1987 New Orleans Saints Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 12-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Jim Mora (12-3)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1987 New Orleans Saints StatisticsTeam Record: 12-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Jim Mora (12-3)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1987 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 12 wins and 3 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
New Orleans moved the ball well, scoring 422 points, while the rigid defensive squad surrendered 283. Rueben Mayes carried the pigskin for a team-leading 917 yards for the Saints.
Bobby Hebert threw for 2,119 yards. Eric Martin topped pass catchers, grabbing 44 passes for 778 yards.
The larcenous defense created 48 turnovers, topping in the league. Dave Waymer and Reggie Sutton each seized 5 opponent throws. Pat Swilling led pass rushers with 10.5 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 47 sacks.
Jim Mora coached the team. The 1987 New Orleans Saints lost in the Wild Card.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Michael Adams | DB | April 5, 1964 | 5'9" | 195 | Arkansas St. | Shelby, MS USA | 7 | 3 |
| 30 | Vincent Alexander | RB | March 11, 1964 | 5'10" | 205 | Southern Miss | St. Tammany, LA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Morten Andersen | K | August 19, 1960 | 6'2" | 217 | Michigan St. | Copenhagen, Denmark | 12 | 0 |
| 96 | Sheldon Andrus | DT | October 5, 1962 | 6'2" | 271 | Nicholls St. | Lafayette, LA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | Gene Atkins | SS | November 22, 1964 | 5'11" | 201 | Florida A&M | Tallahassee, FL USA | 13 | 5 |
| 10 | Tommy Barnhardt | P | June 11, 1963 | 6'2" | 228 | East Carolina | Salisbury, NC USA | 3 | 0 |
| 83 | Cliff Benson | TE | August 28, 1961 | 6'4" | 238 | Purdue | Chicago, IL USA | 8 | 3 |
| 47 | Dwight Beverly | RB | December 5, 1961 | 5'11" | 205 | Illinois | Long Beach, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 95 | Robert Brannon | DE | March 26, 1961 | 6'7" | 245 | Kent St. | Charleston, SC USA | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Hoby Brenner | TE | June 2, 1959 | 6'4" | 240 | USC | Linwood, CA USA | 12 | 10 |
| 67 | Stan Brock | RT | June 8, 1958 | 6'6" | 295 | Colorado | Portland, OR USA | 12 | 12 |
| 59 | James Campen | C | June 11, 1964 | 6'3" | 269 | Tulane | Sacramento, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 75 | Bruce Clark | LDE | March 31, 1958 | 6'3" | 273 | Penn St. | New Castle, PA USA | 15 | 15 |
| 89 | Robert Clark | WR | August 6, 1965 | 5'11" | 175 | North Carolina Central | Brooklyn, NY USA | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Mike Cofer | K | February 19, 1964 | 6'1" | 195 | North Carolina St. | Columbia, SC USA | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | Chuck Commiskey | G | March 28, 1958 | 6'4" | 290 | Mississippi | Killeen, TX USA | 12 | 4 |
| 70 | Bill Contz | T | December 5, 1961 | 6'5" | 268 | Penn St. | Belle Vernon, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | Toi Cook | DB | December 3, 1964 | 5'11" | 188 | Stanford | Chicago, IL USA | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | Stacey Dawsey | WR | October 24, 1965 | 5'9" | 154 | Indiana | Bradenton, FL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 55 | Joe DeForest | LB | April 17, 1965 | 6'1" | 240 | La-Lafayette | Teaneck, NJ USA | 3 | 3 |
| 72 | Jim Dombrowski | LT | October 19, 1963 | 6'5" | 300 | Virginia | Williamsville, NY USA | 10 | 10 |
| 63 | Brad Edelman | LG | September 3, 1960 | 6'6" | 265 | Missouri | Jacksonville, FL USA | 11 | 9 |
| 99 | Tony Elliott | NT | April 23, 1959 | 6'2" | 282 | Wisconsin | New York, NY USA | 14 | 14 |
| 64 | Ted Elliott | NT | November 16, 1964 | 6'6" | 275 | Mankato St. | Inver Grove Heights, MN USA | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | John Fourcade | QB | October 11, 1960 | 6'1" | 208 | Mississippi | Gretna, LA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 53 | Keith Fourcade | LB | October 20, 1961 | 5'11" | 225 | Mississippi | Marrero, LA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 97 | Jumpy Geathers | DE-DT | June 26, 1960 | 6'7" | 290 | Wichita St. | Georgetown, SC USA | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Antonio Gibson | SS | July 5, 1962 | 6'3" | 206 | Cincinnati | Jackson, MS USA | 10 | 10 |
