1987 Indianapolis Colts Roster
Team Record: 9-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Ron Meyer (9-6)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
1987 Indianapolis Colts Results
The Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 9 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Colts paced the circuit with just 238 points allowed. Indianapolis scored 300 points. Eric Dickerson carried the ball for a team-leading 1,011 yards.
Jack Trudeau threw for 1,587 yards, and Gary Hogeboom played quarterback, too. Bill Brooks topped the receiving corps, grabbing 51 passes for 722 yards. Matt Bouza provided receiving help also.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 45 turnovers. Mike Prior picked off 6 opponent throws. Duane Bickett dropped opposing passers 8 times.
Ron Meyer coached the team. The 1987 Indianapolis Colts lost in the Division Playoff.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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69 | Sid Abramowitz | T | May 21, 1960 | 6'6" | 280 | Air Force | Culver City, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
57 | Dave Ahrens | LB | December 5, 1958 | 6'3" | 238 | Wisconsin | Cedar Falls, IA USA | 12 | 2 |
79 | Harvey Armstrong | NT | December 29, 1959 | 6'3" | 265 | SMU | Houston, TX USA | 11 | 1 |
40 | Pat Ballage | DB | April 8, 1964 | 6'1" | 202 | Notre Dame | Fort Hood, TX USA | 3 | 1 |
37 | Chuck Banks | RB | January 4, 1964 | 6'2" | 225 | Ferrum | Baltimore, MD USA | 3 | 1 |
86 | Roy Banks | WR | November 29, 1965 | 5'10" | 190 | East. Illinois | Detroit, MI USA | 1 | 0 |
81 | Pat Beach | TE | December 28, 1959 | 6'4" | 247 | Washington St. | Grants Pass, OR USA | 12 | 12 |
87 | Mark Bellini | WR | January 19, 1964 | 5'11" | 185 | BYU | San Leandro, CA USA | 10 | 1 |
54 | Bill Benjamin | LB | September 14, 1958 | 6'3" | 226 | San Jose St. | Indianapolis, IN USA | 2 | 2 |
20 | Albert Bentley | KR | August 15, 1960 | 5'11" | 200 | Miami (FL) | Naples, FL USA | 12 | 4 |
4 | Dean Biasucci | K | July 25, 1962 | 6'0" | 190 | West. Carolina | Niagara Falls, NY USA | 12 | 0 |
50 | Duane Bickett | ROLB | December 1, 1962 | 6'5" | 251 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
60 | Mark Boggs | T | May 7, 1964 | 6'5" | 301 | Ball St. | Kankakee, IL USA | 1 | 0 |
85 | Matt Bouza | WR | April 8, 1958 | 6'3" | 211 | California | San Jose, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
84 | Mark Boyer | TE | September 16, 1962 | 6'4" | 233 | USC | Huntington Beach, CA USA | 7 | 6 |
88 | John Brandes | TE | April 2, 1964 | 6'2" | 249 | Cameron | Fort Riley, KS USA | 12 | 2 |
80 | Bill Brooks | PR | April 6, 1964 | 6'0" | 188 | Boston Univ. | Boston, MA USA | 12 | 12 |
74 | Bob Brotzki | T | December 24, 1962 | 6'5" | 281 | Syracuse | Sandusky, OH USA | 11 | 0 |
42 | Gordon Brown | RB | March 19, 1963 | 5'11" | 220 | Tulsa | Philadelphia, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
80 | Steve Bryant | WR | October 10, 1959 | 6'2" | 195 | Purdue | Los Angeles, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
57 | Brian Bulluck | LB | October 29, 1965 | 6'3" | 236 | North Carolina St. | Roanoke Rapids, NC USA | 2 | 1 |
71 | Kevin Call | RT | November 13, 1961 | 6'7" | 302 | Colorado St. | Boulder, CO USA | 12 | 12 |
68 | Milt Carthens | T | October 22, 1960 | 6'4" | 305 | Michigan | 1 | 0 | |
30 | Mel Carver | RB | July 14, 1959 | 5'11" | 221 | UNLV | Pensacola, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
52 | Ricky Chatman | LB | January 4, 1962 | 6'2" | 230 | LSU | Jonesboro, LA USA | 3 | 0 |
31 | Leonard Coleman | DB | January 30, 1962 | 6'2" | 203 | Vanderbilt | Boynton Beach, FL USA | 4 | 0 |
5 | Craig Colquitt | P | June 9, 1954 | 6'1" | 182 | Tennessee | Knoxville, TN USA | 1 | 0 |
