1987 Washington Redskins season

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1987 Washington Redskins season
Head Coach Joe Gibbs
Home Field RFK Stadium
Results
Record 11-4
Place 1st NFC East
Playoff Finish Won Divisional Playoffs (Bears) 21-17
Won Conference Championship (Vikings) 17-10
Won Super Bowl XXII (Broncos) 42-10
Timeline
Previous Season Next Season
1986 1988

The 1987 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 12-4 record from 1986. The 1987 NFL season was shortened from 16 games per team to 15 games because of a players' strike. Games to be played during the third week of the season were canceled, and replacement players were used to play games from weeks 4 through 6. The Redskins would go on to beat the Denver Broncos 42-10 to win Super Bowl XXII.






Contents

[edit] Regular season schedule and standings

[edit] Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Game site Record
1 September 13, 1987 Philadelphia Eagles W 34-24 RFK Stadium 1-0
2 September 20, 1987 Atlanta Falcons L 21-20 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 1-1
4 October 4, 1987 St. Louis Cardinals W 28-21 RFK Stadium 2-1
5 October 11, 1987 New York Giants W 38-12 Giants Stadium 3-1
6 October 19, 1987 Dallas Cowboys W 13-7 Texas Stadium 4-1
7 October 25, 1987 New York Jets W 17-16 RFK Stadium 5-1
8 November 1, 1987 Buffalo Bills W 27-7 Ralph Wilson Stadium 6-1
9 November 8, 1987 Philadelphia Eagles L 31-27 Veterans Stadium 6-2
10 November 15, 1987 Detroit Lions W 20-13 RFK Stadium 7-2
11 November 23, 1987 Los Angeles Rams L 30-26 RFK Stadium 7-3
12 November 29, 1987 New York Giants W 23-19 RFK Stadium 8-3
13 December 6, 1987 St. Louis Cardinals W 34-17 Busch Memorial Stadium 9-3
14 December 13, 1987 Dallas Cowboys W 24-20 RFK Stadium 10-3
15 December 20, 1987 Miami Dolphins L 23-21 Joe Robbie Stadium 10-4
16 December 26, 1987 Minnesota Vikings W 27-24 (OT) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 11-4
NFC Divisional Playoffs Chicago Bears W 21-17 Soldier Field 12-4
NFC Championship Minnesota Vikings W 17-10 RFK Stadium 13-4
Super Bowl XXII Denver Broncos W 42-10 San Diego, California 14-4

[edit] Division standings

NFC East
Team W L T PCT PF PA Streak
Washington Redskins 11 4 0 .733 379 285 Won 1
Dallas Cowboys 7 8 0 .467 340 348 Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals 7 8 0 .467 362 368 Lost 1
Philadelphia Eagles 7 8 0 .467 337 380 Won 2
New York Giants 6 9 0 .400 280 312 Won 2

[edit] References

1987 NFL season
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AFC East Central West NFC East Central West
Buffalo Cincinnati Denver Dallas Chicago Atlanta
Indianapolis Cleveland Kansas City NY Giants Detroit LA Rams
Miami Houston LA Raiders Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans
New England Pittsburgh San Diego St. Louis Minnesota San Francisco
NY Jets Seattle Washington Tampa Bay
1987 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XXII
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Washington Redskins Super Bowl XXII Champions
6 Ali Haji-Sheikh | 10 Jay Schroeder | 11 Mark Rypien | 12 Steve Cox | 17 Doug Williams | 23 Todd Bowles | 24 Kelvin Bryant | 28 Darrell Green | 29 Reggie Branch | 30 Anthony Allen | 31 Clarence Vaughn | 32 Vernon Dean | 34 Brian Davis | 35 Keith Griffin | 36 Timmy Smith | 38 George Rogers | 40 Alvin Walton | 41 Tim Morrison | 45 Barry Wilburn | 46 Dennis Woodberry | 50 Ravin Caldwell | 51 Monte Coleman | 52 Neal Olkewicz | 53 Jeff Bostic | 54 Kurt Gouveia | 55 Mel Kaufman | 57 Rich Milot | 58 David Jones | 61 Rick Kehr | 63 Raleigh McKenzie | 64 Steve Hamilton | 65 Dave Butz | 66 Joe Jacoby | 68 Russ Grimm | 69 R. C. Thielemann | 71 Charles Mann | 72 Dexter Manley | 73 Mark May | 74 Markus Koch | 77 Darryl Grant | 78 Dean Hamel | 80 Eric Yarber | 81 Art Monk | 82 Anthony Jones | 83 Ricky Sanders | 84 Gary Clark | 85 Don Warren | 86 Clint Didier | 87 Terry Orr | 88 Joe Caravello | 89 Clarence Verdin
Head Coach Joe Gibbs
Coaches Chuck Banker | Don Breaux | Joe Bugel | Joe Diange | Dan Henning | Bill Hickman | Paul Lanham | Larry Peccatiello | Richie Petitbon | Jerry Rhome | Dan Riley | Warren Simmons | Charley Taylor | Emmitt Thomas | LaVern Torgeson
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Washington Redskins
The Franchise
Stadiums
Culture
Lore
Head Coaches
Wray • Dietz • Casey • Flaherty • Bergman • DeGroot • Edwards • Whelchel • Ball • Todd • Lambeau • Kuharich • Nixon • McPeak • Graham • Lombardi • Austin • Allen • Pardee • Petitbon • Turner • Robiskie • Schottenheimer • Spurrier • Gibbs • Zorn
Division Championships (12)
Super Bowl Appearances (5)
VII • XVII • XVIII • XXII • XXVI
League Championships (5)
1937 • 1942 • 1982 • 1987 • 1991
Hall of Fame Players
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Current League Affiliations
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