1987 Pittsburgh Steelers Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (8-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1987 Pittsburgh Steelers StatisticsTeam Record: 8-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (8-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1987 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Steelers chalked up 285 points, and the defensive unit gave up 299. Earnest Jackson carried the ball for a team-best 696 yards for Pittsburgh, and Frank Pollard also contributed to the rushing attack.
Mark Malone threw for 1,896 yards. John Stallworth grabbed 41 passes for 521 yards.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 44 turnovers. Dwayne Woodruff intercepted 5 opponent throws. Mike Merriweather topped the defensive unit with 5.5 sacks.
Chuck Noll coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Walter Abercrombie | RB | September 26, 1959 | 6'0" | 210 | Baylor | Waco, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 81 | Lyneal Alston | WR | July 23, 1964 | 6'1" | 205 | Southern Miss | Mobile, AL USA | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Gary Anderson | K | July 16, 1959 | 5'11" | 193 | Syracuse | Parys, South Africa | 12 | 0 |
| 83 | Mel Anderson | WR | August 29, 1965 | 5'11" | 175 | Minnesota | 2 | 0 | |
| 90 | Steve Apke | LB | August 3, 1965 | 6'1" | 222 | Pittsburgh | Cincinnati, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
| 72 | Buddy Aydelette | LT | August 19, 1956 | 6'4" | 256 | Alabama | Mobile, AL USA | 12 | 5 |
| 54 | Craig Bingham | LB | September 26, 1959 | 6'2" | 218 | Syracuse | Kingston, Jamaica | 3 | 3 |
| 60 | Brian Blankenship | G | April 7, 1963 | 6'1" | 286 | Nebraska-Omaha | Omaha, NE USA | 13 | 3 |
| 15 | Steve Bono | QB | May 11, 1962 | 6'4" | 215 | UCLA | Norristown, PA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 65 | Jim Boyle | T | July 27, 1962 | 6'5" | 270 | Tulane | Cincinnati, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Bubby Brister | QB | August 15, 1962 | 6'3" | 205 | Tulane | Alexandria, LA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | Ralph Britt | TE | March 18, 1965 | 6'3" | 240 | North Carolina St. | Goldsboro, NC USA | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | John Bruno | P | September 10, 1964 | 6'2" | 190 | Penn St. | Jeannette, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 91 | Gregg Carr | LB | March 31, 1962 | 6'2" | 219 | Auburn | Birmingham, AL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 44 | Rodney Carter | RB | October 30, 1964 | 6'0" | 218 | Purdue | Elizabeth, NJ USA | 11 | 2 |
| 23 | Spark Clark | RB | May 22, 1965 | 5'7" | 182 | Akron | Jackson, MS USA | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | Jackie Cline | DE-NT | March 13, 1960 | 6'5" | 279 | Alabama | Kansas City, KS USA | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Joey Clinkscales | WR | May 21, 1964 | 6'0" | 199 | Tennessee | Asheville, NC USA | 7 | 3 |
| 56 | Robin Cole | RILB | September 11, 1955 | 6'2" | 220 | New Mexico | Los Angeles, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 7 | Reggie Collier | QB | May 14, 1961 | 6'3" | 207 | Southern Miss | Biloxi, MS USA | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | Tommy Dawkins | DE | May 8, 1965 | 6'3" | 260 | Appalachian St. | Lexington, NC USA | 2 | 2 |
| 61 | Charlie Dickey | G | December 31, 1962 | 6'3" | 270 | Arizona | Ottumwa, IA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Gary Dunn | NT | August 24, 1953 | 6'3" | 258 | Miami (FL) | Coral Gables, FL USA | 13 | 13 |
| 42 | Dave Edwards | DB | March 31, 1962 | 6'0" | 195 | Illinois | Senoia, GA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 27 | Thomas Everett | FS | November 21, 1964 | 5'9" | 190 | Baylor | Daingerfield, TX USA | 12 | 9 |
