1987 Seattle Seahawks season

1987 Seattle Seahawks season
1987 Seattle Seahawks season
Owner	The Nordstrom family
Head coach	Chuck Knox
General manager	Mike McCormack
Home field	Kingdome
Results
Record	9–6
Division place	2nd AFC West
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Oilers) 20–23 (OT)
Pro Bowlers	RB Curt Warner; WR Steve Largent; DE Jacob Green; LB Fredd Young; SS Kenny Easley
AP All-Pros	RB Curt Warner (2nd team); WR Steve Largent (2nd team); LB Fredd Young (1st team)
	← 1986; Seahawks seasons; 1988 →;

The 1987 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 12th season with the National Football League. After two seasons of missing the post season, the Seahawks returned to the playoffs.

The 1987 season would be Kenny Easley's last due to a kidney failure caused from an aspirin overdose, which forced him into retirement. The Seahawks selected Brian Bosworth from the University of Oklahoma, who signed the biggest rookie contract in NFL history.

1987 NFL Draft[]

1987 Seahawks Draft Selections
Round/Pick	Player	Position	College
1/18	Tony Woods	Defensive end	Pittsburgh
2/45	Dave Wyman	Linebacker	Stanford
4/104	Mark Moore	Defensive back	Oklahoma State
5/119	Tommie Agee	Running back	Auburn
5/131	Ruben Rodriguez	Punter	Arizona
7/184	Roland Barbay	Nose tackle	LSU
7/185	Derek Tennell	Tight end	UCLA
8/216	Sammy Garza	Quarterback	UTEP
9/243	M. L. Johnson	Linebacker	Hawaii
10/270	Louis Clark	Wide receiver	Mississippi State
11/297	Darryl Oliver	Running back	Miami (FL)
12/312	Wes Dove	Defensive End	Syracuse
12/324	Tony Burse	Running Back	Middle Tennessee State
Supp.^[1]^[2]	Brian Bosworth	Linebacker	Oklahoma

Personnel[]

Staff[]

**1987 Seattle Seahawks staff**

	Front office President/general manager – Mike McCormack Vice President/Assistant general manager – Chuck Allen Player Personnel Director – Mike Allman Assistant Player Personnel Director – Rick Thompson Pro Personnel Assistant – Randy Mueller Head coaches Head Coach – Chuck Knox Assistant Head Coach – Tom Catlin Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Receivers – Steve Moore Quarterbacks – Ken Meyer Offensive Backs – Tight Ends – Russ Purnell Offensive Line – Kent Stephenson			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Tom Catlin Defensive Line – George Dyer Assistant Linebackers – Rusty Tillman Defensive Backs – Ralph Hawkins Special Assignments – Joe Vitt Special teams coaches Special Teams – Rusty Tillman Assistant Special Teams – Russ Purnell

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:

1987 Seattle Seahawks replacement roster

Quarterbacks

8 Jim Plum
11 Bruce Mathison
15 Jeff Kemp
18 David Lindley

Running Backs

24 Daryl Baines
27 Alvin Moore
27
29 Rick Parros
30 Boyce Green RB/KR
33 Tim Harris
34 FB
36 Michael Morton
37 Eric Lane
39 Todd McGrady

Wide Receivers

80 Steve Largent
81 WR/KR
81 Durell Taylor
82 Curt Pardridge
83 Jimmy Teal WR/KR
84 Mike Grant
87 Kevin Juma

Tight Ends

85 Mark Keel
86 Jeff Lamson
84
89

Offensive Linemen

51
59 Blair Bush
60 C
61 Jack Sims RG
64 Tom Andrews
66 Stan Eisenhooth
67 Matt Hanousek RT
69 Garth Thomas LG
70 Howard Richards
73
78 LT

Defensive Linemen

68
71 Van Hughes RE
72 Bruce Courtney
72 Lester Williams
74 LE
75
77 Doug Hollie
77 Charles Wiley NT
79 Dale Dorning

Linebackers

50 ILB
50 Fredd Young ILB
52 OLB
53 ILB
54 Joe Jackson
55
56 Julio Cortes OLB
57 Tony Caldwell OLB
58 Rob DeVita
59

Defensive Backs

16 LCB
20
21
23 LaWayne Foster
25 Dallis Smith FS
29 Anthony Blue
31 LCB
35 RCB
38
46 SS
40 Kim Mack

Special Teams

1 K
6 P
9 Norm Johnson K
10 P

Final roster[]

