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1987 Green Bay Packers

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Record: 5-9-1, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 255 points (17.0/g), 26th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 300 points (20.0/g), 11th.
 Differential of -45 points (-3.0/g), 22nd.
 Expected W-L: 6.1-8.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 8th.

Simple Rating System: Total -3.6, Offense: -5.4, Defense: 1.8, SoS: -0.3, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Forrest Gregg (5-9-1)
 Defensive Coordinator: Dick Modzelewski
 Other Notable Asst.: Tom Coughlin (Wide Receivers) and Dick Jauron (Defensive Backs)

Training Camp: St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin)

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 Randy Wright 26 3 7 132 for 247, 1,507 yards, 6 td, 11 int, & 13 rushes for 70 yards and 0 td Green Bay Packers / 6th / 153rd pick / 1984
QB Don Majkowski 23 Rook 5 55 for 127, 875 yards, 5 td, 3 int, & 15 rushes for 127 yards and 0 td Green Bay Packers / 10th / 255th pick / 1987
RB Kenneth Davis 25 1 8 109 rushes for 413 yards, 3 td, & 14 catches for 110 yards and 0 td Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1986
RB Paul Ott Carruth 26 1 5 64 rushes for 192 yards, 3 td, & 10 catches for 78 yards and 1 td
FB Jessie Clark 27 4 10 56 rushes for 211 yards, 0 td, & 22 catches for 119 yards and 1 td Green Bay Packers / 7th / 188th pick / 1983
WR Phil Epps 29 5 9 34 catches for 516 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td Green Bay Packers / 12th / 321st pick / 1982
WR Walter Stanley 25 2 12 38 catches for 672 yards, 3 td, & 4 rushes for 38 yards and 0 td Green Bay Packers / 4th / 98th pick / 1985
TE Ed West 26 3 11 19 catches for 261 yards, 1 td
LT Ken Ruettgers 25 2 12 Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1985
LG Rich Moran 25 2 12 1 fumble recovered Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1985
C Mark Cannon 25 3 12 Green Bay Packers / 11th / 294th pick / 1984
RG Ron Hallstrom 28 5 12 1 fumble recovered Green Bay Packers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1982
RT Keith Uecker 27 5 8 Denver Broncos / 9th / 243rd pick / 1982
RT Steve Collier 24 Rook 6
 Defensive Starters
LDE Alphonso Carreker 25 3 12 4.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1984
NT Jerry Boyarsky 28 6 8 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered New Orleans Saints / 5th / 128th pick / 1981
RDE Robert Brown 27 5 12 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered Green Bay Packers / 4th / 98th pick / 1982
LOLB John Anderson 31 9 12 4.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered Green Bay Packers / 1st / 26th pick / 1978
LILB Brian Noble 25 2 12 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 5 fumbles recovered Green Bay Packers / 5th / 125th pick / 1985
RILB Johnny Holland 22 Rook 12 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1987
ROLB Tim Harris 23 1 12 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered Green Bay Packers / 4th / 84th pick / 1986
LCB Mark Lee 29 7 12 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1980
RCB Dave Brown 34 12 12 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 26th pick / 1975
