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 | at Kansas City | L | 13-20 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/20 | vs St. Louis | W | 28-24 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/4 | at Cincinnati | W | 10-9 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/11 | at Tampa Bay | W | 17-13 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/18 | at Los Angeles | W | 23-17 | 4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/25 | vs Kansas City | W | 42-21 | 5-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/1 | vs Cleveland | W | 27-24 OT | OT | 6-1 | ||||||||||||||
| 11/8 | at Indianapolis | W | 16-13 | 7-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/15 | vs Los Angeles | W | 16-14 | 8-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/22 | at Seattle | L | 3-34 | 8-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/29 | vs Denver | L | 17-31 | 8-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/6 | at Houston | L | 18-33 | 8-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/13 | vs Pittsburgh | L | 16-20 | 8-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/20 | vs Indianapolis | L | 7-20 | 8-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/27 | at Denver | L | 0-24 | 8-7 | |||||||||||||||