**1987 Seattle Seahawks final roster**

	Quarterbacks 15 Jeff Kemp 17 Dave Krieg 11 Bruce Mathison Running backs 34 Tony Burse 37 Eric Lane 43 Randall Morris 28 Curt Warner * 32 John L. Williams FB Wide receivers 83 Ray Butler 88 Byron Franklin 80 Steve Largent * 82 Paul Skansi 85 Jimmy Teal 81 Daryl Turner Tight ends 87 Wilbur Strozier 86 Mike Tice		Offensive linemen 65 Edwin Bailey G 76 Jon Borchardt G 59 Blair Bush C 66 Stan Eisenhooth T 54 Grant Feasel C 70 Ron Mattes T 71 Bryan Millard G 73 Alvin Powell G 75 Mike Wilson T Defensive linemen 95 Roland Barbay NT 77 Jeff Bryant DE 64 DE 68 Randy Edwards DE 79 Jacob Green DE * 61 Alonzo Mitz DE 72 Joe Nash NT		Linebackers 55 Brian Bosworth 53 Keith Butler 56 Greg Gaines 52 51 Sam Merriman 58 Bruce Scholtz 57 Tony Woods 92 Dave Wyman 50 Fredd Young * Defensive backs 45 Kenny Easley S * 25 David Hollis 23 Patrick Hunter CB 24 Mel Jenkins 26 Kerry Justin 35 21 Paul Moyer S 41 Eugene Robinson S 20 Terry Taylor CB Special teams 30 Bobby Joe Edmonds KR 9 Norm Johnson K 5 Ruben Rodriguez P		Reserve lists 33 Tommie Agee RB (IR) 84 Louis Clark WR (IR) Practice squad Rookies in italics 110 active, 0 inactive, 0 practice squad

^[3]

Starters in bold.
(‡) Denotes strike replacement players.
(*) Denotes players that were selected for the 1988 Pro Bowl.

Schedule[]

Preseason[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	Recap
1	August 13	at Los Angeles Rams	L 14–23	0–1	Anaheim Stadium	Recap
2	August 22	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 21–28	0–2	Busch Stadium	Recap
3	August 28	Detroit Lions	W 38–10	1–2	Kingdome	Recap
4	September 4	San Francisco 49ers	W 34–10	2–2	Kingdome	Recap

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]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	Recap
1	September 13	at Denver Broncos	L 17–40	0–1	Mile High Stadium	Recap
2	September 20	Kansas City Chiefs	W 43–14	1–1	Kingdome	Recap
3	September 27	at San Diego Chargers	Cancelled due to players' strike
4	October 4	Miami Dolphins	W 24–20	2–1	Kingdome	Recap
5	October 11	Cincinnati Bengals	L 10-17	2-2	Kingdome	Recap
6	October 18	at Detroit Lions	W 37–14	3-2	Pontiac Silverdome	Recap
7	October 25	at Los Angeles Raiders	W 35–13	4-2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Recap
8	November 1	Minnesota Vikings	W 28–17	5-2	Kingdome	Recap
9	November 9	at New York Jets	L 14-30	5-3	The Meadowlands	Recap
10	November 15	Green Bay Packers	W 24–13	6-3	Kingdome	Recap
11	November 22	San Diego Chargers	W 34–3	7-3	Kingdome	Recap
12	November 30	Los Angeles Raiders	L 14-37	7-4	Kingdome	Recap
13	December 6	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 9-13	7-5	Three Rivers Stadium	Recap
14	December 13	Denver Broncos	W 28–21	8-5	Kingdome	Recap
15	December 20	at Chicago Bears	W 34–21	9-5	Soldier Field	Recap
16	December 27	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 20–41	9-6	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap

Bold indicates division opponents.

Source: 1987 NFL season results^[8]

Postseason[]

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Game site	Recap
Wild Card	January 3, 1988	at Houston Oilers (4)	L 20–23 (OT)	0–1	Astrodome	Recap

Standings[]

AFC West
view talk	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Denver Broncos⁽¹⁾	10	4	1	.700	7–1	8–3	379	288	W2
Seattle Seahawks⁽⁵⁾	9	6	0	.600	4–3	5–6	371	314	L1
San Diego Chargers	8	7	0	.533	3–4	6–7	253	317	L6
Los Angeles Raiders	5	10	0	.333	2–6	3–8	301	289	L3
Kansas City Chiefs	4	11	0	.267	3–5	3–9	273	388	W1

Game Summaries[]

Preseason[]

Week P1: at Los Angeles Rams[]

