Originally published on Sept. 5, 2020
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 forced fumbles: #56 Chris Doleman (Vikings)- 6 FF
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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