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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.
Simple Rating System: Total 4.1, Offense: -1.3, Defense: 5.4, SoS: 0.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Ron Meyer (9-6-0)
Offensive Coordinator: John Becker
Defensive Coordinator: George Hill
Training Camp: Anderson University (Anderson, Indiana)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Jack Trudeau | 25 | 1 | 8 | 128 for 229, 1,587 yards, 6 td, 6 int, & 15 rushes for 7 yards and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 47th pick / 1986 |
| QB | Gary Hogeboom | 29 | 7 | 6 | 99 for 168, 1,145 yards, 9 td, 5 int, & 3 rushes for 3 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 133rd pick / 1980 |
| RB | Eric Dickerson*+ | 27 | 4 | 8 | 223 rushes for 1,011 yards, 5 td, & 13 catches for 133 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1983 |
| WR | Matt Bouza | 29 | 6 | 12 | 42 catches for 569 yards, 4 td | |
| WR | Bill Brooks | 23 | 1 | 12 | 51 catches for 722 yards, 3 td, & 2 rushes for -2 yards and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 86th pick / 1986 |
| TE | Pat Beach | 28 | 5 | 12 | 28 catches for 239 yards, 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 140th pick / 1982 |
| TE | Mark Boyer | 25 | 2 | 6 | 10 catches for 73 yards, 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 9th / 229th pick / 1985 |
| TE | Tim Sherwin | 29 | 6 | 5 | 9 catches for 86 yards, 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 94th pick / 1981 |
| LT | Chris Hinton* | 26 | 4 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 1st / 4th pick / 1983 |
| LG | Ben Utt | 28 | 5 | 12 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| C | Ray Donaldson* | 29 | 7 | 12 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1980 | |
| RG | Ron Solt* | 25 | 3 | 12 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 19th pick / 1984 | |
| RT | Kevin Call | 26 | 3 | 12 | Indianapolis Colts / 5th / 130th pick / 1984 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Donnell Thompson | 29 | 6 | 12 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 18th pick / 1981 |
| NT | Jerome Sally | 28 | 5 | 8 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RDE | Jon Hand | 24 | 1 | 11 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 4th pick / 1986 |
| LOLB | Johnie Cooks | 29 | 5 | 10 | 5.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1982 |
| LILB | Cliff Odom | 29 | 7 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1980 |
| RILB | Barry Krauss | 30 | 8 | 11 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 6th pick / 1979 |
| ROLB | Duane Bickett* | 25 | 2 | 12 | 8.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1985 |
| LCB | Willie Tullis | 29 | 6 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 8th / 217th pick / 1981 |
| RCB | Eugene Daniel | 26 | 3 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 8th / 205th pick / 1984 |
| SS | Nesby Glasgow | 30 | 8 | 11 | 0.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 207th pick / 1979 |
| FS | Freddie Robinson | 23 | Rook | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 6th / 142nd pick / 1987 |
| FS | Mike Prior | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 176th pick / 1985 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Dean Biasucci* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 24 of 27 field goals & 24 of 24 extra points | |
| P | Rohn Stark | 28 | 5 | 0 | 61 punts for a 40.0 average, 2 blocked | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 34th pick / 1982 |
| PR | Bill Brooks | 23 | 1 | 12 | 22 punt returns for a 6.2 average and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 86th pick / 1986 |
| KR | Albert Bentley | 27 | 2 | 4 | 22 kick returns for a 22.7 average and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 35th pick / 1984 Supp |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Sid Abramowitz | 27 | T | 3 | 3 | 280 | 6-6 | Air Force,Tulsa | 5/21/1960 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 113th pick / 1983 |
| 57 | Dave Ahrens | 29 | LB | 12 | 2 | 238 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 12/5/1958 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 143rd pick / 1981 |
| 79 | Harvey Armstrong | 28 | NT | 11 | 1 | 265 | 6-3 | SMU | 12/29/1959 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 190th pick / 1982 |
