1987 Atlanta Falcons season

1987 Atlanta Falcons season
Head coach Marion Campbell
Home field Fulton County Stadium
Results
Record 3–12
Division Place 4th NFC West
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
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1986 1988

The 1976 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcon's 22nd season.

Contents

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School
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Personnel

Staff

1987 Atlanta Falcons staff
Front Office
  • Chairman of the Board – Rankin M. Smith, Sr.
  • President – Rankin M. Smith, Jr.
  • Executive Vice President – Taylor Smith
  • Director of Player Personnel – Ken Herock
  • Director of Pro Personnel – Bill Jobko

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  Defensive Coaches

Special Teams Coaches

  • Special Teams – Al Groh

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Tim Jorgensen

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 13, 1987 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 48-10
51,250
2 September 20, 1987 Washington Redskins W 21-20
50,882
- September 27, 1987 at New Orleans Saints canceled
3 October 4, 1987 Pittsburgh Steelers L 28-12
16,667
4 October 11, 1987 San Francisco 49ers L 25-17
8,684
5 October 18, 1987 Los Angeles Rams W 24-20
15,813
6 October 25, 1987 at Houston Oilers L 37-33
29,062
7 November 1, 1987 New Orleans Saints L 38-0
42,196
8 November 8, 1987 at Cleveland Browns L 38-3
71,135
9 November 15, 1987 Cincinnati Bengals L 16-10
25,758
10 November 22, 1987 at Minnesota Vikings L 24-13
53,866
11 November 29, 1987 St. Louis Cardinals L 34-21
15,909
12 December 6, 1987 at Dallas Cowboys W 21-10
40,103
13 December 13, 1987 at Los Angeles Rams L 33-0
43,310
14 December 20, 1987 at San Francisco 49ers L 35-7
54,698
15 December 27, 1987 Detroit Lions L 30-13
13,906

Standings

NFC West
W L T PCT PF PA STK
San Francisco 49ers 13 2 0 .867 459 253 W6
New Orleans Saints 12 3 0 .800 422 283 W9
Los Angeles Rams 6 9 0 .400 317 361 L2
Atlanta Falcons 3 12 0 .200 205 436 L3

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Awards and records

Milestones

References

External links

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