Preseason Week One: Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Rams – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	7	0	7	0	14
Rams	0	20	0	3	23

at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California

Date: August 13
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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	7	7	0	7	21
Cardinals	14	7	0	7	28

at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Date: August 22
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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	10	0	0	10
Seahawks	3	14	14	7	38

at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Date: August 28
Game time: 7:34 pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 57,751
Referee: Bob Frederic
Gamebook

Week P4: vs. San Francisco 49ers[]

Preseason Week Four: Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	0	10	0	0	10
Seahawks	21	13	0	0	34

at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Date: September 4
Game time: 5:05 pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 60,403
Referee: Jim Tunney
Gamebook

Regular season[]

Week 1: at Denver Broncos[]

Week One: Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	14	3	0	0	17
Broncos	7	13	14	6	40

at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

Date: September 13
Game time: 2:00 pm local
Game weather: clear, 85 °F (29 °C), 16% humidity, wind S 10 miles per hour (16 km/h)
Game attendance: 75,999
Referee: Red Cashion
TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Daryl Turner 20-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 10:24 (SEA 7–0)
DEN – Steve Sewell 72-yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick), 9:13 (Tied 7–7)
SEA – Curt Warner 10-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 4:35 (SEA 14–7)

Second quarter

SEA – Norm Johnson 25-yard field goal, 10:18 (SEA 17–7)
DEN – Rich Karlis 37-yard field goal, 5:31 (SEA 17–10)
DEN – Rich Karlis 42-yard field goal, 1:17 (SEA 17–13)
DEN – Steve Watson 4-yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick), 0:25 (DEN 20–17)

Third quarter

DEN – Orson Mobley 5-yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick), 10:21 (DEN 27–17)
DEN – Vance Johnson 59-yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick), 1:32 (DEN 34–17)

Fourth quarter

DEN – Rich Karlis 25-yard field goal, 8:27 (DEN 37–17)
DEN – Rich Karlis 29-yard field goal, 3:22 (DEN 40–17)

Top passers

SEA – Dave Krieg: 14/28, 185 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT
DEN – John Elway: 22/32, 338 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT

Top rushers

SEA – Curt Warner: 11 car, 83 yds
DEN – Sammy Winder: 17 car, 79 yds

Top receivers

SEA – Steve Largent: 4 rec, 73 yds
DEN – Vance Johnson: 4 rec, 96 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 169 – 108 – 277 – 5
DEN – 338 – 166 – 504 – 2

Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefs[]

Week Two: Seattle Seahawks vs. Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chiefs	0	7	0	7	14
Seahawks	3	14	20	6	43

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

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Norm Johnson 34-yard field goal, 7:16 (SEA 3–0)

Second quarter

SEA – Daryl Turner 9-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 9:47 (SEA 10–0)
KC – Carlos Carson 10-yard pass from Todd Blackledge (Nick Lowery kick), 3:56 (SEA 10–7)
SEA – Daryl Turner 17-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 0:51 (SEA 17–7)

Third quarter

SEA – Mike Tice 2-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 10:06 (SEA 24–7)
SEA – Norm Johnson 25-yard field goal, 8:05 (SEA 27–7)
SEA – John L. Williams 1-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 4:42 (SEA 34–7)
SEA – Norm Johnson 46-yard field goal, 0:43 (SEA 37–7)

Fourth quarter

SEA – Norm Johnson 27-yard field goal, 8:28 (SEA 40–7)
SEA – Norm Johnson 49-yard field goal, 4:15 (SEA 43–7)
KC – Carlos Carson 10-yard pass from Bill Kenney (Nick Lowery kick), 1:07 (SEA 43–14)

Top passers

KC – Bill Kenney: 6/11, 75 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
SEA – Dave Krieg: 16/22, 152 yds, 3 TD

Top rushers

KC – Christian Okoye: 11 car, 30 yds
SEA – John L. Williams: 15 car, 112 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

KC – Carlos Carson: 5 rec, 83 yds, 2 TD
SEA – Ray Butler: 4 rec, 50 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

KC – 107 – 75 – 182 – 5
SEA – 137 – 223 – 360– 0

Week 4: vs. Miami Dolphins[]

Week Four: Seattle Seahawks vs. Miami Dolphins – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	7	0	6	7	20
Seahawks	7	3	0	14	24

at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Date: October 4
Game time: 1:03 pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 19,448
Referee: Bob Frederic
TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg & Merlin Olsen
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

