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1987 Indianapolis Colts

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Record: 9-6-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 300 points (20.0/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 238 points (15.9/g), 1st.
 Differential of 62 points (4.1/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 9.5-5.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 4th.

Coached by Ron Meyer (9-6-0)

1987 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 13 box L 0-1 Cincinnati Bengals 21 23 15 291 206 85 3 25 403 216 187 1
2 Sun September 20 box L 0-2 Miami Dolphins 10 23 20 342 258 84 4 20 375 245 130 2
3 Sun October 4 box W 1-2 @ Buffalo Bills 47 6 28 463 297 166 2 14 163 82 81 7
4 Sun October 11 box W 2-2 New York Jets 6 0 14 270 96 174 2 16 211 145 66 5
5 Sun October 18 box L 2-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 21 15 270 195 75 5 23 378 126 252 1
6 Sun October 25 box W 3-3 New England Patriots 30 16 17 300 213 87 1 18 304 225 79 3
7 Sun November 1 box W 4-3 @ New York Jets 19 14 21 377 191 186 15 230 129 101 3
8 Sun November 8 box L 4-4 San Diego Chargers 13 16 18 303 112 191 3 15 296 214 82 4
9 Sun November 15 box W 5-4 @ Miami Dolphins 40 21 32 457 218 239 22 286 209 77 5
10 Sun November 22 box L 5-5 @ New England Patriots 0 24 18 324 198 126 5 15 313 174 139
11 Sun November 29 box W 6-5 Houston Oilers 51 27 18 359 148 211 1 26 454 318 136 5
12 Sun December 6 box W 7-5 @ Cleveland Browns 9 7 18 297 183 114 1 15 247 160 87 1
13 Sun December 13 box L 7-6 Buffalo Bills 3 27 9 130 97 33 6 25 385 167 218 4
14 Sun December 20 box W 8-6 @ San Diego Chargers 20 7 19 340 194 146 17 273 214 59 3
15 Sun December 27 box W 9-6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 6 23 472 246 226 1 10 232 136 96 1
Playoffs
Division Sat January 9 box L 9-7 @ Cleveland Browns 21 38

