1987 Philadelphia Eagles Roster
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 StatisticsTeam 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 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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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | David Alexander | C-G-T | July 28, 1964 | 6'3" | 275 | Tulsa | Silver Spring, MD USA | 12 | 0 |
| 58 | Ty Allert | LB | July 23, 1963 | 6'2" | 233 | Texas | Rosenberg, TX USA | 7 | 0 |
| 69 | Jim Angelo | G | August 23, 1963 | 6'3" | 275 | Indiana (PA) | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | Jim Auer | DE | January 4, 1962 | 6'7" | 275 | Georgia | Philadelphia, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | Marvin Ayers | DE | September 12, 1963 | 6'5" | 265 | SMU | Dallas, TX USA | 2 | 1 |
| 87 | Eric Bailey | TE | May 12, 1963 | 6'5" | 240 | Kansas St. | Fort Worth, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 63 | Ron Baker | RG | November 19, 1954 | 6'4" | 260 | Oklahoma St. | Gary, IN USA | 10 | 10 |
| 52 | Matt Battaglia | LB | September 25, 1965 | 6'2" | 225 | Louisville | Tallahassee, FL USA | 3 | 2 |
| 39 | Vic Bellamy | DB | June 1, 1963 | 6'1" | 195 | Syracuse | Philadelphia, PA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 85 | Jesse Bendross | WR | July 19, 1962 | 6'0" | 196 | Alabama | Hollywood, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 65 | Gary Bolden | DT | February 13, 1962 | 6'1" | 275 | SW Oklahoma St. | Clinton, OK USA | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Kevin Bowman | WR | February 23, 1962 | 6'3" | 205 | Colorado | Sacramento, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 59 | Carlos Bradley | LB | April 27, 1960 | 6'0" | 224 | Wake Forest | Philadelphia, PA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | Cedrick Brown | DB | September 6, 1964 | 5'10" | 178 | Washington St. | Compton, CA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 56 | Dave Brown | LB | January 17, 1964 | 6'2" | 215 | Miami (OH) | Dayton, OH USA | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Jerome Brown | RDT | February 4, 1965 | 6'2" | 292 | Miami (FL) | Brooksville, FL USA | 12 | 8 |
| 41 | Keith Byars | RB | October 14, 1963 | 6'1" | 245 | Ohio St. | Dayton, OH USA | 10 | 8 |
| 80 | Cris Carter | WR | November 25, 1965 | 6'3" | 202 | Ohio St. | Troy, OH USA | 9 | 0 |
| 49 | Thomas Caterbone | DB | June 29, 1964 | 5'8" | 175 | Franklin & Marshall | Lancaster, PA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Matt Cavanaugh | QB | October 27, 1956 | 6'2" | 212 | Pittsburgh | Youngstown, OH USA | 3 | 0 |
| 71 | Ken Clarke | LDT | August 28, 1956 | 6'2" | 268 | Syracuse | Savannah, GA USA | 11 | 10 |
| 27 | Topper Clemons | RB | September 16, 1963 | 5'11" | 205 | Wake Forest | Riverside, NJ USA | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | Garry Cobb | RLB | March 16, 1957 | 6'2" | 227 | USC | Carthage, NC USA | 12 | 7 |
| 91 | Ray Conlin | DT | June 7, 1962 | 6'2" | 258 | Ohio St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Joe Conwell | RT | February 24, 1961 | 6'5" | 280 | North Carolina | Philadelphia, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 21 | Evan Cooper | DB | June 25, 1962 | 5'11" | 185 | Michigan | Miami, FL USA | 12 | 1 |
| 45 | Charles Crawford | RB | March 8, 1964 | 6'2" | 235 | Oklahoma St. | Bristow, OK USA | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | George Cumby | LB | July 5, 1956 | 6'0" | 220 | Oklahoma | Gorman, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Randall Cunningham | QB | March 27, 1963 | 6'4" | 212 | UNLV | Santa Barbara, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 78 | Matt Darwin | LT | March 11, 1963 | 6'4" | 268 | Texas A&M | Houston, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 93 | Jon Dumbauld | DE | February 14, 1963 | 6'4" | 259 | Kentucky | Anaheim, CA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 56 | Byron Evans | LB | February 23, 1964 | 6'2" | 235 | Arizona | Phoenix, AZ USA | 12 | 3 |
| 84 | Ron Fazio | TE | June 5, 1962 | 6'4" | 242 | Maryland | Meadowbrook, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Gerry Feehery | C | March 9, 1960 | 6'2" | 268 | Syracuse | Philadelphia, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 29 | Elbert Foules | RCB | July 4, 1961 | 5'11" | 185 | Alcorn St. | Greenville, MS USA | 9 | 8 |
