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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.

Coached by Forrest Gregg (5-9-1)

1987 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 13 box L 0-1 Los Angeles Raiders 0 20 9 147 81 66 3 21 293 100 193
2 Sun September 20 box T 0-1-1 Denver Broncos 17 17 14 234 100 134 1 29 478 281 197 6
3 Sun October 4 box W 1-1-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 23 16 16 300 153 147 17 315 219 96 2
4 Sun October 11 box L 1-2-1 Detroit Lions 16 19 16 273 122 151 3 21 342 220 122 2
5 Sun October 18 box W 2-2-1 Philadelphia Eagles 16 10 20 401 226 175 4 17 365 224 141 5
6 Sun October 25 box W 3-2-1 @ Detroit Lions 34 33 23 465 293 172 3 23 353 336 17 1
7 Sun November 1 box L 3-3-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 23 22 279 190 89 2 20 279 190 89 1
8 Sun November 8 box L 3-4-1 Chicago Bears 24 26 17 340 298 42 1 22 351 247 104 2
9 Sun November 15 box L 3-5-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 13 24 13 298 198 100 5 16 281 88 193 5
10 Sun November 22 box W 4-5-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 23 3 14 273 165 108 1 10 201 85 116 3
11 Sun November 29 box L 4-6-1 @ Chicago Bears 10 23 20 348 237 111 2 20 319 192 127 3
12 Sun December 6 box L 4-7-1 San Francisco 49ers 12 23 18 315 127 188 5 22 439 296 143 4
13 Sun December 13 box W 5-7-1 Minnesota Vikings 16 10 19 300 179 121 1 14 289 162 127 2
14 Sat December 19 box L 5-8-1 @ New York Giants 10 20 10 179 105 74 1 21 326 215 111 3
15 Sun December 27 box L 5-9-1 @ New Orleans Saints 24 33 17 330 207 123 3 22 292 148 144 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 255 4482 964 4.6 248 234 455 2681 15 17 5.4 133 464 1801 13 3.9 97 35 18 18
Team Defense 300 4923 1024 4.8 474 279 469 3003 14 18 6.0 152 521 1920 15 3.7 296 42 24 26
Lg Rank Offense 26 22 27 20 25 26 8 21 19 18 12 19 14 18
Lg Rank Defense 11 14 14 12 13 2 15 18 24 18 17 8 7 3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Randy Wright 26 QB 9 7 1-6-0 132 247 53.4 1507 6 2.4 11 4.5 66 6.1 4.3 11.4 167.4 61.6 20 128 5.2 3.5 7.5
Don Majkowski 23 qb 7 5 2-2-1 55 127 43.3 875 5 3.9 3 2.4 70 6.9 6.2 15.9 125.0 70.2 10 77 5.8 5.2 7.3
Alan Risher 26 3 3 2-1-0 44 74 59.5 564 3 4.1 3 4.1 46 7.6 6.2 12.8 188.0 80.0 12 77 5.7 4.4 14.0
Willie Gillus 24 1 0 2 5 40.0 28 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 5.6 5.6 14.0 28.0 58.7 3 14 1.8 1.8 37.5
Paul Ott Carruth 26 rb 12 5 1 1 100.0 3 1 100.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 13.0 3.0 0.3 118.7 0 0 3.0 13.0 0.0
Frankie Neal 22 12 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.1 15 5-9-1 234 455 51.4 2977 15 3.3 17 3.7 70 6.5 5.2 12.7 248.1 67.6 45 296 5.4 4.1 9.0
Opp Total 15 279 469 59.5 3003 14 3.0 18 3.8 6.4 5.0 10.8 200.2 72.3 34 197 6.0 4.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Kenneth Davis 25 RB 10 8 109 413 3 39 3.8 41.3 10.9 14 110 7.9 0 35 1.4 11.0 523 3 2