98 | Johnie Cooks | LOLB | November 23, 1958 | 6'4" | 247 | Mississippi St. | Leland, MS USA | 10 | 10 |
62 | Jeff Criswell | T | March 7, 1964 | 6'7" | 291 | Graceland College (IA) | Grinnell, IA USA | 3 | 3 |
45 | Craig Curry | DB | July 20, 1961 | 6'0" | 187 | Texas | Houston, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
38 | Eugene Daniel | RCB | May 4, 1961 | 5'11" | 178 | LSU | Baton Rouge, LA USA | 12 | 11 |
23 | Kenny Daniel | DB | June 1, 1960 | 5'10" | 180 | San Jose St. | Martinez, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
72 | Byron Darby | DE | June 4, 1960 | 6'4" | 260 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 12 | 4 |
28 | Lee Davis | DB | December 18, 1962 | 5'11" | 198 | Mississippi | Okolona, MS USA | 3 | 0 |
29 | Eric Dickerson | RB | September 2, 1960 | 6'3" | 220 | SMU | Sealy, TX USA | 9 | 8 |
69 | Randy Dixon | G | March 12, 1965 | 6'3" | 305 | Pittsburgh | Clewiston, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
53 | Ray Donaldson | C | May 18, 1958 | 6'3" | 311 | Georgia | Rome, GA USA | 12 | 12 |
96 | Bill Elko | NT | December 28, 1959 | 6'5" | 278 | Arizona St. | New York, NY USA | 3 | 1 |
29 | Jitter Fields | DB | August 16, 1962 | 5'8" | 185 | Texas | Dallas, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
25 | Nesby Glasgow | SS | April 15, 1957 | 5'10" | 185 | Washington | Los Angeles, CA USA | 11 | 11 |
37 | Chris Goode | DB | September 17, 1963 | 6'0" | 195 | North Alabama | Town Creek, AL USA | 8 | 0 |
61 | Marsharne Graves | T | July 8, 1962 | 6'3" | 268 | Arizona | Memphis, TN USA | 3 | 3 |
56 | Ed Grimsley | LB | March 22, 1963 | 6'0" | 235 | Akron | Canton, OH USA | 5 | 3 |
95 | Bob Hamm | DE | April 24, 1959 | 6'4" | 260 | Nevada-Reno | Kansas City, MO USA | 3 | 0 |
51 | Kevin Hancock | LB | January 6, 1962 | 6'2" | 224 | Baylor | Longview, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
78 | Jon Hand | RDE | November 13, 1963 | 6'7" | 300 | Alabama | Sylacauga, AL USA | 12 | 11 |
83 | Greg Hawthorne | RB | September 5, 1956 | 6'2" | 228 | Baylor | Fort Worth, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
79 | Shawn Heffern | T | March 15, 1964 | 6'5" | 270 | Notre Dame | Toledo, OH USA | 1 | 0 |
75 | Chris Hinton | LT | July 31, 1961 | 6'4" | 300 | Northwestern | Chicago, IL USA | 12 | 12 |
7 | Gary Hogeboom | QB | August 21, 1958 | 6'4" | 205 | Central Michigan | Grand Rapids, MI USA | 6 | 6 |
21 | John Holt | DB | May 14, 1959 | 5'11" | 180 | West Texas A&M | Lawton, OK USA | 12 | 0 |
76 | Marcus Jackson | DE-NT | June 8, 1957 | 6'5" | 260 | Purdue | Lima, OH USA | 1 | 0 |
39 | Victor Jackson | DB | August 6, 1959 | 6'0" | 205 | Bowie St. | Princess Anne, MD USA | 2 | 0 |
58 | June James | LB | December 2, 1962 | 6'1" | 218 | Texas | Jennings, LA USA | 11 | 0 |
84 | Kelley Johnson | WR | June 3, 1962 | 5'8" | 168 | Colorado | Carlsbad, NM USA | 3 | 0 |
33 | Bryant Jones | DB | December 5, 1963 | 5'11" | 186 | Toledo | Detroit, MI USA | 3 | 3 |
81 | Joe Jones | TE | June 26, 1962 | 6'5" | 255 | Virginia Tech | Windber, PA USA | 3 | 2 |
6 | Steve Jordan | K | March 20, 1963 | 5'10" | 205 | USC | San Francisco, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
85 | Tim Kearse | WR | October 24, 1959 | 5'10" | 186 | San Jose St. | York, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
94 | Scott Kellar | NT | December 31, 1963 | 6'3" | 282 | Northern Illinois | Elgin, IL USA | 3 | 2 |
5 | Blair Kiel | QB | November 29, 1961 | 6'0" | 209 | Notre Dame | Columbus, IN USA | 4 | 1 |
63 | Steve Knight | G | March 13, 1961 | 6'4" | 298 | Tennessee | Abington, VA USA | 3 | 3 |
55 | Barry Krauss | RILB | March 17, 1957 | 6'3" | 245 | Alabama | Pompano Beach, FL USA | 12 | 11 |
92 | Jeff Leiding | LB | October 28, 1961 | 6'3" | 232 | Texas | Kansas City, MO USA | 9 | 3 |
