The 1987 Detroit Lions season was the 58th season in franchise history. In a strike-affected season, the Lions fell one game further from their 1986 record of 5–11, winning only four games and missing the postseason for the fourth consecutive season. Their week 3 game against long-time rival Chicago was the game affected by the strike, and as a result the Bears and Lions only met once during the season, the only season during the rivalry that the teams haven't met twice in a season. Highlights of their Nov. 22 loss in Chicago were later shown during the Max Headroom signal hijacking that occurred across the city of Chicago that night.
Offseason NFL draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1987 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeKarl BernardRunning backSouthwestern LouisianaLee SaltzQuarterbackTemple
Personnel Staff / Coaches
NFL replacement players After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:
1987 Detroit Lions replacement rosterQuarterbacks Brendan Folmar Todd Hons
Running backs Calvin Farmer Nick Kowgios Cleve Wester Davey Lewis Gary Ellerson Tony Dollinger Stan Edwards FB Danny Bradley WR/KR
Wide receivers Eric Truvillion Darrell Grymes Stan Baker Melvin Hoover Gilvanni Johnson James Duncan
Tight ends Mark Witte Mark Wheeler Jerry Diorio Tim Schramm Offensive linemen Chuck Steele Joe Felton Paul Kiser Patrick Cain Greg Orton Jerry Quaerna Chris Geile Jim Warne Mark Jenkins Mark Fincher Rick Johnson
Defensive linemen Charles Benson Jeff Kacmarek William Gay George McDuffie Jerome Davis Bob Beemer Stuart TolleLinebackers Creig Federico Ernie Adams Danny Lockett Thomas Boyd Carl Carr Robert Thompson Tim Ross Steve Boadway John Wacker
Defensive backs Bob McDonough CB/S Kevin Grom Maurice Harvey LCB Anthony Fields Alvin Hall CB/KR Ken Luckett John Bostic Ivan Hicks Anthony Office Steve Hirsch
Special teams Matt Kinzer P Mike Black P Mike Mancini P John Misko P Mike Prindle K
Roster
Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance 1 September 13 at Minnesota Vikings L 34–190—1 57,061 2 September 20 at Los Angeles Raiders L 27–70—2 50,300 – September 27 Chicago Bears canceled due to strike 3 October 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 31–270—3 4,919 4 October 11 at Green Bay Packers W 19–16 OT1—3 35,779 5 October 18 Seattle Seahawks L 37–141—4 8,310 6 October 25 Green Bay Packers L 34–331—5 27,278 7 November 1 at Denver Broncos L 34–01—6 75,172 8 November 8 Dallas Cowboys W 27–172—6 45,325 9 November 15 at Washington Redskins L 20–132—7 53,593 10 November 22 at Chicago Bears L 30–102—8 63,357 11 Kansas City Chiefs L 27–202—9 43,820 12 December 6 Los Angeles Rams L 37–162—10 33,413 13 December 13 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 20–103—10 41,699 14 December 20 Minnesota Vikings L 17–144—10 27,693 15 December 27 at Atlanta Falcons W 30–134—11 13,906Note: Intra-divisional opponents are in bold text.
Standings
References
External links 1987 Detroit Lions at Pro-Football-Reference.com