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 Los Angeles | W | 20-16 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/20 | at Buffalo | L | 30-34 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/4 | at Denver | W | 40-10 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/11 | at Cleveland | W | 15-10 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/18 | vs New England | L | 7-21 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/25 | vs Atlanta | W | 37-33 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/1 | at Cincinnati | W | 31-29 | 5-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/8 | at San Francisco | L | 20-27 | 5-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/15 | at Pittsburgh | W | 23-3 | 6-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/22 | vs Cleveland | L | 7-40 | 6-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/29 | at Indianapolis | L | 27-51 | 6-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/6 | vs San Diego | W | 33-18 | 7-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/13 | at New Orleans | L | 10-24 | 7-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/20 | vs Pittsburgh | W | 24-16 | 8-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/27 | vs Cincinnati | W | 21-17 | 9-6 | |||||||||||||||