| 40 | Pat Ballage | 23 | DB | 3 | 1 | 202 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 4/8/1964 | 1 | |
| 37 | Chuck Banks | 23 | RB | 3 | 1 | 225 | 6-2 | Ferrum,West Virginia Tech | 1/4/1964 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 12th / 310th pick / 1986 |
| 86 | Roy Banks | 22 | WR | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | East. Illinois | 11/29/1965 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 5th / 114th pick / 1987 |
| 81 | Pat Beach | 28 | TE | 12 | 12 | 247 | 6-4 | Washington St. | 12/28/1959 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 140th pick / 1982 |
| 87 | Mark Bellini | 23 | WR | 10 | 1 | 185 | 5-11 | BYU | 1/19/1964 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 7th / 170th pick / 1987 |
| 54 | Bill Benjamin | 29 | LB | 2 | 2 | 226 | 6-3 | San Jose St. | 9/14/1958 | Rook | |
| 20 | Albert Bentley | 27 | RB | 12 | 4 | 200 | 5-11 | Miami (FL) | 8/15/1960 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 35th pick / 1984 Supp |
| 4 | Dean Biasucci* | 25 | K | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | West. Carolina | 7/25/1962 | 3 | |
| 50 | Duane Bickett* | 25 | LB | 12 | 12 | 251 | 6-5 | USC | 12/1/1962 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1985 |
| 60 | Mark Boggs | 23 | T | 1 | 0 | 301 | 6-5 | Ball St. | 5/7/1964 | Rook | |
| 85 | Matt Bouza | 29 | WR | 12 | 12 | 211 | 6-3 | California | 4/8/1958 | 6 | |
| 84 | Mark Boyer | 25 | TE-RB-WR | 7 | 6 | 233 | 6-4 | USC | 9/16/1962 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 9th / 229th pick / 1985 |
| 88 | John Brandes | 23 | TE | 12 | 2 | 249 | 6-2 | Cameron | 4/2/1964 | Rook | |
| 80 | Bill Brooks | 23 | WR | 12 | 12 | 188 | 6-0 | Boston Univ. | 4/6/1964 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 86th pick / 1986 |
| 74 | Bob Brotzki | 25 | T | 11 | 0 | 281 | 6-5 | Syracuse | 12/24/1962 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 9th / 228th pick / 1986 |
| 42 | Gordon Brown | 24 | RB | 3 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Tulsa | 3/19/1963 | Rook | |
| 80 | Steve Bryant | 28 | WR | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Purdue | 10/10/1959 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 94th pick / 1982 |
| 57 | Brian Bulluck | 22 | LB | 2 | 1 | 236 | 6-3 | North Carolina St. | 10/29/1965 | Rook | |
| 71 | Kevin Call | 26 | T | 12 | 12 | 302 | 6-7 | Colorado St. | 11/13/1961 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 5th / 130th pick / 1984 |
| 68 | Milt Carthens | 27 | T | 1 | 0 | 305 | 6-4 | Michigan | 10/22/1960 | Rook | |
| 30 | Mel Carver | 28 | RB | 1 | 0 | 221 | 5-11 | UNLV | 7/14/1959 | 5 | |
| 52 | Ricky Chatman | 25 | LB | 3 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | LSU | 1/4/1962 | Rook | |
| 31 | Leonard Coleman | 25 | DB | 4 | 0 | 203 | 6-2 | Vanderbilt | 1/30/1962 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 8th pick / 1984 |
| 5 | Craig Colquitt | 33 | P | 1 | 0 | 182 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 6/9/1954 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 76th pick / 1978 |
| 98 | Johnie Cooks | 29 | LB | 10 | 10 | 247 | 6-4 | Mississippi St. | 11/23/1958 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1982 |
| 62 | Jeff Criswell | 23 | T-G | 3 | 3 | 291 | 6-7 | Graceland College (IA) | 3/7/1964 | Rook | |
| 45 | Craig Curry | 26 | DB | 3 | 0 | 187 | 6-0 | Texas | 7/20/1961 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 93rd pick / 1984 |
| 38 | Eugene Daniel | 26 | DB | 12 | 11 | 178 | 5-11 | LSU | 5/4/1961 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 8th / 205th pick / 1984 |
| 23 | Kenny Daniel | 27 | DB | 2 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | San Jose St. | 6/1/1960 | 3 | |
| 72 | Byron Darby | 27 | DE-NT | 12 | 4 | 260 | 6-4 | USC | 6/4/1960 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 120th pick / 1983 |
| 28 | Lee Davis | 25 | DB | 3 | 0 | 198 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 12/18/1962 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 129th pick / 1985 |
| 29 | Eric Dickerson*+ | 27 | RB | 9 | 8 | 220 | 6-3 | SMU | 9/2/1960 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1983 |
| 69 | Randy Dixon | 22 | G | 3 | 0 | 305 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 3/12/1965 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 85th pick / 1987 |
