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1987 Pittsburgh Steelers
Head Coach:
*
Chuck Noll
To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
* Hall of Fame
^ Replacement Games Only
+ Primary starter
Pos
#
Player
GP
GS
Start Pos
Exp
DOB
Ht
Wt
College
RB
Earnest Jackson
12
5
12/18/1959
' "
Texas A&M
G
John Rienstra
12
2
03/22/1963
' "
Temple
DB
^
Ray Williams
1
1
11/09/1965
' "
Rhode Island
TE
Preston Gothard
2
3
02/23/1962
' "
Alabama
DT
Tim Johnson
12
R
01/29/1965
' "
Penn State
LB
^
Steve Apke
3
1
08/03/1965
' "
Pittsburgh
P
^
John Bruno
3
R
09/10/1964
' "
Penn State
P
Harry Newsome
12
3
01/25/1963
' "
Wake Forest
WR
Weegie Thompson
12
4
03/21/1961
' "
Florida State
T
^
Robert Washington
3
1
04/02/1963
' "
Alcorn State
DE
^
Brett Shugarts
2
1
02/17/1960
' "
Indiana (PA)
WR
Calvin Sweeney
9
8
01/12/1955
' "
Southern California
LB
Hardy Nickerson
12
R
09/01/1965
' "
California
C/G
^
John Lott
1
1
05/09/1964
' "
North Texas
WR
Joey Clinkscales
7
R
05/21/1964
' "
Tennessee
G
Terry Long
13
4
07/21/1959
' "
East Carolina
WR
^
Moses Ford
1
1
02/09/1964
' "
Fayetteville State
LB
Daryl Knox
3
1
09/03/1962
' "
Nevada - Las Vegas
T
Jerry Quick
1
1
12/30/1963
' "
Wichita State
RB
Chuck Sanders
5
2
04/24/1964
' "
Slippery Rock (PA)
C/G
*
Mike Webster
15
14
03/18/1952
' "
Wisconsin
DE
Keith Gary
11
5
09/14/1959
' "
Oklahoma
FB
Merril Hoge
13
R
01/26/1965
' "
Idaho State
S
Larry Griffin
7
2
01/11/1963
' "
North Carolina
LB
Bryan Hinkle
12
6
06/04/1959
' "
Oregon
T/G/C
Tunch Ilkin
11
8
09/23/1957
' "
Indiana State
QB/WR
Mark Malone
12
7
11/22/1958
' "
Arizona State
RB
Frank Pollard
12
8
06/15/1957
' "
Baylor
DE
^
Tommy Dawkins
2
1
05/08/1965
' "
Appalachian State
DB
Dwayne Woodruff
12
8
02/18/1957
' "
Louisville
G/T
Craig Wolfley
12
8
05/19/1958
' "
Syracuse
TE
Danzell Lee
13
1
03/16/1963
' "
Lamar
K
^
David Trout
3
2
11/12/1957
' "
Pittsburgh
K
Gary Anderson
12
6
07/16/1959
' "
Syracuse
S
Thomas Everett
12
R
11/21/1964
' "
Baylor
WR
Louis Lipps
4
4
08/09/1962
' "
Southern Mississippi
DB
Lupe Sanchez
12
2
10/28/1961
' "
UCLA
T/C/G
Ray Pinney
12
9
06/29/1954
' "
Washington
RB
Rodney Carter
11
1
10/30/1964
' "
Purdue
WR
*
John Stallworth
12
14
07/15/1952
' "
Alabama A&M
T
^
Jim Boyle
3
1
07/27/1961
' "
Tulane
DB
Anthony Tuggle
2
2
09/13/1963
' "
Nicholls State (LA)
T/C
^
Ted Petersen
2
9
02/07/1955
' "
Eastern Illinois
RB
^
Dan Reeder
2
2
03/18/1961
