1987 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1987 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Hawkeyes played their home games at Kinnick Stadium and were led by head coach Hayden Fry. Iowa finished the season with a 10–3 record (6–2 Big Ten), capped by a Holiday Bowl victory over Wyoming.

1987 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 20–19 vs. Wyoming
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 16
1987 record10–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Snyder (9th season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Brashier (9th season)
MVPMarv Cook
Dave Haight
Chuck Hartlieb
CaptainKerry Burt
Quinn Early
Mike Flagg
Dave Haight
J.J. Puk
Home stadiumKinnick Stadium
(Capacity: 67,700)
1987 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Michigan State $ 7 –0 –1  9 –2 –1
No. 16 Iowa 6 –2 –0  10 –3 –0
Indiana 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 19 Michigan 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Ohio State 4 –4 –0  6 –4 –1
Minnesota 3 –5 –0  6 –5 –0
Purdue 3 –5 –0  3 –7 –1
Illinois 2 –5 –1  3 –7 –1
Northwestern 2 –6 –0  2 –8 –1
Wisconsin 1 –7 –0  3 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 30vs. No. 17 Tennessee*No. 16
ABCL 22–2354,681
September 12at Arizona*
W 15–1457,284
September 19at Iowa State*
W 48–954,101
September 26Kansas State*No. 19
W 38–1367,700
October 3Michigan StateNo. 17
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
L 14–1967,700
October 10at Wisconsin
W 31–1074,645
October 17at Michigan
ABCL 10–37105,406
October 24Purdue
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
ABCW 38–1467,700
October 31No. 11 Indiana
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
W 29–2167,700
November 7at Northwestern
W 52–2438,694
November 14at Ohio State
W 29–2790,090
November 21MinnesotaNo. 18
W 34–2067,700
December 30vs. Wyoming*No. 18
ESPNW 20–1961,892
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster
1987 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 23 Richard Bass Jr
RB 13 Rick Bayless Sr
OL 78 Malcolm Christie Sr
TE 49 Craig Clark Sr
TE 84 Marv Cook Jr
WR 82 Pat Coppinger Sr
FB 25 Marshall Cotton Sr
OL 63 Jeff Croston Jr
OL 58 Greg Divis Sr
WR 1 Quinn Early Sr
TE 86 Mike Flagg Sr
RB 22 Grant Goodman Jr
WR 80 Steve Green Sr
WR 16 Deven Harberts Jr
RB 28 Kevin Harmon Sr
QB 8 Chuck Hartlieb Jr
FB 20 David Hudson Jr
OG 70 Bob Kratch Jr
WR 81 Derrius Loveless Sr
WR 26 Peter Marciano Jr
WR 47 Jim Mauro  Sr
QB 11 Dan McGwire So
TE 85 John Palmer Jr
QB 14 Tom Poholsky So
OL 67 Jim Poynton Jr
RB 33 Kevin Ringer Jr
OL 60 Bob Schmitt Sr
OL 71 Chuck Waggoner Jr
TE 88 Tom Ward Sr
WR 2 Travis Watkins So
OL 73 Herb Wester Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 68 Tim Anderson Sr
LB 93 Tim Batterson Sr
DE 92 Jeff Beard Sr
DE 48 Tyrone Berrie Jr
LB 43 Jeff Blake Sr
DE 5 Mike Burke Sr
DB 3 Kerry Burt Sr
DE 83 Mike Ertz Jr
DL 64 Dave Haight Jr
DL 54 Eric Higgins Jr
DB 42 Tork Hook Jr
DB 19 Carl Jackson Sr
LB 34 Vernon Little Jr
DE 97 Joe Mott Jr
DE 71 Chris Pigott Jr
LB 35 Brad Quast So
LB 95 Jim Reilly Jr
LB 38 Shawon Respress Jr
DE 91 Sean Ridley Jr
DL Joe Schuster Sr
DB 44 Keaton Smiley Sr
DB 41 Mark Stoops Jr
LB 39 Tyrone Taylor Sr
LB 46 Dan Wirth Sr
DB 10 Anthony Wright Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K   Mark Adams Jr
K 6 George Murphy Jr
K 7 Rob Houghtlin Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Rankings
Further information: 1987 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
AP 16 RV RV 19 17 NR RV NR NR NR 18 19 18 18 16
Coaches' 18 NR NR NR NR NR RV RV 20 RV 20 RV 16

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Game summaries

vs. Tennessee
Kickoff Classic
1 234Total
#16 Hawkeyes 3 793 22
• #17 Volunteers 0 1409 23
See also: 1987 Tennessee Volunteers football team and Kickoff Classic


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at Arizona
Iowa at Arizona
1 234Total
• Hawkeyes 6 306 15
Wildcats 0 770 14
See also: 1987 Arizona Wildcats football team


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Game Statistics[7] IOWA ARIZ
First Downs 21 19
Total Yards 371 279
Passing Yards 150 115
Rushing Yards 221 164
Penalties 5-36 4-24
Turnovers 0 4

at Iowa State
Iowa at Iowa State
1 234Total
• Hawkeyes 10 141014 48
Cyclones 3 600 9
See also: 1987 Iowa State Cyclones football team and Cy-Hawk Trophy