SS Mark Murphy 29 7 12 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered
FS Ken Stills 24 2 11 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered Green Bay Packers / 8th / 209th pick / 1985
 Special Teams Starters
K Max Zendejas 24 1 0 16 of 19 field goals & 13 of 15 extra points Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 100th pick / 1986
P Don Bracken 25 2 0 72 punts for a 40.9 average, 1 blocked
PR Walter Stanley 25 2 12 28 punt returns for a 6.2 average and 0 td Green Bay Packers / 4th / 98th pick / 1985
KR Brent Fullwood 24 Rook 1 24 kick returns for a 21.2 average and 0 td Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1987

Roster

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
53 Aric Anderson 22 LB 3 0 220 6-2 Millikin 4/9/1965 Rook
59 John Anderson 31 LB 12 12 226 6-3 Michigan 2/14/1956 9 Green Bay Packers / 1st / 26th pick / 1978
72 Todd Auer 22 LB 3 2 230 6-1 West. Illinois 1/8/1965 Rook
72 Warren Bone 23 DE 1 0 260 6-4 Texas Southern 11/4/1964 Rook
61 Jerry Boyarsky 28 NT 12 8 290 6-3 Pittsburgh 5/15/1959 6 New Orleans Saints / 5th / 128th pick / 1981
17 Don Bracken 25 P 12 0 214 6-1 Michigan 2/16/1962 2
32 Dave Brown 34 DB 12 12 190 6-1 Michigan 1/16/1953 12 Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 26th pick / 1975
93 Robert Brown 27 DE 12 12 268 6-2 Chowan,Virginia Tech 5/21/1960 5 Green Bay Packers / 4th / 98th pick / 1982
79 Ross Browner 33 DE 11 2 262 6-3 Notre Dame 3/22/1954 9 Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 8th pick / 1978
73 David Caldwell 22 NT 3 3 261 6-1 TCU 2/28/1965 Rook
58 Mark Cannon 25 C 12 12 258 6-3 Texas-Arlington 6/14/1962 3 Green Bay Packers / 11th / 294th pick / 1984
76 Alphonso Carreker 25 DE 12 12 268 6-6 Florida St. 5/25/1962 3 Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1984
30 Paul Ott Carruth 26 RB 12 5 220 6-1 Alabama 7/22/1961 1
69 Bill Cherry 26 C-G 12 0 275 6-4 Middle Tenn. St. 1/5/1961 1
57 Putt Choate 31 LB 2 2 225 6-0 SMU 12/11/1956 Rook
33 Jessie Clark 27 RB 12 10 231 6-0 Arkansas,Louisiana Tech 1/3/1960 4 Green Bay Packers / 7th / 188th pick / 1983
64 Steve Collier 24 T 10 6 342 6-7 Illinois,Bethune-Cookman 4/19/1963 Rook
41 Chuck Compton 22 DB 2 0 190 5-10 Boise St. 1/13/1965 Rook
20 Kelly Cook 25 RB 11 0 225 5-11 Oklahoma St. 8/20/1962 Rook
36 Kenneth Davis 25 RB 10 8 208 5-10 TCU 4/16/1962 1 Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1986
10 Al Del Greco 25 K 5 0 200 5-10 Auburn 3/2/1962 3
56 Burnell Dent 24 LB 9 0 236 6-1 Tulane 3/16/1963 1 Green Bay Packers / 6th / 143rd pick / 1986
99 John Dorsey 27 LB 12 0 240 6-2 Connecticut 8/31/1960 3 Green Bay Packers / 4th / 99th pick / 1984
71 Jeff Drost 23 DT 2 0 286 6-5 Iowa 1/27/1964 Rook Green Bay Packers / 8th / 198th pick / 1987
27 Tony F. Elliott 23 DB 1 0 195 5-10 Central Michigan 1/10/1964 Rook
85 Phil Epps 29 WR 10 9 165 5-10 TCU 11/11/1958 5 Green Bay Packers / 12th / 321st pick / 1982
79 Mike Estep 24 G-T 1 0 270 6-4 Bowling Green 12/29/1963 Rook
89 Kevin Fitzgerald 23 TE 1 0 235 6-3 Wisc-Eau Claire 6/30/1964 Rook
21 Brent Fullwood 24 RB 11 1 209 5-11 Auburn 10/10/1963 Rook Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1987
5 Willie Gillus 24 QB 1 0 215 6-4 Norfolk St. 9/1/1963 Rook
23 Tiger Greene 25 DB 11 1 194 6-0 West. Carolina 2/15/1962 2
