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 | vs San Diego | W | 20-13 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
9/20 | at Seattle | L | 14-43 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
10/4 | at Los Angeles | L | 17-35 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
10/11 | at Miami | L | 0-42 | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
10/18 | vs Denver | L | 17-26 | 1-4 | |||||||||||||||
10/25 | at San Diego | L | 21-42 | 1-5 | |||||||||||||||
11/1 | at Chicago | L | 28-31 | 1-6 | |||||||||||||||
11/8 | vs Pittsburgh | L | 16-17 | 1-7 | |||||||||||||||
11/15 | vs NY Jets | L | 9-16 | 1-8 | |||||||||||||||
11/22 | vs Green Bay | L | 3-23 | 1-9 | |||||||||||||||
11/26 | at Detroit | W | 27-20 | 2-9 | |||||||||||||||
12/6 | at Cincinnati | L | 27-30 OT | OT | 2-10 | ||||||||||||||
12/13 | vs Los Angeles | W | 16-10 | 3-10 | |||||||||||||||
12/19 | at Denver | L | 17-20 | 3-11 | |||||||||||||||
12/27 | vs Seattle | W | 41-20 | 4-11 |