1987 Cleveland Browns Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Marty Schottenheimer (10-5)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1987 Cleveland Browns StatisticsTeam Record: 10-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Marty Schottenheimer (10-5)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1987 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 10 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
Cleveland lit up the scoreboard for 390 points, while the stingy defense gave up 239. Bernie Kosar passed for 3,033 yards. Earnest Byner topped the receiving corps, snagging 52 passes, while Webster Slaughter added 806 receiving yards, while Brian Brennan was targeted regularly, too.
Kevin Mack ran for a team-leading 735 yards for the Browns.
Frank Minnifield and Felix Wright each intercepted 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Carl Hairston dropped opposing passers 8 times.
Marty Schottenheimer coached the team. The 1987 Cleveland Browns lost in the Conference Championship.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Mike Baab | C | December 6, 1959 | 6'4" | 270 | Texas | Fort Worth, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | Matt Bahr | K | July 6, 1956 | 5'10" | 175 | Penn St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 60 | Al Baker | DE | December 9, 1956 | 6'6" | 265 | Colorado St. | Jacksonville, FL USA | 12 | 1 |
| 25 | Vincent Barnett | DB | February 19, 1965 | 6'0" | 200 | Arkansas St. | Mound Bayou, MS USA | 3 | 0 |
| 87 | Clayton Beauford | WR | March 1, 1963 | 5'11" | 190 | Auburn | Palatka, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Rickey Bolden | LT | September 8, 1961 | 6'6" | 274 | SMU | Dallas, TX USA | 5 | 5 |
| 73 | Keith Bosley | T | June 19, 1963 | 6'5" | 320 | East. Kentucky | Richmond, KY USA | 3 | 2 |
| 36 | Stephen Braggs | DB | August 29, 1965 | 5'9" | 178 | Texas | Houston, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Brannon | DE | March 26, 1961 | 6'7" | 245 | Kent St. | Charleston, SC USA | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Brian Brennan | WR | February 15, 1962 | 5'9" | 178 | Boston Col. | Bloomfield, MI USA | 13 | 1 |
| 92 | Dave Butler | LB | July 17, 1965 | 6'4" | 225 | Notre Dame | Ridgewood, NJ USA | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Earnest Byner | RB | September 15, 1962 | 5'10" | 215 | East Carolina | Milledgeville, GA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 96 | Reggie Camp | LDE | February 28, 1961 | 6'4" | 274 | California | San Francisco, CA USA | 6 | 5 |
| 59 | James Capers | LB | June 14, 1959 | 6'4" | 232 | Central Michigan | Kalamazoo, MI USA | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Vince Carreker | DB | August 21, 1963 | 6'0" | 183 | Central State (OH) | Columbus, OH USA | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Alex Carter | DE | September 6, 1963 | 6'3" | 255 | Tennessee St. | Miami, FL USA | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Jeff Christensen | QB | January 8, 1960 | 6'3" | 202 | East. Illinois | Gibson City, IL USA | 3 | 2 |
| 91 | Sam Clancy | LDE | May 29, 1958 | 6'7" | 288 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 13 | 8 |
| 47 | Mike Crawford | RB | January 3, 1964 | 5'10" | 215 | Arizona St. | San Fernando, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | Tim Crawford | LB | December 17, 1962 | 6'4" | 245 | Texas Tech | Houston, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Gary Danielson | QB | September 10, 1951 | 6'2" | 195 | Purdue | Detroit, MI USA | 6 | 1 |
| 38 | Johnny Davis | RB | July 17, 1956 | 6'1" | 235 | Alabama | Montgomery, AL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Hanford Dixon | RCB | December 25, 1958 | 5'11" | 186 | Southern Miss | Mobile, AL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 35 | Stacey Driver | RB | March 4, 1964 | 5'7" | 190 | Clemson | Griffin, GA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Brian Dudley | DB | August 30, 1960 | 6'1" | 180 | Bethune-Cookman | Los Angeles, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 83 | Donnie Echols | TE | December 16, 1957 | 6'4" | 240 | Oklahoma St. | Dallas, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Ray Ellis | SS | April 27, 1959 | 6'1" | 192 | Ohio St. | Canton, OH USA | 12 | 10 |
| 39 | Major Everett | RB | January 4, 1960 | 5'10" | 215 | Mississippi Col. | New Hebron, MS USA | 4 | 3 |