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Game Statistics[9] IOWA ISU
First Downs 26 12
Total Yards 455 259
Passing Yards 202 155
Rushing Yards 253 104
Penalties 4-24 6-30
Turnovers 2 3

Kansas State
Kansas State at Iowa
1 234Total
Wildcats 7 330 13
• #19 Hawkeyes 14 7017 38
See also: 1987 Kansas State Wildcats football team


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Game Statistics[11] KSU IOWA
First Downs 11 27
Total Yards 188 443
Passing Yards 104 271
Rushing Yards 84 172
Penalties 10-76 6-44
Turnovers 5 7

Michigan State
Michigan State at Iowa
1 234Total
• Spartans 7 066 19
#17 Hawkeyes 7 700 14
See also: 1987 Michigan State Spartans football team


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Game Statistics[14] MSU IOWA
First Downs 16 15
Total Yards 249 214
Passing Yards 13 230
Rushing Yards 236 (-16)
Penalties 13-102 7-50
Turnovers 1 1

at Wisconsin
Iowa at Wisconsin
1 234Total
• Hawkeyes 7 1473 31
Badgers 0 370 10
See also: 1987 Wisconsin Badgers football team


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Game Statistics IOWA WIS
First Downs 23 10
Total Yards 412 175
Passing Yards 223 58
Rushing Yards 189 117
Penalties 5-50 3-35
Turnovers 3 4

at Michigan
Iowa at Michigan
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 1000 10
• Wolverines 6 2407 37
See also: 1987 Michigan Wolverines football team


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Game Statistics IOWA MICH
First Downs 13 19
Total Yards 349 352
Passing Yards 362 190
Rushing Yards (-13) 162
Penalties 4-42 2-16
Turnovers 1 2

Purdue
Purdue at Iowa
1 234Total
Boilermakers 0 770 14
• Hawkeyes 14 7107 38
See also: 1987 Purdue Boilermakers football team


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Game Statistics[18] PUR IOWA
First Downs 16 29
Total Yards 301 520
Passing Yards 259 317
Rushing Yards 42 203
Penalties 5-45 7-44
Turnovers 5 2

Indiana
Indiana at Iowa
1 234Total
#11 Hoosiers 0 777 21
• Hawkeyes 13 709 29
See also: 1987 Indiana Hoosiers football team


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Game Statistics[20] IND IOWA
First Downs 16 23
Total Yards 305 445
Passing Yards 237 282
Rushing Yards 68 163
Penalties 8-91 8-72
Turnovers 3 2

at Northwestern
Iowa at Northwestern
1 234Total
• Hawkeyes 7 28143 52
Wildcats 10 770 24
See also: 1987 Northwestern Wildcats football team


Chuck Hartlieb completed 25 of 32 passes for 471 yards and a Big Ten single-game record 7 touchdowns.[21] [22] Wide receiver Quinn Early hauled in 10 passes and set school records with 256 yards receiving (Big Ten record at the time) and 4 touchdown receptions.[23] The 584 team passing yards remains a single-game school record.

Game Statistics[23] IOWA NW
First Downs 28 21
Total Yards 674 364
Passing Yards 584 245
Rushing Yards 90 119
Penalties 4-38 9-65
Turnovers 4 8

at Ohio State
Iowa at Ohio State
1 234Total
• Hawkeyes 3 12014 29
Buckeyes 7 776 27
  • Date: November 14
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
  • Game attendance: 90,090
  • Game weather: 61°F, Clear and sunny
  • Referee: Gil Marchman
See also: 1987 Ohio State Buckeyes football team


With six seconds left, Chuck Hartlieb threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Marv Cook on fourth-and-23 to earn Iowa's first victory at Ohio Stadium since 1959.

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Game Statistics IOWA OHIO ST
First Downs 22 17
Total Yards 489 383
Passing Yards 333 216
Rushing Yards 156 167
Penalties 2-15 6-56
Turnovers 3 3

Minnesota
Minnesota at Iowa
1 234Total
Golden Gophers 3 377 20
• #18 Hawkeyes 3 2173 34
See also: 1987 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Floyd of Rosedale


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Game Statistics[28] MINN IOWA
First Downs 14 30
Total Yards 295 510
Passing Yards 216 328
Rushing Yards 79 182
Penalties 4-33 7-64
Turnovers 0 2

vs. Wyoming (Holiday Bowl)
1987 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl
1 234Total
• #18 Hawkeyes 0 7013 20
Cowboys 12 700 19
Main article: 1987 Holiday Bowl
See also: 1987 Wyoming Cowboys football team


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Awards and honors
See also: 1987 All-Big Ten Conference football team

Team players in the 1988 NFL Draft
Main article: 1988 NFL Draft
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Quinn EarlyWide receiver360San Diego Chargers
Kevin HarmonRunning back4101Seattle Seahawks
Herb WesterTackle5114Cincinnati Bengals
Joe SchusterDefensive tackle10261Philadelphia Eagles

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