1987 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

The 1987 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern College (now known as Georgia Southern University) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Erk Russell, in his sixth year as head coach for the Eagles.

1987 Georgia Southern Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1987 record9–4
Head coach
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
1987 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Georgia Southern ^ 0 0 0  9 4 0
No. 8 James Madison ^ 0 0 0  9 3 0
No. 12 Arkansas State ^ 0 0 0  8 4 1
No. 11 Western Kentucky ^ 0 0 0  7 4 0
Villanova 0 0 0  6 4 0
Northeastern 0 0 0  6 5 0
Florida A&M 0 0 0  5 5 1
Nicholls State 0 0 0  5 5 1
William & Mary 0 0 0  5 6 0
Towson 0 0 0  4 6 0
Tennessee State 0 0 0  3 7 1
Lamar 0 0 0  3 8 0
Louisiana Tech 0 0 0  3 8 0
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 5CatawbaNo. 1W 27–0
September 12vs. Florida A&MJacksonville, FLL 14–17
September 19No. 12 Middle Tennessee State
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 17–13
September 26at East CarolinaNo. 10L 13–1627,411
October 3UCFNo. 13
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 34–3215,540
October 10vs. Bethune–CookmanNo. T–7Jacksonville, FLW 14–13
October 17at No. T–6 Northeast LouisianaNo. 8L 17–26
October 24at No. 8 Western CarolinaNo. 20W 37–16
October 31No. 7 Western KentuckyNo. 13
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, Georgia
W 23–20
November 7No. 3 James MadisonNo. 12
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 26–7
November 21at South Carolina StateNo. 6W 30–13
November 28No. 13 MaineNo. 6
W 31–28
December 5at No. 2 Appalachian State*No. 6
L 0–19

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References

  1. "1987 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
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