MIA – Leland Douglas 14-yard pass from Kyle Mackey (Willie Beecher kick), 9:45 (MIA 7–0)
SEA – Curt Pardridge 25-yard pass from Bruce Mathison (Scott Hagler kick), 6:44 (Tied 7–7)

Second quarter

SEA – Scott Hagler 20-yard field goal, 0:00 (SEA 10–7)

Third quarter

MIA – Willie Beecher 34-yard field goal, 11:12 (Tied 10–10)
MIA – Willie Beecher 40-yard field goal, 3:55 (MIA 13–10)

Fourth quarter

SEA – Mark Keel 24-yard pass from Bruce Mathison (Scott Hagler kick), 10:15 (SEA 17–13)
MIA – John Tagliaferri 2-yard run (Willie Beecher kick), 3:11 (MIA 20–17)
SEA – Rick Parros 1-yard run (Scott Hagler kick), 1:30 (SEA 24–20)

Top passers

MIA – Kyle Mackey: 17/26, 179 yds, 1 TD
SEA – Bruce Mathison: 20/42, 326 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT

Top rushers

MIA – Ronald Scott: 9 car, 55 yds
MIA – Clarence Bailey: 10 car, 55 yds
SEA – Rick Parros: 13 car, 32 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

MIA – Eddie Chavis: 4 rec, 58 yds
SEA – Jimmy Teal: 9 rec, 137 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

MIA – 160 – 164 – 324 – 2
SEA – 326 – 76 – 402 – 3

Week 5: vs. Cincinnati Bengals[]

Week Five: Seattle Seahawks vs. Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	17	0	0	17
Seahawks	0	0	3	7	10

at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Date: October 11
Game time: 1:02 pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 31,739
Referee: Dick Jorgensen
TV: NBC
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

No scoring plays

Second quarter

CIN – Marc Logan 5-yard run (Massimo Manca kick), 13:01 (CIN 7–0)
CIN – David McCluskey 1-yard run (Massimo Manca kick), 3:49 (CIN 14–0)
CIN – Massimo Manca 28-yard field goal, 0:09 (CIN 17–0)

Third quarter

SEA – Scott Hagler 24-yard field goal, 8:54 (CIN 17–3)

Fourth quarter

SEA – Jimmy Teal 8-yard pass from Bruce Mathison (Scott Hagler kick), 3:29 (CIN 17–10)

Top passers

CIN – Dave Walter: 6/11, 97 yds
SEA – Bruce Mathison: 15/32, 167 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

CIN – Marc Logan: 16 car, 103 yds, 1 TD
SEA – Boyce Green: 15 car, 68 yds

Top receivers

CIN – Marquis Pleasant: 2 rec, 45 yds
SEA – Kevin Juma: 3 rec, 53 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

CIN – 97 – 270 – 367 – 3
SEA –126 – 90 – 216 – 2

Week 6: at Detroit Lions[]

Week Six: Seattle Seahawks at Detroit Lions – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	21	9	7	0	37
Lions	0	7	0	7	14

at Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan

Date: October 18
Game time: 1:00 pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 8,310
Referee: Gordon McCarter
TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones & Jimmy Cefalo
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Steve Largent 19-yard pass from Jeff Kemp (Norm Johnson kick), 12:48 (SEA 7–0)
SEA – Steve Largent 21-yard pass from Jeff Kemp (Norm Johnson kick), 10:49 (SEA 14–0)
SEA – Steve Largent 2-yard pass from Jeff Kemp (Norm Johnson kick), 3:35 (SEA 21–0)

Second quarter

DET – Danny Bradley 5-yard pass from Todd Hons (Mike Prindle kick), 13:45 (SEA 21–7)
SEA – Jimmy Teal 12-yard pass from Jeff Kemp (PAT failed), 11:02 (SEA 27–7)
SEA – Norm Johnson 43-yard field goal, 0:00 (SEA 30–7)

Third quarter

SEA – Michael Morton 1-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 9:26 (SEA 37–7)

Fourth quarter

DET – Danny Bradley 3-yard pass from Todd Hons (Mike Prindle kick), 9:53 (SEA 37–14)

Top passers

SEA – Jeff Kemp: 20/27, 344 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT
DET – Todd Hons: 14/27, 127 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

SEA – Michael Morton: 12 car, 28 yds, 1 TD
DET – Gary Ellerson: 16 car, 61 yds

Top receivers

SEA – Steve Largent: 15 rec, 261 yds, 3 TD
DET – Danny Bradley: 7 rec, 50 yds, 2 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 324 – 80 – 404 – 2
DET – 104 – 93 – 197 – 2