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 300 4995 968 5.2 285 255 447 2852 16 16 6.1 138 497 2143 14 4.3 122 34 18 25
Team Defense 238 4550 1003 4.5 455 250 501 2760 19 20 5.1 161 463 1790 6 3.9 276 45 25 18
Lg Rank Offense 18 13 18 21 19 23 6 9 10 6 11 2 12 18
Lg Rank Defense 1 6 8 21 3 8 12 4 14 15 2 15 4 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Jack Trudeau 25 QB 10 8 128 229 55.9 1587 6 2.6 6 2.6 55 6.9 6.0 12.4 158.7 75.4 13 100 6.1 5.3 5.4
Gary Hogeboom 29 qb 6 6 99 168 58.9 1145 9 5.4 5 3.0 72 6.8 6.0 11.6 190.8 85.0 8 63 6.1 5.4 4.5
Blair Kiel 26 4 1 17 33 51.5 195 1 3.0 3 9.1 21 5.9 2.1 11.5 48.8 41.9 0 0 5.9 2.1 0.0
Sean Salisbury 24 2 0 8 12 66.7 68 0 0.0 2 16.7 11 5.7 -1.8 8.5 34.0 41.7 2 18 3.6 -2.9 14.3
Terry Nugent 26 1 0 3 5 60.0 47 0 0.0 0 0.0 21 9.4 9.4 15.7 47.0 91.2 1 9 6.3 6.3 16.7
Team Total 26.0 15 255 447 57.0 3042 16 3.6 16 3.6 72 6.8 5.6 11.9 217.3 75.0 24 190 6.1 4.9 5.1
Opp Total 15 250 501 49.9 2760 19 3.8 20 4.0 5.5 4.1 11.0 184.0 62.6 39 313 5.1 3.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Eric Dickerson*+ 27 RB 9 8 223 1011 5 53 4.5 112.3 24.8 13 133 10.2 0 28 1.4 14.8 1144 5 5
Albert Bentley 27 RET 12 4 142 631 7 17 4.4 52.6 11.8 34 447 13.1 2 72 2.8 37.3 1078 9 3
Chuck Banks 23 3 1 50 245 0 35 4.9 81.7 16.7 9 50 5.6 0 18 3.0 16.7 295 0 1
Gordon Brown 24 3 0 19 85 1 18 4.5 28.3 6.3 85 1 1
George Wonsley 27 11 0 18 71 1 12 3.9 6.5 1.6 5 48 9.6 0 16 0.5 4.4 119 1 1
Chris McLemore 24 2 2 17 58 0 9 3.4 29.0 8.5 2 9 4.5 0 5 1.0 4.5 67 0 1
Jack Trudeau 25 QB 10 8 15 7 0 9 0.5 0.7 1.5 7 0 10
Blair Kiel 26 4 1 4 30 0 16 7.5 7.5 1.0 30 0 0
Gary Hogeboom 29 qb 6 6 3 3 0 2 1.0 0.5 0.5 3 0 1
Bill Brooks 23 WR 12 12 2 -2 0 1 -1.0 -0.2 0.2 51 722 14.2 3 52 4.3 60.2 720 3 3
Mel Carver 28 1 0 2 3 0 3 1.5 3.0 2.0 3 0 0
Terry Nugent 26 1 0 2 1 0 3 0.5 1.0 2.0 1 0 0
Matt Bouza 29 WR 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 569 13.5 4 44 3.5 47.4 569 4 2
Pat Beach 28 TE 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 239 8.5 0 16 2.3 19.9 239 0 0
Walter Murray 25 14 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 339 17.0 3 43 1.4 24.2 339 3 0
Mark Boyer 25 TE 7 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 73 7.3 0 15 1.4 10.4 73 0 0
James Noble 24 3 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 78 7.8 2 18 3.3 26.0 78 2 2
Tim Sherwin 29 te 8 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 86 9.6 1 32 1.1 10.8 86 1 0
Mark Bellini 23 10 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 69 13.8 0 19 0.5 6.9 69 0 0
John Brandes 23 12 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 35 7.0 0 13 0.4 2.9 35 0 0
Greg Hawthorne 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 41 13.7 0 21 1.0 13.7 41 0 0
Joe Jones 25 3 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 25 8.3 1 13 1.0 8.3 25 1 0
Tim Kearse 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 56 18.7 0 21 1.0 18.7 56 0 0
Steve Bryant 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 1.0 12.0 12 0 0
Kelley Johnson 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 15 15.0 0 15 0.3 5.0 15 0 1
Ben Utt 28 LG 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 0.1 -0.3 -4 0 0
Team Total 26.0 15 497 2143 14 53 4.3 153.1 35.5 255 3042 11.9 16 72 18.2 217.3 5185 30 36
Opp Total 15 463 1790 6 3.9 119.3 30.9 250 2760 11.0 19 16.7 184.0 4550 25 43

