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

1987 Green Bay Packers draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
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 16 Randy Wright 11 Alan Risher 05 Willie Gillus 05 Don Majkowski Running Backs 30 Paul Ott Carruth 20 Kelly Cook 36 Kenneth Davis 21 Brent Fullwood 20 Jimmy Hargrove 31 Tony Hunter 43 Larry Morris 39 Freddie Parker 33 John Sterling 45 Lavale Thomas 25 Lee Weigel 35 Kevin Willhite 33 Jessie Clark Wide Receivers 85 Phil Epps 82 Derrick Harden 85/81/48 Lee Morris 80 Frankie Neal 82 Keith Paskett 87 Cornelius Redick 83 Patrick Scott 84 Wes Smith 87 Walter Stanley Tight Ends 89 Joey Hackett 86 Ed West 89 Mark Lewis 89 Kevin Fitzgerald 86 Don Summers 81/26 Craig Jay		Offensive Linemen 92/74/70/64 Steve Collier 69 Bob Gruber 68 Ed Konopasek 62 Jim Meyer 75 Ken Ruettgers 73 Alan Veingrad 72 Tom Neville 79 Mike Estep 65 Ron Hallstrom 63 Perry Hartnett 78 Jim Hobbins 60/54 Greg Jensen 61 John McGarry 57 Rich Moran 77 Tommy Robison 70 Keith Uecker 58 Mark Cannon 69 Bill Cherry 50 Vince Rafferty 67 Travis Simpson Defensive Linemen 72 Warren Bone 76 Alphonso Carreker 90 Ezra Johnson 96 Tony Leiker 94 Charles Martin 77 Sylvester McGrew 98 Brent Moore 95 Carl Sullivan 93 Calvin Wallace 79 Ross Browner 71 Jeff Drost 93 Robert Brown 61 Jerry Boyarsky 73 David Caldwell 67 David Logan 94 Stan Mataele 64 Vince Villanucci		Linebackers 53 Aric Anderson 98/72 Todd Auer 57 Putt Choate 56 Burnell Dent 99 John Dorsey 97 Tim Harris 50 Johnny Holland 55 Ken Jordan 60/54 Rydell Melancon 52 James Melka 97 John Miller 51 Ron Monaco 91 Brian Noble 56 John Pointer 54 Scott Stephen 52 Mike Weddington 51 Clayton Weishuhn Defensive Backs 32 Dave Brown 22 Mark Lee 41 Chuck Compton 27 Tony F. Elliott 46 Anthony Harrison 38 Norman Jefferson 41/39 Kenneth Johnson 40/32/17 Don King 44 Chris Mandeville 44 Von Mansfield 47/30 Jim Bob Morris 34 Lou Rash 38/18 Chuck Washington Special Teams 08 Max Zendejas 10 Al Del Greco 17 Don Bracken 13 Bill Renner 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, MN 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. Green Bay Packers(1919–Present) on Sportsencylopedia.com
2. "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
3. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Jan-19.
4. Packers Official 1987 Year End Stats