The 1987 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 55th season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League. The team improved from a 6-10 record from 1986 and finishing 8-7 record and fail to reach the playoffs for a third straight season. Noll was renowned as a stoic character, but in complete contrast was his reaction to Jerry Glanville, the head coach of the Oilers. After the Steelers second meeting, Noll in the postgame handshake grabbed Glanville and told him he'd better watch out or he'd get jumped on. This was in reaction to Glanville's earlier comments on how the Oilers field was the 'house of pain' and his prediction that his players would intentionally hurt the Steelers. Offseason NFL draft Personnel Staff NFL replacement players After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled: Roster Preseason Schedule Regular season Schedule Game summaries Week 1 (Sunday September 13, 1987): vs. San Francisco 49ers at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Game time: 1:00 PM EDT Game weather: 76 °F (Drizzle) Game attendance: 55,735 Referee: Gordon McCarter TV announcers: (CBS) Jim Lampley (play by play), Ken Stabler (color commentator) Pittsburgh – Hall 50 fumble return (Anderson kick) San Francisco – FG Wersching 43 Pittsburgh – Gothard 2 pass from Malone (Anderson kick) Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 50 Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 41 San Francisco – Frank 1 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 44 Pittsburgh – Abercrombie 28 run (Anderson kick) San Francisco – Rice 3 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) Week 2 (Sunday September 20, 1987): at Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio Game time: 1:00 PM EDT Game weather: Game attendance: 79,543 Referee: Gene Barth TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Joe Namath (color commentator) Cleveland – FG Jaeger 29 Cleveland – Mack 1 run (Jaeger kick) Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 27 PIttsburgh – Shell 19 fumble return (Anderson kick) Cleveland – McNeil 11 pass from Kosar (Jaeger kick) Cleveland – FG Jaeger 23 Cleveland – Matthews 26 interception return (Jaeger kick) Cleveland – Weathers 37 pass from Kosar (Jaeger kick) Week 3 (Sunday September 27, 1987): vs. New York Jets Cancelled due to player's strike. Week 4 (Sunday October 4, 1987): at Atlanta Falcons at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia Game time: 1:00 PM EDT Game weather: Game