American college football season
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[edit]
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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1987 Washington Huskies football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | 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[edit]
Arizona State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Arizona St | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Washington | 14 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
- Source:[5]
NFL draft[edit]
Five Huskies were selected in the 1988 NFL draft.
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