Week 7: at Los Angeles Raiders[]

Week Seven: Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Raiders – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	7	21	0	7	35
Raiders	0	0	7	6	13

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Date: October 25
Game time: 1:02 pm local
Game weather: high clouds, 79 °F (26 °C), 76% humidity, wind calm
Game attendance: 52,735
Referee: Jerry Seeman
TV: NBC
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Curt Warner 1-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 7:19 (SEA 7–0)

Second quarter

SEA – Ray Butler 15-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 10:00 (SEA 14–0)
SEA – Curt Warner 6-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 3:00 (SEA 21–0)
SEA – Fredd Young 50-yard interception return (Norm Johnson kick), 0:56 (SEA 28–0)

Third quarter

LA – Todd Christensen 7-yard pass from Marc Wilson (Chris Bahr kick), 11:01 (SEA 28–7)

Fourth quarter

LA – Dokie Williams 14-yard pass from

Top passers

SEA – Dave Krieg: 14/20, 192 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
LA – Marc Wilson: 13/27, 173 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

SEA – Curt Warner: 29 car, 112 yds, 2 TD
LA – Marcus Allen: 11 car, 29 yds

Top receivers

SEA – Ray Butler: 4 rec, 73 yds, 2 TD
LA – Todd Christensen: 8 rec, 124 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 149 – 144 – 293 – 2
LA – 206 – 44 – 250 – 3

Week 8: vs. Minnesota Vikings[]

Week Eight: Seattle Seahawks vs. Minnesota Vikings – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	3	0	7	17
Seahawks	7	7	7	7	28

at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Date: November 1
Game time: 1:01 pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 61,134
Referee: Red Cashion
TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan & Joe Theismann
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Daryl Turner 4-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 10:39 (SEA 7–0)
MIN – Wade Wilson 1-yard run (Chuck Nelson kick), 4:21 (Tied 7–7)

Second quarter

SEA – Curt Warner 30-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 2:14 (SEA 14–7)
MIN – Chuck Nelson 29-yard field goal, 0:11 (SEA 14–10)

Third quarter

SEA – Steve Largent 27-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 11:14 (SEA 21–10)

Fourth quarter

MIN – D.J. Dozier 5yard run (Chuck Nelson kick), 6:48 (SEA 21–17)
SEA – Ray Butler 28-yard pass from Jeff Kemp (Norm Johnson kick), 1:32 (SEA 28–17)

Top passers

MIN – Wade Wilson: 23/39, 271 yds, 1 INT
SEA – Dave Krieg: 11/17, 148 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT

Top rushers

MIN – D.J. Dozier: 11 car, 45 yds, 1 TD
SEA – Curt Warner: 23 car, 94 yds

Top receivers

MIN – Anthony Carter: 4 rec, 86 yds
SEA – Ray Butler: 3 rec, 62 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

MIN – 252 – 143 – 395 – 2
SEA – 195 – 123 – 318 – 1

Week 9: at New York Jets[]

Week Nine: Seattle Seahawks at New York Jets – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	0	14	0	14
Jets	0	10	10	10	30

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Date: November 9
Game time: 9:07 pm local
Game weather: drizzle, 55 °F (13 °C), 55% humidity, wind SSW 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h)
Game attendance: 60,452
Referee: Gene Barth
TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, and Dan Dierdorf
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

No scoring plays

Second quarter

NYJ – Jo-Jo Townsell 91-yard punt return (Pat Leahy kick), 12:16 (NYJ 7–0)
NYJ – Pat Leahy 35-yard field goal, 0:01 (NYJ 10–0)

Third quarter

NYJ – Pat Leahy 36-yard field goal, 11:32 (NYJ 13–0)
SEA – Curt Warner 3-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 9:14 (NYJ 13–7)
SEA – Steve Largent 29-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 6:18 (SEA 14–13)
NYJ – Billy Griggs 4-yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick), 0:21 (NYJ 20–14)

Fourth quarter

NYJ – Johnny Hector 1-yard run (Pat Leahy kick), 11:03 (NYJ 27–14)
NYJ – Pat Leahy 26-yard field goal, 1:26 (NYJ 30–14)

Top passers

NYJ – Ken O'Brien: 12/29, 188 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
SEA – Dave Krieg: 23/30, 226 yds, 1 TD

Top rushers

SEA – Curt Warner: 18 car, 70 yds, 1 TD
NYJ – Johnny Hector: 20 car, 63 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

