1987 Indianapolis Colts season

1987 Indianapolis Colts season
Head coach	Ron Meyer
General manager	Jim Irsay
Owner	Robert Irsay
Home field	Hoosier Dome
Results
Record	9–6
Division place	1st AFC East
Playoff finish	Lost Divisional Playoffs

The 1987 Indianapolis Colts season was the 35th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL) and fourth in Indianapolis. The team finished the strike-shortened season with a record of 9 wins and 6 losses, and won the AFC East division.

This season marked the first division championship and the first trip to the playoffs for the Colts in Indianapolis. It was the franchise's first playoff appearance in ten seasons.

Roster

1987 Indianapolis Colts roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

29 Eric Dickerson
37 Chuck Banks
36 Chris McLemore
83 Greg Hawthorne

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

3 Rohn Stark P
4 Dean Biasucci K

Rookies in italics

Regular season

On October 31, 1987, the Los Angeles Rams traded Eric Dickerson to the Indianapolis Colts in a three team trade involving the Buffalo Bills. The Rams sent Dickerson to the Colts for six draft choices and two players. Buffalo obtained the rights to Cornelius Bennett from Indianapolis. Buffalo sent running back Greg Bell and three draft choices to the Rams, while Indianapolis added Owen Gill and three of their own draft picks to complete the deal with the Rams.^[1]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 13, 1987	Cincinnati Bengals	L 21–23	0–1	Hoosier Dome	59,387
2	September 20, 1987	Miami Dolphins	L 10–23	0–2	Hoosier Dome	57,524
3	September 27, 1987	at St. Louis Cardinals	Canceled ^[2]	0–2	Busch Memorial Stadium
4	October 4, 1987	at Buffalo Bills	W 47–6	1–2	Rich Stadium	9,860
5	October 11, 1987	New York Jets	W 6–0	2–2	Hoosier Dome	34,927
6	October 18, 1987	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–21	2–3	Three Rivers Stadium	34,627
7	October 25, 1987	New England Patriots	W 30–16	3–3	Hoosier Dome	48,850
8	November 1, 1987	at New York Jets	W 19–14	4–3	The Meadowlands	60,863
9	November 8, 1987	San Diego Chargers	L 13–16	4–4	Hoosier Dome	60,459
10	November 15, 1987	at Miami Dolphins	W 40–20	5–4	Joe Robbie Stadium	65,433
11	November 22, 1987	at New England Patriots	L 0–24	5–5	Sullivan Stadium	56,906
12	November 29, 1987	Houston Oilers	W 51–27	6–5	Hoosier Dome	54,999
13	December 6, 1987	at Cleveland Browns	W 9–7	7–5	Cleveland Stadium	70,661
14	December 13, 1987	Buffalo Bills	L 3–27	7–6	Hoosier Dome	60,253
15	December 20, 1987	at San Diego Chargers	W 20–7	8–6	Jack Murphy Stadium	46,211
16	December 27, 1987	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 24–6	9–6	Hoosier Dome	60,468

Game summaries

Week 7

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	3	7	3	6	19
Jets	0	7	0	7	14

Date: November 1
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 60,863
Game weather: 53°F; wind 9

Scoring summary

Q1	IND	Biasucci 36 yard field goal	IND 3–0

Q2	IND	Bouza 44 yard pass from Trudeau (Biasucci kick)	IND 10–0

Q2	NYJ	Hector 12 yard run (Leahy kick)	IND 10–7

Q3	IND	Biasucci 44 yard field goal	IND 13–7

Q4	IND	Biasucci 38 yard field goal	IND 16–7

Q4	IND	Biasucci 33 yard field goal	IND 19–7

Q4	NYJ	Hector 20 yard run (Leahy kick)	IND 19–14

Eric Dickerson's first game with Colts

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Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Indianapolis Colts⁽³⁾	9	6	0	.600	5–3	8–6	300	238	W2
New England Patriots	8	7	0	.533	6–2	8–4	320	293	W3
Miami Dolphins	8	7	0	.533	2–6	5–7	362	335	L1
Buffalo Bills	7	8	0	.467	4–4	6–6	270	305	L2
New York Jets	6	9	0	.400	3–5	6–5	334	360	L4

Playoffs

The team received a bye for the Wild-Card round of the playoffs and traveled to Cleveland for the Divisional round. After being tied with Browns for most of the game the 4th quarter proved to be their undoing, as they were outscored 17–7.

Playoff Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
Wild Card	First-round Bye
Divisional	January 10, 1988	at Cleveland Browns (2)	L 21–38	0–1	Cleveland Stadium	78,586

References

↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.286
↑ The 24 day players' strike reduced the 16-game season to 15, causing week 3 to be canceled.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-15.

Seasons (63)

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts seasons

Baltimore 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Indianapolis 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1987 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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