1987 Green Bay Packers season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Green Bay Packers 1987 5–9–1 3rd NFC Central Forrest Gregg Tom Braatz Lambeau FieldMilwaukee County Stadium Did not qualify None Packers seasons The 1987 Green Bay Packers season was their 69th season overall and their 67th in the National Football League. They went 5–9–1 under coach Forrest Gregg to place 3rd in the NFC Central, improving on their 4–12 record from 1986 by only 1.75 wins. The Packers suffered their second consecutive losing season, their fifth consecutive non-winning season, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. The 1987 NFL season was marked by a 24-day players strike, reducing the number of games from 16 games to 15. Three games of the Packers’ season were played with replacement players, going 2–1. The season ended with coach Forrest Gregg announcing he was leaving to fill the head coaching position at his alma mater, Southern Methodist University.http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/gb/packers.html Green Bay Packers(1919–Present) on Sportsencylopedia.com December 11, 2007 December 16, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071216175609/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/gb/packers.html dead Offseason Draft 1987 NFL draft 1987 Green Bay Packers 1 4 Brent Fullwood RB Auburn yes yes 2 41 Johnny Holland LB Texas A&M yes 3 61 Dave Croston OT Iowa from Atlanta yes 3 69 Scott Stephen LB Arizona St from L. A. Radiers yes 3 71 Frankie Neal WR Fort Hays St from Cleveland yes 4 89 Lorenzo Freeman DT Pittsburgh 6 145 Willie Marshall WR Temple 7 172 Tony Leiker DT Stanford yes 7 191 Bill Smith P Ole Miss 8 198 Jeff Drost DT Iowa yes 9 228 Greg Harris OG Wake Forest 10 255 Don Majkowski QB Virginia yes yes 11 282 Patrick Scott WR Grambling yes 12 335 Norman Jefferson CB LSU yes Undrafted free agents + 1987 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeTodd AuerLinebackerWestern IllinoisVincent BarnettCornerbackArkansas StateDavid CaldwellDefensive tackleTCUJohn DiettrichKickerBall StateTony ElliottSafetyCentral MichiganAnthony HarrisonSafetyGeorgia TechJim HobbinsGuardMinnesotaCraig JayTight endMount SenarioJon KleinschmidtPunterWisconsin–Stevens PointEd KonopasekOffensive tackleBall StateChris MandevilleSafetyUC DavisAaron ManningCornerbackIowa StateJohn McGarryGuardSaint Joseph'sW. C. NixCenterTCUKeith PaskettWide ReceiverWestern KentuckyRorery PerrymanDefensive endBoston CollegeMartin RudolphCornerbackArizonaJohn SterlingRunning backCentral OklahomaTerry SteelhammerOffensive tackleTexasJeff ValderKickerArizonaChuck WashingtonCornerbackArkansasKevin WillhiteRunning BackOregonDave YaremaQuarterbackMichigan State Personnel Staff 1987 Green Bay Packers President – Robert J. Parins Corporate Assistant to the President – Bob Harlan Executive vice-president of football operations – Tom Braatz Director of college scouting – Dick Corrick Head coach – Forrest Gregg Quarterbacks – George Sefcik Offensive backs – Willie Peete Receivers/passing game – Tom Coughlin Offensive line – Virgil Knight Offensive line – Jerry Wampfler Defensive coordinator/Defensive Line – Dick Modzelewski Linebackers – Dale Lindsey Defensive backs – Dick Jauron Special teams – Willie Peete Strength and conditioning – Virgil Knight http://nfl.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/coaches/ All Time Coaches Database Packers.com December 26, 2013 December 27, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131227073313/http://nfl.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/coaches/ dead NFL replacement players After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled: 1987 Green Bay Packers replacement rosterQuarterbacks  5 Willie Gillus 11 Alan Risher Running backs 20 Jimmy Hargrove 31 running back Tony Hunter 43 American football running back Larry Morris y 39 Freddie Parker 33 American football John Sterling y 45 Lavale Thomas 25 Lee Weigel 35 Kevin Willhite y Wide receivers 82 Derrick Harden 48-85 American football Lee Morris 87 Cornelius Redick 83 American football Patrick Scott y 84 American football Wes Smith Tight ends 26-81 Craig Jay y 89 American football Kevin Fitzgerald y 86 Don Summers Offensive linemen 70-74-92 Steve Collier 79 American football Mike Estep y 69 Bob Gruber 63 Perry Hartnett 78 Jim Hobbins y 60/54 Greg Jensen y 68 Ed Konopasek y 61 American football John McGarry y 62 Jim Meyer 50 Vince Rafferty 67 Travis Simpson y Defensive linemen 72 Warren Bone y 73 nose tackle David Caldwell y 71 Jeff Drost y 96 Tony Leiker y DE 94 Stan Mataele y 77 Sylvester McGrew 95 Carl Sullivan 93 Calvin Wallace y 64 Vince VillanucciLinebackers 53 Aric Anderson y 72-98 Todd Auer y 57 Putt Choate 55 American football Ken Jordan y 52 James Melka 97 American football linebacker John Miller 60/54 Rydell Melancon 51 