A 24-day players' strike was called after week two. Week 3 games were cancelled, but the games for weeks 4-6 were played with replacement players, after which the union voted to end the strike.
1987 Regular Season Results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Record | ||||||||||||||
| 9/13 | at New Orleans | L | 21-28 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/20 | vs Pittsburgh | W | 34-10 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/4 | at New England | W | 20-10 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/11 | vs Houston | L | 10-15 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/18 | at Cincinnati | W | 34-0 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/26 | vs Los Angeles | W | 30-17 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/1 | at San Diego | L | 24-27 OT | OT | 4-3 | ||||||||||||||
| 11/8 | vs Atlanta | W | 38-3 | 5-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/15 | vs Buffalo | W | 27-21 | 6-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/22 | at Houston | W | 40-7 | 7-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/29 | at San Francisco | L | 24-38 | 7-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/6 | vs Indianapolis | L | 7-9 | 7-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/13 | vs Cincinnati | W | 38-24 | 8-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/20 | at Los Angeles | W | 24-17 | 9-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | at Pittsburgh | W | 19-13 | 10-5 | |||||||||||||||