| 77 | Daren Gilbert | LT | October 3, 1963 | 6'6" | 285 | Cal State-Fullerton | San Diego, CA USA | 6 | 5 |
| 82 | Darren Gottschalk | TE | December 1, 1964 | 6'4" | 225 | California Lutheran | Merced, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Mel Gray | KR | March 16, 1961 | 5'9" | 167 | Purdue | Williamsburg, VA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 10 | Brian Hansen | P | October 26, 1960 | 6'4" | 215 | Sioux Falls | Hawarden, IA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 80 | Herbert Harris | WR | May 4, 1961 | 6'1" | 206 | Lamar | Houston, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | Vic Harrison | WR | February 9, 1961 | 5'9" | 184 | North Carolina | Henderson, NC USA | 3 | 0 |
| 92 | James Haynes | LB | August 9, 1960 | 6'2" | 230 | Miss. Valley St. | Tallulah, LA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | Bobby Hebert | QB | August 19, 1960 | 6'4" | 215 | NW State (LA) | Baton Rouge, LA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 61 | Joel Hilgenberg | C | July 10, 1962 | 6'3" | 250 | Iowa | Iowa City, IA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 87 | Lonzell Hill | WR | September 25, 1965 | 5'11" | 189 | Washington | Stockton, CA USA | 10 | 1 |
| 21 | Dalton Hilliard | RB | January 21, 1964 | 5'8" | 204 | LSU | Patterson, LA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 68 | Walt Housman | T-G | October 13, 1962 | 6'5" | 285 | Iowa | Marshall, MO USA | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Kevin Ingram | QB | April 26, 1962 | 6'0" | 178 | East Carolina | Philadelphia, PA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | Rickey Jackson | LOLB | March 20, 1958 | 6'2" | 243 | Pittsburgh | Pahokee, FL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Van Jakes | RCB | May 10, 1961 | 6'0" | 188 | Kent St. | Phenix City, AL USA | 12 | 10 |
| 50 | Phillip James | G | December 3, 1964 | 6'2" | 265 | Southern | Atlanta, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 43 | Garland Jean-Batiste | RB | April 2, 1965 | 6'0" | 208 | LSU | Lafayette, LA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | Nate Johnson | RB | October 25, 1963 | 6'2" | 224 | Texas Southern | Fort Worth, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Vaughan Johnson | RILB | March 24, 1962 | 6'3" | 235 | North Carolina St. | Morehead City, NC USA | 12 | 12 |
| 86 | Mike Jones | WR | April 14, 1960 | 5'11" | 181 | Tennessee St. | Chattanooga, TN USA | 12 | 7 |
| 23 | Buford Jordan | RB | June 26, 1962 | 6'0" | 223 | McNeese St. | Lafayette, IN USA | 12 | 4 |
| 71 | Ken Kaplan | T | January 12, 1960 | 6'4" | 270 | New Hampshire | Boston, MA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Florian Kempf | K | May 25, 1956 | 5'9" | 170 | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Shawn Knight | DE | June 4, 1964 | 6'6" | 290 | BYU | Provo, UT USA | 10 | 0 |
| 55 | Joe Kohlbrand | LB | March 18, 1963 | 6'4" | 242 | Miami (FL) | Merritt Island, FL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 60 | Steve Korte | C-G | January 15, 1960 | 6'3" | 265 | Arkansas | Denver, CO USA | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | Scott Leach | LB | September 18, 1963 | 6'2" | 221 | Ohio St. | Bridgeport, CT USA | 3 | 2 |
| 74 | Bill Leach | G-T | July 2, 1964 | 6'5" | 280 | Kentucky | Baltimore, MD USA | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Greg Loberg | G | December 7, 1961 | 6'4" | 264 | California | San Rafael, CA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | Milton Mack | DB | September 20, 1963 | 5'11" | 188 | Alcorn St. | Jackson, MS USA | 13 | 0 |
| 91 | Ken Marchiol | LB | August 27, 1965 | 6'2" | 248 | Adams St. | Las Vegas, NV USA | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | Eric Martin | WR | November 8, 1961 | 6'1" | 207 | LSU | Van Vleck, TX USA | 15 | 11 |