| 87 | Moses Ford | WR | February 19, 1964 | 6'2" | 220 | Fayetteville St. | Dillon, SC USA | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Lorenzo Freeman | NT-DT | May 23, 1964 | 6'5" | 300 | Pittsburgh | Camden, NJ USA | 6 | 0 |
| 92 | Keith Gary | RDE | September 14, 1959 | 6'3" | 263 | Ferrum | Bethesda, MD USA | 11 | 6 |
| 86 | Preston Gothard | TE | February 23, 1962 | 6'4" | 239 | Alabama | Montgomery, AL USA | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Cornell Gowdy | DB | October 2, 1963 | 6'1" | 196 | Morgan St. | Washington, DC USA | 13 | 3 |
| 33 | Larry Griffin | DB | January 11, 1963 | 6'0" | 197 | North Carolina | Chesapeake, VA USA | 7 | 3 |
| 85 | Russell Hairston | DB | February 10, 1964 | 6'3" | 208 | Kentucky | 3 | 2 | |
| 35 | Delton Hall | RCB | January 16, 1965 | 6'1" | 205 | Clemson | Greensboro, NC USA | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | Bryan Hinkle | ROLB | June 4, 1959 | 6'1" | 222 | Oregon | Long Beach, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 33 | Merril Hoge | RB | January 26, 1965 | 6'2" | 225 | Idaho St. | Pocatello, ID USA | 13 | 0 |
| 64 | Alan Huff | NT | October 20, 1963 | 6'4" | 265 | Marshall | East Liverpool, OH USA | 2 | 1 |
| 62 | Tunch Ilkin | RT | September 23, 1957 | 6'3" | 263 | Indiana St. | Istanbul, Turkey | 11 | 11 |
| 43 | Earnest Jackson | FB | December 18, 1959 | 5'9" | 213 | Texas A&M | Needville, TX USA | 12 | 9 |
| 78 | Tim Johnson | DT-DE | January 29, 1965 | 6'3" | 275 | Penn St. | Sarasota, FL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 47 | Bruce Jones | DB | December 26, 1962 | 6'1" | 197 | North Alabama | Courtland, AL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | Daryl Knox | LB | September 3, 1962 | 6'3" | 220 | UNLV | 3 | 0 | |
| 66 | Ben Lawrence | G | September 19, 1961 | 6'1" | 325 | Indiana (PA) | Sparta, WI USA | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Danzell Lee | TE | March 16, 1963 | 6'2" | 235 | Lamar | Corsicana, TX USA | 13 | 13 |
| 83 | Louis Lipps | WR | August 9, 1962 | 5'10" | 190 | Southern Miss | New Orleans, LA USA | 4 | 2 |
| 50 | David Little | LILB | January 3, 1959 | 6'1" | 232 | Florida | Miami, FL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Charles Lockett | WR | October 1, 1965 | 6'0" | 178 | Long Beach St. | Los Angeles, CA USA | 11 | 1 |
| 74 | Terry Long | RG | July 21, 1959 | 5'11" | 272 | East Carolina | Columbia, SC USA | 13 | 13 |
| 51 | John Lott | C-G | May 9, 1964 | 6'2" | 260 | North Texas | Denton, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Jeff Lucas | T | May 30, 1964 | 6'7" | 288 | West Virginia | Hackensack, NJ USA | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Mark Malone | QB | November 22, 1958 | 6'4" | 223 | Arizona St. | San Diego, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Mike Merriweather | LOLB | November 26, 1960 | 6'2" | 230 | Pacific | Albany, NY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 37 | Kelvin Middleton | DB | September 8, 1961 | 6'0" | 186 | Wichita St. | Macon, GA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | Michael Minter | NT | August 13, 1965 | 6'3" | 275 | North Texas | Mount Pleasant, TX USA | 3 | 2 |
| 64 | Edmund Nelson | RDE | April 30, 1960 | 6'3" | 272 | Auburn | Live Oak, FL USA | 10 | 8 |
| 18 | Harry Newsome | P | January 25, 1963 | 6'0" | 192 | Wake Forest | Cheraw, SC USA | 12 | 0 |
| 54 | Hardy Nickerson | LB | September 1, 1965 | 6'2" | 230 | California | Compton, CA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 69 | Dave Opfar | NT | January 16, 1960 | 6'4" | 270 | Penn St. | McKeesport, PA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 51 | Paul Oswald | C-G | April 9, 1964 | 6'3" | 273 | Kansas | Topeka, KS USA | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Ted Petersen | T | February 7, 1955 | 6'5" | 244 | East. Illinois | Kankakee, IL USA | 2 | 2 |
