1987 New Orleans Saints season

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1987 New Orleans Saints season
Head Coach Jim Mora
Home Field Louisiana Superdome
Results
Record 12-3
Place 2nd, NFC West
Playoff Finish Lost NFC Wild Card
Timeline
Previous Season Next Season
1986 1988

The 1987 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints 21st season. The Saints qualified for the postseason for the first time.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School
1 11 Shawn Knight Nose Tackle BYU

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Season Standings

NFC West
Team W L T PCT PF PA
San Francisco 49ers 13 2 0 .867 459 253
New Orleans Saints 12 3 0 .800 422 283
Los Angeles Rams 6 9 0 .400 317 361
Atlanta Falcons 3 12 0 .200 205 436

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[edit] Season Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Saints points Opponents Record Streak Notes
1
2

[edit] Roster

[edit] Postseason

[edit] NFC Wild Card Game

  • Minnesota Vikings 44, New Orleans Saints 10
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 10 21 3 10 44
Saints 7 3 0 0 10

at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

In the Saints' first playoff game in history, the Vikings dominated the game by recording 2 sacks, forcing 4 turnovers, and allowing only 149 yards.

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Milestones

[edit] References

  1. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 293
1987 NFL season
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AFC East Central West NFC East Central West
Buffalo Cincinnati Denver Dallas Chicago Atlanta
Indianapolis Cleveland Kansas City NY Giants Detroit LA Rams
Miami Houston LA Raiders Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans
New England Pittsburgh San Diego St. Louis Minnesota San Francisco
NY Jets Seattle Washington Tampa Bay
1987 NFL DraftNFL PlayoffsPro BowlSuper Bowl XXII
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