| 74 | Paul Farren | LT | December 24, 1960 | 6'5" | 272 | Boston Univ. | Weymouth, MA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 69 | Dan Fike | RG | June 16, 1961 | 6'7" | 280 | Florida | Mobile, AL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 28 | Herman Fontenot | RB | September 12, 1963 | 6'0" | 206 | LSU | St. Elizabeth, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Brian Franco | K | December 3, 1959 | 5'8" | 165 | Penn St. | Annapolis, MD USA | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Bob Golic | NT | October 26, 1957 | 6'2" | 264 | Notre Dame | Cleveland, OH USA | 12 | 12 |
| 7 | Jeff Gossett | P | January 25, 1957 | 6'2" | 200 | East. Illinois | Charleston, IL USA | 5 | 0 |
| 52 | David Grayson | ROLB | February 27, 1964 | 6'2" | 230 | Cal Poly-Pomona | San Diego, CA USA | 11 | 5 |
| 53 | Anthony Griggs | LB | February 12, 1960 | 6'3" | 227 | Villanova | Lawton, OK USA | 12 | 2 |
| 27 | Al Gross | FS | January 4, 1961 | 6'3" | 191 | Arizona | Stockton, CA USA | 6 | 5 |
| 94 | Rusty Guilbeau | LB-DE | November 20, 1958 | 6'4" | 242 | McNeese St. | Opelousas, LA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Carl Hairston | RDE | December 15, 1952 | 6'3" | 260 | Md-Eastern Shore | Martinsville, VA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 65 | Darryl Haley | T | February 16, 1961 | 6'4" | 269 | Utah | Los Angeles, CA USA | 9 | 1 |
| 58 | Cliff Hanneman | LB | October 21, 1964 | 6'2" | 235 | Fresno St. | Duarte, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Mark Harper | DB | November 5, 1961 | 5'9" | 174 | Alcorn St. | Memphis, TN USA | 12 | 0 |
| 48 | D.D. Hoggard | DB | May 20, 1961 | 6'0" | 188 | North Carolina St. | Ahoskie, NC USA | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Alvin Horn | DB | March 7, 1965 | 5'11" | 185 | UNLV | Hanford, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 35 | Enis Jackson | DB | May 16, 1963 | 5'9" | 180 | Memphis | Helena, AR USA | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Jeff Jaeger | K | November 26, 1964 | 5'11" | 190 | Washington | Tacoma, WA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 51 | Eddie Johnson | LILB | February 3, 1959 | 6'1" | 220 | Louisville | Albany, GA USA | 12 | 11 |
| 11 | Lee Johnson | P | November 27, 1961 | 6'2" | 200 | BYU | Dallas, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 59 | Mike Johnson | RILB | November 26, 1962 | 6'1" | 230 | Virginia Tech | Southport, NC USA | 11 | 10 |
| 95 | Marlon Jones | DE-DT | July 1, 1964 | 6'4" | 263 | Central State (OH) | Baltimore, MD USA | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Kirk Jones | RB | January 5, 1965 | 5'10" | 210 | UNLV | Long Beach, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Mike Junkin | LB | November 21, 1964 | 6'3" | 241 | Duke | North Little Rock, AR USA | 4 | 0 |
| 62 | Mike Katolin | C | January 30, 1958 | 6'3" | 255 | San Jose St. | Pasadena, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 80 | Chris Kelley | TE | November 13, 1964 | 6'4" | 240 | Akron | Lorain, OH USA | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Perry Kemp | WR | December 31, 1961 | 5'11" | 170 | California (PA) | Canonsburg, PA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Bernie Kosar | QB | November 25, 1963 | 6'5" | 210 | Miami (FL) | Boardman, OH USA | 12 | 12 |
| 97 | Mike Kovaleski | LB | January 30, 1965 | 6'2" | 225 | Notre Dame | Union City, NJ USA | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Mark Krerowicz | G | March 1, 1963 | 6'3" | 285 | Ohio St. | Toledo, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
| 88 | Reggie Langhorne | WR | April 7, 1963 | 6'2" | 200 | Elizabeth City St. | Suffolk, VA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | Goran Lingmerth | K | November 11, 1964 | 5'8" | 160 | Northern Arizona | Nassjo, Sweden | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Kevin Mack | FB | August 9, 1962 | 6'0" | 224 | Clemson | Kings Mountain, NC USA | 12 | 12 |
| 42 | Tim Manoa | RB | September 9, 1964 | 6'1" | 227 | Penn St. | , Tonga | 12 | 0 |
| 42 | Larry Mason | RB | March 21, 1961 | 5'11" | 205 | Southern Miss | Birmingham, AL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 57 | Clay Matthews | ROLB | March 15, 1956 | 6'2" | 245 | USC | Palo Alto, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Gerald McNeil | PR | March 27, 1962 | 5'7" | 145 | Baylor | Frankfurt, Germany | 12 | 0 |
