New England Patriots' 1987 Season Results

 
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Finished tied for 2nd in AFC EAST 8-7 (Strike shortened season - week 3 not played)

Pre-Season

Date PF Opponent PA Res. Attend.
8 / 16 17 NY Giants 19 L 50,014
8 / 23 13 Philadelphia (OT) 19 L 38,734
8 / 29 38 at Minnesota 27 W 49,339
9 / 04 14 Atlanta§ 13 W 52,508
Total 82 78 2-2-0 190,595

  § - Played at Jacksonville.

The NFL regular season was reduced from
    224 to 210 games (15 games for each team)
   due to a players strike. Replacement players
   were used for weeks 1 & 2.
   Week 3 was not played as the regular players
   agreed to return to practice.

Regular Season

Date PF Opponent PA Result Attend.
9 / 13 28 Miami 21 W 54,642
9 / 21 24 at NY Jets 43 L 70,847
9 / 27 - at Washington - - -
10 / 04 10 Cleveland 20 L 38,646
10 / 11 14 Buffalo 7 W 58,050
10 / 18 21 at Houston 7 W 26,294
10 / 25 16 at Indianapolis 30 L 48,850
11 / 01 26 LA Raiders 23 W 60,664
11 / 08 10 at NY Giants 17 L 73,817
11 / 15 17 Dallas (OT) 23 L 60,567
11 / 22 24 Indianapolis 7 W 56,906
11 / 29 31 Philadelphia (OT) 34 L 54,198
12 / 06 20 at Denver 31 L 58,157
12 / 13 42 NY Jets 20 W 59,086
12 / 20 13 at Buffalo 7 W 39,889
12 / 28 24 Miami 10 W 70,910
TOTAL 320 293 8-7-0 806,042

All home games played at Foxboro Stadium.

1987 AFC Final Standings§

Eastern Division
Team W L T Pct. PF PA
Indianapolis* 9 6 0 .600 300 238
New England 8 7 0 .533 320 293
Miami 8 7 0 .533 362 335
Buffalo 7 8 0 .467 270 305
NY Jets 6 9 0 .400 334 360
Central Division
Team W L T Pct. PF PA
Cleveland* 10 5 0 .667 390 239
Houston¤ 9 6 0 .600 345 349
Pittsburgh 8 7 0 .533 285 299
Cincinnati 4 11 0 .267 285 370
Western Division
Team W L T Pct. PF PA
Denver* 10 4 1 .700 379 288
Seattle¤ 9 6 0 .600 371 314
San Diego 8 7 0 .533 253 317
LA Raiders 5 10 0 .333 301 289
Kansas City 4 11 0 .267 273 388


* denotes Division winner.
¤ denotes Wild Card team.

AFC Wild-card Game
Seattle 20 at Houston 23 (OT)
 AFC Divisional Games
Indianapolis 21 at Cleveland 38
Houston 10 at Denver 34  		 AFC Championship Jan. 17, 1988
Cleveland 33 at Denver 38
Attend. - 75,993

SUPERBOWL XXII Jan. 31, 1988
Washington 42, Denver 10 at San Diego
Attend. - 73,303

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AFC season results take from "The Sporting News: Pro Football Guide, 2000 Edition." pg. 321.

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