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1987 Indianapolis Colts Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-6-0, 1st in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ron Meyer (9-6-0)

Points For: 300 (20.0/g) 18th of 28

Points Against: 238 (15.9/g) 1st of 28

Expected W-L: 9.5-5.5

SRS: 4.25 (4th of 28), SOS: .12

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 21-38 vs. Cleveland Browns

Offensive Coordinator: John Becker

Defensive Coordinator: George Hill

Other Notable Asst.: Leon Burtnett (Running Backs), John Marshall (Defensive Line), Keith Rowen (Offensive Line) and Rick Venturi (Linebackers)

Stadium: Hoosier Dome

Principal Owner: Robert Irsay

Vice President/General Manager: James Irsay

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +15000

Training Camp: Anderson University (Anderson, Indiana)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	300	4995	968	5.2	34	18	285	255	447	2852	16	16	6.1	138	497	2143	14	4.3	122	90	742	25
Opp. Stats	238	4550	1003	4.5	45	25	276	250	501	2760	19	20	5.1	161	463	1790	6	3.9	97	85	689	18
Lg Rank Offense	18	13			12	18	18		21	19	23	6	10		10	6	11	2
Lg Rank Defense	1	6			4	2	7		21	3	8	12	3		14	15	2	15

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Cincinnati Bengals	21	23	15	291	206	85	3	25	403	216	187	1	2.78	-10.24	7.61
2	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Miami Dolphins	10	23	20	342	258	84	4	20	375	245	130	2	-8.57	-0.88	-4.00
4	Sun	October 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2	@	Buffalo Bills	47	6	28	463	297	166	2	14	163	82	81	7	13.64	36.25	-3.45
5	Sun	October 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		New York Jets	6	0	14	270	96	174	2	16	211	145	66	5	-22.24	30.67	-1.06
6	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	21	15	270	195	75	5	23	378	126	252	1	-12.16	-5.34	2.96
7	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		New England Patriots	30	16	17	300	213	87	1	18	304	225	79	3	-1.21	19.16	-4.99
8	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3	@	New York Jets	19	14	21	377	191	186		15	230	129	101	3	3.70	5.85	-0.54
9	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4		San Diego Chargers	13	16	18	303	112	191	3	15	296	214	82	4	-11.67	7.13	-0.31
10	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4	@	Miami Dolphins	40	21	32	457	218	239		22	286	209	77	5	21.54	4.74	-8.17
11	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	New England Patriots	0	24	18	324	198	126	5	15	313	174	139		-32.10	7.40	5.61
12	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5		Houston Oilers	51	27	18	359	148	211	1	26	454	318	136	5	15.51	-7.61	11.48
13	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5	@	Cleveland Browns	9	7	18	297	183	114	1	15	247	160	87	1	-7.13	9.01	1.87
14	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-6		Buffalo Bills	3	27	9	130	97	33	6	25	385	167	218	4	-34.60	17.31	-1.14
15	Sun	December 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-6	@	San Diego Chargers	20	7	19	340	194	146		17	273	214	59	3	-0.92	13.18	1.50
16	Sun	December 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-6		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	6	23	472	246	226	1	10	232	136	96	1	11.65	11.44	-0.03
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 9	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		9-7	@	Cleveland Browns	21	38	23	315	252	63	2	25	404	229	175	1	2.48	-26.61	3.05

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jack Trudeau	25	QB	10	8	5-3-0	128	229	55.9	1587	6	2.6	6	2.6	64	43.0	55	6.9	6.3	12.4	158.7	75.4	13	100	5.37	6.14	5.5	0	0
2	Gary Hogeboom	29	QB	6	6	4-2-0	99	168	58.9	1145	9	5.4	5	3.0	55	43.2	72	6.8	6.5	11.6	190.8	85.0	8	63	4.55	6.15	5.9	0	0
3	Blair Kiel	26	QB	4	1	0-1-0	17	33	51.5	195	1	3.0	3	9.1	12	45.5	21	5.9	2.4	11.5	48.8	41.9	0	0	0.00	5.91	2.4	0	0
4	Sean Salisbury	24	QB	2	0		8	12	66.7	68	0	0.0	2	16.7	3	50.0	11	5.7	-1.8	8.5	34.0	41.7	2	18	14.29	3.57	-2.9	0	0
5	Terry Nugent	26	QB	1	0		3	5	60.0	47	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	50.0	21	9.4	9.4	15.7	47.0	91.2	1	9	16.67	6.33	6.3	0	0
	Team Totals			15	15	9-6-0	255	447	57.0	2852	16	3.6	16	3.6	137	43.5	72	6.8	5.9	11.9	190.1	75.0	24	190	5.10	6.06	5.21	0	0