SEA – Steve Largent: 4 rec, 88 yds, 1 TD
NYJ – Al Toon: 4 rec, 66 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 164 – 111 – 275 – 4
NYJ – 210 – 132 – 342 – 1

Week 10: vs. Green Bay Packers[]

Week Ten: Seattle Seahawks vs. Green Bay Packers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	3	10	0	0	13
Seahawks	0	21	0	3	24

at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Date: November 15
Game time: 1:02 pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 60,963
Referee: Dick Hantak
TV: CBS
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

GB – Max Zendejas 31-yard field goal, 10:07 (GB 3–0)

Second quarter

SEA – Curt Warner 57-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 14:50 (SEA 7–3)
GB – Keith Paskett 47-yard pass from Randy Wright (Max Zendejas kick), 12:49 (GB 10–7)
GB – Max Zendejas 48-yard field goal, 9:24 (GB 13–7)
SEA – Eugene Robinson 8-yard blocked punt return (Norm Johnson kick), 2:08 (SEA 14–13)
SEA – Dave Krieg 8-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 0:43 (SEA 21–13)

Third quarter

No scoring plays

Fourth quarter

SEA – Norm Johnson 24-yard field goal, 14:12 (SEA 24–13)

Top passers

GB – Randy Wright: 10/19, 134 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
SEA – Dave Krieg: 9/15, 105 yds, 3 INT

Top rushers

GB – Kenneth Davis: 14 car, 75 yds
SEA – Curt Warner: 25 car, 123 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

GB – Walter Stanley: 5 rec, 66 yds
SEA – Steve Largent: 5 rec, 79 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

GB – 198 – 100 – 298 – 5
SEA – 88 – 193 – 281 – 5

Week 11: vs. San Diego Chargers[]

Week Eleven: Seattle Seahawks vs. San Diego Chargers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chargers	0	3	0	0	3
Seahawks	3	14	10	7	34

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

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Norm Johnson 34-yard field goal, 12:46 (SEA 3–0)

Second quarter

SEA – John L. Williams 12-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 14:53 (SEA 10–0)
SD – Vince Abbott 33-yard field goal, 10:27 (SEA 10–3)
SEA – Curt Warner 5-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 6:13 (SEA 17–3)

Third quarter

SEA – Dave Krieg 11-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 12:36 (SEA 24–3)
SEA – Norm Johnson 22-yard field goal, 0:06 (SEA 27–3)

Fourth quarter

SEA – Steve Largent 5-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 9:14 (SEA 34–3)

Top passers

SD – Mark Herrmann: 12/19, 140 yds, 1 INT
SEA – Dave Krieg: 19/26, 246 yds, 2 TD

Top rushers

SD – Curtis Adams: 5 car, 12 yds
SEA – Curt Warner: 23 car, 119 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

SD – Lionel James: 2 rec, 42 yds
SD – Gary Anderson: 5 rec, 42 yds
SEA – Steve Largent: 5 rec, 84 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SD – 139 – 17 – 156 – 4
SEA – 219 – 277 – 496 – 1

Week 12: vs. Los Angeles Raiders[]

Week Twelve: Seattle Seahawks vs. Los Angeles Raiders – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	7	20	10	0	37
Seahawks	7	0	7	0	14

at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Date: November 30
Game time: 6:07 pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 62,802
Referee: Jerry Markbreit
TV: ABC
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Daryl Turner 19-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 5:33 (SEA 7–0)
LA – James Lofton 46-yard pass from Marc Wilson (Chris Bahr kick), 2:33 (Tied 7–7)

Second quarter

LA – Bo Jackson 14-yard pass from Marc Wilson (Chris Bahr kick), 12:19 (LA 14–7)
LA – Bo Jackson 91-yard run (Chris Bahr kick), 9:42 (LA 21–7)
LA – Chris Bahr 23-yard field goal, 3:42 (LA 24–7)
LA – Chris Bahr 47-yard field goal, 0:44 (LA 27–7)

Third quarter

LA – Bo Jackson 2-yard run (Chris Bahr kick), 11:30 (LA 34–7)
LA – Chris Bahr 23-yard field goal, 5:29 (LA 37–7)
SEA – Mike Tice 3-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 0:05 (LA 37–14)

Fourth quarter

No scoring plays

Top passers

LA – Marc Wilson: 11/18, 159 yds, 2 TD
SEA – Dave Krieg: 17/31, 170 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

