New Orleans Saints

12-3-0 • 2nd in NFC West •
Logo for the 1987 New Orleans Saints

PPG

28.1

2nd

OPP PPG

18.9

5th

RUSH YDS/G

146.0

3rd

PASS YDS/G

199.1

23rd

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

The New Orleans Saints were 12-3 in 1987. They finished 2nd in the NFC West and 2nd in the NFC. They fell to the Minnesota Vikings, 44 to 10, in the 1987 NFC Wild Card game.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sun
1/3
 		vs
MIN logo MIN
L
10-44
Sun
12/27
 		vs
GB logo GB
W
33-24
Sun
12/20
 		@
CIN logo CIN
W
41-24
Sun
12/13
 		vs
HOU logo HOU
W
24-10
Sun
12/6
 		vs
TB logo TB
W
44-34

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,119

Hebert

Hebert

RUSH YDS

917

Mayes

Mayes

REC YDS

778

Martin

Martin

1987 Division Standings

TEAM W L T PCT
49ers logo 49ers
13 2 0 .867
Saints logo Saints
12 3 0 .800
Rams logo Rams
6 9 0 .400
Falcons logo Falcons
3 12 0 .200

1987 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 15 422 4,964 1,009 4.9 2,190 569 3.8 2,987 411 7.3 29 213 304 128 151 25 107 994
Team Rank 2nd 14th 10th 13th 3rd 1st 21st 23rd 27th 11th 7th 21st 8th 5th 19th 15th 20th 23rd
Opponent 15 283 4,350 924 4.7 1,550 388 4.0 3,155 489 6.5 47 355 270 81 155 34 84 685
Opponent Rank 5th 4th 2nd 7th 3rd 1st 17th 8th 16th 4th 6th 22nd 5th 2nd 11th 25th 26th 25th
Net +139 +614 +85 +0.2 +640 +181 -0.1 -168 -78 +0.8 -18 -142 +34 +47 -4 -9 +23 +309
Net Rank 3rd 7th 4th 8th 1st 1st 17th 17th 26th 4th 3rd 25th 5th 1st 16th 24th 25th 27th

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