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 Francisco | W | 30-17 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
9/20 | at Cleveland | L | 10-34 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
10/4 | at Atlanta | W | 28-12 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
10/11 | at Los Angeles | L | 21-31 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
10/18 | vs Indianapolis | W | 21-7 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
10/25 | vs Cincinnati | W | 23-20 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
11/1 | at Miami | L | 24-35 | 4-3 | |||||||||||||||
11/8 | at Kansas City | W | 17-16 | 5-3 | |||||||||||||||
11/15 | vs Houston | L | 3-23 | 5-4 | |||||||||||||||
11/22 | at Cincinnati | W | 30-16 | 6-4 | |||||||||||||||
11/29 | vs New Orleans | L | 16-20 | 6-5 | |||||||||||||||
12/6 | vs Seattle | W | 13-9 | 7-5 | |||||||||||||||
12/13 | at San Diego | W | 20-16 | 8-5 | |||||||||||||||
12/20 | at Houston | L | 16-24 | 8-6 | |||||||||||||||
12/26 | vs Cleveland | L | 13-19 | 8-7 |