LA – Bo Jackson: 18 car, 221 yds, 2 TD
SEA – Curt Warner: 11 car, 26 yds

Top receivers

LA – Dokie Williams: 4 rec, 47 yds
SEA – Paul Skansi: 4 rec, 54 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

LA – 151 – 356 – 507 – 1
SEA – 130 – 37 – 167 – 3

Week 13: at Pittsburgh Steelers[]

Week Thirteen: Seattle Seahawks at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	3	6	0	0	9
Steelers	3	3	0	7	13

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date: December 6
Game time: 1:00 pm local
Game weather: cloudy, 35 °F (2 °C), 80% humidity, wind W 8 miles per hour (13 km/h)
Game attendance: 48,881
Referee: Gordon McCarter
TV: NBC
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

PIT – Gary Anderson 37-yard field goal, 9:07 (PIT 3–3)
SEA – Norm Johnson 33-yard field goal, 1:47 (Tied 3–3)

Second quarter

SEA – Steve Largent 12-yard pass from Dave Krieg (PAT failed), 7:47 (SEA 9–3)
PIT – Gary Anderson 24-yard field goal, 0:19 (SEA 9–6)

Third quarter

No scoring plays

Fourth quarter

PIT – Frank Pollard 11-yard run (Gary Anderson kick), 14:56 (PIT 13–9)

Top passers

SEA – Dave Krieg: 9/15, 91 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
PIT – Mark Malone: 11/18, 99 yds

Top rushers

SEA – Curt Warner: 22 car, 69 yds
PIT – Frank Pollard: 22 car, 106 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

SEA – John L. Williams: 3 rec, 28 yds
PIT – Joey Clinkscales: 2 rec, 20 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 80 – 135 – 215 – 2
PIT – 99 – 209 – 308 – 0

Week 14: vs. Denver Broncos[]

Week Fourteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	0	0	14	7	21
Seahawks	0	14	7	7	28

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

Game information

First quarter

No scoring plays

Second quarter

SEA – Curt Warner 3-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 5:50 (SEA 7–0)
SEA – Ray Butler 35-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 0:22 (SEA 14–0)

Third quarter

DEN – Sammy Winder 11-yard run (Rich Karlis kick), 12:28 (SEA 14–7)
DEN – Rick Massie 39-yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick), 10:36 (Tied 14–14)
SEA – Ray Butler 40-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 9:30 (SEA 21–14)

Fourth quarter

SEA – John L. Williams 7-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 12:39 (SEA 28–14)
DEN – Sammy Winder 1-yard run (Rich Karlis kick), 0:25 (SEA 28–21)

Top passers

DEN – John Elway: 21/42, 335 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
SEA – Dave Krieg: 23/33, 238 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

DEN – Sammy Winder: 13 car, 50 yds, 2 TD
SEA – Curt Warner: 22 car, 76 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

DEN – Mark Jackson: 3 rec, 85 yds
SEA – Ray Butler: 6 rec, 107 yds, 2 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

DEN – 308 – 72 – 380 – 2
SEA – 226 – 141 – 367 – 4

Week 15: at Chicago Bears[]

Week Fifteen: Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	7	20	7	34
Bears	0	7	7	7	21

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Date: December 20
Game time: 1:00 pm local
Game weather: cloudy, 38 °F (3 °C), 79% humidity, wind W 29 miles per hour (47 km/h)
Game attendance: 62,518
Referee: Fred Silva
TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg & Merlin Olsen
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

No scoring plays

Second quarter

SEA – Daryl Turner 12-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 8:09 (SEA 7–0)
CHI – Emery Moorehead 3-yard pass from Mike Tomczak (Kevin Butler kick), 0:52 (Tied 7–7)

Third quarter

SEA – Curt Warner 1-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 11:10 (SEA 14–7)
CHI – Walter Payton 3-yard run (Kevin Butler kick), 5:42 (Tied 14–14)
SEA – John L. Williams 75-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 5:14 (SEA 21–14)
SEA – Norm Johnson 45-yard field goal, 3:01 (SEA 24–14)
SEA – Norm Johnson 29-yard field goal, 1:08 (SEA 27–14)

Fourth quarter

CHI – Walter Payton 5-yard run (Kevin Butler kick), 12:07 (SEA 27–21)
SEA – Curt Warner 4-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 2:10 (SEA 34–21)

Top passers

SEA – Dave Krieg: 17/26, 214 yds, 2 TD
CHI – Mike Tomczak: 21/36, 298 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

SEA – Curt Warner: 17 car, 75 yds, 2 TD
CHI – Walter Payton: 17 car, 79 yds, 2 TD

