1987 Washington Redskins Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 3-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Joe Gibbs (11-4)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

1987 Washington Redskins Roster
1987 Washington Redskins Results

The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 11 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.

Washington piled up points with 379 points, while the solid defense yielded 285. Jay Schroeder threw for 1,878 yards, and Doug Williams played quarterback, too. Gary Clark grabbed 56 passes for 1,066 yards. Kelvin Bryant was targeted regularly also.

George Rogers carried the ball for a team-best 613 yards for the Redskins.

Barry Wilburn intercepted 9 opponent throws. Charles Mann sacked opposing passers 9.5 times, part of an overall team total of 53 sacks.

Joe Gibbs coached the team. The 1987 Washington Redskins won the Super Bowl.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jay Schroeder	267	129	48.3	1878	7.0	12	4.5	10	3.7	84	17	149	71.0
Doug Williams	143	81	56.6	1156	8.1	11	7.7	5	3.5	62	7	53	94.0
Ed Rubbert	49	26	53.1	532	10.9	4	8.2	1	2.0	88	1	9	110.2
Tony Robinson	18	11	61.1	152	8.4	0	0.0	2	11.1	42	2	12	48.6
Kelvin Bryant	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	478	247	51.7	3718	7.8	27	5.6	18	3.8	88	27	223

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
George Rogers	163	613	3.8	29	6
Kelvin Bryant	77	406	5.3	28	1
Lionel Vital	80	346	4.3	22	2
Keith Griffin	62	242	3.9	13	0
Timmy Smith	29	126	4.3	15	0
Jay Schroeder	26	120	4.6	31	3
Art Monk	6	63	10.5	26	0
Wayne Wilson	18	55	3.1	11	2
Tim Jessie	10	37	3.7	14	1
Ed Rubbert	9	31	3.4	14	0
Ted Wilson	2	28	14.0	16	1
Clarence Verdin	1	14	14.0	14	0
Reggie Branch	4	9	2.2	3	1
Doug Williams	7	9	1.3	7	1
Walter Holman	2	7	3.5	5	0
Gary Clark	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tony Robinson	2	0	0.0	2	0
Ricky Sanders	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Totals	500	2102	4.2	31	18

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gary Clark	56	1066	19.0	84	7
Kelvin Bryant	43	490	11.4	39	5
Art Monk	38	483	12.7	62	6
Ricky Sanders	37	630	17.0	57	3
Anthony Allen	13	337	25.9	88	3
Clint Didier	13	178	13.7	25	1
Craig McEwen	12	164	13.7	42	0
Don Warren	7	43	6.1	9	0
Ted Wilson	5	112	22.4	64	1
George Rogers	4	23	5.8	8	0
Terry Orr	3	35	11.7	23	0
Keith Griffin	3	13	4.3	6	1
Clarence Verdin	2	62	31.0	55	0
Joe Caravello	2	29	14.5	22	0
Wayne Wilson	2	16	8.0	9	0
Glenn Dennison	2	8	4.0	5	0
Lionel Vital	1	13	13.0	13	0
Tim Jessie	1	8	8.0	8	0
Eric Yarber	1	5	5.0	5	0
Richard Johnson	1	5	5.0	5	0
Timmy Smith	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	247	3718	15.1	88	27

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Ali Haji-Sheikh	32	29	90.6	19	13	68.4	68
Obed Ariri	6	6	100.0	5	3	60.0	15
Steve Cox	3	3	100.0	2	1	50.0	6
Jess Atkinson	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	4
Brendan Toibin	4	4	100.0	2		0.0	4
Totals	46	43	93.5	29	18	62.1	97

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Steve Cox	63	2571	40.8	77
Jack Weil	14	482	34.4	51
Totals	77	3053	39.6	77

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eric Yarber	37	273	7.4	33
Derrick Shepard	6	146	24.3	73
Ted Wilson	8	143	17.9	40
Darrell Green	5	53	10.6	15
Totals	56	615	11.0	73

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Keith Griffin	25	478	19.1	54
Clarence Verdin	12	244	20.3	38
Ricky Sanders	4	118	29.5	39
Tim Jessie	4	73	18.2	24
Terry Orr	4	62	15.5	19
Reggie Branch	4	61	15.2	19
Wayne Wilson	2	32	16.0	18
Lionel Vital	2	31	15.5	18
Derrick Shepard	1	20	20.0	20
Ted Wilson	1	20	20.0	20
Totals	59	1139	19.3	54

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Barry Wilburn	9	135	15.0	100	1
Todd Bowles	4	24	6.0	24	0
Darrell Green	3	65	21.7	56	0
Alvin Walton	3	28	9.3	24	0
Monte Coleman	2	53	26.5	28	0
Michael Mitchell	1	17	17.0	17	0
Steve Gage	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	23	329	14.3	100	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Charles Mann	9.5
Dexter Manley	8.5
Steve Martin	5.0
Monte Coleman	4.0
Dave Butz	3.0
Alvin Walton	3.0
Dan Benish	2.0
Joe Cofer	2.0
Darryl Grant	2.0
Markus Koch	2.0
Mel Kaufman	2.0
Neal Olkewicz	2.0
Steve Thompson	1.0
Ted Karras	1.0
Steve Hamilton	1.0
Rich Milot	1.0
Henry Waechter	1.0
Bobby Curtis	1.0
Tony Sagnella	1.0
Carlton Rose	1.0
Totals	53.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Monte Coleman	107	107	0	0
Charles Mann	80	80	0		0	1	0	0	1
Barry Wilburn	67	67	0	0
Darrell Green	48	48	0	0	0	1	26	1	0
Kurt Gouveia	27	27	0
Brian Davis	5	5	0		0	1	11	0	0
Bobby Curtis					0	2	0	0	0
Kelvin Bryant					4	1	0		0
Wayne Wilson					1	1	0		0
Todd Bowles				0	0	1	0	0	0
Mark May					0	1	0	0	0
Steve Hamilton					0	1	0	0	0
Vernon Dean					0	1	0	0	0
Joe Caravello					0	1	0	0	0
Darryl Grant					0	1	0	0	0
Dan Benish					0	1	0	0	0
Dennis Woodberry					0	1	0	0	0
Rich Milot					0	1	0	0	0
Ed Rubbert					1	0	-2	0	0
Eric Yarber					1	0	0	0	0
Gary Clark					3	0	0		0
Lionel Vital					3	0	0		0
Jay Schroeder					5	0	0		0
Keith Griffin					3	0	0		0
Doug Williams					3	0	0		0
George Rogers					2	0	0		0
Totals	334	334	0	0	26	16	35	1	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Ali Haji-Sheikh									13	29	0			68
Gary Clark	0	7							0	0	0			42
Art Monk	0	6							0	0	0			36
Kelvin Bryant	1	5							0	0	0			36
George Rogers	6	0							0	0	0			36
Anthony Allen		3							0	0	0			18
Ricky Sanders	0	3		0					0	0	0			18
Jay Schroeder	3								0	0	0			18
Obed Ariri									3	6	0			15
Ted Wilson	1	1	0	0					0	0	0			12
Lionel Vital	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Wayne Wilson	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Steve Cox									1	3	0			6
Darrell Green			0			0	1		0	0	0			6
Clint Didier		1							0	0	0			6
Reggie Branch	1			0					0	0	0			6
Tim Jessie	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Doug Williams	1								0	0	0			6
Keith Griffin	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Barry Wilburn						1			0	0	0			6
Jess Atkinson									1	1	0			4
Brendan Toibin									0	4	0			4
Totals	18	27	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	43	0	0	0	379