1987 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 1987 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 55th in the National Football League (NFL). Despite the interruption of the schedule by the second strike in six seasons, the team improved upon its previous output of 5–10–1, going 7–8.^[1] However, three of those losses came during the three-game stretch during the strike when teams were staffed primarily with replacement players, or "scabs," who crossed the picket lines to suit up. Despite the improvement, the team once again failed to qualify for the playoffs.

1987 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner	Norman Braman
Head coach	Buddy Ryan
Home field	Veterans Stadium
Results
Record	7–8
Division place	4th NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Uniform
← 1986 Eagles seasons 1988 →

Defensive lineman Reggie White nonetheless had a breakout season, establishing a new NFL record by exploding for 21 sacks in only 12 games.

On October 25 at Veterans Stadium, in the first game back after the strike was settled, Eagles head coach Buddy Ryan called for the infamous "fake kneel" in the final seconds with the hosts leading the Dallas Cowboys by 10 points. The fake eventually led to another late touchdown, payback for Cowboys head coach Tom Landry running up the score with starters who crossed the picket line to play two weeks earlier at Texas Stadium. One week later, Philadelphia won its final road game against the Cardinals at the old Busch Stadium, before the franchise moved to Phoenix for the 1988 season.

Offseason

NFL draft

The 1987 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. The draft was held April 28–29, 1987, in New York City. This again would be a 12-round draft of 28 teams. The Philadelphia Eagles would get the 9th in the 12 rounds. They would make 10 selections in the draft.

The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

= Pro Bowler^[2]

= Hall of Famer

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	9	Jerome Brown	Defensive tackle	Miami (FLA)
2	39	Traded Pick to	San Francisco 49ers
3	65	Ben Tamburello	Center	Auburn
4	93	Byron Evans	Linebacker	Arizona
5	121	David Alexander	Center	Tulsa
6	149	Ron Moten	Linebacker	Florida
6	158	Chris Pike	Defensive Tackle	Tulsa
7	177	Brian Williams	Tackle	Central Michigan
8	204	Traded Pick to	San Diego Chargers
9	232	Ken Lambiotte	Quarterback	William & Mary
10	260	Paul Carberry	Defensive Tackle	Oregon State
11	288	Traded Pick to	Los Angeles Raiders
12	316	Bobby Morse	Running Back	Michigan State

NFL supplemental draft

The Eagles would also use a pick in the 1987 NFL Supplemental Draft to take Cris Carter a wide receiver out of Ohio State. Prior to Carter's senior season in 1987, he secretly signed with notorious sports agent Norby Walters. When the contract was discovered, Carter was ruled ineligible to play for Ohio State.

Personnel

Staff

1987 Philadelphia Eagles staff

	Front office Owner – Norman Braman President and chief operating officer – Harry Gamble Director of Player Personnel – Joe Woolley Head coaches Head Coach – Buddy Ryan Offensive coaches Assistant Head Coach/Offense – Ted Plumb Quarterbacks – Doug Scovil Offensive Backs – Dave Atkins Offensive Line – Bill Walsh Assistant Offensive Line – Dan Neal			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Wade Phillips Defensive Line – Dale Haupt Defensive Backs – Jeff Fisher Special teams coaches Special Teams – Dan Neal Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Ronnie Jones

NFL replacement players

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

1987 Philadelphia Eagles replacement roster
Quarterbacks 13 Pat Brennan 14 Marty Horn 19 Guido Merkens 11 Scott Tinsley Running Backs 22 Jacque Robinson 23 Willie Turral 24 Reggie Brown 27 Topper Clemons 41 Alvin Ross 47 Joel Sense Wide Receivers 81 Otis Grant 82 Kenny Hansmire 83 Kevin Bowman 85 Jesse Bendross 86 Mike Siano Tight Ends 84 Ron Fazio 87 Eric Bailey 89 Jay Repko		Offensive Linemen 69 Jim Angelo 75 Scott Leggett 61 Matt Long 78 Mike Nease 64 Mike Perrino 68 Pete Walters 72 Jeff Wenzel Defensive Linemen 97 Jim Auer 96 Marvin Ayers 80 Rick Bodmar 65 Gary Bolden 90 Randall Mitchell 74 Tim Mooney 93 Ray Phillips		Linebackers 52 Matt Battaglia 59 Carlos Bradley 56 Dave Brosn 51 Chuck Gorecki -- Kelly Kirchbaum 58 Byron Lee 53 Fred Smalls Defensive Backs 39 Vic Bellamy 48 Thomas Caterbone 45 Chris Gerhard 28 Greg Harding 43 Carter Hartwig 42 Angelo James 35 Mike Kullman 31 Troy West Special Teams 4 Dave Jacobs K 3 Jim Villani P

