| 1987 Cincinnati Bengals season | |
|---|---|
| General manager | Paul Brown |
| Head coach | Sam Wyche |
| Home stadium | Riverfront Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 4–11 |
| Division place | 4thAFC Central |
| Playoffs | Did not qualify |
The1987 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 18th in theNational Football League (NFL). The team could not improve upon its 10–6 year of theprevious campaign, as the team dipped to a record of 4–11 in a season shortened by one game due to another players' strike, in which replacement players were used for three games.
This was the first season since 1970 thatKen Anderson was not on the opening day roster.
| 1987 Cincinnati Bengals draft | |||||
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Jason Buck | Defensive end | BYU | |
| 2 | 49 | Eric Thomas * | Defensive back | Tulane | |
| 3 | 76 | Leonard Bell | Defensive back | Indiana | |
| 3 | 77 | Skip McClendon | Defensive end | Arizona State | |
| 4 | 103 | Jim Riggs | Tight end | Clemson | |
| 5 | 130 | Marc Logan | Running back | Kentucky | |
| 5 | 139 | Greg Horne | Punter | Arkansas | |
| 6 | 157 | Sonny Gordon | Defensive back | Ohio State | |
| 7 | 188 | Chris Thatcher | Guard | Lafayette | |
| 8 | 215 | Solomon Wilcots | Defensive back | Colorado | |
| 9 | 242 | Craig Raddatz | Linebacker | Wisconsin | |
| 10 | 269 | David McCluskey | Running back | Georgia | |
| 11 | 296 | Jim Warne | Offensive tackle | Arizona State | |
| 12 | 328 | John Holifield | Running back | West Virginia | |
| Made roster * Made at least onePro Bowl during career | |||||
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
| Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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| Quarterbacks(QB) Running backs(RB) Wide receivers(WR) Tight ends(TE) | Offensive linemen(OL) | Linebackers(LB)
Defensive backs(DB)
Special teams(ST) | Reserve
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After the league decided to use replacement players during theNFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:
| 1987 Cincinnati Bengals replacement roster | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quarterbacks Running backs Wide receivers Tight ends | Offensive linemen Defensive linemen | Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams | ||||
| AFC Central | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
| Cleveland Browns(2) | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 5–1 | 8–3 | 390 | 239 | W3 |
| Houston Oilers(4) | 9 | 6 | 0 | .600 | 5–1 | 7–4 | 345 | 349 | W2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 7 | 0 | .533 | 2–4 | 6–5 | 285 | 299 | L2 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 4 | 11 | 0 | .267 | 0–6 | 3–9 | 285 | 370 | L3 |
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | TD | INT | Rating |
| Boomer Esiason | 440 | 240 | 3321 | 16 | 19 | 73.1 |
| Player | Att | Yds | YPC | Long | TD |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 145 | 570 | 3.9 | 52 | 8 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Eddie Brown | 44 | 608 | 13.8 | 47 | 3 |
| Mike Martin | 20 | 394 | 19.7 | 54 | 3 |
| Player | Tackles | Sacks | INTs | FF | FR |
| Tim Krumrie | 88 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Williams | 75 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Robert Jackson | 70 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| David Fulcher | 72 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Player | FGA | FGM | FG% | XPA | XPM | XP% | Points |
| Jim Breech | 30 | 24 | 80.0% | 27 | 25 | 92.6 | 97 |
| Player | Punts | Yards | Long | Blkd | Avg. |
| Scott Fulhage | 52 | 2168 | 58 | 0 | 41.7 |
| Player | KR | KRYards | KRAvg | KRLong | KRTD | PR | PRYards | PRAvg | PRLong | PRTD |
| Barney Bussey | 21 | 406 | 19.3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Martin | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 277 | 9.9 | 21 | 0 |