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Albert Bentley 27 RET 12 4 22 500 0 45 22.7 1578
Bill Brooks 23 WR 12 12 22 136 0 17 6.2 856
Kelley Johnson 25 3 0 9 42 0 12 4.7 6 98 0 28 16.3 155
Kenny Daniel 27 2 0 10 225 0 29 22.5 225
Terry Wright 23 13 2 10 187 0 27 18.7 187
Willie Tullis 29 LCB 12 12 4 27 0 10 6.8 27
Mike Prior 24 fs 13 7 3 47 0 22 15.7 47
James Noble 24 3 2 2 35 0 18 17.5 113
John Simmons 29 2 0 2 5 0 5 2.5 5
Dave Ahrens 29 12 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jim Perryman 27 14 3 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
George Wonsley 27 11 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 138
Team Total 26.0 15 38 210 0 17 5.5 55 1115 0 45 20.3 6510
Opp Total 15 39 0 60 1068 0 17.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Rohn Stark 28 P 12 0 61 2440 63 2 40.0
Dean Biasucci* 25 K 12 0 6 5 12 12 7 6 2 1 27 24 88.9% 24 24 100.0%
Steve B. Jordan 24 3 0 1 1 2 2 2 5 3 60.0% 7 7 100.0%
Blair Kiel 26 4 1 12 440 50 0 36.7
Craig Colquitt 33 1 0 2 61 33 1 30.5
Team Total 26.0 15 7 6 14 14 9 6 2 1 32 27 84.4% 31 31 100.0% 75 2941 63 3 39.2
Opp Total 15 26 15 57.7% 28 25 89.3% 82 3050 37.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jack Trudeau 25 QB 10 8 10 2 -28 0
Duane Bickett* 25 ROLB 12 12 8.0 2 1 2 32 0 113
Mike Prior 24 fs 13 7 1.0 6 57 0 38 1 0 3 0 0 68
Johnie Cooks 29 LOLB 10 10 5.0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
Eric Dickerson*+ 27 RB 9 8 5 3 0 0
Donnell Thompson 29 LDE 12 12 5.5 0 1 28 1
Albert Bentley 27 RET 12 4 3 3 0 0
Barry Krauss 30 RILB 12 11 2.0 0 2 0 0
Bill Brooks 23 WR 12 12 3 0 0 0
Byron Darby 27 12 4 3.0
Cliff Odom 29 LILB 12 12 0 3 8 0
Jim Perryman 27 14 3 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Freddie Robinson 23 FS 9 9 2 86 0 68 0 1 0 0
Don Thorp 25 5 3 3.0
Willie Tullis 29 LCB 12 12 3 0 0 0
Nesby Glasgow 30 SS 11 11 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dave Ahrens 29 12 2 0 2 0 0
Harvey Armstrong 28 11 1 0 2 0 0
Bill Benjamin 29 2 2 1.0 0 1 0 0
Matt Bouza 29 WR 12 12 2 0 0 0
Eugene Daniel 26 RCB 12 11 2 34 0 34 39
Kenny Daniel 27 2 0 2 0 0 0
Lee Davis 25 3 0 1 7 0 7 0 1 0 0
Bill Elko 28 3 1 1.0 0 1 0 0
Ed Grimsley 24 5 3 1.0 0 1 0 0
Gary Hogeboom 29 qb 6 6 1 1 -1 0
Bryant Jones 24 3 3 2 26 0 23
James Noble 24 3 2 2 0 0 0
Ben Utt 28 LG 12 12 0 2 0 0
Terry Wright 23 13 2 1.0 0 1 0 0
Chuck Banks 23 3 1 1 0 0 0
Gordon Brown 24 3 0 1 0 0 0
Brian Bulluck 22 2 1 1.0
Ricky Chatman 25 3 0 1.0
Craig Curry 26 3 0 1 0 0 0
Jon Hand 24 RDE 12 11 1.0 67
Chris Hinton* 26 LT 12 12 0 1 0 0
Kelley Johnson 25 3 0 1 0 0 0
Jeff Leiding 26 9 3 1.0 1
Orlando Lowry 26 8 1 0 1 0 0
Frank Mattiace 26 3 0 1.0
Chris McLemore 24 2 2 1 0 0 0
Jim Merritts 26 1 0 0 1 0 0
Sean Salisbury 24 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jerome Sally 28 NT 12 8 1.0
George Wonsley 27 11 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.0 15 39.0 20 212 0 68 3 36 38 44 1 287 1
Opp Total 15 24 43 18

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Dean Biasucci* 25 K 12 0 24 24 96
Albert Bentley 27 RET 12 4 7 2 54
Eric Dickerson*+ 27 RB 9 8 5 30
Matt Bouza 29 WR 12 12 4 24
Bill Brooks 23 WR 12 12 3 18
Walter Murray 25 14 3 3 18
Steve B. Jordan 24 3 0 7 3 16
James Noble 24 3 2 2 12
Gordon Brown 24 3 0 1 6
Joe Jones 25 3 2 1 6
Tim Sherwin 29 te 8 5 1 6
Donnell Thompson 29 LDE 12 12 1 6
George Wonsley 27 11 0 1 6
Jeff Leiding 26 9 3 1 2
Team Total 26.0 15 14 16 1 31 27 1