This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1987 Detroit LionsW1987 Detroit Lions↗

NFL · NFC Central · 4–11 (.267) · 5th in division · PF 269 · PA 384 · Coach Darryl Rogers · Did not qualify

◀ 1986 1988 ▶

Schedule (17 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
1987-08-15	1	vs Indianapolis Colts	L 19–22		Pontiac Silverdome	45,753
1987-08-28	3	@ Seattle Seahawks	L 10–38		Kingdome
1987-09-13	1	@ Minnesota Vikings	L 19–34	0–1	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	57,061
1987-09-20	2	@ Los Angeles Raiders	L 7–27	0–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	50,300
1987-10-04	3	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 27–31	0–3		4,919
1987-10-11	5	@ Green Bay Packers	W 19–16 OT	1–3	Lambeau Field	35,779
1987-10-18	6	vs Seattle Seahawks	L 14–37	1–4	Pontiac Silverdome	8,310
1987-10-25	7	vs Green Bay Packers	L 33–34	1–5	Pontiac Silverdome	27,278
1987-11-01	8	@ Denver Broncos	L 0–34	1–6	Mile High Stadium	75,172
1987-11-08	9	vs Dallas Cowboys	W 27–17	2–6	Pontiac Silverdome	45,325
1987-11-15	9	@ Washington Redskins	L 13–20	2–7	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	53,593
1987-11-22	10	@ Chicago Bears	L 10–30	2–8		63,357
1987-11-26	12	vs Kansas City Chiefs	L 20–27	2–9	Pontiac Silverdome	43,820
1987-12-06	12	vs Los Angeles Rams	L 16–37	2–10	Pontiac Silverdome	33,413
1987-12-13	13	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 20–10	3–10		41,699
1987-12-20	15	vs Minnesota Vikings	L 14–17	3–11	Pontiac Silverdome	27,693
1987-12-27	15	@ Atlanta Falcons	W 30–13	4–11	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	13,906