| 33 | William Frizzell | RCB | September 8, 1962 | 6'3" | 203 | North Carolina Central | Greenville, NC USA | 12 | 5 |
| 86 | Gregg Garrity | WR | November 24, 1960 | 5'10" | 171 | Penn St. | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 38 | Russell Gary | DB | July 31, 1959 | 5'11" | 195 | Nebraska | Minneapolis, MN USA | 12 | 0 |
| 46 | Chris Gerhard | DB | July 6, 1964 | 5'10" | 185 | East Stroudsburg | Allentown, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 83 | Jimmie Giles | TE | November 8, 1954 | 6'3" | 239 | Alcorn St. | Natchez, MS USA | 8 | 0 |
| 90 | Mike Golic | DT-NT-DE | December 12, 1962 | 6'5" | 274 | Notre Dame | Willowick, OH USA | 6 | 0 |
| 51 | Chuck Gorecki | LB | April 7, 1964 | 6'4" | 237 | Boston Col. | Bryn Mawr, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 81 | Otis Grant | WR | August 13, 1961 | 6'3" | 197 | Michigan St. | Atlanta, GA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 45 | Jeff Griffin | DB | July 19, 1958 | 6'0" | 185 | Utah | Carson, CA USA | 2 | 2 |
| 98 | Elois Grooms | DE | May 20, 1953 | 6'4" | 249 | Tennessee Tech | Tompkinsville, KY USA | 3 | 3 |
| 26 | Michael Haddix | RB | December 27, 1961 | 6'2" | 225 | Mississippi St. | Tippah County, MS USA | 12 | 4 |
| 99 | Skip Hamilton | DT | May 14, 1959 | 6'2" | 265 | North Carolina St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Greg Harding | DB | July 31, 1960 | 6'2" | 197 | Nicholls St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Terry Hoage | FS | April 11, 1962 | 6'2" | 201 | Georgia | Ames, IA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 14 | Marty Horn | QB | March 27, 1963 | 6'2" | 205 | Lehigh | Orange, NJ USA | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Kenny Jackson | WR | February 15, 1962 | 6'0" | 180 | Penn St. | Neptune, NJ USA | 12 | 12 |
| 4 | Dave Jacobs | K | July 1, 1957 | 5'7" | 151 | Syracuse | Scranton, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | Angelo James | DB | June 13, 1962 | 6'0" | 180 | Sacramento St. | Mobile, AL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 53 | Dwayne Jiles | RLB | November 23, 1961 | 6'4" | 242 | Texas Tech | Linden, TX USA | 9 | 5 |
| 54 | Alonzo Johnson | LB | April 4, 1963 | 6'3" | 222 | Florida | Panama City, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Chris Johnson | DB | December 3, 1960 | 6'4" | 225 | Millersville | Miami, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Ron Johnson | WR | September 21, 1958 | 6'3" | 190 | Long Beach St. | Monterey, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 59 | Seth Joyner | LLB | November 18, 1964 | 6'2" | 241 | Texas-El Paso | Spring Valley, NY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 54 | Kelly Kirchbaum | LB | June 14, 1957 | 6'2" | 240 | Kentucky | Fort Knox, KY USA | 3 | 0 |
| 97 | John Klingel | DE | December 21, 1963 | 6'3" | 267 | East. Kentucky | Marion, OH USA | 5 | 0 |
| 35 | Mike Kullman | DB | January 22, 1962 | 6'1" | 185 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | Frankfurt, Germany | 3 | 1 |
| 65 | Bob Landsee | C | March 21, 1964 | 6'4" | 273 | Wisconsin | Iron Mountain, MI USA | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Robert Lavette | RB | September 8, 1963 | 5'11" | 190 | Georgia Tech | Cartersville, GA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Byron Lee | LB | September 8, 1964 | 6'2" | 230 | Ohio St. | Columbus, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
| 75 | Scott Leggett | G | September 2, 1962 | 6'3" | 285 | Oklahoma | Muskogee, OK USA | 2 | 2 |
| 99 | Greg Liter | DE | December 31, 1963 | 6'6" | 275 | Iowa St. | Wausau, WI USA | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Dave Little | TE | April 18, 1961 | 6'2" | 233 | Middle Tenn. St. | Selma, CA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 61 | Matt Long | C | March 16, 1961 | 6'3" | 270 | San Diego St. | Glendale, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 84 | Mike McCloskey | TE | February 2, 1961 | 6'5" | 244 | Penn St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Paul McFadden | K | September 24, 1961 | 5'11" | 163 | Youngstown St. | Cleveland, OH USA | 12 | 0 |
| 94 | Dan McMillen | DE | February 23, 1964 | 6'4" | 240 | Colorado | Wiesbaden, Germany | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Guido Merkens | WR | August 14, 1955 | 6'1" | 200 | Sam Houston St. | San Antonio, TX USA | 3 | 1 |
