1987 Miami Dolphins Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Don Shula (8-7)
Location: Miami, Florida
1987 Miami Dolphins StatisticsTeam Record: 8-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Don Shula (8-7)
Location: Miami, Florida
1987 Miami Dolphins Results
The Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
Miami scored 362 points, while the defensive squad yielded 335. Dan Marino directed the offense, passing for 3,245 yards. Troy Stradford paced all receivers, hauling in 48 passes, while Mark Clayton accumulated 776 receiving yards. Mark Duper was targeted regularly, too.
Troy Stradford ran for a team-best 619 yards for the Dolphins.
Glenn Blackwood and Paul Lankford each intercepted 3 errant tosses from the opposition. T.J. Turner topped pass rushers with 4 sacks.
Don Shula coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Clarence Bailey | RB | March 7, 1963 | 5'11" | 220 | Wesley | Milford, DE USA | 3 | 1 |
| 86 | Fred Banks | WR | May 26, 1962 | 5'10" | 177 | Chowan | Columbus, GA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 65 | Bill Bealles | T | June 11, 1963 | 6'7" | 290 | Northern Illinois | Steubenville, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Willie Beecher | K | April 14, 1963 | 5'10" | 170 | Utah St. | El Paso, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 93 | Charles Bennett | DE | February 9, 1963 | 6'5" | 257 | La-Lafayette | Alligator, MS USA | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | Woody Bennett | FB | March 24, 1955 | 6'2" | 227 | Miami (FL) | York, PA USA | 12 | 11 |
| 75 | Doug Betters | DE | June 11, 1956 | 6'7" | 262 | Montana | Lincoln, NE USA | 12 | 0 |
| 47 | Glenn Blackwood | SS | February 23, 1957 | 6'0" | 187 | Texas | San Antonio, TX USA | 10 | 10 |
| 97 | John Bosa | RDE | January 10, 1964 | 6'4" | 270 | Boston Col. | Keene, NH USA | 12 | 12 |
| 43 | Bud Brown | FS | April 19, 1961 | 6'0" | 194 | Southern Miss | DeKalb, MS USA | 9 | 7 |
| 51 | Mark Brown | ROLB | July 18, 1961 | 6'2" | 230 | Purdue | New Brunswick, NJ USA | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Tom Brown | RB | November 20, 1964 | 6'1" | 223 | Pittsburgh | Ridgway, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Bob Brudzinski | LOLB | January 1, 1955 | 6'4" | 230 | Ohio St. | Fremont, OH USA | 12 | 8 |
| 49 | Marvell Burgess | DB | October 7, 1965 | 6'3" | 195 | Henderson St. | Miami, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Mike Caterbone | WR | February 17, 1962 | 5'11" | 175 | Franklin & Marshall | Lancaster, PA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 92 | Laz Chavez | LB | December 20, 1963 | 6'0" | 220 | Iona | Port Chester, NY USA | 3 | 0 |
| 85 | Eddie Chavis | WR | July 12, 1963 | 6'0" | 182 | Montclair St. | Plainfield, NJ USA | 3 | 1 |
| 83 | Mark Clayton | WR | April 8, 1961 | 5'9" | 177 | Louisville | Indianapolis, IN USA | 12 | 12 |
| 61 | Greg Cleveland | NT | August 19, 1964 | 6'5" | 295 | Florida | Winter Park, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 98 | Jackie Cline | DE-NT | March 13, 1960 | 6'5" | 279 | Alabama | Kansas City, KS USA | 7 | 0 |
| 67 | Chris Conlin | G | June 7, 1965 | 6'4" | 290 | Penn St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Ron Davenport | RB | December 22, 1962 | 6'2" | 230 | Louisville | Summerset, Bermuda | 10 | 1 |
| 65 | Jeff Dellenbach | C | February 14, 1963 | 6'6" | 290 | Wisconsin | Wausau, WI USA | 11 | 6 |
| 74 | Mark Dennis | T | April 15, 1965 | 6'6" | 300 | Illinois | Junction City, KS USA | 5 | 2 |
| 89 | Leland Douglas | WR | September 23, 1963 | 6'0" | 179 | Baylor | Beaumont, TX USA | 3 | 2 |
| 85 | Mark Duper | WR | January 25, 1959 | 5'9" | 185 | NW State (LA) | Pineville, LA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 86 | George Farmer | WR | December 5, 1958 | 5'10" | 175 | Southern | Los Angeles, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | Todd Feldman | WR | August 7, 1962 | 5'10" | 184 | Kent St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Roy Foster | LG | May 24, 1960 | 6'4" | 282 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Dennis Fowlkes | LB | March 11, 1961 | 6'2" | 238 | West Virginia | Columbus, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
| 53 | David Frye | LB | June 21, 1961 | 6'2" | 223 | Purdue | Cincinnati, OH USA | 12 | 1 |
| 79 | Jon Giesler | LT | December 23, 1956 | 6'5" | 262 | Michigan | Toledo, OH USA | 10 | 9 |