Brent Fullwood 24 RET 11 1 84 274 5 18 3.3 24.9 7.6 2 11 5.5 0 12 0.2 1.0 285 5 2
Paul Ott Carruth 26 rb 12 5 64 192 3 23 3.0 16.0 5.3 10 78 7.8 1 19 0.8 6.5 270 4 0
Jessie Clark 27 FB 12 10 56 211 0 57 3.8 17.6 4.7 22 119 5.4 1 19 1.8 9.9 330 1 0
Kevin Willhite 24 3 3 53 251 0 61 4.7 83.7 17.7 6 37 6.2 0 12 2.0 12.3 288 0 2
Don Majkowski 23 qb 7 5 15 127 0 33 8.5 18.1 2.1 127 0 5
Randy Wright 26 QB 9 7 13 70 0 27 5.4 7.8 1.4 70 0 3
Jimmy Hargrove 30 2 2 11 38 1 7 3.5 19.0 5.5 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.5 3.0 44 1 0
Alan Risher 26 3 3 11 64 1 15 5.8 21.3 3.7 64 1 4
Lee Weigel 24 2 0 10 26 0 7 2.6 13.0 5.0 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.5 8.5 43 0 0
Freddie Parker 25 1 0 8 33 0 17 4.1 33.0 8.0 3 22 7.3 0 13 3.0 22.0 55 0 0
Larry Morris 25 2 0 8 18 0 10 2.3 9.0 4.0 18 0 0
Lavale Thomas 24 1 1 5 19 0 5 3.8 19.0 5.0 2 52 26.0 1 30 2.0 52.0 71 1 0
John Sterling 23 2 0 5 20 0 9 4.0 10.0 2.5 20 0 1
Walter Stanley 25 WR 12 12 4 38 0 24 9.5 3.2 0.3 38 672 17.7 3 70 3.2 56.0 710 3 5
Lee Morris 23 5 3 2 2 0 4 1.0 0.4 0.4 16 259 16.2 1 46 3.2 51.8 261 1 1
Kelly Cook 25 11 0 2 3 0 2 1.5 0.3 0.2 3 0 0
Frankie Neal 22 12 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 36 420 11.7 3 38 3.0 35.0 420 3 1
Phil Epps 29 WR 10 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 34 516 15.2 2 40 3.4 51.6 516 2 1
Patrick Scott 23 8 3 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.3 0.1 8 79 9.9 0 16 1.0 9.9 81 0 2
Tony F. Hunter 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 0
Ed West 26 TE 12 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 261 13.7 1 40 1.6 21.8 261 1 0
Keith Paskett 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 188 15.7 1 47 1.0 15.7 188 1 0
Don Summers 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 83 11.9 1 17 2.3 27.7 83 1 0
Derrick Harden 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 29 14.5 0 15 0.7 9.7 29 0 1
Corn Redick 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 18 18.0 0 18 1.0 18.0 18 0 0
Team Total 26.1 15 464 1801 13 61 3.9 150.1 38.7 234 2977 12.7 15 70 19.5 248.1 4778 28 35
Opp Total 15 521 1920 15 3.7 128.0 34.7 279 3003 10.8 14 18.6 200.2 4923 29 42

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Walter Stanley 25 WR 12 12 28 173 0 48 6.2 3 47 0 29 15.7 930
Brent Fullwood 24 RET 11 1 24 510 0 46 21.3 795
Kelly Cook 25 11 0 10 147 0 38 14.7 150
Patrick Scott 23 8 3 6 71 0 36 11.8 2 32 0 23 16.0 184
Lee Morris 23 5 3 1 1 0 1 1.0 6 104 0 28 17.3 366
Derrick Harden 23 3 0 4 72 0 20 18.0 101
Frankie Neal 22 12 3 4 44 0 18 11.0 464
Norman Jefferson 23 12 0 2 30 0 18 15.0 30
Paul Ott Carruth 26 rb 12 5 1 8 0 8 8.0 278
Bill Cherry 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