88 | Keith Lester | TE | May 28, 1962 | 6'5" | 235 | Florida St. | Bartow, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
59 | Orlando Lowry | LB | August 14, 1961 | 6'4" | 237 | Ohio St. | Cleveland, OH USA | 8 | 1 |
97 | Frank Mattiace | DE-NT | January 20, 1961 | 6'1" | 264 | Holy Cross | Paterson, NJ USA | 3 | 0 |
36 | Chris McLemore | RB | December 31, 1963 | 6'1" | 232 | Colorado | Las Vegas, NV USA | 2 | 2 |
65 | Jim Merritts | DE-NT | March 22, 1961 | 6'3" | 255 | Connecticut | Roaring Springs, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
86 | Walter Murray | WR | December 13, 1962 | 6'4" | 200 | Hawaii | Berkeley, CA USA | 14 | 3 |
87 | James Noble | WR | August 14, 1963 | 6'0" | 193 | S.F. Austin | Jacksonville, TX USA | 3 | 2 |
14 | Terry Nugent | QB | December 5, 1961 | 6'4" | 218 | Colorado St. | Merced, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
93 | Cliff Odom | LILB | August 15, 1958 | 6'2" | 237 | Texas-Arlington | Beaumont, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
51 | Bob Ontko | LB | March 21, 1964 | 6'3" | 237 | Penn St. | Kingston, PA USA | 3 | 3 |
90 | Gary Padjen | LB | July 2, 1958 | 6'2" | 244 | Arizona St. | Salt Lake City, UT USA | 1 | 0 |
65 | Joel Patten | T | February 7, 1958 | 6'7" | 310 | Duke | Augsburg, Germany | 12 | 0 |
43 | Jim Perryman | DB | December 23, 1960 | 6'0" | 180 | Millikin | Oakland, CA USA | 14 | 3 |
67 | Ron Plantz | C | July 27, 1964 | 6'4" | 272 | Notre Dame | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 3 |
39 | Mike Prior | FS | November 14, 1963 | 6'0" | 208 | Illinois St. | Chicago Heights, IL USA | 13 | 7 |
90 | Roger Remo | LB | August 7, 1964 | 6'3" | 237 | Syracuse | 3 | 0 | |
47 | Freddie Robinson | FS | February 1, 1964 | 6'1" | 191 | Alabama | Mobile, AL USA | 9 | 9 |
59 | Brad Saar | LB | February 24, 1963 | 6'1" | 220 | Penn St. | Buffalo, NY USA | 1 | 0 |
8 | Sean Salisbury | QB | March 9, 1963 | 6'5" | 225 | USC | Long Beach, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
76 | Jerome Sally | NT | February 24, 1959 | 6'3" | 267 | Missouri | Chicago, IL USA | 12 | 8 |
95 | Chris Scott | DE | December 11, 1961 | 6'5" | 260 | Purdue | Berea, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
83 | Tim Sherwin | TE | May 4, 1958 | 6'6" | 243 | Boston Col. | Troy, NY USA | 8 | 5 |
41 | John Simmons | DB | December 1, 1958 | 5'11" | 192 | SMU | Little Rock, AR USA | 2 | 0 |
57 | Pat Snyder | LB | November 23, 1963 | 6'1" | 225 | Purdue | 2 | 0 | |
66 | Ron Solt | RG | May 19, 1962 | 6'3" | 279 | Maryland | Bainbridge, MD USA | 12 | 12 |
3 | Rohn Stark | P | May 4, 1959 | 6'3" | 203 | Florida St. | Minneapolis, MN USA | 12 | 0 |
26 | Craig Swoope | DB | February 3, 1964 | 6'1" | 205 | Illinois | Fort Pierce, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
99 | Donnell Thompson | LDE | October 27, 1958 | 6'4" | 270 | North Carolina | Lumberton, NC USA | 12 | 12 |
62 | Don Thorp | NT | July 10, 1962 | 6'4" | 260 | Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 5 | 3 |
10 | Jack Trudeau | QB | September 9, 1962 | 6'3" | 227 | Illinois | Forest Lake, MN USA | 10 | 8 |
42 | Willie Tullis | LCB | April 5, 1958 | 6'0" | 193 | Southern Miss | Newville, AL USA | 12 | 12 |
64 | Ben Utt | LG | June 13, 1959 | 6'5" | 275 | Georgia Tech | Richmond, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
83 | Mark Walczak | TE | April 26, 1962 | 6'6" | 246 | Arizona | Rochester, NY USA | 8 | 0 |
40 | John Williams | RB | October 26, 1960 | 5'11" | 213 | Wisconsin | Muskegon, MI USA | 2 | 0 |
34 | George Wonsley | RB | November 23, 1960 | 5'10" | 218 | Mississippi St. | Moss Point, MS USA | 11 | 0 |
27 | Terry Wright | DB | July 17, 1964 | 6'0" | 195 | Temple | Phoenix, AZ USA | 13 | 2 |