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jack Trudeau	25	QB	1	1	0-1-0	21	33	63.6	251	2	6.1	1	3.0	15	51.4	29	7.6	7.5	12.0	251.0	94.4	2	14	5.71	6.77	6.6	0	0
2	Sean Salisbury	24	QB	1	0		1	6	16.7	15	0	0.0	1	16.7	1	16.7	15	2.5	-5.0	15.0	15.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	2.50	-5.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	22	39	56.4	252	2	5.1	2	5.1	16	46.3	29	6.8	5.5	12.1	252.0	73.2	2	14	4.88	6.15	4.93	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Eric Dickerson	27	RB	9	8	223	1011	5	54	51.1	53	4.5	112.3	24.8	24	13	133	10.2	0	5	45.8	28	1.4	14.8	54.2	5.5	236	4.8	1144	5	5	PB,AP-1
2	Albert Bentley	27	RB	12	4	142	631	7	43	58.5	17	4.4	52.6	11.8	47	34	447	13.1	2	17	55.3	72	2.8	37.3	72.3	9.5	176	6.1	1078	9	3
3	Bill Brooks	23	WR	12	12	2	-2	0	0	0.0	1	-1.0	-0.2	0.2	93	51	722	14.2	3	33	48.4	52	4.3	60.2	54.8	7.8	53	13.6	720	3	3
4	Matt Bouza	29	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	66	42	569	13.5	4	25	57.6	44	3.5	47.4	63.6	8.6	42	13.5	569	4	2
5	Walter Murray	25	WR	14	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	38	20	339	17.0	3	15	44.7	43	1.4	24.2	52.6	8.9	20	17.0	339	3	0
6	Chuck Banks	23	RB	3	1	50	245	0	10	48.0	35	4.9	81.7	16.7	12	9	50	5.6	0	1	8.3	18	3.0	16.7	75.0	4.2	59	5.0	295	0	1
7	Pat Beach	28	TE	12	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	47	28	239	8.5	0	11	46.8	16	2.3	19.9	59.6	5.1	28	8.5	239	0	0
8	George Wonsley	27	RB	11	0	18	71	1	7	61.1	12	3.9	6.5	1.6	7	5	48	9.6	0	2	71.4	16	0.5	4.4	71.4	6.9	23	5.2	119	1	1
9	Tim Sherwin	29	TE	8	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	15	9	86	9.6	1	5	40.0	32	1.1	10.8	60.0	5.7	9	9.6	86	1	0
10	Gordon Brown	24	RB	3	0	19	85	1	2	52.6	18	4.5	28.3	6.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			19	4.5	85	1	1
11	James Noble	24	WR	3	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	17	10	78	7.8	2	6	41.2	18	3.3	26.0	58.8	4.6	10	7.8	78	2	2
12	Mark Boyer	25	TE	7	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	10	73	7.3	0	2	57.1	15	1.4	10.4	71.4	5.2	10	7.3	73	0	0
13	Mark Bellini	23	WR	10	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	5	69	13.8	0	4	28.6	19	0.5	6.9	35.7	4.9	5	13.8	69	0	0
14	Chris McLemore	24	RB	2	2	17	58	0	3	52.9	9	3.4	29.0	8.5	3	2	9	4.5	0	0	0.0	5	1.0	4.5	66.7	3.0	19	3.5	67	0	1
15	Tim Kearse	28	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	3	56	18.7	0	3	60.0	21	1.0	18.7	60.0	11.2	3	18.7	56	0	0
16	Greg Hawthorne	31	RB	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	3	41	13.7	0	2	75.0	21	1.0	13.7	75.0	10.3	3	13.7	41	0	0
17	John Brandes	23	TE	12	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	5	35	7.0	0	2	57.1	13	0.4	2.9	71.4	5.0	5	7.0	35	0	0
18	Blair Kiel	26	QB	4	1	4	30	0	2	50.0	16	7.5	7.5	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	7.5	30	0	0
19	Joe Jones	25	TE	3	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	3	25	8.3	1	2	33.3	13	1.0	8.3	33.3	2.8	3	8.3	25	1	0
20	Kelley Johnson	25	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	15	15.0	0	1	33.3	15	0.3	5.0	33.3	5.0	1	15.0	15	0	1
21	Steve Bryant	28	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	12	12.0	0	1	50.0	12	1.0	12.0	50.0	6.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
22	Jack Trudeau	25	QB	10	8	15	7	0	1	6.7	9	0.5	0.7	1.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			15	0.5	7	0	10
23	Mel Carver	28	RB	1	0	2	3	0	1	50.0	3	1.5	3.0	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	1.5	3	0	0
24	Gary Hogeboom	29	QB	6	6	3	3	0	0	0.0	2	1.0	0.5	0.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	1.0	3	0	1
25	Terry Nugent	26	QB	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	3	0.5	1.0	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	0.5	1	0	0
26	Ben Utt	28	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	-4	-4.0	0	0	0.0	-4	0.1	-0.3	100.0	-4.0	1	-4.0	-4	0	0
	Team Totals			15	15	497	2143	14	123	51.3	53	4.3	142.9	33.1	428	255	3042	11.9	16	137	47.9	72	17.0	202.8	59.6	7.1	752	6.9	5185	30	31