Roster

1987 Philadelphia Eagles roster

	Quarterbacks 6 Matt Cavanaugh 12 Randall Cunningham Running backs 41 Keith Byars FB 26 Michael Haddix 36 Bobby Morse 37 Junior Tautalatasi 25 Anthony Toney Wide receivers 80 Cris Carter 86 Gregg Garrity 81 Kenny Jackson 85 Ron Johnson 82 Mike Quick Tight ends 83 Jimmie Giles 89 David Little 88 John Spagnola		Offensive linemen 72 David Alexander C 63 Ron Baker G 78 Matt Darwin T 66 Ken Reeves T/G 68 Reggie Singletary G 76 Adam Schreiber G/C 61 Ben Tamburello G Defensive linemen 99 Jerome Brown DT 90 Mike Golic DT 74 Mike Pitts DT 96 Clyde Simmons DE 92 Reggie White DE 97 John Klingel DE		Linebackers 58 Ty Allert OLB 52 Todd Bell OLB 50 Garry Cobb 56 Byron Evans MLB 53 Dwayne Jiles OLB 59 Seth Joyner OLB 55 Mike Reichenbach MLB Defensive backs 21 Evan Cooper 33 William Frizzell CB 29 Elbert Foules CB 38 Russell Gary 34 Terry Hoage SS 48 Wes Hopkins FS 20 Andre Waters SS 32 Mike Ulmer 43 Roynell Young CB Special teams 10 John Teltschik P 8 Paul McFadden K 5 Mark Royals P		Reserve lists {{{reserve_lists}}} Practice squad Rookies in italics

Regular season

In 1987, Mike Quick was part of NFL history. He finished second in the NFL in touchdown receptions with 11. The leader was Jerry Rice with 23. This marked the first time in NFL history that a category leader doubled the total of his nearest competitor.^[3]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 13, 1987	at Washington Redskins	L 34–24	0–1	52,188
2	September 20, 1987	New Orleans Saints	W 27–17	1–1	57,485
–	September 27, 1987	at San Francisco 49ers	canceled
3	October 4, 1987	Chicago Bears	L 35–3	1–2	4,074
4	October 11, 1987	at Dallas Cowboys	L 41–22	1–3	40,622
5	October 18, 1987	at Green Bay Packers	L 16–10	1–4	35,842
6	October 25, 1987	Dallas Cowboys	W 37–20	2–4	61,630
7	November 1, 1987	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 28–23	3–4	24,586
8	November 8, 1987	Washington Redskins	W 31–27	4–4	63,609
9	November 15, 1987	New York Giants	L 20–17	4–5	66,172
10	November 22, 1987	St. Louis Cardinals	L 31–19	4–6	55,592
11	November 29, 1987	at New England Patriots	W 34–31	5–6	54,198
12	December 6, 1987	at New York Giants	L 23–20	5–7	65,874
13	December 13, 1987	Miami Dolphins	L 28–10	5–8	63,841
14	December 20, 1987	at New York Jets	W 38–27	6–8	30,572
15	December 27, 1987	Buffalo Bills	W 17–7	7–8	57,547

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Games summaries

Week 1

Sunday, September 13, 1987 Kickoff 1:00 pm Eastern

Played at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium on grass playing surface in 74F degrees with wind at 11 MPH.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Philadelphia Eagles (0–1)	0	10	14	0	24
Washington Redskins (1–0)	10	7	7	10	34