' "
Delaware
G
Brian Blankenship
13
1
04/07/1963
' "
Nebraska
LB
^
Craig Bingham
3
5
09/26/1959
' "
Syracuse
LB
^
Avon Riley
3
7
02/10/1958
' "
UCLA
WR
^
Russell Hairston
3
1
02/10/1964
' "
Kentucky
G
^
Charlie Dickey
1
1
12/31/1962
' "
Arizona
QB
Steve Bono
3
3
05/11/1962
' "
UCLA
LB
Gregg Carr
12
3
03/31/1962
' "
Auburn
DB
Chris Sheffield
5
2
01/09/1963
' "
Albany State (GA)
RB
^
Spark Clark
1
1
05/22/1965
' "
Akron
RB
Walter Abercrombie
12
6
09/26/1959
' "
Baylor
LB/DE
Robin Cole
12
11
09/11/1955
' "
New Mexico
DE
Gerald Williams
9
2
09/08/1963
' "
Auburn
WR
Dwight Stone
14
1
01/28/1964
' "
Middle Tennessee State
DE
^
Xavier Warren
2
1
08/12/1964
' "
Tulsa
DB
^
Cameron Riley
2
1
05/13/1964
' "
Missouri
NT
^
David Opfar
3
1
01/16/1960
' "
Penn State
NT
^
Alan Huff
2
1
10/20/1963
' "
Marshall
NT/DT
Lorenzo Freeman
6
R
05/23/1964
' "
Pittsburgh
QB
Bubby Brister
2
2
08/15/1962
' "
Northeast Louisiana
DE/NT/DT
Ed Nelson
10
6
04/30/1960
' "
Auburn
T
Buddy Aydelette
12
2
08/19/1956
' "
Alabama
G
^
Ben Lawrence
1
1
09/19/1961
' "
Indiana (PA)
LB
David Little
12
7
01/03/1959
' "
Florida
C/G
Paul Oswald
2
R
04/09/1964
' "
Kansas
TE
^
Ralph Britt
3
1
03/18/1965
' "
North Carolina State
DB
^
Rock Richmond
2
1
01/07/1960
' "
Oregon
DB
Donnie Shell
13
14
08/26/1952
' "
South Carolina State
DE/NT
Keith Willis
11
6
07/29/1959
' "
Northeastern
TE
Theo Young
12
R
04/25/1965
' "
Arkansas
LB
Ken Woodard
7
6
01/22/1960
' "
Tuskegee
LB
Tyronne Stowe
13
1
05/30/1965
' "
Rutgers
NT/DT/DE
Gary Dunn
13
11
08/24/1953
' "
Miami (FL)
WR
^
Melvin Anderson
2
1
08/29/1965
' "
Minnesota
CB/S
*
Rod Woodson
8
R
03/10/1965
' "
Purdue
DB
Bruce Jones
2
1
12/26/1962
' "
North Alabama
S
Delton Hall
12
R
01/16/1965
' "
Clemson
LB
^
Joe Williams
3
1
03/05/1965
' "
Grambling State
DB
Kelvin Middleton
2
1
09/08/1961
' "
Wichita State
LB
^
Albert Williams
3
1
09/07/1964
' "
Texas - El Paso
LB
Mike Merriweather
12
6
11/26/1960
' "
Pacific
NT
^
Michael Minter
3
1
08/13/1965
' "
North Texas
WR
Charles Lockett
11
R
10/01/1965
' "
Long Beach State
DB
^
Dave Edwards
3
3
03/31/1962
' "
Illinois
WR
^
Lyneal Alston
3
1
07/23/1964
' "
Southern Mississippi
DB
Cornell Gowdy
13
2
10/02/1963
' "
Morgan State
DE/NT
Jackie Cline
1
1
03/13/1960
' "
Alabama
QB
Reggie Collier
2
2
05/14/1961
' "
Southern Mississippi
T
Jeff Lucas
3
1
05/30/1964
' "
West Virginia
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