1987 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Buddy Ryan (7-8)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1987 Philadelphia Eagles Roster
1987 Philadelphia Eagles Results

The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 7 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

The Eagles racked up 337 points, but the leaky defense allowed 380. Randall Cunningham threw for 2,786 yards. Mike Quick grabbed 46 passes for 790 yards. Anthony Toney and John Spagnola provided receiving help, too.

Randall Cunningham carried the ball for a team-leading 505 yards for Philadelphia, while Anthony Toney and Keith Byars additionally contributed to the rushing attack.

The larcenous defense pounced on 48 turnovers, topping in the league. Elbert Foules intercepted 4 opponent throws. Reggie White topped the defensive unit with 21 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 57 sacks.

Buddy Ryan coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Randall Cunningham	406	223	54.9	2786	6.9	23	5.7	12	3.0	70	54	380	83.0
Scott Tinsley	86	48	55.8	637	7.4	3	3.5	4	4.7	62	6	55	71.7
Guido Merkens	14	7	50.0	70	5.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	10	62	64.6
Marty Horn	11	5	45.5	68	6.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	1	7	65.7
John Teltschik	0	0		0		0		0		0	1	7	0.0
Cris Carter	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Anthony Toney	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Otis Grant	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	520	283	54.4	3561	6.8	26	5.0	16	3.1	70	72	511

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Randall Cunningham	76	505	6.6	45	3
Anthony Toney	127	473	3.7	36	5
Keith Byars	116	426	3.7	30	3
Michael Haddix	59	165	2.8	11	0
Reggie Van Brown	39	136	3.5	23	0
Jacque Robinson	24	114	4.8	18	0
Junior Tautalatasi	26	69	2.7	17	0
Alvin Ross	14	54	3.9	12	1
John Teltschik	3	32	10.7	23	0
Kenny Jackson	6	27	4.5	10	0
Otis Grant	1	20	20.0	20	0
Bobby Morse	6	14	2.3	7	0
Scott Tinsley	4	2	0.5	2	0
Marty Horn	1	0	0.0	0	0
Topper Clemons	3	0	0.0	3	0
Matt Cavanaugh	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Guido Merkens	3	-8	-2.7	1	0
Totals	509	2027	4.0	45	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mike Quick	46	790	17.2	61	11
Anthony Toney	39	341	8.7	33	1
John Spagnola	36	350	9.7	22	2
Junior Tautalatasi	25	176	7.0	22	0
Kenny Jackson	21	471	22.4	70	3
Keith Byars	21	177	8.4	30	1
Otis Grant	16	280	17.5	41	0
Gregg Garrity	12	242	20.2	41	2
Mike Siano	9	137	15.2	34	1
Eric Bailey	8	69	8.6	19	0
Reggie Van Brown	8	53	6.6	14	0
Jimmie Giles	7	95	13.6	40	1
Michael Haddix	7	58	8.3	23	0
Kevin Bowman	6	127	21.2	62	1
Cris Carter	5	84	16.8	25	2
Jay Repko	5	46	9.2	12	0
Alvin Ross	5	41	8.2	17	0
Jacque Robinson	2	9	4.5	5	0
Topper Clemons	1	13	13.0	13	1
Bobby Morse	1	8	8.0	8	0
Dave Little	1	8	8.0	8	0
Randall Cunningham	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Reggie Singletary	1	-11	-11.0	-11	0
Totals	283	3561	12.6	70	26

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Paul McFadden	36	36	100.0	26	16	61.5	84
Dave Jacobs	4	2	50.0	5	3	60.0	11
Totals	40	38	95.0	31	19	61.3	95

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
John Teltschik	82	3131	38.2	60
Dave Jacobs	10	369	36.9	44
Mark Royals	5	209	41.8	48
Guido Merkens	2	61	30.5	38
Totals	99	3770	38.1	60

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bobby Morse	20	121	6.0	23
Kevin Bowman	4	43	10.8	37
Gregg Garrity	4	16	4.0	10
Thomas Caterbone	2	13	6.5	13
Mike Ulmer	2	10	5.0	5
Alonzo Johnson	1	0	0.0	0
Cedrick Brown	1	-1	-1.0	-1
Totals	34	202	5.9	37