		SCORING PLAYS	PHIL	WASH	TIME
1st	Redskins	Jess Atkinson 27-yard field goal	0	3
	Redskins	Art Monk 6-yard pass from Doug Williams (Jess Atkinson kick)	0	10
2nd	Eagles	Mike Quick 30-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	7	10
	Eagles	Paul McFadden 33-yard field goal	10	10
	Redskins	George Rogers 1-yard rush (Steve Cox kick)	10	17
3rd	Redskins	Reggie Branch 1-yard rush (Steve Cox kick)	10	24
	Eagles	Randall Cunningham 2-yard rush (Paul McFadden kick)	17	24
	Eagles	Reggie White 70-yard fumble return (Paul McFadden kick)	24	24
4th	Redskins	Art Monk 39-yard pass from Doug Williams (Steve Cox kick)	24	31
	Redskins	Steve Cox 40-yard field goal	24	34

Week 2

Sunday, September 20, 1987 Kickoff 1:00 pm Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 62F degrees with wind at 12 MPH.

	1	2	3	4	Final
New Orleans Saints (1–1)	10	0	0	7	17
Philadelphia Eagles 1–1	0	17	3	7	27

		SCORING PLAYS	N OR	PHIL	TIME
1st	Saints	Morten Andersen 45-yard field goal	3	0
	Saints	John Tice 6-yard pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick)	10	0
2nd	Eagles	Paul McFadden 30-yard field goal	10	3
	Eagles	Mike Quick 19-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	10	10
	Eagles	Kenny Jackson 25-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	10	17
3rd	Eagles	Paul McFadden 30-yard field goal	10	20
	Eagles	Seth Joyner 18-yard fumble return (Paul McFadden kick)	10	27
	Saints	John Tice 27-yard pass from Dave Wilson (Morten Andersen kick)	17	27

Week Canceled

Because of the NFLPA union's players strike against the NFL, all the games this week were cancelled. Replacement players were used when the season resumed the following week.

The Eagles would have traveled to Candlestick Park to face the host 49ers in what would have been Buddy Ryan's only trip to the Bay Area as the Eagles' head coach. The Eagles sought their second win in San Francisco since 1983 (and also since the AFL-NFL merger). Ryan's Eagles did meet the 49ers once, losing at Veterans Stadium in 1989. The Eagles did not travel to San Francisco until 1992, nor did they win in San Francisco until the final night of the 1993 season.^[4]

Week 3

Sunday, October 4, 1987 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface; 48 degrees with wind at 19 MPH. This was the first game of the season with replacement players. The announced attendance was 4,074, the smallest crowd at an NFL contest in almost 40 years (since October 30, 1949, when 3,678 people attended a Washington Redskins-New York Bulldogs game at the Polo Grounds).

	1	2	3	4	Final
Chicago Bears (3–0)	7	28	0	0	35
Philadelphia Eagles (1–2)	0	3	0	0	3

		SCORING PLAYS	CHI	PHIL	TIME
1st	Bears	Lakei Heimuli 9-yard pass from Mike Hohensee (Tim Lashar kick)	7	0
2nd	Eagles	Dave Jacobs 27-yard field goal	7	3
	Bears	Glen Kozlowski 20-yard pass from Mike Hohensee (Tim Lashar kick)	14	3
	Bears	Chris Brewer 1-yard rush (Tim Lashar kick)	21	3
	Bears	Anthony Mosley 9-yard blocked punt return (Tim Lashar kick)	28	3
	Bears	Don Kindt 3-yard pass from Mike Hohensee (Tim Lashar kick)	35	3

Week 4

Sunday, October 11, 1987 Kickoff 12:00 pm Central

Played at Texas Stadium on a grass playing surface in 58F degrees with wind at 16 MPH. Played with replacement players.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Philadelphia Eagles (1–3)	3	7	6	6	22
Dallas Cowboys (3–1)	21	6	14	0	41

		SCORING PLAYS	PHIL	DAL	TIME
1st	Cowboys	Kelvin Edwards 62-yard rush (Luis Zendejas kick)	0	7
	Cowboys	Alvin Blount 8-yard rush (Luis Zendejas kick)	0	14
	Cowboys	Cornell Burbage 77-yard pass from Kevin Sweeney (Luis Zendejas kick)	0	21
	Eagles	Dave Jacobs 40-yard field goal	3	21
2nd	Eagles	Kevin Bowman 62-yard pass from Scott Tinsley (Dave Jacobs kick)	10	21
	Cowboys	Luis Zendejas 44-yard field goal	10	24
	Cowboys	Luis Zendejas 50-yard field goal	10	27
3rd	Cowboys	Tony Dorsett 10-yard rush (Luis Zendejas kick)	10	34
	Cowboys	Alvin Blount 1-yard rush (Luis Zendejas kick)	10	41
	Eagles	Mike Siano 13-yard pass from Scott Tinsley (kick failed)	16	41
4th	Eagles	Clemons 13-yard pass from Scott Tinsley (kick failed)	22	41

Week 5

Sunday, October 18, 1987 Kickoff 12:00 pm Central

Played at Lambeau Field on a grass playing surface in 46F degrees with wind at 11 MPH. Played with replacement players.

