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 Pittsburgh | L | 17-30 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/20 | at Cincinnati | W | 27-26 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/5 | at NY Giants | W | 41-21 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/11 | at Atlanta | W | 25-17 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/18 | vs St. Louis | W | 34-28 | 4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/25 | at New Orleans | W | 24-22 | 5-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/1 | at Los Angeles | W | 31-10 | 6-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/8 | vs Houston | W | 27-20 | 7-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/15 | vs New Orleans | L | 24-26 | 7-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/22 | at Tampa Bay | W | 24-10 | 8-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/29 | vs Cleveland | W | 38-24 | 9-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/6 | at Green Bay | W | 23-12 | 10-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/14 | vs Chicago | W | 41-0 | 11-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/20 | vs Atlanta | W | 35-7 | 12-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/27 | vs Los Angeles | W | 48-0 | 13-2 | |||||||||||||||