1987 Minnesota Vikings season

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1987 was the 27nd year of season play for the Minnesota Vikings and the 68th regular season of the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a record of eight wins and seven losses.

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NFL Draft

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Season Standings

[edit] Season Schedule

• Week 1 Sep 13 W 34-19 vs Detroit Lions
• Week 2 Sep 20 W 21-16 at Los Angeles Rams
• Week 4 Oct 4 L 23-16 vs Green Bay Packers
• Week 5 Oct 11 L 27-7 at Chicago Bears
• Week 6 Oct 18 L 20-10 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Week 7 Oct 26 W 34-27 vs Denver Broncos
• Week 8 Nov 1 L 28-17 at Seattle Seahawks
• Week 9 Nov 8 W 31-20 vs Los Angeles Raiders
• Week 10 Nov 15 W 23-17 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Week 11 Nov 22 W 24-13 vs Atlanta Falcons
• Week 12 Nov 26 W 44-38 at Dallas Cowboys (OT)
• Week 13 Dec 6 L 30-24 vs Chicago Bears
• Week 14 Dec 13 L 16-10 at Green Bay Packers at Milwaukee, WI
• Week 15 Dec 20 W 17-14 at Detroit Lions
• Week 16 Dec 26 L 27-24 vs Washington Redskins (OT)

[edit] Roster

[edit] Postseason

[edit] NFC Divisional Playoff

• Minnesota Vikings 44, New Orleans Saints 10

at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. CST
• TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and John Madden
• Game attendance: 68,546

In the Saints' first playoff game in history, the Vikings dominated the game by recording 2 sacks, forcing 4 turnovers, and allowing only 149 yards.

[edit] NFC Championship Game

• Washington Redskins 17, Minnesota Vikings 10

at RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

• Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
• TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and John Madden
• Referee: Ben Dreith
• Game attendance: 55,212

In a defensive battle, the Redskins played a little better by limiting the Vikings to only 76 rushing yards and forcing 8 sacks. Washington scored first on a 98-yard drive that was capped by running back Kelvin Bryant's 42-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Doug Williams. However, Minnesota tied the game before halftime with quarterback Wade Wilson's 23-yard touchdown pass to Leo Lewis. In the third quarter, Redskins linebacker Mel Kaufman returned an interception 10 yards to the Minnesota 17-yard line to set up kicker Ali Haji-Sheikh's 28-yard field goal. In the final period, Vikings kicker Chuck Nelson made an 18-yard field goal to tie the game, 10-10. The Redskins then marched 70 yards to score on Williams' 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Gary Clark to take the lead, 17-10, with 5:06 remaining in the game. Minnesota then advanced to the Washington 6-yard line, but Wilson's fourth down pass, intened for running back Darrin Nelson in the end zone, was batted away from him by cornerback Darrell Green with 52 seconds remaining and the Redskins ran out the clock.^[1]

[edit] References

• Vikings on Pro Football Reference
• Vikings on jt-sw.com

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