A 24-day players' strike was called after week two. Week 3 games were cancelled, but the games for weeks 4-6 were played with replacement players, after which the union voted to end the strike.
1987 Regular Season Results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Record | ||||||||||||||
| 9/14 | vs NY Giants | W | 34-19 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/20 | vs Tampa Bay | W | 20-3 | 2-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/4 | at Philadelphia | W | 35-3 | 3-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/11 | vs Minnesota | W | 27-7 | 4-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/18 | vs New Orleans | L | 17-19 | 4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/25 | at Tampa Bay | W | 27-26 | 5-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/1 | vs Kansas City | W | 31-28 | 6-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/8 | at Green Bay | W | 26-24 | 7-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/16 | at Denver | L | 29-31 | 7-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/22 | vs Detroit | W | 30-10 | 8-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/29 | vs Green Bay | W | 23-10 | 9-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/6 | at Minnesota | W | 30-24 | 10-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/14 | at San Francisco | L | 0-41 | 10-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/20 | vs Seattle | L | 21-34 | 10-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/27 | at Los Angeles | W | 6-3 | 11-4 | |||||||||||||||