1988

Owner
  
William Clay Ford Sr.

Record
  
4–12

Playoff finish
  
did not qualify

General manager
  
Russ Thomas

Head coaches
  
Darryl Rogers, Wayne Fontes

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The 1988 Detroit Lions season was the 59th season in franchise history. The team fell a step further from their 4–11 record in the strike-affected 1987 season, winning four of sixteen games and suffering their fifth successive losing record. Head coach Darryl Rogers, who had served since 1985 was released after eleven games and replaced by defensive coordinator Wayne Fontes.

The 1988 Lions’ offense was historically inept; their 3,405 offensive yards gained is the second-lowest all-time in a 16-game season, and the lowest total of the 1980s. Their 220 points scored (13.75 per game) is the fifth-fewest of the 1980s. They scored 20 or more points only three times all season.

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1988 Detroit Lions season Wikipedia