1987 New Orleans Saints season
1987 New Orleans Saints season | |
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The 1987 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 21st year in the
Offseason
NFL draft
1987 New Orleans Saints draft | |||||
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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1 | 11 | Shawn Knight | Defensive end | BYU | |
2 | 40 | Lonzell Hill | Wide receiver | Washington | |
3 | 67 | Michael Adams | Defensive back | Arkansas State | |
4 | 96 | Steve Trapilo | Guard | Boston College | |
5 | 123 | Milton Mack | Defensive back | Alcorn State | |
6 | 152 | Thomas Henley | Wide receiver | Stanford | |
7 | 179 | Gene Atkins | Defensive back | Florida A&M | |
8 | 207 | Toi Cook | Defensive back | Stanford | |
9 | 234 | Scott Leach | Linebacker | Ohio State | |
10 | 263 | Robert Clark
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Wide receiver | North Carolina Central | |
11 | 290 | Arthur Wells | Tight end | Grambling State | |
12 | 319 | Tyrone Sorrells | Guard | Georgia Tech | |
Made roster |
Personnel
Staff
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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NFL replacement players
After the league decided to use replacement players during the
Roster
Regular season
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
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1 | September 13 | Cleveland Browns | W 28–21 | 1–0 | Louisiana Superdome
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59,900 |
2 | September 20 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 17–27 | 1–1 | Veterans Stadium | 57,485 |
– | September 27 | Atlanta Falcons | canceled | 1–1 | Louisiana Superdome | |
3 | October 4 | Los Angeles Rams | W 37–10 | 2–1 | Louisiana Superdome | 29,745 |
4 | October 11 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 19–24 | 2–2 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 11,795 |
5 | October 18 | at Chicago Bears | W 19–17 | 3–2 | Soldier Field | 46,813 |
6 | October 25 | San Francisco 49ers | L 22–24 | 3–3 | Louisiana Superdome | 60,497 |
7 | November 1 | at Atlanta Falcons | W 38–0 | 4–3 | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | 42,196 |
8 | November 8 | at Los Angeles Rams | W 31–14 | 5–3 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 43,379 |
9 | November 15 | at San Francisco 49ers | W 26–24 | 6–3 | Candlestick Park | 60,436 |
10 | November 22 | New York Giants | W 23–14 | 7–3 | Louisiana Superdome | 67,639 |
11 | November 29 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 20–16 | 8–3 | Three Rivers Stadium | 47,896 |
12 | December 6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 44–34 | 9–3 | Louisiana Superdome | 66,471 |
13 | December 13 | Houston Oilers | W 24–10 | 10–3 | Louisiana Superdome | 68,257 |
14 | December 20 | at Cincinnati Bengals | W 41–24 | 11–3 | Riverfront Stadium | 43,424 |
15 | December 27 | Green Bay Packers | W 33–24 | 12–3 | Louisiana Superdome | 68,364 |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |
Standings
NFC West | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
San Francisco 49ers(1) | 13 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 5–1 | 10–1 | 459 | 253 | W6 |
New Orleans Saints(4) | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 4–1 | 8–3 | 426 | 283 | W9 |
Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 9 | 0 | .400 | 1–5 | 5–7 | 317 | 361 | L2 |
Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 12 | 0 | .200 | 1–4 | 3–8 | 205 | 436 | L3 |
Playoffs
NFC Wild Card Game
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Vikings | 10 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 44 |
Saints | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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- Game time: 12:30 p.m. John Madden
In the Saints' first playoff game in history, the Vikings dominated the game by recording two sacks, forcing four turnovers, and allowing only 149 yards. Anthony Carter returned a punt for a touchdown, and future Saints quarterback Wade Wilson threw a Hail Mary pass for a touchdown to Hassan Jones on the last play of the first half, which was actually an untimed play after the Saints were penalized for offsides on the previous play (a half cannot end on an accepted penalty against the defense).
References
- ^ "1987 New Orleans Saints draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ "All-Time Roster". NewOrleansSaints.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
External links