The 1987 New York Jets season was the 28th season for the team and the club's 18th season in the National Football League (NFL). It began with the team trying to improve upon its 10–6 record from 1986 under head coach Joe Walton. The season was marred by a players' strike that resulted in the cancellation of all week-3 games, as well as Weeks 4 through 6 being played mostly with replacement players. The Jets finished the season with a record of 6–9. For the second time in his career, Ken O'Brien had the lowest rate of interceptions among quarterbacks. He had 8 interceptions in 393 passing attempts.
Offseason Draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1987 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeWalter BriggsQuarterbackMontclair StateKirk BumettWide receiverFurmanJohn ChiricoRunning backColumbiaBobby CurtisLinebackerSavannah StateTed GaffneyLinebackerBoston CollegeEddie GarrettRunning backMichiganJoseph GiaquintoWide receiverBoston CollegeDennis HochmanKickerSonoma StateMark JohnsonSafetyWestern KentuckyChris JonesTackleDelaware StateBill SandersTight endSacramento StateScott SaylorTackleWest VriginiaJohn ThomasTackleToledoCraig VittumTackleNorwich
Personnel
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NFL replacement players After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:
1987 New York Jets replacement rosterQuarterbacks David Norrie Walter Briggs
Running backs Derrick Foster RB Joe Burke FB John Chirico FB Maurice Turner FB Eddie Hunter RB
Wide receivers Bobby Riley Scott Holman Derrick Gaffney Greg Washington Michael Harper Stan Hunter John Fuocco
Tight ends Jamie Kurisko Eric Riley Tony Sweet Offensive linemen Vinny Tuzeo T Eric Coss T Martin Cornelson C Vince Jasper T Anthony Corvino T Tom Humphrey T Pete McCartney T Ken Jones G John Thomas G Chris Brown T
Defensive linemen Tony Garbarczyk DE Tony Chickillo DE Scott Mersereau NT Adam Bethea DE Mark Gastineau DE Rodney Kinlaw NT George Crane DTLinebackers Jim Haslett ILB Wally Case OLB Mike Witteck ILB Lynwood Alford OLB Jay Brophy ILB Ladell Wills OLB Ken Rose OLB Henry Walls OLB
Defensive backs Treg Songy S Sean Dykes CB Marc Hogan CB Larry Robinson CB George Radachowsky S Trent Collins S
Special teams Pat Ragusa K Tom O'Connor P
Roster
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 13 at Buffalo Bills W 31–28 1–0 Rich Stadium 76,718 2 New England Patriots W 43–24 2–0 Giants Stadium70,847 3 September 27at Pittsburgh SteelersCancelled due to players' strike 4 October 4 Dallas Cowboys L 24–38 2–1 Giants Stadium12,370 5 October 11 at Indianapolis Colts L 0–6 2–2 Hoosier Dome 34,927 6 October 18 Miami DolphinsW 37–31 (OT) 3–2 Giants Stadium18,249 7 October 25 at Washington Redskins L 16–17 3–3 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium 53,497 8 November 1 Indianapolis Colts L 14–19 3–4 Giants Stadium 60,863 9 Seattle Seahawks W 30–14 4–4 Giants Stadium60,452 10 November 15 at Kansas City Chiefs W 16–9 5–4 Arrowhead Stadium 40,718 11 November 22 Buffalo Bills L 14–17 5–5 Giants Stadium58,407 12 November 29 Cincinnati Bengals W 27–20 6–5 Giants Stadium 41,135 13 at Miami Dolphins L 28–37 6–6 Joe Robbie Stadium 62,592 14 December 13 at New England PatriotsL 20–42 6–7 Sullivan Stadium60,617 15 December 20 Philadelphia Eagles L 27–38 6–8 Giants Stadium 30,572 16 December 27 at New York Giants L 7–20 6–9 Giants Stadium68,318 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Season summary
Week 1
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Week 2
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Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
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Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
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Week 9
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Week 10
Week 11
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Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Standings
Awards and records Johnny Hector, Led AFC, Touchdowns, 11 TD's NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, , p. 447
References
External links 1987 statistics