NFL team season
The 1987 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 12th season with the National Football League (NFL). After two seasons of missing the postseason, the Seahawks returned to the playoffs.
The 1987 season would be Kenny Easley's last due to a kidney failure caused from excessive ibuprofen use, which forced him into retirement. The Seahawks selected Brian Bosworth from the University of Oklahoma, who signed the biggest rookie contract in NFL history.
Draft
Undrafted free agents
Personnel
Staff
- Head athletic trainer - Jim Whitesel
- Assistant athletic trainer - John Kasik
NFL replacement players
After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:
Final roster
[3]
Schedule
Preseason
- Source: Seahawks Media Guides[4][5]
Regular season
Divisional matchups this season have the AFC West playing the NFC Central.
A 24-day players' strike reduced the 16-game season to 15. The games that were scheduled for the third week of the season were canceled, but the games for weeks 4–6 were played with replacement players. 85% of the veteran players did not cross picket lines during the strike, putting in question the integrity of the 1987 season results.
The teams fielded by NFL clubs bore little resemblance to those the fans had come to recognize through previous seasons.[6] Fans tagged the replacement player teams with mock names like "Seattle Sea-scabs."[7]
- Bold indicates division opponents.
- Source: 1987 NFL season results[8]
Postseason
Standings
Game summaries
Preseason
Week P1: at Los Angeles Rams
Preseason Week One: Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Rams – Game summary
at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California
- Date:
- Game time: 7:34 pm local
- Game weather: hazy, 70 °F (21 °C), wind SW 9 miles per hour (14 km/h)
- Game attendance: 57,772
- Referee: Fred Silva
- Gamebook
Week P2: at St. Louis Cardinals
Preseason Week Two: Seattle Seahawks at St. Louis Cardinals – Game summary
at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
- Date:
- Game time: 7:00 pm local
- Game weather: clear, 83 °F (28 °C), wind N 10 miles per hour (16 km/h)
- Game attendance: 60,014
- Referee: Gene Barth
- Gamebook
Week P3: vs. Detroit Lions
Preseason Week Three: Seattle Seahawks vs. Detroit Lions – Game summary
at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
- Date:
- Game time: 7:34 pm local
- Game weather: indoors
- Game attendance: 57,751
- Referee: Bob Frederic
- Gamebook
Week P4: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Regular season
Week 1: at Denver Broncos
Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week Two: Seattle Seahawks vs. Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
- Date: September 20
- Game time: 1:03 pm local
- Game weather: indoors
- Game attendance: 61,667
- Referee: Fred Silva
- TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
- Gamebook
Week 4: vs. Miami Dolphins
Week 5: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Week 6: at Detroit Lions
Week 7: at Los Angeles Raiders
Week 8: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Week 9: at New York Jets
Week 10: vs. Green Bay Packers
Week 11: vs. San Diego Chargers
Week Eleven: Seattle Seahawks vs. San Diego Chargers – Game summary
at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
- Date: November 22
- Game time: 1:02 pm local
- Game weather: indoors
- Game attendance: 62,144
- Referee: Ben Dreith
- TV: NBC
- Gamebook
Week 12: vs. Los Angeles Raiders
Week Twelve: Seattle Seahawks vs. Los Angeles Raiders – Game summary
at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
- Date:
- Game time: 6:07 pm local
- Game weather: indoors
- Game attendance: 62,802
- Referee: Jerry Markbreit
- TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, and Dan Dierdorf
- Gamebook
Week 13: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 14: vs. Denver Broncos
Week Fourteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos – Game summary
at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
- Date: December 13
- Game time: 5:05 pm local
- Game weather: indoors
- Game attendance: 61,759
- Referee: Bob McElwee
- TV: ESPN
- Gamebook
Week 15: at Chicago Bears
Week 16: at Kansas City Chiefs
Postseason
Seattle entered the postseason as the #5 seed in the AFC.
AFC Wild Card Playoff: at #4 Houston Oilers
AFC Wild Card Playoff: #5 Seattle Seahawks at #4 Houston Oilers – Game summary
at Astrodome, Houston, Texas
References
- ^ "Bosworth threatens to skip season after being drafted by Seahawks". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 13, 1987. p. 14.
- ^ Richmond, Peter (June 13, 1987). "Maybe he'll swap for missiles". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. p. B2.
- ^ "Pro Football Statistics and History - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ 1987 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
- ^ 1988 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
- ^ "Official NFLPA History". Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
- ^ NFL crossed the line on Replacement Sunday, By Clare Farnsworth, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter
- ^ 1987 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.
External links
- Seahawks draft history at NFL.com
- 1987 NFL season results at NFL.com