69 Bob Gruber 29 T 1 0 275 6-5 Pittsburgh 6/7/1958 Rook Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 276th pick / 1980
89 Joey Hackett 29 TE 11 0 267 6-5 Elon 9/29/1958 1
65 Ron Hallstrom 28 G-T 12 12 300 6-6 Iowa Central,Iowa 6/11/1959 5 Green Bay Packers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1982
82 Derrick Harden 23 WR 3 0 175 6-1 East. New Mexico 4/21/1964 Rook
20 Jimmy Hargrove 30 RB 2 2 228 6-2 Wake Forest 11/13/1957 6
97 Tim Harris 23 LB-DE 12 12 260 6-6 Memphis 9/10/1964 1 Green Bay Packers / 4th / 84th pick / 1986
46 Anthony Harrison 22 DB 3 3 195 6-1 Georgia Tech 9/26/1965 Rook
63 Perry Hartnett 27 G 1 1 278 6-5 SMU 4/28/1960 5 Chicago Bears / 5th / 116th pick / 1982
78 Jim Hobbins 23 G 3 3 275 6-6 Minnesota 6/4/1964 Rook
50 Johnny Holland 22 LB 12 12 231 6-2 Texas A&M 3/11/1965 Rook Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1987
31 Tony F. Hunter 24 RB 1 0 215 5-9 Minnesota 2/24/1963 Rook
26 Craig Jay 24 TE 3 2 257 6-4 Mount Senario 2/5/1963 Rook
38 Norman Jefferson 23 DB 12 0 183 5-10 LSU 8/7/1964 Rook Green Bay Packers / 12th / 335th pick / 1987
54 Greg Jensen 25 C 1 0 266 6-3 none 1/23/1962 Rook
90 Ezra Johnson 32 DE 6 0 250 6-4 Morris Brown 10/2/1955 10 Green Bay Packers / 1st / 28th pick / 1977
39 Kenneth Johnson 24 DB 12 0 185 6-0 Mississippi St. 12/28/1963 Rook
55 Ken Jordan 23 LB 3 1 235 6-2 Tuskegee 4/29/1964 Rook
40 David King 24 DB 3 0 176 5-8 Auburn 5/19/1963 2 San Diego Chargers / 10th / 264th pick / 1985
17 Don King 23 DB 1 0 200 6-0 SMU 2/10/1964 Rook
68 Ed Konopasek 23 T 3 3 289 6-6 Ball St. 4/12/1964 Rook
22 Mark Lee 29 DB 12 12 187 5-11 Washington 3/20/1958 7 Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1980
96 Tony Leiker 23 DE 1 1 250 6-5 Stanford 9/26/1964 Rook Green Bay Packers / 7th / 172nd pick / 1987
89 Mark Lewis 26 TE 1 1 239 6-2 Texas A&M 5/5/1961 2 Green Bay Packers / 6th / 155th pick / 1985
94 David Logan 31 NT 2 0 250 6-2 Pittsburgh 10/25/1956 8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 12th / 307th pick / 1979
5 Don Majkowski 23 QB 7 5 197 6-2 Virginia 2/25/1964 Rook Green Bay Packers / 10th / 255th pick / 1987
60 Rydell Malancon 25 LB 3 3 227 6-2 LSU 1/10/1962 3 Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 94th pick / 1984
44 Chris Mandeville 22 DB 4 0 213 6-1 California-Davis 2/1/1965 Rook
44 Von Mansfield 27 DB 3 0 185 5-11 Wisconsin 7/12/1960 5 Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 122nd pick / 1982
94 Charles Martin 28 NT-DE 2 2 280 6-4 West Alabama 8/31/1959 3
94 Stan Mataele 24 NT 2 0 276 6-2 Arizona 6/24/1963 Rook Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 8th / 197th pick / 1987
61 John McGarry 24 G 2 1 288 6-5 St. Joseph's (IN) 11/24/1963 Rook
77 Sylvester McGrew 27 DE 3 2 257 6-4 Tulane 2/27/1960 Rook
52 Jim Melka 25 LB 1 0 235 6-1 Wisconsin 1/15/1962 Rook Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 12th / 330th pick / 1985
62 Jim Meyer 24 T 2 0 290 6-5 Illinois St. 6/9/1963 Rook Cleveland Browns / 7th / 167th pick / 1986
97 John F. Miller 27 LB 1 0 218 6-2 Mississippi St. 9/22/1960 Rook
51 Ron Monaco LB 2 1 225 6-1 South Carolina 0/0/0 1
98 Brent Moore 24 LB 4 0 242 6-5 USC 1/9/1963 Rook Green Bay Packers / 9th / 236th pick / 1986