	1	2	3	4	OT	Final
Philadelphia Eagles (1–4)	7	0	0	3	0	10
Green Bay Packers (2–2)	0	3	7	0	6	16

		SCORING PLAYS	PHIL	GB	TIME
1st	Eagles	Alvin Ross 5-yard rush (Dave Jacobs kick)	7	0
2nd	Packers	Max Zendejas 42-yard field goal	7	3
3rd	Packers	Lee Morris 46-yard pass from Alan Risher (Max Zendejas kick)	7	10
4th	Eagles	Dave Jacobs 44-yard field goal	10	10
OT	Packers	Jimmy Hargrove 5-yard rush	10	16

Week 6

Sunday October 25, 1987 Kickoff 1:00 pm Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 56F degrees with wind at 15 MPH. This was the first week the Eagles played after the NFLPA strike ended.

This was the revenge game for Week 4, where the Cowboys ran up the score against an Eagles replacement squad. Despite the game being effectively over, with the Eagles leading and having possession of the ball, the Eagles performed a fake kneel into a pass. Pass interference was called, and the Eagles successfully scored from the 1-yard line on the next play as time expired.^[5]

	1	2	3	4	Final
Dallas Cowboys (3–3)	3	7	3	7	20
Philadelphia Eagles (2–4)	3	10	7	17	37

		SCORING PLAYS	DAL	PHIL	TIME
1st	Cowboys	Roger Ruzek 23-yard field goal	3	0
	Eagles	Paul McFadden 46-yard field goal	3	3
2nd	Eagles	Paul McFadden 45-yard field goal	3	6
	Eagles	John Spagnola 10-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	3	13
	Cowboys	Herschel Walker 1-yard rush (Roger Ruzek kick)	10	13
3rd	Cowboys	Roger Ruzek 25-yard field goal	13	13
	Eagles	Anthony Toney 1-yard rush (Paul McFadden kick)	13	20
4th	Eagles	Paul McFadden 21-yard field goal	13	23
	Eagles	John Spagnola 5-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	13	30
	Cowboys	Tony Dorsett 19-yard pass from Danny White (Roger Ruzek kick)	20	30
	Eagles	Keith Byars 1-yard rush (Paul McFadden kick)	20	37

Week 7

Sunday, November 1, 1987 Kickoff 12:00 pm Central

Played at Busch Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 68F degrees with wind at 10 MPH.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Philadelphia Eagles (3–4)	0	7	14	7	28
St. Louis Cardinals (2–5)	6	0	7	10	23

		SCORING PLAYS	PHIL	ST L	TIME
1st	Cardinals	Earl Ferrell 8-yard rush (kick failed)	0	6
2nd	Eagles	Cris Carter 22-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	7	6
3rd	Eagles	Keith Byars 2-yard rush (Paul McFadden kick)	14	6
	Eagles	Kenny Jackson 70-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	21	6
	Cardinals	J.T. Smith 14-yard pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick)	21	13
4th	Cardinals	Jim Gallery 43-yard field goal	21	16
	Cardinals	Robert Awalt 8-yard pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick)	21	23
	Eagles	Gregg Garrity 9-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	28	23

Week 8

Sunday, November 8, 1987 Kickoff 1:00 pm Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 52F degrees with wind at 10 MPH.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Washington Redskins (6–2)	7	14	0	6	27
Philadelphia Eagles (4–4)	7	10	0	14	31