| 53 | Ray Donaldson* | 29 | C | 12 | 12 | 311 | 6-3 | Georgia | 5/18/1958 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1980 |
| 96 | Bill Elko | 28 | NT-G | 3 | 1 | 278 | 6-5 | Arizona St.,LSU | 12/28/1959 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 192nd pick / 1983 |
| 29 | Jitter Fields | 25 | DB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-8 | Texas | 8/16/1962 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 123rd pick / 1984 |
| 25 | Nesby Glasgow | 30 | DB | 11 | 11 | 185 | 5-10 | Washington | 4/15/1957 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 207th pick / 1979 |
| 37 | Chris Goode | 24 | DB | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | North Alabama,Alabama | 9/17/1963 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 10th / 253rd pick / 1987 |
| 61 | Marsharne Graves | 25 | T | 3 | 3 | 268 | 6-3 | Arizona | 7/8/1962 | 3 | |
| 56 | Ed Grimsley | 24 | LB | 5 | 3 | 235 | 6-0 | Akron | 3/22/1963 | Rook | |
| 95 | Bob Hamm | 28 | DE | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Nevada-Reno | 4/24/1959 | 4 | |
| 51 | Kevin Hancock | 25 | LB | 1 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Baylor | 1/6/1962 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 90th pick / 1985 |
| 78 | Jon Hand | 24 | DE | 12 | 11 | 300 | 6-7 | Alabama | 11/13/1963 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 4th pick / 1986 |
| 83 | Greg Hawthorne | 31 | RB-TE-WR | 3 | 3 | 228 | 6-2 | Baylor | 9/5/1956 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 28th pick / 1979 |
| 79 | Shawn Heffern | 23 | T | 1 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 3/15/1964 | Rook | |
| 75 | Chris Hinton* | 26 | T-G | 12 | 12 | 300 | 6-4 | Northwestern | 7/31/1961 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 4th pick / 1983 |
| 7 | Gary Hogeboom | 29 | QB | 6 | 6 | 205 | 6-4 | Central Michigan | 8/21/1958 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 133rd pick / 1980 |
| 21 | John Holt | 28 | DB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | West Texas A&M | 5/14/1959 | 6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 89th pick / 1981 |
| 76 | Marcus Jackson | 30 | DE-NT | 1 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Purdue | 6/8/1957 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 12th / 321st pick / 1980 |
| 39 | Victor Jackson | 28 | DB | 2 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Bowie St. | 8/6/1959 | 1 | |
| 58 | June James | 25 | LB | 11 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | Texas | 12/2/1962 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 230th pick / 1985 |
| 84 | Kelley Johnson | 25 | WR | 3 | 0 | 168 | 5-8 | Colorado | 6/3/1962 | Rook | |
| 33 | Bryant Jones | 24 | DB | 3 | 3 | 186 | 5-11 | Toledo | 12/5/1963 | Rook | |
| 81 | Joe Jones | 25 | TE | 3 | 2 | 255 | 6-5 | Virginia Tech | 6/26/1962 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 270th pick / 1985 |
| 6 | Steve B. Jordan | 24 | K | 3 | 0 | 205 | 5-10 | USC | 3/20/1963 | Rook | |
| 85 | Tim Kearse | 28 | WR | 3 | 0 | 186 | 5-10 | San Jose St. | 10/24/1959 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 303rd pick / 1983 |
| 94 | Scott Kellar | 24 | NT | 3 | 2 | 282 | 6-3 | Northern Illinois | 12/31/1963 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 5th / 117th pick / 1986 |
| 5 | Blair Kiel | 26 | QB | 4 | 1 | 209 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 11/29/1961 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 11th / 281st pick / 1984 |
| 63 | Steve Knight | 26 | G | 3 | 3 | 298 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 3/13/1961 | Rook | |
| 55 | Barry Krauss | 30 | LB | 12 | 11 | 245 | 6-3 | Alabama | 3/17/1957 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 6th pick / 1979 |
| 92 | Jeff Leiding | 26 | LB | 9 | 3 | 232 | 6-3 | Texas | 10/28/1961 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 129th pick / 1984 |
| 88 | Keith Lester | 25 | TE | 1 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | Florida St.,Murray St. | 5/28/1962 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 154th pick / 1985 |
| 59 | Orlando Lowry | 26 | LB | 8 | 1 | 237 | 6-4 | Ohio St. | 8/14/1961 | 2 | |
| 97 | Frank Mattiace | 26 | DE-NT | 3 | 0 | 264 | 6-1 | Holy Cross | 1/20/1961 | Rook | |
