
1987 Indianapolis Colts Statistics
Team Record: 9-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Ron Meyer (9-6)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
1987 Indianapolis Colts Results
The Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 9 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Defensively, the Colts paced the circuit with just 238 points allowed. Indianapolis scored 300 points. Eric Dickerson carried the ball for a team-leading 1,011 yards.
Jack Trudeau threw for 1,587 yards, and Gary Hogeboom played quarterback, too. Bill Brooks topped the receiving corps, grabbing 51 passes for 722 yards. Matt Bouza contributed to the receiving game also.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 45 turnovers. Mike Prior picked off 6 opponent throws. Duane Bickett dropped opposing passers 8 times.
Ron Meyer coached the team. The 1987 Indianapolis Colts lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Trudeau | 229 | 128 | 55.9 | 1587 | 6.9 | 6 | 2.6 | 6 | 2.6 | 55 | 13 | 100 | 75.4 |
Gary Hogeboom | 168 | 99 | 58.9 | 1145 | 6.8 | 9 | 5.4 | 5 | 3.0 | 72 | 8 | 63 | 85.0 |
Blair Kiel | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 195 | 5.9 | 1 | 3.0 | 3 | 9.1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 41.9 |
Sean Salisbury | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 68 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 41.7 |
Terry Nugent | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 91.3 |
Totals | 447 | 255 | 57.0 | 3042 | 6.8 | 16 | 3.6 | 16 | 3.6 | 72 | 24 | 190 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Dickerson | 223 | 1011 | 4.5 | 53 | 5 |
Albert Bentley | 142 | 631 | 4.4 | 17 | 7 |
Chuck Banks | 50 | 245 | 4.9 | 35 | 0 |
Gordon Brown | 19 | 85 | 4.5 | 18 | 1 |
George Wonsley | 18 | 71 | 3.9 | 12 | 1 |
Chris McLemore | 17 | 58 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
Blair Kiel | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 16 | 0 |
Jack Trudeau | 15 | 7 | 0.5 | 9 | 0 |
Mel Carver | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
Gary Hogeboom | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Terry Nugent | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
Bill Brooks | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 497 | 2143 | 4.3 | 53 | 14 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Brooks | 51 | 722 | 14.2 | 52 | 3 |
Matt Bouza | 42 | 569 | 13.5 | 44 | 4 |
Albert Bentley | 34 | 447 | 13.1 | 72 | 2 |
Pat Beach | 28 | 239 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 |
Walter Murray | 20 | 339 | 17.0 | 43 | 3 |
Eric Dickerson | 13 | 133 | 10.2 | 28 | 0 |
James Noble | 10 | 78 | 7.8 | 18 | 2 |
Mark Boyer | 10 | 73 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
Tim Sherwin | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 32 | 1 |
Chuck Banks | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 18 | 0 |
Mark Bellini | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 19 | 0 |
George Wonsley | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 16 | 0 |
John Brandes | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
Tim Kearse | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 21 | 0 |
Greg Hawthorne | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 |
Joe Jones | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 1 |
Chris McLemore | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
Kelley Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Steve Bryant | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Ben Utt | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
Totals | 255 | 3042 | 11.9 | 72 | 16 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dean Biasucci | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 27 | 24 | 88.9 | 96 |
Steve Jordan | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 16 |
Totals | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 32 | 27 | 84.4 | 112 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rohn Stark | 61 | 2440 | 40.0 | 63 |
Blair Kiel | 12 | 440 | 36.7 | 50 |
Craig Colquitt | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 33 |
Totals | 75 | 2941 | 39.2 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Brooks | 22 | 136 | 6.2 | 17 | 0 |
Kelley Johnson | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
Willie Tullis | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 10 | 0 |
John Simmons | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
Dave Ahrens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 38 | 210 | 5.5 | 17 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albert Bentley | 22 | 500 | 22.7 | 45 | 0 |
Kenny Daniel | 10 | 225 | 22.5 | 29 | 0 |
Terry Wright | 10 | 187 | 18.7 | 27 | 0 |
Kelley Johnson | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 28 | 0 |
Mike Prior | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 22 | 0 |
James Noble | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 |
George Wonsley | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Jim Perryman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 55 | 1115 | 20.3 | 45 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Prior | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 38 | 0 |
Willie Tullis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Freddie Robinson | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 68 | 0 |
Eugene Daniel | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 |
Bryant Jones | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
Lee Davis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Johnie Cooks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Nesby Glasgow | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Perryman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Craig Curry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 20 | 212 | 10.6 | 68 | 0 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Duane Bickett | 8.0 | 0.0 | |
Donnell Thompson | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
Johnie Cooks | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Don Thorp | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Byron Darby | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Barry Krauss | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Jim Perryman | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Frank Mattiace | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Ed Grimsley | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Mike Prior | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Jerome Sally | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Jon Hand | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Brian Bulluck | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Bill Benjamin | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Terry Wright | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Bill Elko | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Jeff Leiding | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Ricky Chatman | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Nesby Glasgow | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 39.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duane Bickett | 113 | 113 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 2 | |
Mike Prior | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jon Hand | 67 | 67 | 0 | ||||||
Eugene Daniel | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Cliff Odom | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eric Dickerson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Albert Bentley | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jack Trudeau | 10 | 2 | -28 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ben Utt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Ahrens | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Barry Krauss | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Harvey Armstrong | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Orlando Lowry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Freddie Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Terry Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gary Hogeboom | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Chris Hinton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Merritts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Elko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Perryman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ed Grimsley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lee Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Benjamin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Donnell Thompson | 0 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Johnie Cooks | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Nesby Glasgow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
James Noble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Sean Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kenny Daniel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gordon Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Kelley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Matt Bouza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Chris McLemore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Brooks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
George Wonsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Chuck Banks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 287 | 287 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 38 | 44 | 1 | 3 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Dean Biasucci | 24 | 24 | 0 | 96 | ||||||||||
Albert Bentley | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
Eric Dickerson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Matt Bouza | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Bill Brooks | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Walter Murray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Steve Jordan | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
James Noble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Gordon Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Joe Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Donnell Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Tim Sherwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
George Wonsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Jeff Leiding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 300 |