| 65 | Ray Pinney | LT | June 29, 1954 | 6'4" | 251 | Washington | Seattle, WA USA | 12 | 6 |
| 30 | Frank Pollard | FB | June 15, 1957 | 5'10" | 218 | Baylor | Clifton, TX USA | 12 | 7 |
| 76 | Jerry Quick | T | December 30, 1963 | 6'5" | 279 | Kansas | Anthony, KS USA | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Dan Reeder | RB | March 18, 1961 | 5'11" | 235 | Boston Col. | Shamokin, PA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Rock Richmond | DB | January 7, 1958 | 5'10" | 180 | Oregon | Los Angeles, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | John Rienstra | G | March 22, 1963 | 6'5" | 273 | Temple | Grand Rapids, MI USA | 12 | 2 |
| 99 | Avon Riley | LB | February 10, 1958 | 6'3" | 230 | UCLA | Savannah, GA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | Cameron Riley | DB | May 13, 1964 | 6'1" | 195 | Missouri | Metroplois, IL USA | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Lupe Sanchez | DB | October 28, 1961 | 5'10" | 192 | UCLA | Tulare, CA USA | 12 | 3 |
| 45 | Chuck Sanders | RB | April 24, 1964 | 6'1" | 233 | Slippery Rock | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 41 | Chris Sheffield | DB | January 9, 1963 | 6'1" | 193 | Albany State (GA) | Cairo, GA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | Donnie Shell | SS | August 26, 1952 | 5'11" | 190 | South Carolina St. | Whitmire, SC USA | 13 | 13 |
| 95 | Bret Shugarts | DE | February 17, 1960 | 6'2" | 250 | Lock Haven | Du Bois, PA USA | 2 | 1 |
| 82 | John Stallworth | WR | July 15, 1952 | 6'2" | 191 | Alabama A&M | Tuscaloosa, AL USA | 12 | 11 |
| 20 | Dwight Stone | KR | January 28, 1964 | 6'0" | 191 | Middle Tenn. St. | Florala, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 56 | Tyronne Stowe | LB | May 30, 1965 | 6'2" | 250 | Rutgers | Passaic, NJ USA | 13 | 3 |
| 85 | Calvin Sweeney | WR | January 12, 1955 | 6'2" | 190 | California-Riverside | Riverside, CA USA | 9 | 6 |
| 87 | Weegie Thompson | WR | March 21, 1961 | 6'6" | 212 | Florida St. | Pensacola, FL USA | 12 | 3 |
| 5 | David Trout | K | November 12, 1957 | 5'6" | 165 | Pittsburgh | Mount Pleasant, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Anthony Tuggle | DB | September 13, 1963 | 6'1" | 211 | Southern | Baton Rouge, LA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | Xavier Warren | DE | August 12, 1964 | 6'1" | 250 | Tulsa | Cleburne, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | Robert Washington | T | April 2, 1963 | 6'4" | 251 | Alcorn St. | 3 | 0 | |
| 52 | Mike Webster | C | March 18, 1952 | 6'1" | 255 | Wisconsin | Tomahawk, WI USA | 15 | 15 |
| 94 | Bert Williams | LB | September 7, 1964 | 6'3" | 229 | Texas-El Paso | San Antonio, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 98 | Gerald Williams | NT | September 8, 1963 | 6'3" | 290 | Auburn | Waycross, GA USA | 9 | 1 |
| 97 | Joe Williams | LB | March 5, 1965 | 6'4" | 237 | Grambling St. | Baton Rouge, LA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Ray Williams | DB | November 9, 1965 | 5'11" | 180 | Rhode Island | Providence, RI USA | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | Keith Willis | LDE | July 29, 1959 | 6'1" | 260 | Northeastern | Newark, NJ USA | 11 | 10 |
| 73 | Craig Wolfley | LG | May 19, 1958 | 6'1" | 265 | Syracuse | Buffalo, NY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 55 | Ken Woodard | LB | January 22, 1960 | 6'1" | 218 | Tuskegee | Detroit, MI USA | 7 | 0 |
| 49 | Dwayne Woodruff | LCB | February 18, 1957 | 5'11" | 198 | Louisville | Bowling Green, KY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 26 | Rod Woodson | PR | March 10, 1965 | 5'11" | 205 | Purdue | Fort Wayne, IN USA | 8 | 0 |
| 80 | Theo Young | TE | April 25, 1965 | 6'2" | 237 | Arkansas | Newport, AR USA | 12 | 1 |