		SCORING PLAYS	WASH	PHIL	TIME
1st	Eagles	Anthony Toney 5-yard rush (Paul McFadden kick)	0	7
	Redskins	George Rogers 3-yard rush (Ali Haji-Sheikh kick)	7	7
2nd	Redskins	Art Monk 19-yard pass from Jay Schroeder (Ali Haji-Sheikh kick)	14	7
	Redskins	Darrell Green 26-yard fumble return (Ali Haji-Sheikh kick)	21	7
	Eagles	Paul McFadden 37-yard field goal	21	10
	Eagles	Mike Quick 6-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	21	17
4th	Eagles	Mike Quick 32-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	21	24
	Redskins	Gary Clark 47-yard pass from Jay Schroeder (kick failed)	27	24
	Eagles	Gregg Garrity 40-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	27	31

Week 9

Sunday, November 15, 1987 Kickoff 4:00 pm Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 50F degrees with wind at 8 MPH.

	1	2	3	4	Final
New York Giants (3–6)	7	3	7	3	20
Philadelphia Eagles (4–5)	10	0	7	0	17

		SCORING PLAYS	NY G	PHIL	TIME
1st	Eagles	Randall Cunningham 4-yard rush (Paul McFadden kick)	0	7
	Eagles	Paul McFadden 25-yard field goal	0	10
	giants	Lionel Manuel 36-yard pass from Jeff Rutledge (Raul Allegre kick)	7	10
2nd	Giants	Raul Allegre 53-yard field goal	10	10
3rd	Eagles	Keith Byars 8-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	10	17
	Giants	George Adams 1-yard rush (Raul Allegre kick)	17	17
4th	Giants	Raul Allegre 52-yard field goal	20	17

Week 10

Sunday, November 22, 1987 Kickoff 1:00 pm Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 26 °F (−3 °C) with wind at 19 MPH with a wind chill of 12 °F (−11 °C).

	1	2	3	4	Final
St. Louis Cardinals (4–6)	7	24	0	0	31
Philadelphia Eagles (4–6)	3	0	7	9	19

		SCORING PLAYS	ST L	PHIL	TIME
1st	Eagles	Paul McFadden 44-yard field goal	0	3
	Cardinals	Roy Green 20-yard pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick)	7	3
2nd	Cardinals	J.T. Smith 6-yard pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick)	14	3
	Cardinals	Jim Gallery 20-yard field goal	17	3
	Cardinals	Smith 32-yard pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick)	24	3
	Cardinals	Earl Ferrell 35-yard rush (Jim Gallery kick)	31	3
3rd	Eagles	Mike Quick 16-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	31	10
4th	Eagles	Mike Quick 27-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	31	17
	Eagles	Safety, Cater stepped out of end zone	31	19

Week 11

November 29, 1987 Kickoff 1:00 pm Eastern

Played at Sullivan Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 38F degrees with wind at 11 MPH.

	1	2	3	4	OT	Final
Philadelphia Eagles (5–6)	3	14	7	7	3	34
New England Patriots (5–6)	0	10	0	21	0	31

		SCORING PLAYS	PHIL	NE	TIME
1st	Eagles	Paul McFadden 19-yard field goal	3	0
2nd	Patriots	Tony Collins 24-yard pass from Tom Ramsey (Tony Franklin kick)	3	7
	Eagles	Mike Quick 61-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	10	7
	Eagles	Randall Cunningham 1-yard rush (Paul McFadden kick)	17	7
	Patriots	Tony Franklin 21-yard field goal	17	10
3rd	Eagles	Anthony Toney 1-yard rush (Paul McFadden kick)	24	10
4th	Eagles	Mike Quick 29-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	31	10
	Patriots	Stanley Morgan 13-yard pass from Tom Ramsey (Tony Franklin kick)	31	17
	Patriots	Willie Scott 3-yard pass from Tom Ramsey (Tony Franklin kick)	31	24
	Patriots	Tom Ramsey 1-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	31	31
OT	Eagles	Paul McFadden 38-yard field goal	34	31

Week 12

December 6, 1987 Stadium Kickoff 1:00 pm Eastern

Played at The Meadowlands on an AstroTurf playing surface in 38F degrees with wind at 22 MPH and a wind chill of 27F.

