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.

1987 Division Standings

TEAMWLTPCT
13
2
0
.867
Saints Saints
12
3
0
.800
6
9
0
.400
3
12
0
.200

1987 Stats

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GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN 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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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176