| 66 | Jim Gilmore | T | December 19, 1962 | 6'5" | 269 | Villanova | Philadelphia, PA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Stacy Gore | P | May 20, 1963 | 6'0" | 200 | Arkansas St. | Jonesboro, AR USA | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | Rick Graf | LOLB | August 29, 1964 | 6'5" | 244 | Wisconsin | Iowa City, IA USA | 12 | 5 |
| 55 | Hugh Green | LB | July 27, 1959 | 6'2" | 225 | Pittsburgh | Natchez, MS USA | 9 | 1 |
| 27 | Lorenzo Hampton | KR | March 12, 1962 | 5'11" | 205 | Florida | Lake Wales, FL USA | 12 | 6 |
| 84 | Bruce Hardy | TE | June 1, 1956 | 6'5" | 235 | Arizona St. | Murray, UT USA | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | Jeff Hayes | P | August 19, 1959 | 5'11" | 175 | North Carolina | Elkin, NC USA | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Liffort Hobley | SS | May 12, 1962 | 6'0" | 207 | LSU | Shreveport, LA USA | 14 | 6 |
| 45 | Trell Hooper | DB | December 22, 1961 | 5'11" | 182 | Memphis | Brownsville, TN USA | 3 | 3 |
| 46 | Mark Irvin | DB | October 12, 1964 | 5'10" | 190 | Bethune-Cookman | Miami, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Rickey Isom | RB | November 30, 1963 | 6'0" | 224 | North Carolina St. | Harrisburg, PA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 72 | Steve Jacobson | G | November 18, 1962 | 6'3" | 255 | Texas A&M | Corpus Christi, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Jim Jensen | WR-QB | November 14, 1958 | 6'4" | 215 | Boston Univ. | Abington, PA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 87 | Dan Johnson | TE | May 17, 1960 | 6'3" | 240 | Iowa St. | Minneapolis, MN USA | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | Demetrious Johnson | DB | July 21, 1961 | 5'11" | 190 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 3 | 2 |
| 49 | William Judson | RCB | March 26, 1959 | 6'1" | 189 | South Carolina St. | Detroit, MI USA | 12 | 12 |
| 71 | Scott Kehoe | T | September 20, 1964 | 6'4" | 282 | Illinois | Oak Lawn, IL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 68 | Greg Koch | T | June 14, 1955 | 6'4" | 270 | Arkansas | Bethesda, MD USA | 1 | 1 |
| 54 | Larry Kolic | LB | August 31, 1963 | 6'1" | 242 | Ohio St. | Cleveland, OH USA | 7 | 0 |
| 41 | Mark Konecny | RB | April 2, 1963 | 5'11" | 197 | Alma | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 69 | Mike Lambrecht | DT | May 2, 1963 | 6'1" | 271 | St. Cloud St. | Watertown, MN USA | 5 | 3 |
| 44 | Paul Lankford | LCB | June 15, 1958 | 6'1" | 185 | Penn St. | New York, NY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 87 | David Lewis | TE | June 8, 1961 | 6'3" | 234 | California | Portland, OR USA | 5 | 3 |
| 99 | George Little | DE-NT | June 27, 1963 | 6'4" | 278 | Iowa | Duquesne, PA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 54 | Steve Lubischer | LB | June 29, 1962 | 6'3" | 240 | Boston Col. | Long Branch, NJ USA | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Kyle Mackey | QB | March 2, 1962 | 6'3" | 220 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Gladewater, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Dan Marino | QB | September 15, 1961 | 6'4" | 224 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 78 | Doug Marrone | G-C-T | July 25, 1964 | 6'5" | 269 | Syracuse | Bronx, NY USA | 4 | 0 |
| 96 | David Marshall | LB | January 3, 1961 | 6'3" | 220 | East. Michigan | Cleveland, OH USA | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Don McNeal | DB | May 6, 1958 | 5'11" | 190 | Alabama | Atmore, AL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 91 | Victor Morris | LB | January 25, 1964 | 6'1" | 243 | Miami (FL) | Boynton Beach, FL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | Tony Nathan | RB | December 14, 1956 | 6'0" | 206 | Alabama | Birmingham, AL USA | 6 | 0 |
| 52 | Scott Nicolas | LB | August 7, 1960 | 6'3" | 226 | Miami (FL) | Wichita Falls, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 56 | John Offerdahl | RILB | August 17, 1964 | 6'3" | 232 | West. Michigan | Wisconsin Rapids, WI USA | 9 | 9 |
| 68 | Louis Oubre | G | May 15, 1958 | 6'4" | 262 | Oklahoma | New Orleans, LA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 63 | Greg Ours | C | October 29, 1963 | 6'5" | 279 | Muskingum | Hebron, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
