Canadian Football League 1987 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Canadian Football League 1987 Season

75th Grey Cup Championship

Edmonton defeated Toronto 38–36
Sun. Nov. 29 2:30 PM PST (Local)
at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, BC
Attendance: 59,478
Broadcaster:
- CBC

Full 1987 Schedule and Results

1987 CFL Regular Season Standings

East Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA
WPG	18	12	6	0	24	554	409
TOR	18	11	6	1	23	484	427
HAM	18	7	11	0	14	470	509
OTT	18	3	15	0	6	377	598

West Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA
BC	18	12	6	0	24	502	370
EDM	18	11	7	0	22	617	462
CGY	18	10	8	0	20	453	517
SSK	18	5	12	1	11	364	529

Full 1987 Standings

Playoff Bracket

East Division															West Division

						E1	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3

	E2	Toronto Argonauts	29								EC	Toronto Argonauts	36

						ESFW	Toronto Argonauts	19								W1	BC Lions	7

	E3	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	13								WC	Edmonton Eskimos	38								W2	Edmonton Eskimos	30

																WSFW	Edmonton Eskimos	31

										Grey Cup Champion:											W3	Calgary Stampeders	16
										Edmonton Eskimos

League Scoring

	1987	1986 +/-
Average Combined Score	53.07	5.17
Average Winning Score	33.13	2.37
Average Losing Score	19.76	2.34
Average Home Score	28.64	2.45
Average Visitor Score	24.43	2.71
Average Margin of Victory	13.18	0.17

Team Leaders

Offence
Defence

Offence Rankings

	Team (GP)
1	EDM (18)	617 (34.28)
2	WPG (18)	554 (30.78)
3	BC (18)	502 (27.89)
4	TOR (18)	484 (26.89)
5	HAM (18)	470 (26.11)
6	CGY (18)	453 (25.17)
7	OTT (18)	377 (20.94)
8	SSK (18)	364 (20.22)

Defence Rankings

	Team (GP)
1	EDM (18)	617 (34.28)
2	WPG (18)	554 (30.78)
3	BC (18)	502 (27.89)
4	TOR (18)	484 (26.89)
5	HAM (18)	470 (26.11)
6	CGY (18)	453 (25.17)
7	OTT (18)	377 (20.94)
8	SSK (18)	364 (20.22)

1987 CFL Regular Season Attendance

Total: 1,871,284
High: 43,772 (EDM @ BC, Jul 18)
Avg: 25,990 (72 out of 72 games)
Diff from 1986 Avg: +214
Low: 12,541 (SSK @ HAM, Oct 11)

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1987 Regular Season TV Ratings

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1987 Player Awards

1987 Most Outstanding

Player — Tom Clements (WPG)
Defensive Player — Gregg Stumon (BC)
Offensive Lineman — Chris Walby (WPG)
Canadian Player — Scott Flagel (WPG)
Rookie — Gill Fenerty (TOR)

1987 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — Nick Arakgi (MTL)

1987 Canadian Football League All-Star Team

Offense

QB	Tom Clements^*	WPG
RB	Gill Fenerty	TOR
RB	Willard Reaves	WPG
SB	Darrell Smith	TOR
SB	Perry Tuttle	WPG
WR	Brian Kelly	EDM
WR	Jim Sandusky	BC
C	Rod Connop	EDM
G	Roger Aldag	SSK
G	Dan Ferrone	TOR
T	Chris Schultz	TOR
T	Chris Walby	WPG

Defense

DT	Jearld Baylis	TOR
DT	Mike Walker	HAM
DE	Bobby Jurasin	SSK
DE	Gregg Stumon	BC
MLB	James West	WPG
OLB	Tyrone Jones	WPG
OLB	Kevin Konar	BC
DB	Roy Bennett	WPG
DB	Larry Crawford	BC
DB	Ken Hailey	WPG
DB	James Jefferson, III	WPG
S	Scott Flagel	WPG

Special Teams

P	Hank Ilesic	TOR
K	Dave Ridgway	SSK
ST	Henry “Gizmo” Williams^*	EDM

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1987 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – Gilbert Renfroe (TOR)
2 – Matt Dunigan (EDM)
2 – Tom Clements (WPG)
2 – Willard Reaves (WPG)
1 – Kent Austin (SSK)

Defensive Star

3 – Tyrone Jones (WPG)
2 – Stanley Blair (EDM)
2 – Melvin Byrd (BC)
2 – Doug Landry (TOR)
2 – Frank Robinson (HAM)

Lineman Star

4 – Stewart Hill (EDM)
3 – Rodney Harding (TOR)
2 – Mike Gray (WPG)
1 – Glenn Kulka (TOR)
1 – Nick Bastaja (WPG)

1987 CFL Amateur Draft

Pick	Team	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
First Round
1	OTT		Leo Groenwegen (OL)	British Columbia (UBC)
2	EDM	[MTL]	Blake Marshall (FB)	Western Ontario
3	EDM	[SSK]	Todd Storme (OL)	Utah State
4	BC	[TOR]	Tony Visco (DL)	Purdue
5	CGY		Rocco Romano (OL)	Concordia
6	WPG		Andrew McConnell (DL)	St. Francis Xavier
7	BC		Larry Clarkson (OL)	Montana
8	MTL	[EDM]	Matthew Salo (OL)	Bishop's
9	HAM		Joe Germain (WR)	Simon Fraser

Complete 1987 CFL Amateur Draft Selections

Teams

Cities

Commissioner

Doug Mitchell, Q.C. (Calgary)
June 1, 1984 – Dec. 31, 1988