1987 Indianapolis Colts season

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1987 Indianapolis Colts season
Head Coach Ron Meyer
Home Field Hoosier Dome
Results
Record 9-6
Place 1st AFC East
Playoff Finish Lost Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 38-21
Timeline
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The 1987 Indianapolis Colts season was the 35th season for the team in the National Football League and 4th in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Colts finished the strike-shortened National Football League's 1987 season with a record of 9 wins and 6 losses, and won the AFC East division. This season marked the first division championship and the first trip to the playoffs for the Colts in Indianapolis.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Regular season schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game Site
1 September 13, 1987 Cincinnati Bengals L 21-23 0-1 Hoosier Dome
2 September 20, 1987 Miami Dolphins L 10-23 0-2 Hoosier Dome
3 Canceled [1]
4 October 4, 1987 @ Buffalo Bills W 47-6 1-2 Ralph Wilson Stadium
5 October 11, 1987 New York Jets W 6-0 2-2 Hoosier Dome
6 October 18, 1987 @ Pittsburgh Steelers L 7-21 2-3 Three Rivers Stadium
7 October 25, 1987 New England Patriots W 30-16 3-3 Hoosier Dome
8 November 1, 1987 @ New York Jets W 19-14 4-3 Giants Stadium
9 November 8, 1987 San Diego Chargers L 13-16 4-4 Hoosier Dome
10 November 15, 1987 @ Miami Dolphins W 40-20 5-4 Joe Robbie Stadium
11 November 22, 1987 @ New England Patriots L 0-24 5-5 Sullivan Stadium
12 November 29, 1987 Houston Oilers W 51-27 6-5 Hoosier Dome
13 December 6, 1987 @ Cleveland Browns W 9-7 7-5 Cleveland Stadium
14 December 13, 1987 Buffalo Bills L 3-27 7-6 Hoosier Dome
15 December 20, 1987 @ San Diego Chargers W 20-7 8-6 Jack Murphy Stadium
16 December 27, 1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 24-6 9-6 Hoosier Dome

[edit] Division standings

AFC East
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Indianapolis Colts 9 6 0 .600 300 238
New England Patriots 8 7 0 .533 320 293
Miami Dolphins 8 7 0 .533 362 335
Buffalo Bills 7 8 0 .467 270 305
New York Jets 6 9 0 .400 334 360

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[edit] Postseason

The team received a bye for the Wild-Card round of the playoffs and traveled to Cleveland for the Divisional round. After being tied with Browns for most of the game the 4th quarter proved to be their undoing, as they were outscored 17-7.

Playoff Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Game Site
Wild Card First-round Bye
Divisional January 10, 1988 @ Cleveland Browns (2) L 21-38 0-1 Cleveland Stadium

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The 24 day players' strike reduced the 16-game season to 15, causing week 3 to be canceled.
  2. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 293

[edit] See also

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