| 39 | Brett Maxie | FS | January 13, 1962 | 6'2" | 194 | Texas Southern | Dallas, TX USA | 12 | 10 |
| 36 | Rueben Mayes | RB | June 6, 1963 | 5'11" | 201 | Washington St. | North Battleford, SK Canada | 12 | 12 |
| 51 | Larry McCoy | LB | August 12, 1961 | 6'2" | 240 | Lamar | Madisonville, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 51 | Sam Mills | LILB | June 3, 1959 | 5'9" | 229 | Montclair St. | Neptune, NJ USA | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Ken O'Neal | TE | June 21, 1962 | 6'3" | 240 | Idaho St. | San Francisco, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | Mark Pattison | WR | December 13, 1961 | 6'2" | 190 | Washington | Seattle, WA USA | 9 | 4 |
| 25 | Johnnie Poe | DB | August 29, 1959 | 6'1" | 190 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 12 | 2 |
| 14 | Tim Riordan | QB | July 15, 1960 | 6'1" | 185 | Temple | New London, CT USA | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Jeff Rodenberger | RB | November 3, 1959 | 6'3" | 235 | Maryland | Quakertown, PA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 54 | Bill Roe | LB | February 6, 1958 | 6'3" | 233 | Colorado | South Bend, IN USA | 3 | 3 |
| 87 | Malcolm Scott | TE | July 10, 1961 | 6'4" | 243 | LSU | New Orleans, LA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Jon Sutton | DB | July 2, 1957 | 6'1" | 195 | New Mexico | New Orleans, LA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Reggie Sutton | DB | February 15, 1965 | 5'10" | 190 | Miami (FL) | Miami, FL USA | 11 | 3 |
| 56 | Pat Swilling | ROLB | October 25, 1964 | 6'3" | 245 | Georgia Tech | Toccoa, GA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 69 | Pat Swoopes | NT | March 4, 1964 | 6'4" | 280 | Mississippi St. | Florence, AL USA | 9 | 3 |
| 22 | Derrick Taylor | DB | March 15, 1964 | 5'11" | 186 | Davidson | St. Louis, MO USA | 3 | 3 |
| 85 | Curtland Thomas | WR | February 19, 1962 | 6'0" | 185 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Henry Thomas | G | February 12, 1964 | 6'2" | 275 | Texas St. | Richmond, TX USA | 3 | 2 |
| 89 | Joe Thomas | WR | March 25, 1963 | 5'11" | 175 | Miss. Valley St. | Lafayette, LA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Junior Thurman | DB | September 8, 1964 | 6'0" | 180 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 82 | John Tice | TE | June 22, 1960 | 6'5" | 242 | Maryland | Bay Shore, NY USA | 12 | 8 |
| 54 | Alvin Toles | LB | March 23, 1963 | 6'1" | 211 | Tennessee | Barnesville, GA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 32 | Darrel Toussaint | DB | October 3, 1958 | 6'0" | 175 | NW State (LA) | Chicago, IL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | Steve Trapilo | RG | September 20, 1964 | 6'5" | 290 | Boston Col. | Boston, MA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 83 | Dwight Walker | RB-WR | January 10, 1959 | 5'10" | 185 | Nicholls St. | Metairie, LA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | Frank Warren | DE-NT | September 14, 1959 | 6'4" | 285 | Auburn | Birmingham, AL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 88 | Mike Waters | TE-RB | March 15, 1962 | 6'2" | 228 | San Diego St. | San Diego, CA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 49 | Frank Wattelet | DB | October 25, 1958 | 6'0" | 185 | Kansas | Paola, KS USA | 2 | 2 |
| 44 | Dave Waymer | LCB | July 1, 1958 | 6'1" | 195 | Notre Dame | Brooklyn, NY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 56 | Ron Weissenhofer | LB | February 3, 1964 | 6'3" | 235 | Notre Dame | Chicago, IL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Jim Wilks | RDE | March 12, 1958 | 6'5" | 266 | California | Los Angeles, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 18 | Dave Wilson | QB | April 27, 1959 | 6'3" | 206 | Illinois | Anaheim, CA USA | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Scott Woerner | DB | December 18, 1958 | 6'0" | 190 | Georgia | Baytown, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Barry Word | RB | January 17, 1963 | 6'2" | 242 | Virginia | Long Island, VA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 93 | Kevin Young | DE | November 8, 1964 | 6'5" | 265 | Tulane | New Orleans, LA USA | 1 | 0 |
