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 | ||||||||||||||
| 9/13 | vs Cleveland | W | 28-21 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/20 | at Philadelphia | L | 17-27 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/4 | vs Los Angeles | W | 37-10 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/11 | at St. Louis | L | 19-24 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/18 | at Chicago | W | 19-17 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/25 | vs San Francisco | L | 22-24 | 3-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/1 | at Atlanta | W | 38-0 | 4-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/8 | at Los Angeles | W | 31-14 | 5-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/15 | at San Francisco | W | 26-24 | 6-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/22 | vs NY Giants | W | 23-14 | 7-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/29 | at Pittsburgh | W | 20-16 | 8-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/6 | vs Tampa Bay | W | 44-34 | 9-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/13 | vs Houston | W | 24-10 | 10-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/20 | at Cincinnati | W | 41-24 | 11-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/27 | vs Green Bay | W | 33-24 | 12-3 | |||||||||||||||