57 Rich Moran 25 G-C 12 12 276 6-3 San Diego St. 3/19/1962 2 Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1985
47 Jim Bob Morris 26 DB 11 2 211 6-3 Kansas St. 5/17/1961 Rook
43 Larry Morris 25 RB 2 0 207 5-7 Syracuse 2/27/1962 Rook
48 Lee Morris 23 WR 5 3 180 5-11 Oklahoma 7/14/1964 Rook
37 Mark Murphy 29 DB 12 12 200 6-2 West Liberty St. 4/22/1958 7
80 Frankie Neal 22 WR 12 3 202 6-1 Florida,Fort Hays St. 10/1/1965 Rook Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1987
72 Tom Neville 26 G-T 12 0 300 6-5 Weber St.,Fresno St. 9/4/1961 1
91 Brian Noble 25 LB 12 12 250 6-3 Arizona St. 9/6/1962 2 Green Bay Packers / 5th / 125th pick / 1985
39 Freddie Parker 25 RB 1 0 215 5-10 Miss. Valley St. 7/6/1962 Rook
82 Keith Paskett 23 WR 12 0 180 5-11 West. Kentucky 12/7/1964 Rook
56 John Pointer 29 LB 3 3 225 6-2 Vanderbilt 1/16/1958 Rook
50 Vince Rafferty 26 C-G 3 3 285 6-4 Colorado 8/6/1961 Rook
34 Lou Rash 27 DB 3 3 180 5-9 Miss. Valley St. 6/5/1960 3
87 Corn Redick 23 WR 1 0 185 5-11 Cal State-Fullerton 1/7/1964 Rook Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 169th pick / 1986
13 Bill Renner 28 P 3 0 198 6-0 Virginia Tech 5/23/1959 1
11 Alan Risher 26 QB 3 3 190 6-2 LSU 5/6/1961 2
77 Tommy Robison 26 LB 3 0 290 6-4 Texas A&M 11/17/1961 Rook Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 50th pick / 1984 Supp
75 Ken Ruettgers 25 T 12 12 295 6-6 USC 8/20/1962 2 Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1985
83 Patrick Scott 23 WR 8 3 170 5-10 Grambling St. 9/13/1964 Rook Green Bay Packers / 11th / 282nd pick / 1987
67 Travis Simpson 24 C 3 0 272 6-3 Oklahoma 11/19/1963 Rook
84 Wes Smith 24 WR 1 0 194 5-11 Texas A&M-Commerce 6/24/1963 Rook St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 255th pick / 1986
87 Walter Stanley 25 WR 12 12 180 5-9 Colorado,Mesa 11/5/1962 2 Green Bay Packers / 4th / 98th pick / 1985
54 Scott Stephen 23 LB 8 0 237 6-2 Arizona St. 6/18/1964 Rook Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 69th pick / 1987
33 John Sterling 23 RB 2 0 203 6-2 Central Oklahoma 9/15/1964 Rook
29 Ken Stills 24 DB 11 11 185 5-10 Wisconsin 9/6/1963 2 Green Bay Packers / 8th / 209th pick / 1985
95 Carl Sullivan 25 DE 3 3 248 6-4 San Jose St. 4/30/1962 Rook
86 Don Summers 26 TE 3 1 230 6-4 Oregon Tech,Boise St. 2/22/1961 3
45 Lavale Thomas 24 RB 1 1 205 6-0 Fresno St. 12/12/1963 Rook
70 Keith Uecker 27 T-G 8 8 278 6-5 Auburn 6/20/1960 5 Denver Broncos / 9th / 243rd pick / 1982
73 Alan Veingrad 24 T-G 11 2 277 6-5 Texas A&M-Commerce 7/24/1963 1
64 Vince Villanucci 23 NT 2 0 265 6-2 Bowling Green 5/30/1964 Rook
93 Cal Wallace 22 DE 1 0 230 6-3 West Virginia Tech 4/17/1965 Rook
18 Chuck Washington 23 DB 3 3 186 5-11 Arkansas 1/9/1964 Rook
52 Mike Weddington 27 LB 12 0 245 6-4 Oklahoma 10/9/1960 1
25 Lee Weigel 24 RB 2 0 220 5-11 Wisc-Eau Claire 11/15/1963 Rook
51 Clayton Weishuhn 28 LB 9 0 220 6-2 Angelo State (TX) 10/9/1959 5 New England Patriots / 3rd / 60th pick / 1982
86 Ed West 26 TE 12 11 250 6-1 Auburn 8/2/1961 3
35 Kevin Willhite 24 RB 3 3 208 5-11 Oregon 5/11/1963 Rook
16 Randy Wright 26 QB 9 7 200 6-2 Wisconsin 1/12/1961 3 Green Bay Packers / 6th / 153rd pick / 1984
8 Max Zendejas 24 K 10 0 184 5-11 Arizona 9/2/1963 1 Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 100th pick / 1986
Team Total 25.0 15 232.1 6-1.7 1.6