Ron Monaco 56 American football John Pointer Defensive backs 41 Chuck Compton y 27 Tony F. Elliott y 46 Anthony Harrison y 40 defensive back David King 44 Von Mansfield 34 Lou Rash 38/18 Chuck Washington y American football Special teams 13 Bill Renner P  8 Max Zendejas K Roster 1987 Green Bay Packers roster Quarterbacks  5 Don Majkowski y 16 Randy Wright Running backs 30 Paul Ott Carruth 33 Jessie Clark 20 Kelly Cook 36 American football Kenneth Davis 21 Brent Fullwood y Wide receivers 85 Phil Epps 81 American football Lee Morris y 80 Frankie Neal y 82 Keith Paskett y 83 American football Patrick Scott y 87 Walter Stanley Tight ends 89 Joey Hackett 86 American football Ed West Offensive linemen 58 American football Mark Cannon C 69 Bill Cherry C 64 Steve Collier RT 65 Ron Hallstrom G 57 Rich Moran G 72 guard Tom Neville G 77 Tommy Robison G 75 Ken Ruettgers LT 70 Keith Uecker RT 73 Alan Veingrad LT Defensive linemen 61 Jerry Boyarsky NT 93 American football, born 1960 Robert Brown DE 79 Ross Browner NT 76 Alphonso Carreker DE 90 Ezra Johnson DE Linebackers 59 American football John Anderson OLB 56 Burnell Dent ILB 99 American football John Dorsey ILB 97 linebacker Tim Harris OLB 50 Johnny Holland ILB y 98 Brent Moore OLB 91 American football Brian Noble ILB 54 Scott Stephen OLB y 52 Mike Weddington OLB 51 Clayton Weishuhn ILB Defensive backs 32 cornerback Dave Brown CB 23 Tiger Greene FS 38 Norman Jefferson CB y 39 American football Kenneth Johnson CB 22 American football Mark Lee CB 44 Chris Mandeville SS y 37 safety, born 1958 Mark Murphy SS 29 Ken Stills FS Special teams 17 Don Bracken P  8 Max Zendejas K Reserve lists  6 Robbie Bosco QB IR 60 Dave Croston y LT IR 71 Jeff Drost y DE IR 27 Tony Elliott y defensive back S IR 49 American football David Greenwood S IR 63 Greg Harris offensive lineman y C IR 40 Eddie Lee Ivery RB IR -- Don King defensive back S IR 53 Bobby Leopold ILB IR 67 David Logan NT (Retired) 10px 88 American football Willie Marshall y WR IR 47 Jim Bob Morris S IR -- Don Summers TE IR 92 Ben Thomas American football DE IR 45 Lavale Thomas RB IR 28 Elbert Watts CB IR 35 Kevin Willhite RB IR Rookies in italics Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 13 Los Angeles Raiders L 0–20 0–1 Lambeau Field 54,983 2 September 20 Denver Broncos T 17–17 (OT) 0–1–1 Milwaukee County Stadium 50,624 3 September 27 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game not held due to 1987 NFL strike 4 October 4 at Minnesota Vikings W 23–16* 1–1–1 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 13,911 5 October 11 Detroit Lions L 16–19* (OT) 1–2–1 Lambeau Field 35,779 6 October 18 Philadelphia Eagles W 16–10* (OT) 2–2–1 Lambeau Field 35,842 7 October 25 at Detroit Lions W 34–33 3–2–1 Pontiac Silverdome 27,278 8 November 1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 17–23 3–3–1 Milwaukee County Stadium 50,308 9 November 8 Chicago Bears L 24–26 3–4–1 Lambeau Field 53,320 10 November 15 at Seattle Seahawks L 13–24 3–5–1 Kingdome 60,963 11 November 22 at Kansas City Chiefs W 23–3 4–5–1 Arrowhead Stadium 34,611 12 November 29 at Chicago Bears L 10–23 4–6–1 Soldier Field 61,638 13 December 6 San Francisco 49ers L 12–23 4–7–1 Lambeau Field 51,118 14 December 13 Minnesota Vikings W 16–10 5–7–1 Milwaukee County Stadium 47,059 15 December 19, 1987 at New York Giants L 10–20 5–8–1 Giants Stadium 51,013 16 December 27 at New Orleans Saints L 24–33 5–9–1 Louisiana Superdome 68,364 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Game summaries Week 3 Packers 7 13 0 3 Vikings 0 7 7 2 October 4 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota 4:00 p.m. EST Indoors (dome) Pat Haggerty yes Q1 GB Thomas 30 yard pass from Risher (Zendejas kick) GB 7–0 Q2 GB Zendejas 35 yard field goal GB 10–0 Q2 GB Zendejas 43 yard field goal GB 13–0 Q2 MIN Brim 63 yard pass from Adams (Dawson kick) GB 13–7 Q2 GB Risher 13 yard run (Zendejas kick) GB 20–7 Q3 MIN Brim 38 yard run (Dawson kick) GB 20–14 Q4 MIN Safety, Stepanek tackled Risher in end zone GB 20–16 Q4 GB Zendejas 34 yard field goal GB 23–16 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Jan-19. Standings Statistical leaders Packers Official 1987 Year End Stats Quarterbacks Player Attempts Completions Yards Touchdowns Interceptions QB rating Randy Wright 247 142 1,507 6 11 61.6 Don Majkowski 127 55 875 5 3 70.2 Running Backs Player Rushes Yards Average Touchdowns Kenneth Davis 109 413 3.8 3 Brent Fullwood 84 274 3.3 5 Receivers Player Receptions Yards Average Touchdowns Walter Stanley 38 672 17.7 3 Frankie Neal 36 420 11.7 3 Phil Epps 34 516 15.2 2 Awards and milestones Hall of Famers The following were inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in February 1987; Chester Marcol, K, 1972–80 Deral Teteak, LB-G, 1952–56 References Category:Green Bay Packers seasons Green Bay Packers Green Bay