John Sterling 23 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 20
Clayton Weishuhn 28 9 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
Team Total 26.1 15 35 245 0 48 7.0 59 1032 0 46 17.5 6055
Opp Total 15 54 0 61 1140 0 18.7

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Don Bracken 25 P 12 0 72 2947 65 1 40.9
Max Zendejas 24 K 10 0 3 3 7 6 8 7 1 19 16 84.2% 15 13 86.7%
Al Del Greco 25 5 0 2 1 4 2 4 2 10 5 50.0% 11 11 100.0%
Bill Renner 28 3 0 20 712 49 0 35.6
Team Total 26.1 15 5 4 11 8 12 9 1 29 21 72.4% 26 24 92.3% 92 3659 65 1 39.8
Opp Total 15 36 27 75.0% 31 29 93.5% 77 3088 40.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
John Anderson 31 LOLB 12 12 4.0 2 22 0 13 0 3 0 0
Walter Stanley 25 WR 12 12 5 3 0 0
Robert Brown 27 RDE 12 12 3.0 0 4 0 0
Tim Harris 23 ROLB 12 12 7.0 69
Brian Noble 25 LILB 12 12 1.0 1 10 0 10 0 5 0 0
Alphonso Carreker 25 LDE 12 12 4.0 1 6 0 6
Don Majkowski 23 qb 7 5 5 0 0 0
Alan Risher 26 3 3 4 1 0 0
Johnny Holland 22 RILB 12 12 1.0 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 0
Jim Bob Morris 26 11 2 1.0 3 135 0 73
Mark Murphy 29 SS 12 12 2.0 0 2 0 0
Patrick Scott 23 8 3 2 2 0 0
Randy Wright 26 QB 9 7 3 1 -4 0
Dave Brown 34 RCB 12 12 3 16 0 11
Brent Fullwood 24 RET 11 1 2 1 0 0
Tiger Greene 25 11 1 1 11 0 11 0 2 0 0
Norman Jefferson 23 12 0 2 1 0 0
Lee Morris 23 5 3 1 2 0 0
Jerry Boyarsky 28 NT 12 8 2.0
Kenneth Davis 25 RB 10 8 2 0 0 0
Jeff Drost 23 2 0 2.0
Anthony Harrison 22 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ezra Johnson 32 6 0 2.0
Kenneth Johnson 24 12 0 1.0 1 2 0 2
Von Mansfield 27 3 0 1 14 0 14 1 0 0 0
Rich Moran 25 LG 12 12 1 1 3 0
Lavale Thomas 24 1 1 0 2 3 0
Kevin Willhite 24 3 3 2 0 0 0
Ross Browner 33 11 2 1.0
Mark Cannon 25 C 12 12 1 0 -8 0
Putt Choate 31 2 2 0 1 4 0
Phil Epps 29 WR 10 9 1 0 0 0
Ron Hallstrom 28 RG 12 12 0 1 0 0
Derrick Harden 23 3 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Hobbins 23 3 3 0 1 0 0
Ken Jordan 23 3 1 1.0
Mark Lee 29 LCB 12 12 1 0 0 0
Charles Martin 28 2 2 1.0
Jim Melka 25 1 0 1 0 0 0
Frankie Neal 22 12 3 1 0 0 0
Tom Neville 26 12 0 0 1 0 0
John Pointer 29 3 3 0 1 0 0
John Sterling 23 2 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Stills 24 FS 11 11 0 1 0 0
Chuck Washington 23 3 3 0 1 0 0
Mike Weddington 27 12 0 0 1 0 0
David Caldwell 22 3 3 0.5
Carl Sullivan 25 3 3 0.5
Team Total 26.1 15 34.0 18 220 0 73 0 35 40 -2 0 69
Opp Total 15 45 42 18 2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Max Zendejas 24 K 10 0 13 16 61
Brent Fullwood 24 RET 11 1 5 30
Al Del Greco 25 5 0 11 5 26
Paul Ott Carruth 26 rb 12 5 3 1 24
Kenneth Davis 25 RB 10 8 3 18
Frankie Neal 22 12 3 3 18
Walter Stanley 25 WR 12 12 3 18
Phil Epps 29 WR 10 9 2 12
Jessie Clark 27 FB 12 10 1 6
Jimmy Hargrove 30 2 2 1 6
Lee Morris 23 5 3 1 6
Keith Paskett 23 12 0 1 6
Alan Risher 26 3 3 1 6
Don Summers 26 3 1 1 6
Lavale Thomas 24