The 1987 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 18th in the National Football League (NFL). The team could not improve upon its 10–6 year of the previous campaign, as the team dipped to a record of 4–11 in a season shortened by one game due to another players' strike, in which replacement players were used for three games.

This was the first season since 1970 that Ken Anderson was not on the opening day roster.

Offseason

NFL draft

Personnel

Staff

Roster

NFL replacement players After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:

1987 Cincinnati Bengals replacement rosterQuarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends Offensive linemen

Defensive linemenLinebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Regular season

Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 13 at Indianapolis Colts W 23–21 1–0 Hoosier Dome 59,387 2 September 20 San Francisco 49ers L 26–27 1–1 Riverfront Stadium 53,498 – September 27 at Los Angeles Rams canceled 1–1 Anaheim Stadium 3 October 4 San Diego Chargers L 9–10 1–2 Riverfront Stadium 26,209 4 October 11 at Seattle Seahawks W 17–10 2–2 Kingdome 31,739 5 October 18 Cleveland Browns L 0–34 2–3 Riverfront Stadium 40,179 6 October 25 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 20–23 2–4 Three Rivers Stadium 53,692 7 November 1 Houston Oilers L 29–31 2–5 Riverfront Stadium 52,700 8 November 8 Miami Dolphins L 14–20 2–6 Riverfront Stadium 53,840 9 November 15 at Atlanta Falcons W 16–10 3–6 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 25,758 10 November 22 Pittsburgh Steelers L 16–30 3–7 Riverfront Stadium 59,910 11 November 29 at New York Jets L 20–27 3–8 Giants Stadium 41,135 12 December 6 Kansas City Chiefs W 30–27 4–8 Riverfront Stadium 46,489 13 December 13 at Cleveland Browns L 24–38 4–9 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 77,331 14 December 20 New Orleans Saints L 24–41 4–10 Riverfront Stadium 43,424 15 December 27 at Houston Oilers L 17–21 4–11 Houston Astrodome 49,775

Standings

Team leaders

Passing Player Att Comp Yds TD INT Rating Boomer Esiason 440 240 3321 16 19 73.1

Rushing Player Att Yds YPC Long TD Larry Kinnebrew 145 570 3.9 52 8

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg Long TD Eddie Brown 44 608 13.8 47 3 Mike Martin 20 394 19.7 54 3

Defensive Player Tackles Sacks INTs FF FR Tim Krumrie 88 3.5 0 0 0 Reggie Williams 75 6.0 0 1 2 Robert Jackson 70 0 3 0 1 David Fulcher 72 3 3 1 1

Kicking and punting Player FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Points Jim Breech 30 24 80.0% 27 25 92.6 97 Player Punts Yards Long Blkd Avg. Scott Fulhage 52 2168 58 0 41.7

Special teams Player KR KRYards KRAvg KRLong KRTD PR PRYards PRAvg PRLong PRTD Barney Bussey 21 406 19.3 34 0 0 0 0.0 0 0Mike Martin 3 51 17.0 20 0 28 277 9.9 21 0

Awards and records Anthony Muñoz, AFC Pro Bowl Selection Tim Krumrie, AFC Pro Bowl Selection

References

External links 1987 Cincinnati Bengals at Pro-Football-Reference.com