American college football season
1987 Washington Huskies football |
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Independence Bowl, W 24–12 vs. Tulane |
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Conference | Pacific-10 |
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Record | 7–4–1 (4–3–1 Pac-10) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Gary Pinkel (4th season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Jim Lambright (11th season) |
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MVP | David Rill |
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Captains | - Chris Chandler
- Darryl Franklin
- Brian Habib
- David Rill
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Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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1987 Pacific-10 Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
No. 18 USC + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
No. 9 UCLA + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 |
Washington | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | | | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 |
No. 20 Arizona State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | | | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 |
Oregon | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
Stanford | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
Arizona | 2 | – | 3 | – | 3 | | | 4 | – | 4 | – | 3 |
California | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | | | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 |
Washington State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | | | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 |
Oregon State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | | | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 |
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- + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1987 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its 13th season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 7–4–1 record, finished in third place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 295 to 254.[1] David Rill was selected as the team's most valuable player. Rill, Chris Chandler, Darryl Franklin, Brian Habib were the team captains.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 5 | Stanford | No. 13 | | W 31–21 | 73,676 | |
September 12 | Purdue* | No. 12 | | W 28–10 | 70,492 | |
September 19 | at Texas A&M* | No. 10 | | L 12–29 | 58,178 | |
September 26 | Pacific (CA)* | No. 18 | | W 31–3 | 69,605 | |
October 3 | at Oregon | No. 16 | | L 22–29 | 44,421 | |
October 10 | No. 13 Arizona State | | | W 27–14 | 73,883 | |
October 17 | USC | | | L 23–37 | 71,678 | |
October 31 | Oregon State | | | W 28–12 | 66,392 | |
November 7 | at Arizona | | | T 21–21 | 50,021 | |
November 14 | at No. 7 UCLA | | | L 14–47 | 70,332 | |
November 21 | Washington State | | | W 34–19 | 74,038 | |
December 19 | vs. Tulane* | | | W 24–12 | 41,683 | [2] |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1987 Washington Huskies football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | TE | 89 | Bill Ames | So | C | 60 | Bern Brostek | So | QB | 17 | Chris Chandler (C) | Sr | FB | 36 | James Compton | Fr | QB | 10 | Cary Conklin | So | FB | 39 | Tony Covington | Jr | FL | 7 | Darryl Franklin (C) | Sr | FB | 29 | Aaron Jenkins | Jr | OT | 66 | Kelly John-Lewis | Jr | TE | 82 | Scott Jones | Jr | TB | 20 | Greg Lewis | Fr | OT | 74 | Rick McLeod | Sr | FL | 8 | Brian Slater | Jr | TB | 22 | Vince Weathersby | Jr | G | 77 | Brett Wiese | Jr | G | 50 | Mike Zandofsky | Jr | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | DT | 79 | Dennis Brown | So | LB | 46 | Tom Erlandson | Sr | FS | 40 | Daryl Hall | Jr | DE | 56 | Martin Harrison | Sr | CB | 6 | Le-Lo Lang | So | CB | 4 | Art Malone | Jr | ROV | 24 | Will Rideout | Sr | LB | 38 | David Rill (C) | Sr | DT | 91 | Brian Habib (C) | Sr | DE | 96 | Bob Willig | Jr | OLB | 3 | Bo Yates | Sr | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | PK | 5 | Brandy Brownlee | Sr | P | 37 | Eric Canton | Fr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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- Source[3][4]
Game summaries
Arizona State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Arizona St | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Washington | 14 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
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NFL draft
Five Huskies were selected in the 1988 NFL draft.
References
- ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1985–1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ^ "Washington rides defense to bowl win". The Spokesman-Review. December 20, 1987. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Matchups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 3, 1987. p. 4C.
- ^ "Husky roster". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 21, 1987. p. B2.
- ^ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 11. Retrieved 2019-Jan-07.
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