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1987 Washington Huskies football team
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.
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| Conference | Pacific-10 |
| Record | 7–4–1 (4–3–1 Pac-10) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Gary Pinkel (4th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jim Lambright (11th season) |
| MVP | David Rill |
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| Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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More information Conf, Overall ...
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| 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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More information Date, Opponent ...
| 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] | ||
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More information Players, Coaches ...
| 1987 Washington Huskies football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arizona State
More information Total ...
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Arizona St | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Washington | 14 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
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- Source:[5]
Five Huskies were selected in the 1988 NFL draft.
More information Player, Position ...
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise |
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| Chris Chandler | QB | 3 | 76 | Indianapolis Colts |
| Darryl Franklin | WR | 8 | 201 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Brian Habib | DL | 10 | 264 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Rick McLeod | T | 11 | 284 | Seattle Seahawks |
| Tom Erlandson | LB | 12 | 316 | Buffalo Bills |
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- "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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