1987 Washington Redskins season

1987 Washington Redskins season
Head Coach	Joe Gibbs
Home Field	RFK Stadium
Results
Record	11-4
Place	1st NFC East
Playoff Finish	Won Divisional Playoffs (Bears) 21-17; Won Conference Championship (Vikings) 17-10; Won Super Bowl XXII (Broncos) 42-10
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1986	1988

The 1987 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 12-4 record from 1986. The 1987 NFL season was shortened from 16 games per team to 15 games because of a players' strike. Games to be played during the third week of the season were canceled, and replacement players were used to play games from weeks 4 through 6. The Redskins would go on to beat the Denver Broncos 42-10 to win Super Bowl XXII.

Regular season[]

In his NFL debut, replacement player Ed Rubbert passed for 334 yards.^[1] Rubbert also threw three touchdown passes to Anthony Allen. Allen would have 255 receiving yards.^[1]

Schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Game time	TV	Record	Attendance
1	September 13, 1987	Philadelphia Eagles	W 34-24	RFK Stadium	1:00et	CBS	1-0	52,188
2	September 20, 1987	at Atlanta Falcons	L 21-20	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	1:00et	CBS	1-1	50,882
-	September 27, 1987	New England Patriots	Canceled	RFK Stadium	1:00et	NBC	1-1
4	October 4, 1987	St. Louis Cardinals	W 28-21	RFK Stadium	1:00et	CBS	2-1	27,728
5	October 11, 1987	at New York Giants	W 38-12	Giants Stadium	4:00et	CBS	3-1	9,123
6	October 19, 1987	at Dallas Cowboys	W 13-7	Texas Stadium	9:00et	ABC	4-1	60,415
7	October 25, 1987	New York Jets	W 17-16	RFK Stadium	1:00et	NBC	5-1	53,497
8	November 1, 1987	at Buffalo Bills	W 27-7	Rich Stadium	1:00et	CBS	6-1	71,640
9	November 8, 1987	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 31-27	Veterans Stadium	1:00et	CBS	6-2	63,609
10	November 15, 1987	Detroit Lions	W 20-13	RFK Stadium	1:00et	CBS	7-2	53,593
11	November 23, 1987	at Los Angeles Rams	L 30-26	RFK Stadium	9:00et	ABC	7-3	53,614
12	November 29, 1987	New York Giants	W 23-19	RFK Stadium	4:00et	CBS	8-3	45,815
13	December 6, 1987	St. Louis Cardinals	W 34-17	Busch Memorial Stadium	1:00et	CBS	9-3	31,324
14	December 13, 1987	Dallas Cowboys	W 24-20	RFK Stadium	1:00et	CBS	10-3	54,882
15	December 20, 1987	at Miami Dolphins	L 23-21	Joe Robbie Stadium	8:00et	ESPN	10-4	65,715
16	December 26, 1987	at Minnesota Vikings	W 27-24 (OT)	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	4:00et	CBS	11-4	59,160

NFC Divisional Playoffs	10 January 1988	at Chicago Bears	W 21-17	Soldier Field	12:30et	CBS	12-4	58,153
NFC Championship	17 January 1988	Minnesota Vikings	W 17-10	RFK Stadium	12:30et	CBS	13-4	55,212
Super Bowl XXII	31 January 1988	N Denver Broncos	W 42-10	Jack Murphy Stadium	6:25et	NBC	14-4	73,302

Standings[]

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

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Awards and honors[]

Charles Mann, Pro Bowl selection

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sports Illustrated, Oct. 27, 2008, p.24, Vol. 109, No. 16
↑ (PDF) 2010 NFL Record and Fact Book. National Football League. p. 382. http://www.nfl.info/download/2010%20NFL%20Record%20and%20Fact%20Book.pdf. Retrieved July 31, 2011.

1987 NFL seasonv · d · e
AFC	East	Central	West	East	Central	West	NFC
	Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
	Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
	Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
	New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
	NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay
1987 NFL Draft • 1987 NFL strike • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XXII

[Sports_Illustrated_2008,_p.24-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sports Illustrated, Oct. 27, 2008, p.24, Vol. 109, No. 16

[2] (PDF) 2010 NFL Record and Fact Book. National Football League. p. 382. http://www.nfl.info/download/2010%20NFL%20Record%20and%20Fact%20Book.pdf. Retrieved July 31, 2011.

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