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Eric Dickerson	27	RB	1	1	15	50	0	3	46.7	14	3.3	50.0	15.0	9	7	65	9.3	1	4	44.4	19	7.0	65.0	77.8	7.2	22	5.2	115	1	1
2	Bill Brooks	23	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	5	78	15.6	0	5	55.6	29	5.0	78.0	55.6	8.7	5	15.6	78	0	0
3	Albert Bentley	27	RB	1	1	4	9	1	1	50.0	6	2.3	9.0	4.0	8	4	47	11.8	0	3	50.0	15	4.0	47.0	50.0	5.9	8	7.0	56	1	0
4	Walter Murray	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	25	25.0	0	1	100.0	25	1.0	25.0	100.0	25.0	1	25.0	25	0	0
5	Matt Bouza	29	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	2	24	12.0	0	1	33.3	18	2.0	24.0	33.3	4.0	2	12.0	24	0	0
6	Mark Bellini	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	21	21.0	0	1	100.0	21	1.0	21.0	100.0	21.0	1	21.0	21	0	0
7	Pat Beach	28	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	6	3.0	1	1	66.7	4	2.0	6.0	66.7	2.0	2	3.0	6	1	0
8	Jack Trudeau	25	QB	1	1	2	4	0	0	50.0	4	2.0	4.0	2.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	2.0	4	0	0
9	Mark Boyer	25	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	21	63	1	4	47.6	14	3.0	63.0	21.0	38	22	266	12.1	2	16	50.0	29	22.0	266.0	57.9	7.0	43	7.7	329	3	1

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Duane Bickett	25	ROLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	32	0	8.0	113	113	0	0	PB,AP-2
2	Matt Bouza	29	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Bill Brooks	23	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Eugene Daniel	26	RCB	12	12	2	34	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	39	39	0	0
5	Chris Hinton	26	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
6	Cliff Odom	29	LILB	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	8	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Donnell Thompson	29	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	28	1	5.5	0	0	0	0
8	Willie Tullis	29	LCB	12	12	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Ben Utt	28	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Nesby Glasgow	30	SS	11	11	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
11	Jon Hand	24	RDE	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	67	67	0	0
12	Barry Krauss	30	RILB	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
13	Johnie Cooks	29	LOLB	10	10	1	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
14	Freddie Robinson	23	FS	9	9	2	86	0	68	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Eric Dickerson	27	RB	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
16	Jerome Sally	28	NT	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
17	Jack Trudeau	25	QB	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	-28	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Mike Prior	24	FS	13	7	6	57	0	38	3	0	3	0	0	1.0	68	68	0	0
19	Gary Hogeboom	29	QB	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Albert Bentley	27	RB	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Byron Darby	27	NT	12	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
22	Ed Grimsley	24	LB	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
23	Bryant Jones	24	DB	3	3	2	26	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Jeff Leiding	26	LB	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1
25	Jim Perryman	27	DB	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
26	Don Thorp	25	DE	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
27	Dave Ahrens	29	LB	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Bill Benjamin	29	LB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
29	Chris McLemore	24	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	James Noble	24	WR	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Terry Wright	23	DB	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
32	Harvey Armstrong	28	NT	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Chuck Banks	23	RB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
34	Brian Bulluck	22	LB	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
35	Bill Elko	28	NT	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
36	Orlando Lowry	26	LB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
37	Gordon Brown	24	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
38	Ricky Chatman	25	LB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
39	Craig Curry	26	DB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
40	Kenny Daniel	27	DB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
41	Lee Davis	25	DB	3	0	1	7	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
42	Kelley Johnson	25	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
43	Frank Mattiace	26	DE	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
44	Jim Merritts	26	DE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
45	Sean Salisbury	24	QB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
46	George Wonsley	27	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			15	15	20	212	0	68	24	36	38	44	1	39.0	287	287	0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Eric Dickerson	27	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Freddie Robinson	23	FS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Jack Trudeau	25	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0

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