NFL team season
NFL team season
1987 New York Giants season Owner Wellington Mara Head coach Bill Parcells General manager George Young Home field Giants Stadium Record 6–9 Division place 5th NFC East Playoff finish Did not qualify Pro Bowlers LB Lawrence Taylor
The 1987 New York Giants season was the franchise's 63rd season in the National Football League and their fifth under head coach Bill Parcells . The Giants entered the season as the defending Super Bowl champion but failed to qualify for the playoffs. They were the sixth team in NFL history to enter a season as the defending Super Bowl champion and miss the playoffs.[1] The Giants started the season 0–5, becoming the first defending Super Bowl champion to lose their first 5 games. Ultimately, the Giants never recovered from their 0–5 start and failed to improve on their 14–2 record from 1986 and finished at 6–9. They were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 1983 . They also placed last in their division for the first time since that same season.
Offseason [ ]
NFL draft [ ]
1987 New York Giants draft
Round
Pick
Player
Position
College
Notes
1
28
Mark Ingram
WR
Michigan State
2
55
Adrian White
DB
Florida
3
83
Stephen Baker
WR
Fresno State
4
112
Odessa Turner
WR
Northwest State
4
Supp.
DB
Army
5
140
Paul O'Connor
G
Miami (FL)
6
160
Tim Richardson
RB
Pacific
6
168
Doug Riesenberg
OT
California
8
223
Rod Jones
TE
Washington
9
225
Stan Parker
G
Nebraska
9
251
Dana Wright
RB
Findlay
10
279
Chuck Faucette
LB
Maryland
11
307
Dave Walter
QB
Michigan Tech
12
321
Bill Berthusen
DT
Iowa State
12
329
Chad Stark
RB
North Dakota State
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career
[2]
Personnel [ ]
Staff [ ]
1987 New York Giants staff
Front office
President – Wellington Mara
General Manager – George Young
Director of Pro Personnel – Tim Rooney
Head coaches
Head Coach – Bill Parcells
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches
Defensive Coordinator – Bill Belichick
Defensive Line – Lamar Leachman
Defensive Backfield – Len Fontes
Defensive Assistant – Mike Sweatman
Special teams coaches
Special Teams – Romeo Crennel
Assistant Special Teams – Mike Sweatman
Strength and conditioning
Strength and Conditioning – Johnny Parker
NFL replacement players [ ]
After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:
1987 New York Giants replacement roster
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
Offensive Linemen
Defensive Linemen
Linebackers
91
95
59 Dan DeRose
65
96
97
92
Defensive Backs
Special Teams
Roster [ ]
1987 New York Giants roster
Quarterbacks
15 Jeff Hostetler
17 Jeff Rutledge
11 Phil Simms
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
Reserve lists
Practice squad
Rookies in italics
Regular season [ ]
Schedule [ ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Venue
Attendance
Recap
1
at Chicago Bears
L 19–34
0–1
Soldier Field
65,704
Recap
2
September 20
Dallas Cowboys
L 14–16
0–2
Giants Stadium
73,426
Recap
3
N/A
Miami Dolphins
Cancelled due to the 1987 NFL strike
4
San Francisco 49ers
L 21–41
0–3
Giants Stadium
16,471
Recap
5
October 11
Washington Redskins
L 12– 38
0–4
Giants Stadium
9,123
Recap
6
October 18
at Buffalo Bills
L 3–6 (OT)
0–5
Rich Stadium
15,737
Recap
7
October 25
St. Louis Cardinals
W 30–7
1–5
Giants Stadium
74,391
Recap
8
at Dallas Cowboys
L 24–33
1–6
Texas Stadium
55,730
Recap
9
November 8
New England Patriots
W 17–10
2–6
Giants Stadium
73,817
Recap
10
November 15
at Philadelphia Eagles
W 20–17
3–6
Veterans Stadium
66,172
Recap
11
November 22
at New Orleans Saints
L 14–23
3–7
Louisiana Superdome
67,639
Recap
12
November 29
at Washington Redskins
L 19–23
3–8
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
45,815
Recap
13
December 6
Philadelphia Eagles
W 23–20 (OT)
4–8
Giants Stadium
65,874
Recap
14
December 13
at St. Louis Cardinals
L 24–27
4–9
Busch Stadium
29,623
Recap
15
Green Bay Packers
W 20–10
5–9
Giants Stadium
51,013
Recap
16
December 27
New York Jets
W 20–7
6–9
Giants Stadium
68,318
Recap
Game summaries [ ]
Week 1 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Giants
7
0 6 6
19
• Bears
3
7 14 10
34
Date: September 14Location: Soldier Field , Chicago, Illinois Game start: 8:00 p.m. Game weather: 62 °F (16.7 °C), wind 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h; 5.2 kn)Referee: Jim Tunney Television network: ABC
[3]
Week 2 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Cowboys
3
7 3 3
16
Giants
7
0 7 0
14
Date: September 20Location: Giants Stadium , East Rutherford, New Jersey Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: 60 °F (15.6 °C), wind 16 miles per hour (26 km/h; 14 kn)
[4]
Week 3 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• 49ers
3
14 10 14
41
Giants
0
7 0 14
21
