1987 New England Patriots Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Raymond Berry (8-7)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1987 New England Patriots StatisticsTeam Record: 8-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Raymond Berry (8-7)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1987 New England Patriots Results
The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
New England scored 320 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 293. Steve Grogan passed for 1,183 yards. Tony Collins paced pass catchers, catching 44 passes, while Stanley Morgan accumulated 672 receiving yards.
Tony Collins rushed for a team-best 474 yards for the Patriots.
Fred Marion picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Andre Tippett topped pass rushers with 12.5 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 43 sacks.
Raymond Berry coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Julius Adams | DE-DT | April 26, 1948 | 6'3" | 270 | Texas Southern | Macon, GA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 91 | Rogers Alexander | LB | August 11, 1964 | 6'3" | 222 | Penn St. | Washington, DC USA | 3 | 2 |
| 78 | Bruce Armstrong | RT | September 7, 1965 | 6'4" | 295 | Louisville | Miami, FL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Ricky Atkinson | DB | August 28, 1965 | 6'0" | 175 | Southern Connecticut St. | Middletown, CT USA | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Greg Baty | TE | August 28, 1964 | 6'5" | 241 | Stanford | Hastings, MI USA | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | Frank Bianchini | RB | May 27, 1961 | 5'8" | 190 | Hofstra | East Islip, NY | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Mel Black | LB | February 2, 1962 | 6'2" | 228 | East. Illinois | New Haven, CT USA | 3 | 2 |
| 55 | Don Blackmon | LB | March 14, 1958 | 6'3" | 235 | Tulsa | Pompano Beach, FL USA | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Bob Bleier | QB | June 1, 1964 | 6'3" | 210 | Richmond | Rochester, NY USA | 3 | 2 |
| 28 | Jim Bowman | SS | October 26, 1963 | 6'2" | 210 | Central Michigan | Cadillac, MI USA | 12 | 8 |
| 58 | Pete Brock | C | July 14, 1954 | 6'5" | 267 | Colorado | Portland, OR USA | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Rich Camarillo | P | November 29, 1959 | 5'11" | 202 | Washington | Whittier, CA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 81 | Brian Carey | WR | November 6, 1963 | 6'0" | 200 | American Int. | Woburn, MA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Raymond Clayborn | RCB | January 2, 1955 | 6'0" | 186 | Texas | Fort Worth, TX USA | 10 | 10 |
| 43 | Duffy Cobbs | DB | January 17, 1964 | 5'11" | 178 | Penn St. | Bad Kreuznach, West Germany | 3 | 0 |
| 83 | Wayne Coffey | WR | May 30, 1964 | 5'7" | 158 | Texas St. | Rantoul, IL USA | 3 | 2 |
| 33 | Tony Collins | RB | May 27, 1959 | 5'11" | 208 | East Carolina | Sanford, FL USA | 13 | 11 |
| 63 | George Colton | G | July 28, 1963 | 6'4" | 279 | Maryland | Lindenhurst, NY USA | 3 | 3 |
| 93 | Rico Corsetti | LB | January 13, 1963 | 6'1" | 225 | Bates | Newton, MA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Elgin Davis | RB | October 23, 1965 | 5'10" | 192 | Central Florida | Jacksonville, FL USA | 4 | 0 |
| 87 | Lin Dawson | TE | June 24, 1959 | 6'3" | 240 | North Carolina St. | Norfolk, VA USA | 12 | 11 |
| 59 | Steve Doig | LB | March 28, 1960 | 6'2" | 240 | New Hampshire | Melrose, MA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Reggie Dupard | RB | October 30, 1963 | 5'11" | 206 | SMU | New Orleans, LA USA | 8 | 3 |
| 11 | Tony Eason | QB | October 8, 1959 | 6'4" | 212 | Illinois | Blythe, CA USA | 4 | 3 |
| 66 | Paul Fairchild | G | September 14, 1961 | 6'4" | 270 | Kansas | Carroll, IA USA | 11 | 2 |
