1987 Green Bay Packers season

1987 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Forrest Gregg
General manager	Tom Braatz
Home field	Lambeau Field Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	5–9–1
Division place	3rd NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1987 Green Bay Packers season was their 68th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 5–9–1 record under coach Forrest Gregg, earning them 3rd-place finish in the NFC Central division.

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.^[1]

Offseason

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1987 Green Bay Packers draft
1	4	Brent Fullwood *	RB	Auburn
2	41	Johnny Holland	LB	Texas A&M
3	61	Dave Croston	OT	Iowa
3	69	Scott Stephen	LB	Arizona St
3	71	Frankie Neal	WR	Fort Hays St
4	89	Lorenzo Freeman	DT	Pittsburgh
6	145	Willie Marshall	WR	Temple
7	172	Tony Leiker	DT	Stanford
7	191	Bill Smith	P	Ole Miss
8	198	Jeff Drost	DT	Iowa
9	228	Greg Harris	OG	Wake Forest
10	255	Don Majkowski *	QB	Virginia
11	282	Patrick Scott	WR	Grambling
12	335	Norman Jefferson	CB	LSU
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

1987 Green Bay Packers staff

Front office

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 coaches

Head Coach – Forrest Gregg

Offensive coaches

Quarterbacks – George Sefcik
Offensive Backs – Willie Peete
Receivers/Passing Game – Tom Coughlin
Offensive Line – Virgil Knight
Offensive Line – Jerry Wampfler

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Dick Modzelewski
Linebackers – Dale Lindsey
Defensive Backs – Dick Jauron

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Willie Peete

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Virgil Knight

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Roster

1987 Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	9-13-1987	Los Angeles Raiders	L 0–20	0–1–0	Lambeau Field	54,983
2	9-20-1987	Denver Broncos	T 17–17 O.T.	0–1–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	50,624
3	9-27-1987	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Games not held due to 1987 NFL strike
4	10-4-1987	at Minnesota Vikings	W 23–16*	1–1–1	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	13,911
5	10-11-1987	Detroit Lions	L 16–19* O.T.	1–2–1	Lambeau Field	35,779
6	10-18-1987	Philadelphia Eagles	W 16–10* O.T.	2–2–1	Lambeau Field	35,842
7	10-25-1987	at Detroit Lions	W 34–33	3–2–1	Pontiac Silverdome	27,278
8	11-1-1987	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 17–23	3–3–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	50,308
9	11-8-1987	Chicago Bears	L 24–26	3–4–1	Lambeau Field	53,320
10	11-15-1987	at Seattle Seahawks	L 13–24	3–5–1	Kingdome	60,963
11	11-22-1987	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 23–3	4–5–1	Arrowhead Stadium	34,611
12	11-29-1987	at Chicago Bears	L 10–23	4–6–1	Soldier Field	61,638
13	12-6-1987	San Francisco 49ers	L 12–23	4–7–1	Lambeau Field	51,118
14	12-13-1987	Minnesota Vikings	W 16–10	5–7–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	47,059
15	12-19-1987	at New York Giants	L 10–20	5–8–1	Giants Stadium	51,013
16	12-27-1987	at New Orleans Saints	L 24–33	5–9–1	Louisiana Superdome	68,364

* – Games played with replacement players^[1]

Game summaries

Week 3

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Packers	7	13	0	3	23
Vikings	0	7	7	2	16

Date: October 4
Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Scoring summary

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

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Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears⁽²⁾	11	4	0	.733	7–0	9–2	356	282	W1
Minnesota Vikings⁽⁵⁾	8	7	0	.533	3–5	6–6	336	335	L1
Green Bay Packers	5	9	1	.367	3–4	4–7	255	300	L2
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	4	11	0	.267	3–4	4–9	286	360	L8
Detroit Lions	4	11	0	.267	2–5	4–7	269	384	W1

Statistical leaders

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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

1 2 Green Bay Packers(1919–Present) on Sportsencylopedia.com
↑ "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Jan-19.
↑ Packers Official 1987 Year End Stats

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1987 NFL season

East	Central	West	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

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