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1987 Green Bay Packers season

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Record
  
5–9–1

Playoff finish
  
did not qualify

Start date
  
1987

Division place
  
3rd NFC Central

Head coach
  
Forrest Gregg

General manager
  
Tom Braatz

Home fields
  
Lambeau Field, Milwaukee County Stadium

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The 1987 Green Bay Packers season was their 68th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 5–9–1 record under coach Forrest Gregg, earning them 3rd-place finish in the NFC Central division.

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The 1987 NFL season was marked by a 24-day players strike, reducing the number of games from 16 games to 15. Three games of the Packers' season were played with replacement players, going 2–1.

The season ended with coach Forrest Gregg announcing he was leaving to fill the head coaching position at his alma mater, Southern Methodist University.

Schedule

* – Games played with replacement players

Hall of Famers

  • The following were inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in February 1987;
  • Chester Marcol, K, 1972–80
  • Deral Teteak, LB-G, 1952–56

    • References

    1987 Green Bay Packers season Wikipedia
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