| 62 | Sean Farrell | LG | May 25, 1960 | 6'3" | 260 | Penn St. | Southampton, NY USA | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Doug Flutie | QB | October 23, 1962 | 5'10" | 180 | Boston Col. | Manchester, MD USA | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | Todd Frain | TE | January 31, 1962 | 6'2" | 240 | Nebraska | Council Bluffs, IA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 49 | Russ Francis | TE | April 3, 1953 | 6'6" | 240 | Oregon | Seattle, WA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Tony Franklin | K | November 18, 1956 | 5'8" | 182 | Texas A&M | Big Spring, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Arnold Franklin | TE | December 16, 1963 | 6'3" | 246 | North Carolina | Cincinnati, OH USA | 3 | 0 |
| 80 | Irving Fryar | PR | September 28, 1962 | 6'0" | 200 | Nebraska | Mount Holly, NJ USA | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Dennis Gadbois | WR | September 18, 1963 | 6'1" | 183 | Boston Univ. | Biddeford, ME USA | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | Ernest Gibson | RCB | October 3, 1961 | 5'10" | 189 | Furman | Jacksonville, FL USA | 12 | 5 |
| 14 | Steve Grogan | QB | July 24, 1953 | 6'4" | 210 | Kansas St. | San Antonio, TX USA | 7 | 6 |
| 97 | John Guzik | NT | September 25, 1962 | 6'4" | 270 | Ohio | Cleveland, OH USA | 3 | 2 |
| 24 | Bruce Hansen | RB | September 18, 1961 | 6'1" | 225 | BYU | American Fork, UT USA | 6 | 2 |
| 28 | David Hendley | DB | June 29, 1964 | 6'0" | 188 | Southern Connecticut St. | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | Al Herline | K-P | September 16, 1964 | 6'0" | 168 | Vanderbilt | Monroe, LA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 97 | Milford Hodge | DE-NT | March 11, 1961 | 6'3" | 278 | Washington St. | Los Angeles, CA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 41 | Darryl Holmes | DB | September 6, 1964 | 6'2" | 190 | Fort Valley St. | Birmingham, AL USA | 15 | 3 |
| 32 | Craig James | RB | January 2, 1961 | 6'0" | 215 | SMU | Jacksonville, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Roland James | DB | February 18, 1958 | 6'2" | 191 | Tennessee | Xenia, OH USA | 9 | 4 |
| 83 | Cedric Jones | WR | June 1, 1960 | 6'1" | 184 | Duke | Norfolk, VA USA | 12 | 4 |
| 93 | Tim Jordan | LB | April 26, 1964 | 6'3" | 226 | Wisconsin | Madison, WI USA | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | Michael LeBlanc | RB | May 5, 1962 | 5'11" | 199 | S.F. Austin | Missouri City, TX USA | 4 | 2 |
| 80 | Larry Linne | WR | July 20, 1962 | 6'1" | 185 | Texas | Baltimore, MD USA | 3 | 3 |
| 42 | Ronnie Lippett | LCB | December 10, 1960 | 5'11" | 180 | Miami (FL) | Melbourne, FL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 96 | Dino Mangiero | NT-DE | December 19, 1958 | 6'2" | 265 | Rutgers | New York, NY USA | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Fred Marion | FS | January 2, 1959 | 6'2" | 192 | Miami (FL) | Gainesville, FL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Trevor Matich | C | October 9, 1961 | 6'4" | 277 | BYU | Sacramento, CA USA | 6 | 4 |
| 52 | Jerry McCabe | LB | January 25, 1965 | 6'1" | 225 | Holy Cross | Detroit, MI USA | 3 | 3 |
| 50 | Larry McGrew | RILB | July 23, 1957 | 6'5" | 233 | USC | Berkeley, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 55 | Joe McHale | LB | September 26, 1963 | 6'2" | 227 | Delaware | Passaic, NJ USA | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Chuck McSwain | RB | February 21, 1961 | 6'0" | 193 | Clemson | Rutherford, NC USA | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | Rod McSwain | DB | January 28, 1962 | 6'1" | 198 | Clemson | Caroleen, NC USA | 12 | 0 |
| 54 | Greg Moore | LB | March 28, 1965 | 6'1" | 240 | Tenn-Chattanooga | Cartersville, GA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 67 | Steve Moore | T | October 1, 1960 | 6'4" | 293 | Tennessee St. | Memphis, TN USA | 5 | 4 |
| 86 | Stanley Morgan | WR | February 17, 1955 | 5'11" | 181 | Tennessee | Easley, SC USA | 10 | 9 |
| 75 | Guy Morriss | C | May 13, 1951 | 6'4" | 255 | TCU | Colorado City, TX USA | 11 | 7 |
| 57 | Steve Nelson | LILB | April 26, 1951 | 6'2" | 230 | Augsburg | Farmington, MN USA | 11 | 11 |
| 34 | Bob Perryman | RB | October 16, 1964 | 6'1" | 233 | Michigan | Raleigh, NC USA | 9 | 1 |