| 90 | Randall Mitchell | NT | September 19, 1963 | 6'1" | 275 | Tenn-Chattanooga | Savannah, GA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 74 | Tim Mooney | DE | January 25, 1962 | 6'2" | 265 | Anderson (IN) | Evansville, IN USA | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Bobby Morse | KR | October 3, 1965 | 5'10" | 207 | Michigan St. | Muskegon, MI USA | 11 | 0 |
| 78 | Mike Nease | G | October 30, 1961 | 6'3" | 272 | Tenn-Chattanooga | Morristown, TN USA | 2 | 1 |
| 64 | Mike Perrino | T | March 2, 1964 | 6'5" | 285 | Notre Dame | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 93 | Ray Phillips | LB | July 24, 1964 | 6'3" | 243 | North Carolina St. | Mooresville, NC USA | 3 | 2 |
| 74 | Mike Pitts | RDT | September 25, 1960 | 6'5" | 277 | Alabama | Baltimore, MD USA | 12 | 6 |
| 82 | Mike Quick | WR | May 14, 1959 | 6'2" | 190 | North Carolina St. | Hamlet, NC USA | 12 | 12 |
| 66 | Ken Reeves | T-G | October 4, 1961 | 6'5" | 270 | Texas A&M | Pittsburg, TX USA | 10 | 0 |
| 55 | Mike Reichenbach | MLB | September 14, 1961 | 6'2" | 235 | East Stroudsburg | Fort Meade, MD USA | 16 | 9 |
| 24 | Alan Reid | RB | September 6, 1960 | 5'8" | 190 | TCU | Wurzburg, Germany | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Jay Repko | TE | June 12, 1958 | 6'3" | 240 | Ursinus | Pottstown, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Jacque Robinson | FB | March 5, 1963 | 5'11" | 215 | Washington | Oakland, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 41 | Alvin Ross | RB | May 3, 1963 | 5'11" | 235 | Oklahoma | Chicago, IL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Mark Royals | P | June 22, 1965 | 6'5" | 225 | Chowan | Hampton, VA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | Paul Ryczek | C | June 25, 1952 | 6'2" | 230 | Virginia | Painesville, OH USA | 3 | 0 |
| 76 | Adam Schreiber | LG | February 20, 1962 | 6'4" | 290 | Texas | Galveston, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 95 | Jody Schulz | LB | August 17, 1960 | 6'3" | 235 | Chowan | Easton, MD USA | 7 | 0 |
| 86 | Mike Siano | WR | November 29, 1963 | 6'4" | 220 | Syracuse | Yeadon, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 96 | Clyde Simmons | RDE | August 4, 1964 | 6'5" | 292 | West. Carolina | Lanes, SC USA | 12 | 12 |
| 68 | Reggie Singletary | G-T-DT | January 17, 1964 | 6'3" | 279 | North Carolina St. | Whiteville, NC USA | 12 | 0 |
| 53 | Fred Smalls | LB | January 7, 1963 | 6'3" | 225 | West Virginia | Beaufort, SC USA | 3 | 3 |
| 88 | John Spagnola | TE | August 1, 1957 | 6'4" | 240 | Yale | Bethlehem, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 61 | Ben Tamburello | G | September 9, 1964 | 6'3" | 278 | Auburn | Birmingham, AL USA | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | Junior Tautalatasi | RB | March 24, 1963 | 5'10" | 207 | Washington St. | Oakland, CA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 10 | John Teltschik | P | March 8, 1964 | 6'2" | 212 | Texas | Floresville, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | Scott Tinsley | QB | November 14, 1959 | 6'2" | 195 | USC | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | Anthony Toney | FB | September 23, 1962 | 6'0" | 227 | Texas A&M | Salinas, CA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 23 | Willie Turral | RB | February 1, 1964 | 5'10" | 190 | New Mexico | Tallahassee, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Mike Ulmer | DB | December 28, 1954 | 6'0" | 196 | Doane | York, NE USA | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Reggie Van Brown | RB | March 12, 1960 | 5'11" | 211 | Oregon | Dendron, VA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 68 | Pete Walters | G | March 17, 1959 | 6'2" | 265 | West. Kentucky | Compton, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Andre Waters | SS | March 10, 1962 | 5'11" | 200 | Cheyney | Belle Glade, FL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Jeff Wenzel | T | October 21, 1963 | 6'7" | 270 | Tulane | New Orleans, LA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | Troy West | DB | August 26, 1961 | 6'1" | 205 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 92 | Reggie White | LDE | December 19, 1961 | 6'5" | 291 | Tennessee | Chattanooga, TN USA | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Brenard Wilson | DB | August 15, 1955 | 6'0" | 178 | Vanderbilt | Daytona Beach, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Roynell Young | LCB | December 1, 1957 | 6'1" | 181 | Alcorn St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 11 | 11 |