Top receivers

SEA – John L. Williams: 8 rec, 117 yds, 1 TD
CHI – Dennis Gentry: 3 rec, 58 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 184 – 116 – 300 – 0
CHI – 276 – 161 – 437 – 5

Week 16: at Kansas City Chiefs[]

Week Sixteen: Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	7	13	0	0	20
Chiefs	17	10	7	7	41

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Date: December 27
Game time: 12:00 pm local
Game weather: drizzle, 35 °F (2 °C), 95% humidity, wind S 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h)
Game attendance: 20,370
Referee: Ben Dreith
TV announcers (NBC): Gayle Sierens and Dave Rowe
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

KC – Herman Heard 37-yard run (Nick Lowery kick), 14:27 (KC 7–0)
SEA – Steve Largent 15-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 10:31 (Tied 7–7)
KC – Nick Lowery 35-yard field goal, 5:00 (KC 10–7)
KC – Carlos Carson 81-yard pass from Bill Kenney (Nick Lowery kick), 2:54 (KC 17–7)

Second quarter

SEA – Paul Skansi 8-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 14:11 (KC 17–14)
KC – Paul Palmer 92-yard kickoff return (Nick Lowery kick), 13:53 (KC 24–14)
SEA – Norm Johnson 39-yard field goal, 10:02 (KC 24–17)
SEA – Norm Johnson 24-yard field goal, 1:50 (KC 24–20)
KC – Nick Lowery 44-yard field goal, 0:05 (KC 27–20)

Third quarter

KC – Mark Adickes 3-yard pass from Bill Kenney (Nick Lowery kick), 6:06 (KC 34–20)

Fourth quarter

KC – Stephone Paige 46-yard pass from Bill Kenney (Nick Lowery kick), 13:46 (KC 41–20)

Top passers

SEA – Dave Krieg: 17/32, 202 yds, 2 TD
KC – Todd Blackledge: 23/35, 320 yds, 3 TD

Top rushers

SEA – Curt Warner: 15 car, 85 yds
KC – Herman Heard: 12 car, 107 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

SEA – Steve Largent: 6 rec, 95 yds, 1 TD
KC – Carlos Carson: 4 rec, 120 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 195 – 169 – 364 – 2
KC – 313 – 199 – 512 – 1

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

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Seahawks	7	3	3	7	0	20
Oilers	3	10	7	0	3	23

at Astrodome, Houston, Texas

Date: January 3
Game time: 3:00 pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 49,622
Referee: Bob McElwee
TV announcers (NBC): Marv Albert & Joe Namath
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Steve Largent 20-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 11:44 (SEA 7–0)
HOU – Tony Zendejas 47-yard field goal, 4:44 (SEA 7–3)

Second quarter

HOU – Mike Rozier 1-yard run (Tony Zendejas kick), 13:17 (HOU 10–7)
HOU – Tony Zendejas 49-yard field goal, 6:49 (HOU 13–7)
SEA – Norm Johnson 33-yard field goal, 3:10 (HOU 13–10)

Third quarter

SEA – Norm Johnson 41-yard field goal, 8:23 (Tied 13–13)
HOU – Willie Drewrey 22-yard pass from Warren Moon (Tony Zendejas kick), 2:34 (HOU 20–13)

Fourth quarter

SEA – Steve Largent 12-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 0:26 (Tied 20–20)

Overtime

HOU – Tony Zendejas 42-yard field goal, 6:55 (HOU 23–20)

Top passers

SEA – Dave Krieg: 16/38, 237 yds, 2 TD
HOU – Warren Moon: 21/32, 273 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

Top rushers

SEA – John L. Williams: 7 car, 27 yds
HOU – Alonzo Highsmith: 12 car, 74 yds

Top receivers

SEA – Steve Largent: 7 rec, 132 yds, 2 TD
HOU – Ernest Givins: 7 rec, 89 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 221 – 29 – 250 – 1
HOU – 259 – 178 – 437 – 2

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 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
^ 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[]

[bttskps-1] "Bosworth threatens to skip season after being drafted by Seahawks". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 13, 1987. p. 14.

[swfmsl-2] Richmond, Peter (June 13, 1987). "Maybe he'll swap for missiles". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. p. B2.

[3] "Pro Football Statistics and History - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[4] 1987 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.

[5] 1988 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.

[6] "Official NFLPA History". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-08-12.

[7] NFL crossed the line on Replacement Sunday, By Clare Farnsworth, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter

[8] 1987 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.

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