| 45 | Joe Peterson | DB | August 15, 1964 | 5'10" | 185 | Nevada-Reno | San Francisco, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 48 | Clay Pickering | WR | June 2, 1961 | 6'5" | 215 | Maine | Jacksonville, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Art Plunkett | T | March 8, 1959 | 6'7" | 269 | UNLV | Chicago, IL USA | 7 | 1 |
| 65 | Tom Porell | NT | September 23, 1964 | 6'3" | 275 | Boston Col. | Cambridge, MA USA | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Gene Profit | DB | November 11, 1964 | 5'10" | 168 | Yale | Baton Rouge, LA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | Tom Ramsey | QB | July 9, 1961 | 6'1" | 189 | UCLA | Encino, CA USA | 9 | 3 |
| 71 | Ben Reed | DE | May 7, 1963 | 6'5" | 265 | Mississippi | Baton Rouge, LA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 52 | Johnny Rembert | LB | January 19, 1961 | 6'3" | 234 | Clemson | Hollandale, MS USA | 11 | 1 |
| 95 | Ed Reynolds | LB | September 23, 1961 | 6'5" | 238 | Virginia | Stuttgart, Germany | 12 | 1 |
| 61 | Greg Robinson | T | December 25, 1962 | 6'5" | 280 | Nevada-Reno | Sacramento, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 65 | Mike Ruth | NT | June 25, 1964 | 6'2" | 266 | Boston Col. | Norristown, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | Frank Sacco | LB | April 8, 1964 | 6'4" | 240 | Fordham | 2 | 0 | |
| 72 | Todd Sandham | G | December 3, 1963 | 6'3" | 255 | Northeastern | 2 | 0 | |
| 31 | Jon Sawyer | DB | April 6, 1964 | 5'9" | 175 | Cincinnati | Miami, FL | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Eric Schubert | K | May 28, 1962 | 5'8" | 185 | Pittsburgh | Abington, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Willie Scott | TE | February 13, 1959 | 6'4" | 245 | South Carolina | Newberry, SC USA | 9 | 1 |
| 59 | Randy Sealby | LB | May 16, 1960 | 6'2" | 230 | Missouri | Ann Arbor, MI USA | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | Ron Shegog | DB | March 2, 1963 | 5'11" | 190 | Austin Peay St. | Batesville, MS USA | 3 | 3 |
| 77 | Kenneth Sims | LDE | October 31, 1959 | 6'5" | 272 | Texas | Kosse, TX USA | 12 | 8 |
| 81 | Stephen Starring | KR | July 30, 1961 | 5'10" | 172 | McNeese St. | Baton Rouge, LA USA | 11 | 1 |
| 78 | Eric Stokes | C | January 13, 1962 | 6'4" | 255 | Northeastern | Derby, CT USA | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Mosi Tatupu | FB | April 26, 1955 | 6'0" | 227 | USC | Pago Pago, American Samoa | 12 | 9 |
| 56 | Andre Tippett | LOLB | December 27, 1959 | 6'3" | 240 | Iowa | Birmingham, AL USA | 13 | 13 |
| 74 | Bill Turner | G | March 5, 1960 | 6'4" | 245 | Boston Col. | 2 | 0 | |
| 64 | Darren Twombly | C | May 14, 1965 | 6'4" | 270 | Boston Col. | 1 | 1 | |
| 60 | Garin Veris | RDE | February 27, 1963 | 6'4" | 255 | Stanford | Chillicothe, OH USA | 12 | 12 |
| 73 | Danny Villa | LT | September 21, 1964 | 6'5" | 304 | Arizona St. | Nogales, AZ USA | 11 | 7 |
| 15 | Todd Whitten | QB | February 16, 1965 | 6'0" | 185 | S.F. Austin | Dallas, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | Murray Wichard | NT-DE | November 16, 1963 | 6'2" | 260 | Frostburg St. | 3 | 0 | |
| 99 | Steve Wilburn | DE | February 25, 1961 | 6'4" | 266 | Illinois St. | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 96 | Brent Williams | LDE | October 23, 1964 | 6'4" | 283 | Toledo | Flint, MI USA | 12 | 5 |
| 82 | Derwin Williams | WR | May 6, 1961 | 6'0" | 180 | New Mexico | Brownwood, TX USA | 10 | 0 |
| 54 | Ed Williams | ROLB | September 8, 1961 | 6'4" | 244 | Texas | Odessa, TX USA | 12 | 7 |
| 38 | Perry Williams | DB | April 12, 1964 | 6'1" | 200 | Clemson | Cartersville, GA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 90 | Toby Williams | NT | November 19, 1959 | 6'3" | 264 | Nebraska | Washington, DC USA | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | Carl Woods | RB | October 22, 1964 | 5'11" | 200 | Vanderbilt | Gallatin, TN USA | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | Ron Wooten | RG | June 28, 1959 | 6'4" | 274 | North Carolina | Bourne, MA USA | 13 | 13 |