Date: October 5Location: Giants Stadium , East Rutherford, New Jersey Game start: 9:00 p.m. Game weather: 56 °F (13.3 °C), wind 12 miles per hour (19 km/h; 10 kn)Television network: ABC
[5]
Week 4 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Redskins
3
21 7 7
38
Giants
3
0 9 0
12
Date: October 11Location: Giants Stadium , East Rutherford, New Jersey Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: 52 °F (11.1 °C), wind 13 miles per hour (21 km/h; 11 kn)
[6]
Week 5 [ ]
1
2 3 4 OT Total
Giants
0
0 3 0 0
3
• Bills
0
0 0 3 3
6
Date: October 18Location: Rich Stadium , Orchard Park, New York Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: 53 °F (11.7 °C), wind 15 miles per hour (24 km/h; 13 kn)
[7]
Week 6 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Cardinals
0
0 0 7
7
• Giants
14
3 3 10
30
Date: October 25Location: Giants Stadium , East Rutherford, New Jersey Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: 56 °F (13.3 °C), wind 19 miles per hour (31 km/h; 17 kn)
[8]
Week 7 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Giants
0
10 7 7
24
• Cowboys
7
7 0 19
33
Date: November 2Location: Texas Stadium , Irving, Texas Game start: 8:00 p.m. Game weather: 69 °F (20.6 °C), wind 14 miles per hour (23 km/h; 12 kn)Television network: ABC
[9]
Week 8 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Patriots
0
0 7 3
10
• Giants
0
14 3 0
17
Date: November 8Location: Giants Stadium , East Rutherford, New Jersey Game start: 8:00 p.m. Game weather: 55 °F (12.8 °C), wind 12 miles per hour (19 km/h; 10 kn)
[10]
Week 9 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Giants
7
3 7 3
20
Eagles
10
0 7 0
17
Date: November 15Location: Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C), wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)
Scoring summary 1 PHI Randall Cunningham 4 yard run (Paul McFadden kick)Eagles 7–0
1 PHI Paul McFadden 25 yard field goal Eagles 10–0
1 NYG Lionel Manuel 36 yard pass from Jeff Rutledge (Raul Allegre kick)Eagles 10–7
2 NYG Raul Allegre 53 yard field goal Tie 10–10
3 PHI Keith Byars 8 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick)Eagles 17–10
3 NYG George Adams 1 yard run (Raul Allegre kick)Tie 17–17
4 NYG Raul Allegre 52 yard field goal Giants 20–17
[11]
Week 10 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Giants
0
7 7 0
14
• Saints
3
10 0 10
23
Date: November 22Location: Louisiana Superdome , New Orleans, Louisiana Game start: 3:00 p.m. Game weather: indoors (dome)
[12]
Week 11 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Giants
10
6 3 0
19
• Redskins
0
0 9 14
23
Date: November 29Location: RFK Stadium , Washington, D.C. Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: 52 °F (11.1 °C), wind 11 miles per hour (18 km/h; 9.6 kn)
[13]
Week 12 [ ]
1
2 3 4 OT Total
Eagles
0
6 0 14 0
20
• Giants
7
0 6 7 3
23
Date: December 6Location: Giants Stadium , East Rutherford, New Jersey Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 38 °F (3.3 °C), wind 22 miles per hour (35 km/h; 19 kn)
[14]
Week 13 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Giants
7
3 7 7
24
• Cardinals
14
13 0 0
27
Date: December 13Location: Busch Stadium , St. Louis, Missouri Game start: 3:00 p.m. Game weather: 34 °F (1.1 °C), wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)TV announcers (CBS ): Dick Stockton & Terry Bradshaw
[15]
Week 14 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Packers
0
0 3 7
10
• Giants
0
13 7 0
20
Date: December 19Location: Giants Stadium , East Rutherford, New Jersey Game start: 12:30 p.m. Game weather: 37 °F (2.8 °C), wind 12 miles per hour (19 km/h; 10 kn)
[16]
Week 15 [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Jets
7
0 0 0
7
• Giants
0
17 3 0
20
Date: December 27Location: Giants Stadium , East Rutherford, New Jersey Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 35 °F (1.7 °C), wind 11 miles per hour (18 km/h; 9.6 kn)
[17]
Standings [ ]
NFC East
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 [ ]
Lawrence Taylor , NFC Pro Bowl selection
Lawrence Taylor, Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
Lawrence Taylor, UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
Lawrence Taylor, Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
Lawrence Taylor, Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
References [ ]
External links [ ]
New York Giants
Founded in 1925
Based and headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey
Franchise History Stadiums
Polo Grounds
Yankee Stadium
Yale Bowl
Shea Stadium
Giants Stadium
MetLife Stadium
Culture Lore Rivalries Key personnel
Owners: John Mara & Steve Tisch
General manager: Dave Gettleman
Head coach: Joe Judge
Division championships (22) Conference championships (11) League championships (8) Media Current league affiliations