By Zane Miller

On Sunday, January 31st, 1988, the Washington Redskins (now Washington Football Team) defeated the Denver Broncos 42-10 in Super Bowl XXII to win the 68th championship in NFL history. It was the fourth championship for the Washington FT franchise as Redskins quarterback Doug Williams won the Super Bowl MVP Award. The game was held at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego.

The regular season schedule was shortened to 15 games per team after a players’ strike commenced after week two, while the teams utilized replacement players in weeks three through five after taking a week off to prepare the replacement players, before the regular players returned for week six.

Broncos quarterback John Elway won the 1987 MVP Award with 19 passing touchdowns and 3198 passing yards, while Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Reggie White won the 1987 Defensive Player of the Year Award with 21 sacks and four forced fumbles.

Out of Playoffs: New England Patriots (8-7), Miami Dolphins (8-7), Pittsburgh Steelers (8-7), San Diego Chargers (8-7), St. Louis Cardinals (7-8), Dallas Cowboys (7-8), Philadelphia Eagles (7-8), Buffalo Bills (7-8), Los Angeles Rams (6-9), New York Jets (6-9), New York Giants (6-9), Green Bay Packers (5-9-1), Los Angeles Raiders (5-10), Detroit Lions (4-11), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-11), Cincinnati Bengals (4-11), Kansas City Chiefs (4-11), Atlanta Falcons (3-12),

Out in first round: New Orleans Saints (L 44-10 to Vikings), Seattle Seahawks (L 23-20 (OT) to Oilers)

Out in second round: San Francisco 49ers (L 36-24 to Vikings), Chicago Bears (L 21-17 to Redskins), Indianapolis Colts (L 38-21 to Browns), Houston Oilers (L 34-10 to Broncos)

Out in third round: Cleveland Browns (L 38-33 to Broncos), Minnesota Vikings (L 17-10 to Redskins)

Most passing touchdowns: #16 Joe Montana (49ers)- 31 TD

Most rushing touchdowns: #33 Charles White (Rams)- 11 TD & 1374 yds

Most receiving touchdowns: #80 Jerry Rice (49ers)- 22 TD

Most sacks: #92 Reggie White (Eagles)- 21 sacks

Most interceptions: #45 Barry Wilburn (Redskins)- 9 INT

Best field goal percentage (min. 12 attempts): #4 Dean Biasucci (Colts)- 24 for 27, 88.9%

Scoring Summary

Link to stats database: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1987/

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1987 NFL Season Recap

1987 NFL Season Recap

1987 NFL Season Recap