| 36 | Chris McLemore | 24 | RB | 2 | 2 | 232 | 6-1 | Colorado,Arizona | 12/31/1963 | Rook | Los Angeles Raiders / 11th / 288th pick / 1987 |
| 65 | Jim Merritts | 26 | DE-NT | 1 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Connecticut,West Virginia | 3/22/1961 | Rook | |
| 86 | Walter Murray | 25 | WR | 14 | 3 | 200 | 6-4 | Hawaii | 12/13/1962 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 45th pick / 1986 |
| 87 | James Noble | 24 | WR | 3 | 2 | 193 | 6-0 | S.F. Austin | 8/14/1963 | 1 | |
| 14 | Terry Nugent | 26 | QB | 1 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | Colorado St. | 12/5/1961 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 158th pick / 1984 |
| 93 | Cliff Odom | 29 | LB | 12 | 12 | 237 | 6-2 | Texas-Arlington | 8/15/1958 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1980 |
| 51 | Bob Ontko | 23 | LB | 3 | 3 | 237 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 3/21/1964 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 9th / 247th pick / 1987 |
| 90 | Gary Padjen | 29 | LB | 1 | 0 | 244 | 6-2 | Arizona St. | 7/2/1958 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 300th pick / 1980 |
| 65 | Joel Patten | 29 | T | 12 | 0 | 310 | 6-7 | Duke | 2/7/1958 | 7 | |
| 43 | Jim Perryman | 27 | DB | 14 | 3 | 180 | 6-0 | Millikin | 12/23/1960 | 2 | |
| 67 | Ron Plantz | 23 | C | 3 | 3 | 272 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 7/27/1964 | Rook | |
| 39 | Mike Prior | 24 | DB | 13 | 7 | 208 | 6-0 | Illinois St. | 11/14/1963 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 176th pick / 1985 |
| 90 | Roger Remo | 23 | LB | 3 | 0 | 237 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 8/7/1964 | Rook | |
| 47 | Freddie Robinson | 23 | DB | 9 | 9 | 191 | 6-1 | Alabama | 2/1/1964 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 6th / 142nd pick / 1987 |
| 59 | Brad Saar | 24 | LB | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Penn St.,Ball St. | 2/24/1963 | Rook | |
| 8 | Sean Salisbury | 24 | QB | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | USC | 3/9/1963 | Rook | |
| 76 | Jerome Sally | 28 | NT | 12 | 8 | 267 | 6-3 | Missouri | 2/24/1959 | 5 | |
| 95 | Chris Scott | 26 | DE | 3 | 3 | 260 | 6-5 | Purdue | 12/11/1961 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 66th pick / 1984 |
| 83 | Tim Sherwin | 29 | TE | 8 | 5 | 243 | 6-6 | Boston Col. | 5/4/1958 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 94th pick / 1981 |
| 41 | John Simmons | 29 | DB | 2 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | SMU | 12/1/1958 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1981 |
| 57 | Pat Snyder | 24 | LB | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Purdue | 11/23/1963 | Rook | |
| 66 | Ron Solt* | 25 | G | 12 | 12 | 279 | 6-3 | Maryland | 5/19/1962 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 19th pick / 1984 |
| 3 | Rohn Stark | 28 | P | 12 | 0 | 203 | 6-3 | Florida St. | 5/4/1959 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 34th pick / 1982 |
| 26 | Craig Swoope | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Illinois | 2/3/1964 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 83rd pick / 1986 |
| 99 | Donnell Thompson | 29 | DE | 12 | 12 | 270 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 10/27/1958 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 18th pick / 1981 |
| 62 | Don Thorp | 25 | NT-DE | 5 | 3 | 260 | 6-4 | Illinois | 7/10/1962 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 156th pick / 1984 |
| 10 | Jack Trudeau | 25 | QB | 10 | 8 | 227 | 6-3 | Illinois | 9/9/1962 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 47th pick / 1986 |
| 42 | Willie Tullis | 29 | DB | 12 | 12 | 193 | 6-0 | Southern Miss,Troy | 4/5/1958 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 217th pick / 1981 |
| 64 | Ben Utt | 28 | G-T | 12 | 12 | 275 | 6-5 | Georgia Tech | 6/13/1959 | 5 | |
| 83 | Mark Walczak | 25 | TE | 8 | 0 | 246 | 6-6 | Arizona | 4/26/1962 | Rook | |
| 40 | John Williams | 27 | RB | 2 | 0 | 213 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 10/26/1960 | 2 | |
| 34 | George Wonsley | 27 | RB | 11 | 0 | 218 | 5-10 | Mississippi St. | 11/23/1960 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 103rd pick / 1984 |
| 27 | Terry Wright | 23 | DB | 13 | 2 | 195 | 6-0 | Temple | 7/17/1964 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 15 | 232.6 | 6-2.2 | 2.4 |