| 94 | Tim Pidgeon | LB | September 20, 1964 | 6'0" | 233 | Syracuse | Oneonta, NY USA | 3 | 3 |
| 82 | James Pruitt | WR | January 29, 1964 | 6'3" | 199 | Cal State-Fullerton | Los Angeles, CA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 24 | Floyd Raglin | WR | February 10, 1961 | 5'9" | 180 | UNLV | Alton, IL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Tate Randle | DB | August 15, 1959 | 6'0" | 202 | Texas Tech | Fredericksburg, TX USA | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Ike Readon | NT | May 16, 1963 | 6'0" | 273 | Hampton | Miami, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 83 | Dameon Reilly | WR | May 10, 1963 | 5'11" | 180 | Rhode Island | Bronx, NY USA | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Fuad Reveiz | K | February 24, 1963 | 5'11" | 225 | Tennessee | Bogota, Colombia | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Reggie Roby | P | July 30, 1961 | 6'3" | 249 | Iowa | Waterloo, IA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | Donovan Rose | DB | March 9, 1957 | 6'1" | 187 | Hampton | Norfolk, VA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 32 | Pete Roth | RB | January 12, 1962 | 5'11" | 200 | Northern Illinois | Worthington, MN USA | 3 | 0 |
| 80 | Lawrence Sampleton | TE | September 25, 1959 | 6'5" | 233 | Texas | Waelder, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 60 | Duke Schamel | LB | November 3, 1963 | 6'3" | 235 | South Dakota | Glendale, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 81 | Scott Schwedes | PR | June 30, 1965 | 6'0" | 182 | Syracuse | Syracuse, NY USA | 12 | 0 |
| 33 | Ronald Scott | RB | March 3, 1963 | 5'11" | 200 | Southern | Thibodeaux, LA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 77 | Stanley Scott | DE | January 30, 1964 | 6'3" | 255 | Florida St. | Tampa, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | Jackie Shipp | LILB | March 17, 1962 | 6'2" | 235 | Oklahoma | Muskogee, OK USA | 12 | 12 |
| 87 | Rich Siler | TE | November 1, 1963 | 6'4" | 240 | Illinois | Miami, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Mike Smith | DB | October 24, 1962 | 6'0" | 171 | Texas-El Paso | Houston, TX USA | 8 | 0 |
| 84 | Willie Smith | TE | August 6, 1964 | 6'2" | 235 | Miami (FL) | Jacksonville, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 70 | Brian Sochia | NT | July 2, 1961 | 6'3" | 270 | NW Oklahoma St. | Massena, NY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 42 | Robert Sowell | DB | June 23, 1961 | 5'11" | 175 | Howard | Columbus, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Scott Stankavage | QB | July 5, 1962 | 6'1" | 194 | North Carolina | Philadelphia, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 57 | Dwight Stephenson | C | November 20, 1957 | 6'2" | 255 | Alabama | Murfreesboro, NC USA | 9 | 9 |
| 50 | Greg Storr | LB | October 16, 1960 | 6'2" | 225 | Boston Col. | Reading, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Troy Stradford | RB | September 11, 1964 | 5'9" | 191 | Boston Col. | Elizabeth, NJ USA | 12 | 5 |
| 10 | Don Strock | QB | November 27, 1950 | 6'5" | 220 | Virginia Tech | Pottstown, PA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 40 | John Swain | DB | September 4, 1959 | 6'1" | 195 | Miami (FL) | Miami, FL USA | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | John Tagliaferri | RB | April 14, 1964 | 5'11" | 195 | Cornell | Orange, NJ USA | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | Reyna Thompson | DB | August 28, 1963 | 6'0" | 194 | Baylor | Dallas, TX USA | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | Van Tiffin | K | September 6, 1965 | 5'9" | 155 | Alabama | Tupelo, MS USA | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | Tom Toth | RG | May 23, 1962 | 6'5" | 279 | West. Michigan | Chicago, IL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 95 | T.J. Turner | LDE | May 16, 1963 | 6'4" | 276 | Houston | Lufkin, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Ronnie Van Lee | RT | December 24, 1956 | 6'3" | 265 | Baylor | Pine Bluff, AR USA | 9 | 9 |
| 88 | Joel Williams | TE | March 16, 1965 | 6'3" | 242 | Notre Dame | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | Derek Wimberly | DE | January 4, 1964 | 6'4" | 270 | Purdue | Miami, FL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 74 | Jeff Wiska | G | October 17, 1959 | 6'3" | 265 | Michigan St. | Detroit, MI USA | 3 | 3 |
