1987 Team Roster

Special Note: The collective bargaining agreement reached in 1982 expired and when players free agency demands were unmet, the NFLPA called for a players strike. Week three games were cancelled and the following three weeks of football were played with replacement teams. Striking players returned week 7.

Jersey Name Position Height Weight College Experience Age
34 Walter Abercrombie RB 6-0 210 Baylor 6 27
81 Lyneal Alston WR 6-1 205 Southern Mississippi R 23
01 Gary Anderson K 5-11 178 Syracuse 6 28
83R Melvin Anderson WR 5-11 175 Minnesota R 22
90 Steve Apke LB 6-1 222 Pittsburgh R 22
72 Buddy Aydelette OT/C 6-4 256 Alabama 2 31
54R Craig Bingham LB 6-2 220 Syracuse 5 27
60 Brian Blankenship G 6-1 275 Nebraska R 24
15* Steve Bono QB 6-3 216 UCLA 3 25
65/77 Jim Boyle OT 6-5 273 Tulane R 26
06 Walter Brister QB 6-3 200 Northeast Louisiana 2 25
86R Ralph Britt TE 6-3 240 North Carolina St. R 22
10R John Bruno P 6-2 190 Penn State R 22
91 Gregg Carr LB 6-1 219 Auburn 3 25
44 Rodney Carter RB 5-11 222 Purdue R 22
23 Spark Clark RB 5-7 182 Akron R 22
95/96 Jackie Cline DE 6-5 279 Alabama R 27
88 Joey Clinkscales WR 6-0 199 Tennessee R 23
56 Robin Cole LB 6-2 225 New Mexico 11 31
07 Reggie Collier QB 6-3 207 Southern Mississippi 2 26
Tommy Dawkins DE 6-3 260 Appalachian St. R 22
61R Charlie Dickey G 6-2 268 Arizona R 24
67 Gary Dunn DT/NT/DE 6-3 265 Miami 12 34
42 Dave Edwards S 6-0 195 Illinois 3 25
27 >Thomas Everett S 5-9 184 Baylor R 22
Moses Ford WR 6-2 220 Fayetteville St. R 23
68 Lorenzo Freeman NT/DT 6-5 298 Pittsburgh R 23
92 Keith Gary DE 6-3 263 Oklahoma 5 27
86 Preston Gothard TE 6-4 239 Alabama 3 25
29 Cornell Gowdy CB/S 6-1 202 Morgan St. 2 23
22 Larry Griffin CB/S 6-0 200 North Carolina 2 24
80R Russell Hairston WR 6-3 208 Kentucky R 23
35 Delton Hall CB 6-1 202 Clemson R 22
53 Bryan Hinkle LB 6-2 222 Oregon 6 28
33 Merril Hoge RB 6-2 221 Idaho St. R 22
64R Alan Huff NT 6-3 255 Marshall R 23
62 Tunch Ilkin OT/G/C 6-3 263 Indiana St. 8 29
43 Earnest Jackson RB 5-9 225 Texas A&M 4 27
78 Tim Johnson DE/DT 6-3 260 Penn State R 22
47 Bruce Jones S 6-1 197 Northern Alabama R 24
50R Darryl Knox LB 6-3 220 UNLV R 24
Ben Lawrence G 6-1 325 Indiana (Pa) R 25
84 Danzell Lee TE 6-2 235 Lamar R 24
83 Louis Lipps WR/KR 5-10 190 Southern Mississippi 4 25
50 David Little LB 6-1 232 Florida 7 28
89 Charles Lockett WR 6-0 175 Long Beach St. R 21
74 Terry Long G 5-11 272 East Carolina 4 28
51 John Lott C/G 6-2 260 North Texas St. R 23
68 Jeff Lucas OT 6-6 288 West Virginia R 23
16 Mark Malone QB/WR 6-4 218 Arizona St. 8 28
57 Mike Merriweather LB 6-2 215 Pacific 6 26
37 Kelvin Middleton S 6-0 186 Wichita St. R 25
92R/99 Michael Minter DT 6-3 275 North Texas St. R 22
64 Edmund Nelson NT/DE 6-3 270 Auburn 6 27
18 Harry Newsome P 6-0 186 Wake Forest 3 24
54 Hardy Nickerson LB 6-2 219 California R 21
69 Dave Opfar DE/NT 6-4 270 Penn State R 27
51 Paul Oswald C 6-3 273 Kansas R 23
71R Ted Petersen OT/C 6-5 256 Eastern Illinois 9 32
65 Ray Pinney OT/G/C 6-4 240 Washington 9 33
30 Frank Pollard RB 5-10 218 Baylor 8 30
76 Jerry Quick OT/G 6-5 279 Wichita St. R 23
40 Dan Reeder RB 5-11 235 Delaware 2 26
38R Rock Richmond DB 5-10 180 Oregon R 27
79 John Rienstra G 6-4 275 Temple 2 24
99R Avon Riley LB 6-3 230 UCLA 7 29
47 Cameron Riley DB 6-1 195 Missouri R 23
28 Lupe Sanchez CB 5-10 192 UCLA 2 25
45 Chuck Sanders RB 6-1 233 Slippery Rock 2 23
41 Chris Sheffield CB 6-1 200 Albany St. 2 24
31 Donnie Shell S 5-11 190 South Carolina St. 14 35
Bret Shugarts DE 6-2 250 Indiana (Pa) R 27
82 John Stallworth WR 6-2 191 Alabama A&M 14 35
20 Dwight Stone WR/RB/KR 6-0 194 Middle Tennessee St. R 23
56/90 Tyronne Stowe LB 6-1 236 Rutgers R 22
85 Calvin Sweeney WR 6-2 190 Southern Cal 8 32
87 Weegie Thompson WR 6-6 210 Florida St. 4 26
05R Dave Trout K 5-6 165 Pittsburgh 2 29
25 Anthony Tuggle CB/S 6-1 211 Nicholls St. 2 23
95 Xavier Warren DE/DT 6-1 250 Tulsa R 23
63 Robert Washington OT 6-4 251 Alcorn St. R 24
52 Mike Webster C 6-1 250 Wisconsin 14 35
94R Albert Williams LB 6-3 229 Texas El Paso R 22
98 Gerald Williams NT/DE 6-3 293 Auburn 2 23
97 Joe Williams LB 6-4 237 Grambling R 22
35R Ray Williams CB 5-11 180 Rhode Island R 21
93 Keith Willis DE 6-1 260 Northeastern 6 28
73 Craig Wolfley G/OT 6-1 255 Syracuse 8 29
55 Ken Woodard LB 6-1 218 Tuskegee Institute 6 27
49 Dwayne Woodruff CB 6-0 198 Louisville 8 30
26 Rod Woodson CB 6-0 200 Purdue R 22
80 Theo Young TE 6-2 228 Arkansas R 22

Note: The letter 'R' after the jersey number denotes a replacement player who
was only on the active roster during the strike games of 1987.

The symbol * denotes the players Started ALL 3 strike replacement games.