Roster (111)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
	Chuck Long	QB	6-4	217	Iowa	1	ACT
	Todd Hons	QB	6-1	195			ACT
	Joe Ferguson	QB	6-1	195			ACT
	Brendan Folmar	QB	6-1	200			ACT
	James Jones	RB	6-2	229	Florida	4	ACT
	Tony Paige	RB	5-10	225	Virginia Tech	3	ACT
	Cleve Wester	RB	5-8	188			ACT
	Gary Ellerson	RB	5-11	220			ACT
	Kelvin Farmer	RB	5-11	195			ACT
	Karl Bernard	RB	5-11	205			ACT
	Tony Dollinger	RB	5-11	205			ACT
	Stan Edwards	RB	6-0	208			ACT
	Garry James	RB	5-10	204			ACT
	Nick Kowgios	RB	6-0	216			ACT
	Scott Williams	RB	6-2	234			ACT
	Butch Woolfolk	RB	6-1	207			ACT
	Jeff Chadwick	WR	6-3	190	Grand Valley	4	ACT
	Eric Truvillion	WR	6-4	205			ACT
	Stan Baker	WR	5-10	165			ACT
	Danny Bradley	WR	5-9	175			ACT
	Darrell Grymes	WR	6-2	182			ACT
	Gilvanni Johnson	WR	6-1	195			ACT
	Pete Mandley	WR	5-10	191			ACT
	Carl Bland	WR	5-11	182			ACT
	Melvin Hoover	WR	6-0	185			ACT
	Gary Lee	WR	6-1	202			ACT
	Mark Nichols	WR	6-2	213			ACT
	Mark Lewis	TE	6-2	235			ACT
	Jimmie Giles	TE	6-3	225			TRD
	Vyto Kab	TE	6-5	255			ACT
	Derrick Ramsey	TE	6-4	220			ACT
	Rob Rubick	TE	6-3	225			ACT
	Mark Wheeler	TE	6-2	232			ACT
	Mark Witte	TE	6-3	230			ACT
	Bruce McNorton	DB	5-11	175	Georgetown College (KY)	5	ACT
	Ivory Sully	DB	6-0	201			ACT
	Raphel Cherry	DB	6-0	194			ACT
	Dexter Clark	DB	6-0	190			ACT
	James Griffin	DB	6-2	197			ACT
	Bob McDonough	DB	6-1	170			ACT
	Chris Sheffield	DB	6-1	185			ACT
	Ricky Smith	DB	6-0	174			ACT
	John Bostic	DB	5-10	176			ACT
	Creig Federico	DB	6-2	205			ACT
	Anthony Fields	DB	6-1	192			ACT
	Duane Galloway	DB	5-8	181			ACT
	William Graham	DB	5-11	188			ACT
	Alvin Hall	DB	5-10	193			ACT
	Maurice Harvey	DB	5-10	190			ACT
	Ivan Hicks	DB	6-2	185			ACT
	Steve Hirsch	DB	6-0	195			ACT
	Bobby Watkins	DB	5-10	184			ACT
	Eric Williams	DB	6-1	183			ACT
	Jerry Ball	DL	6-1	330	SMU	0	ACT
	Reggie Rogers	DL	6-6	272	Washington	0	ACT
	Dan Saleaumua	DL	6-0	315	Arizona State	0	ACT
	Eric Williams	DL	6-4	260	Washington State	3	ACT
	Bob Beemer	DL	6-5	231			ACT
	Keith Ferguson	DL	6-5	241			ACT
	Curtis Green	DL	6-3	256			ACT
	Charles Benson	DL	6-3	267			ACT
	Jerome Davis	DL	6-1	260			ACT
	Bill Gay	DL	6-5	225			ACT
	Jeff Kacmarek	DL	6-2	240			ACT
	Stuart Tolle	DL	6-3	265			ACT
	Eddie Murray	K	5-11	195	Tulane	7	ACT
	Mike Prindle	K	5-9	160			ACT
	Paul Butcher	LB	6-0	235	Wayne State	1	ACT
	Mike Cofer	LB	6-5	245	Tennessee	4	ACT
	Dennis Gibson	LB	6-2	240	Iowa State	0	ACT
	George Jamison	LB	6-1	235	Cincinnati	0	ACT
	Carl Carr	LB	6-3	230			ACT
	Mark Hicks	LB	6-2	225			ACT
	Angelo King	LB	6-1	220			ACT
	Tony Office	LB	6-2	250			ACT
	Robert Thompson	LB	6-3	221			ACT
	Earnest Adams	LB	6-2	226			ACT
	Steve Boadway	LB	6-4	240			ACT
	Tom Boyd	LB	6-3	210			ACT
	Danny Lockett	LB	6-2	228			ACT
	Vernon Maxwell	LB	6-2	225			ACT
	Shelton Robinson	LB	6-2	233			ACT
	Tim Ross	LB	6-5	225			ACT
	Jimmy Williams	LB	6-3	230			ACT
	Lomas Brown	OL	6-4	280	Florida	2	ACT
	Joe Milinichik	OL	6-5	300	N.C. State	0	ACT
	Harvey Salem	OL	6-6	274	California	4	ACT
	Eric Sanders	OL	6-6	255	Nevada	6	ACT
	Chuck Steele	OL	6-1	255			ACT
	Scott Barrows	OL	6-2	278			ACT
	Patrick Cain	OL	6-2	260			ACT
	Jerry Diorio	OL	6-3	245			ACT
	Keith Dorney	OL	6-5	265			ACT
	Chris Geile	OL	6-4	305			ACT
	Paul Kiser	OL	6-4	272			ACT
	Steve Mott	OL	6-3	259			ACT
	Steve Baack	OL	6-4	252			ACT
	Joe Felton	OL	6-2	266			ACT
	Mark Jenkins	OL	6-4	320			ACT
	Rick Johnson	OL	6-6	255			ACT
	George McDuffie	OL	6-6	270			ACT
	Greg Orton	OL	6-1	265			ACT
	Jerry Quaerna	OL	6-6	275			ACT
	Rich Strenger	OL	6-7	280			ACT
	Jim Warne	OL	6-7	315			ACT
53	Kevin Glover	OL	6-2	282	Maryland	2	ACT
	Jim Arnold	P	6-2	211	Vanderbilt	4	ACT
	Mike Black	P	6-1	205			ACT
	Matt Kinzer	P	6-3	225			ACT
	John Misko	P	6-5	207			ACT
	Russell Erxleben	P	6-4	218			ACT

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Schedule (17 games)

Roster (111)