	1	2	3	4	OT	Final
Philadelphia Eagles (5–7)	0	6	0	14	0	20
New York Giants (4–8)	7	0	6	7	3	23

		SCORING PLAYS	PHIL	NY G	TIME
1st	Giants	Mark Bavaro 19-yard pass from Phil Simms (Raul Allegre kick)	0	7
2nd	Eagles	Paul McFadden 41-yard field goal	3	7
	Eagles	Paul McFadden 49-yard field goal	6	7
3rd	Giants	Raul Allegre 20-yard field goal	6	10
	Giants	Raul Allegre 46-yard field goal	6	13
4th	Giants	Stephen Baker 16-yard pass from Phil Simms (Raul Allegre kick)	6	20
	Eagles	Kenny Jackson 36-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	13	20
	Eagles	Jimmie Giles 40-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	20	20
OT	Giants	Raul Allegre 28-yard field goal	20	23

Week 13

Sunday, December 13, 1987 Kickoff 1:00 pm Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 43F degrees with wind at 15 MPH.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Miami Dolphins (7–6)	0	14	14	0	28
Philadelphia Eagles (5–8)	0	10	0	0	10

		SCORING PLAYS	MIA	PHIL	TIME
2nd	Eagles	Mike Quick 44-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	0	7
	Dolphins	Mark Duper 20-yard pass from Dan Marino (Van Tiffin kick)	7	7
	Eagles	Paul McFadden 27-yard field goal	7	10
	Dolphins	Ron Davenport 1-yard rush (Van Tiffin kick)	14	10
	Dolphins	Mark Clayton 11-yard pass from Dan Marino (Van Tiffin kick)	21	10
	Dolphins	Mark Clayton 20-yard pass from Dan Marino (Van Tiffin kick)	28	10

Week 14

Sunday, December 20, 1987 Kickoff 1:00 pm Eastern

Played at The Meadowlands on an Astroturf playing surface in 42F degrees with wind at 11 MPH.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Philadelphia Eagles (6–8)	10	14	14	0	38
New York Jets (6–8)	3	17	0	7	27

		SCORING PLAYS	PHIL	NY J	TIME
1st	Eagles	Anthony Toney 3-yard rush (Paul McFadden kick)	7	0
	Eagles	Paul McFadden 38-yard field goal	10	0
	Jets	Pat Leahy 42-yard field goal	10	3
2nd	Jets	Kurt Sohn 9-yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick)	10	10
	Jets	Roger Vick 5-yard rush (Pat Leahy kick)	10	17
	Eagles	Mike Quick 45-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	17	17
	Eagles	Mike Quick 13-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	24	17
	Jets	Pat Leahy 29-yard field goal	24	20
3rd	Eagles	Keith Byars 2-yard rush (Paul McFadden kick)	31	20
	Eagles	Cris Carter 14-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	38	20
4th	Jets	Al Toon 51-yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick)	38	27

Week 15

Sunday, December 27, 1987 Kickoff 1:00 pm Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 35F degrees with wind at 10 MPH with a wind chill of 28.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Buffalo Bills (7–8)	0	0	0	7	7
Philadelphia Eagles (7–8–0)	0	10	7	0	17

		SCORING PLAYS	BUFF	PHIL	TIME
2nd	Eagles	Paul McFadden 39-yard field goal	0	3
	Eagles	Anthony Toney 18-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)	0	10
3rd	Eagles	Anthony Toney 2-yard rush (Paul McFadden kick)	0	17
4th	Bills	Andre Reed 4-yard pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick)	7	17

Standings

NFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Washington Redskins^(3)	11	4	0	.733	7–1	9–3	379	285	W1
Dallas Cowboys	7	8	0	.467	4–4	5–7	340	348	W2
St. Louis Cardinals	7	8	0	.467	3–5	7–7	362	368	L1
Philadelphia Eagles	7	8	0	.467	3–5	4–7	337	380	W2
New York Giants	6	9	0	.400	3–5	4–8	280	312	W2

Awards and honors

• Mike Quick, 1987 Pro Bowl selection

References

1. 1987 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro Football Reference.
2. Players are identified as Pro Bowlers if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
3. Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0.
4. "Philadelphia Eagles vs. San Francisco 49ers Results". The Football Database.
5. Wagner, Laura (June 28, 2016). "Why Did Buddy Ryan Run Up the Score On the Cowboys in 1987? Revenge". Slate. Retrieved April 10, 2022.

External links

• 1987 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com