1987 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1987 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 55th in the league . The team improved upon their previous output of 5 – 10 – 1 , winning seven games . Despite the improvement , the team failed to qualify for the playoffs . Off Season . NFL Draft . The 1987 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players . The draft was held April 28 – 29 , 1987 in New York City . This again would be a 12 round draft of 28 teams . The Philadelphia Eagles would get the 9th in the 12 rounds . They would make 10 selection in the draft . The draft began with first overall pick of 1986 Heisman Trophy winner Vinny Testaverde , Quarterback from Miami ( FLA ) , by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers . Player Selections . The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick . It is possible the Eagles ' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with . Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away . NFL Supplemental Draft . The Eagles would also use a pick in the 1987 NFL Supplemental Draft to take Cris Carter a Wide receiver out of Ohio State . Prior to Carter ' s senior season in 1987 , he secretly signed with notorious sports agent Norby Walters . When the contract was discovered , Carter was ruled ineligible to play for Ohio State . Regular season . In 1987 , Mike Quick was part of NFL history . He finished second in the NFL in Touchdown receptions with 11 . The leader was Jerry Rice with 23 . This marked the first time in NFL history that a category leader doubled the total of his nearest competitor . Games Recaps . Week 1 . Sunday , September 13 , 1987 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Robert F . Kennedy Memorial Stadium on grass playing surface in 74F degrees with wind at 11 MPH . Week 2 . Sunday , September 20 , 1987 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 62F degrees with wind at 12 MPH . Week Canceled . Because of the NFLPA union ' s players strike against the NFL , all the games this week were cancelled . Replacement player were used when the season resumed the following week . Week 3 . Sunday , October 4 , 1987 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 48F degrees with wind at 19 MPH . Week 4 . Sunday , October 11 , 1987 Kickoff 12 : 00 PM Central Played at Texas Stadium on an grass playing surface in 58F degrees with wind at 16 MPH . Week 5 . Sunday , October 18 , 1987 Kickoff 12 : 00 PM Central Played at Lambeau Field on an grass playing surface in 46F degrees with wind at 11 MPH . Week 6 . Sunday October 25 , 1987 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 56F degrees with wind at 15 MPH . Week 7 . Sunday , November 1 , 1987 Kickoff 12 : 00 PM Central Played at Busch Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 68F degrees with wind at 10 MPH . Week 8 . Sunday , November 8 , 1987 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 52F degrees with wind at 10 MPH . Week 9 . Sunday , November 15 , 1987 Kickoff 4 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 50F degrees with wind at 8 MPH . Week 10 . Sunday , November 22 , 1987 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 26F degrees with wind at 19 MPH with a wind chill of 12F . Week 11 . November 29 , 1987 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Sullivan Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 38F degrees with wind at 11 MPH . Week 12 . December 6 , 1987 Stadium Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at The Meadowlands on an grass playing surface in 38F degrees with wind at 22 MPH and a wind chill of 27F . Week 13 . Sunday , December 13 , 1987 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 43F degrees with wind at 15 MPH . Week 14 . Sunday , September 13 , 1987 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at The Meadowlands on an grass playing surface in 42F degrees with wind at 11 MPH . Week 15 . Sunday , December 27 , 1987 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 35F degrees with wind at 10 MPH with a wind chill of 28 . 1987 NFL Plaoffs . The Philadelaphia Eagles with a record of 7 – 8 – 0 failed to make the 1987 NFL Playoffs .