| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17 May – 20 September 1987 |
| Teams | 32 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Meath (4th win) |
| Captain | Mick Lyons |
| Manager | Seán Boylan |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Cork |
| Captain | Conor Counihan |
| Manager | Billy Morgan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Meath |
| Ulster | Derry |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 37 |
| Top Scorer |  Larry Tompkins (0-38) |
| Player of the Year |  Brian Stafford |
← 1986 1988 → | |
The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 101st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 17 May 1987 and ended on 20 September 1987.
Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in a Munster final replay.
On 20 September 1987, Meath won the championship following a 1–14 to 0–11 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 4th All-Ireland title, their first since 1967.
Cork's Larry Tompkins was the championship's top scorer with 0-38. Meath's Brian Stafford was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
- ^ Geoghegan, Jimmy (4 April 2012). "Celebrations planned to honour the 1987 All-Ireland champions". Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 8 October 2016.