Head coach Chuck Knox Home field Kingdome Division place 2nd AFC West | General manager Mike McCormack Record 9–6 | |
Playoff finish Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Oilers) 20–23 (OT) | ||
The 1987 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 12th season with the National Football League. After two seasons of missing the post season, the Seahawks returned to the playoffs.
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The 1987 season would be Kenny Easley's last due to a kidney failure caused from an aspirin overdose, which forced him into retirement. The Seahawks selected Brian Bosworth from the University of Oklahoma, who signed the biggest rookie contract in NFL history.
Preseason
Source: Seahawks Media GuidesRegular season
Divisional matchups have= the AFC West playing the NFC Central.
A 24-day players' strike reduced the 16-game season to 15. The games that were scheduled for the third week of the season were canceled, but the games for weeks 4–6 were played with replacement players. 85% of the veteran players did not cross picket lines during the strike, putting in question the integrity of the 1987 season results.
The teams fielded by NFL clubs bore little resemblance to those the fans had come to recognize through previous seasons. Fans tagged the replacement player teams with mock names like "Seattle Sea-scabs."
Postseason
Bold indicates division opponents. Source: 1987 NFL season resultsPostseason
Seattle entered the postseason as the #5 seed in the AFC.