| 52 | Nick Miller | LB | October 26, 1963 | 6'2" | 238 | Arkansas | Brunswick, ME USA | 9 | 1 |
| 31 | Frank Minnifield | LCB | January 1, 1960 | 5'9" | 180 | Louisville | Lexington, KY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 98 | Aaron Moog | DE | February 3, 1962 | 6'4" | 260 | UNLV | Loma Linda, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 57 | Steve Nave | LB | August 29, 1963 | 6'2" | 250 | Kansas | Nowata, OK USA | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | Ozzie Newsome | TE | March 16, 1956 | 6'2" | 232 | Alabama | Muscle Shoals, AL USA | 13 | 13 |
| 10 | Mike Pagel | QB | September 13, 1960 | 6'2" | 206 | Arizona St. | Douglas, AZ USA | 4 | 0 |
| 54 | Jerry Parker | LB | September 13, 1964 | 6'0" | 227 | Central State (OH) | 2 | 0 | |
| 28 | Steve Pierce | WR | December 12, 1963 | 5'10" | 190 | Illinois | San Diego, CA | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | Tom Polley | LB | February 17, 1962 | 6'3" | 246 | UNLV | Minneapolis, MN USA | 2 | 2 |
| 72 | Dave Puzzuoli | NT | January 12, 1961 | 6'3" | 260 | Pittsburgh | Greenwich, CT USA | 12 | 1 |
| 73 | Gregg Rakoczy | C-G-T | May 18, 1965 | 6'6" | 290 | Miami (FL) | Medford Lakes, NJ USA | 12 | 0 |
| 63 | Cody Risien | RT | March 22, 1957 | 6'7" | 269 | Texas A&M | Bryan, TX USA | 13 | 13 |
| 23 | DeJuan Robinson | DB | June 3, 1965 | 5'10" | 185 | Northern Arizona | Selma, AL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 30 | Billy Robinson | DB | February 13, 1963 | 6'1" | 200 | Arizona St. | Wichita, KS USA | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Chris Rockins | DB | May 18, 1962 | 6'0" | 195 | Oklahoma St. | Sherman, TX USA | 12 | 1 |
| 79 | Mike Rusinek | NT | May 1, 1963 | 6'3" | 250 | California | Phoenix, AZ USA | 3 | 3 |
| 50 | Lucius Sanford | LOLB | February 14, 1956 | 6'2" | 216 | Georgia Tech | Milledgeville, GA USA | 11 | 8 |
| 91 | Darryl Sims | DE | July 23, 1961 | 6'3" | 278 | Wisconsin | Winston-Salem, NC USA | 10 | 4 |
| 84 | Webster Slaughter | WR | October 19, 1964 | 6'1" | 175 | San Diego St. | Stockton, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 66 | Dave Sparenberg | G | May 28, 1959 | 6'3" | 257 | West. Ontario | Talbotville, ON Canada | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | George Swarn | RB | February 15, 1964 | 5'10" | 205 | Miami (OH) | Cincinnati, OH USA | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Mike Teifke | C | December 29, 1963 | 6'4" | 255 | Akron | 3 | 0 | |
| 81 | Derek Tennell | TE | February 12, 1964 | 6'5" | 245 | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA USA | 11 | 2 |
| 84 | Keith Tinsley | WR | March 31, 1965 | 5'9" | 184 | Pittsburgh | Detroit, MI USA | 3 | 1 |
| 87 | Travis Tucker | TE | September 19, 1963 | 6'3" | 234 | Southern Connecticut St. | Brooklyn, NY USA | 4 | 0 |
| 71 | Ralph Van Dyke | T | January 19, 1964 | 6'6" | 273 | Southern Illinois | Chicago Heights, IL USA | 2 | 2 |
| 85 | David Verser | WR | March 1, 1958 | 6'1" | 200 | Kansas | Kansas City, KS USA | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Dale Walters | P | June 21, 1961 | 6'0" | 200 | Rice | Dighton, KS USA | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | Louis Watson | WR | January 11, 1963 | 5'11" | 175 | Miss. Valley St. | Mobile, AL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Remi Watson | WR | August 8, 1964 | 6'0" | 174 | South Carolina St. | Plant City, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Clarence Weathers | WR | January 10, 1962 | 5'9" | 170 | Delaware St. | Green Pond, SC USA | 12 | 0 |
| 70 | Larry Williams | LG | July 3, 1963 | 6'5" | 292 | Notre Dame | Orange, CA USA | 12 | 8 |
| 41 | Troy Wilson | DB | September 19, 1965 | 5'10" | 170 | Notre Dame | San Antonio, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 64 | Blake Wingle | G | April 17, 1960 | 6'2" | 267 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | Pottsville, CA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | George Winslow | P | July 28, 1963 | 6'4" | 205 | Wisconsin | Philadelphia, PA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 64 | Frank Winters | C-G | January 23, 1964 | 6'3" | 291 | West. Illinois | Hoboken, NJ USA | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | Felix Wright | FS | June 22, 1959 | 6'2" | 190 | Drake | Carthage, MO USA | 12 | 7 |
| 83 | Glen Young | KR | October 11, 1960 | 6'2" | 205 | Mississippi St. | Greenwood, MS USA | 10 | 0 |
