1987 Cincinnati Bengals season
General managerPaul Brown
Head coachSam Wyche
Home fieldRiverfront Stadium
Results
Record4–11
Division place4th AFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1987 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 18th in the National Football League (NFL). The team could not improve upon its 10–6 year of the previous campaign, as the team dipped to a record of 4–11 in a season shortened by one game due to another players' strike, in which replacement players were used for three games.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1987 NFL Draft
1987 Cincinnati Bengals draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 17 Jason Buck  Defensive end BYU
2 49 Eric Thomas *  Defensive back Tulane
3 76 Leonard Bell  Defensive back Indiana
3 77 Skip McClendon  Defensive end Arizona State
4 103 Jim Riggs  Tight end Clemson
5 130 Marc Logan  Running back Kentucky
5 139 Greg Horne  Punter Arkansas
6 157 Sonny Gordon  Defensive back Ohio State
7 188 Chris Thatcher  Guard Lafayette
8 215 Solomon Wilcots  Defensive back Colorado
9 242 Craig Raddatz  Linebacker Wisconsin
10 269 David McCluskey  Running back Georgia
11 296 Jim Warne  Offensive tackle Arizona State
12 328 John Holifield  Running back West Virginia
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1987 Cincinnati Bengals staff

Front office

  • President – John Sawyer
  • General Manager – Paul Brown
  • Assistant General Manager – Mike Brown
  • Director of Player Personnel – Pete Brown

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Dick LeBeau
  • Defensive Line – Bill Urbanik
  • Linebackers – Dick Selcer

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength – Kim Wood

Roster

1987 Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

NFL replacement players

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

1987 Cincinnati Bengals replacement roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 13 at Indianapolis Colts W 23–21 1–0 Hoosier Dome 59,387
2 September 20 San Francisco 49ers L 26–27 1–1 Riverfront Stadium 53,498
– September 27 at Los Angeles Rams canceled 1–1 Anaheim Stadium
3 October 4 San Diego Chargers L 9–10 1–2 Riverfront Stadium 26,209
4 October 11 at Seattle Seahawks W 17–10 2–2 Kingdome 31,739
5 October 18 Cleveland Browns L 0–34 2–3 Riverfront Stadium 40,179
6 October 25 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 20–23 2–4 Three Rivers Stadium 53,692
7 November 1 Houston Oilers L 29–31 2–5 Riverfront Stadium 52,700
8 November 8 Miami Dolphins L 14–20 2–6 Riverfront Stadium 53,840
9 November 15 at Atlanta Falcons W 16–10 3–6 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 25,758
10 November 22 Pittsburgh Steelers L 16–30 3–7 Riverfront Stadium 59,910
11 November 29 at New York Jets L 20–27 3–8 Giants Stadium 41,135
12 December 6 Kansas City Chiefs W 30–27 4–8 Riverfront Stadium 46,489
13 December 13 at Cleveland Browns L 24–38 4–9 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 77,331
14 December 20 New Orleans Saints L 24–41 4–10 Riverfront Stadium 43,424
15 December 27 at Houston Oilers L 17–21 4–11 Houston Astrodome 49,775

Standings

AFC Central
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns(2) 10 5 0 .667 5–1 8–3 390 239 W3
Houston Oilers(4) 9 6 0 .600 5–1 7–4 345 349 W2
Pittsburgh Steelers 8 7 0 .533 2–4 6–5 285 299 L2
Cincinnati Bengals 4 11 0 .267 0–6 3–9 285 370 L3

Team leaders

Passing

Player Att Comp Yds TD INT Rating
Boomer Esiason 440 240 3321 16 19 73.1

Rushing

Player Att Yds YPC Long TD
Larry Kinnebrew 145 570 3.9 52 8

Receiving

Player Rec Yds Avg Long TD
Eddie Brown 44 608 13.8 47 3
Mike Martin 20 394 19.7 54 3

Defensive

Player Tackles Sacks INTs FF FR
Tim Krumrie 88 3.5 0 0 0
Reggie Williams 75 6.0 0 1 2
Robert Jackson 70 0 3 0 1
David Fulcher 72 3 3 1 1

Kicking and punting

Player FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Points
Jim Breech 30 24 80.0% 27 25 92.6 97
Player Punts Yards Long Blkd Avg.
Scott Fulhage 52 2168 58 0 41.7

Special teams

Player KR KRYards KRAvg KRLong KRTD PR PRYards PRAvg PRLong PRTD
Barney Bussey 21 406 19.3 34 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Martin 3 51 17.0 20 0 28 277 9.9 21 0

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ "1987 Cincinnati Bengals draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2014.

External links

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