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bobby Morse	24	386	16.1	28
Cris Carter	12	241	20.1	33
Kevin Bowman	7	153	21.9	32
Evan Cooper	5	86	17.2	24
Alan Reid	4	58	14.5	19
Junior Tautalatasi	3	53	17.7	32
Robert Lavette	2	37	18.5	19
Willie Turral	1	21	21.0	21
Reggie Van Brown	1	20	20.0	20
Michael Haddix	2	16	8.0	9
Mike Siano	1	13	13.0	13
Cedrick Brown	1	13	13.0	13
Mike Ulmer	1	8	8.0	8
David Alexander	1	6	6.0	6
Topper Clemons	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	66	1111	16.8	33

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Elbert Foules	4	6	1.5	6
Andre Waters	3	63	21.0	63
Seth Joyner	2	42	21.0	29
Mike Kullman	2	25	12.5	13
Jerome Brown	2	7	3.5	6
Terry Hoage	2	3	1.5	3
Evan Cooper	2	0	0.0	0
Roynell Young	1	30	30.0	30
Byron Evans	1	12	12.0	12
Cedrick Brown	1	9	9.0	9
Troy West	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	21	197	9.4	63

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Reggie White	21.0
Clyde Simmons	6.0
Seth Joyner	4.0
Jerome Brown	4.0
Fred Smalls	2.5
Mike Pitts	2.0
Elois Grooms	2.0
Ray Phillips	2.0
Ken Clarke	1.5
Dwayne Jiles	1.5
Mike Reichenbach	1.0
Troy West	1.0
Randall Mitchell	1.0
Garry Cobb	1.0
Terry Hoage	1.0
Jeff Griffin	1.0
Cedrick Brown	1.0
William Frizzell	1.0
Matt Battaglia	1.0
Byron Lee	1.0
Jim Auer	0.5
Totals	57.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Andre Waters	112	112	0	0	0	2	11	0	0
Terry Hoage	100	100	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Seth Joyner	96	96	0	0	0	2	18	1	2
Reggie White	76	76	0		0	1	70	1	4
Clyde Simmons	75	75	0		0	1	0	0	1
Mike Pitts	29	29	0		0	4	21	0	0
Byron Evans	25	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Randall Cunningham					12	6	-7		0
Anthony Toney					5	3	0		0
Garry Cobb					0	3	0	0	0
Carlos Bradley					0	2	0	0	0
Reggie Van Brown					2	2	0	0	0
Roynell Young				0	0	2	20	0	0
Keith Byars					3	2	0		0
Ron Baker					0	1	0	0	0
Jerome Brown				0	0	1	37	0	0
Kenny Jackson					1	1	0		0
Guido Merkens					3	1	0	0	0
Mike Quick					3	1	0		0
Kevin Bowman					1	1	0		0
Bobby Morse					1	1	0	0	0
Kelly Kirchbaum					0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Wenzel					0	1	0	0	0
John Klingel					0	1	0	0	0
William Frizzell					0	1	0	0	0
Jacque Robinson					1	1	0	0	0
Russell Gary					0	1	19	0	0
Matt Darwin					0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Griffin					0	1	0	0	0
Charles Crawford					0	1	0	0	0
Ben Tamburello					0	1	0	0	0
Marty Horn					1	0	0	0	0
Scott Tinsley					3	0	0	0	0
John Spagnola					2	0	0		0
Junior Tautalatasi					1	0	0	0	0
Evan Cooper				0	1	0	0	0	0
Alonzo Johnson					1	0	0	0	0
Michael Haddix					1	0	0	0	0
Gregg Garrity					2	0	0		0
Totals	513	513	0	0	44	50	189	2	7

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Paul McFadden									16	36	0			84
Mike Quick		11							0	0	0			66
Anthony Toney	5	1							0	0	0			36
Keith Byars	3	1							0	0	0			24
Kenny Jackson	0	3							0	0	0			18
Randall Cunningham	3	0							0	0	0			18
Cris Carter		2		0					0	0	0			12
John Spagnola		2							0	0	0			12
Gregg Garrity		2	0						0	0	0			12
Dave Jacobs									3	2	0			11
Topper Clemons	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Alvin Ross	1	0							0	0	0			6
Reggie White							1		0	0	0			6
Mike Siano		1		0					0	0	0			6
Kevin Bowman		1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Jimmie Giles		1							0	0	0			6
Seth Joyner						0	1		0	0	0			6
Totals	12	26	0	0	0	0	2	0	19	38	0	0	0	335