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• 1987_NFL_season abstract "The 1987 NFL season was the 68th regular season of the National Football League.A 24-day players' strike was called after week two. The games that were scheduled for the third week of the season were canceled, reducing the 16-game season to 15, but the games for weeks 4–6 were played with replacement players, after which the union voted to end the strike. Approximately 15% of the NFLPA's players chose to cross picket lines to play during the strike; prominent players who did so included New York Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau, Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Randy White, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana, New England Patriots quarterback Doug Flutie, and Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Steve Largent.The replacement players were mostly those left out of work by the closure of the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes (folded in summer 1987) and the United States Football League (which had ceased play after the spring 1985 season), among a few names that were either preseason cuts or had long left professional football. The replacement players, especially due to the fact that they were called to play on such short notice and had little chance to gel as teammates, were treated with wide scorn from the press and general public, including name-calling, public shaming and accusations of being scabs; the games themselves were treated with even less legitimacy but nonetheless were counted as full regular season games for league purposes. Final television revenues were down by about 20%, a smaller drop than the networks had expected. The defending Super Bowl Champion New York Giants went 0–3 in replacement games, ultimately costing them a chance to make the playoffs and repeat their championship.Starting on November 8, 1987, ESPN debuted ESPN Sunday Night Football, in which the cable network started to broadcast NFL Sunday night games primarily during the second half of the season.Due to Game 7 of the 1987 World Series, the Denver Broncos – Minnesota Vikings game at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was moved back one day to Monday, October 26.Chicago Bears star halfback Walter Payton, who had set the NFL career rushing record in 1984, announced the 1987 season would be his last in the NFL. As was the case in the previous season, his Bears finished first in their division but lost in their first playoff game at home. Coincidentally, 1987 was the last year of use for the AstroTurf playing surface that was installed at Soldier Field in 1971; the Bears reinstalled a grass surface the next season.After the season the St. Louis Cardinals' owners announced they would be leaving Missouri for Tempe, Arizona and become the Phoenix Cardinals for 1988. Professional football would not return to St. Louis until the Rams relocated from Los Angeles in 1995.The season ended with Super Bowl XXII when the Washington Redskins defeated the Denver Broncos 42–10 in Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. The Broncos made their second consecutive Super Bowl appearance while the Redskins were returning for the first time since they advanced to Super Bowl XVIII four seasons earlier.".