1987 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1987 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team went 9–2–1 overall and 7–0–1 in conference play, becoming Big Ten Conference champions.[1] Michigan State beat USC to win the 1988 Rose Bowl, and finished the season ranked #8 in the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. The first game of the season, also against USC, was the first night game ever at Spartan Stadium.
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Big Ten champion Rose Bowl champion | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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Coaches | No. 8 |
AP | No. 8 |
1987 record | 9–2–1 (7–0–1 Big Ten) |
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Defensive coordinator | Nick Saban (5th season) |
Base defense | Stunt 4–3 |
Home stadium | Spartan Stadium (c. 76,000 AstroTurf) |
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Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 7 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 19 USC* | ABC | W 27–13 | 77,922 | ||
September 19 | 7:45 p.m. | at No. 9 Notre Dame* | No. 17 | ESPN | L 8–31 | 59,075 | |
September 26 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 6 Florida State* |
| L 3–31 | 76,887 | ||
October 3 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 17 Iowa | W 19–14 | 67,700 | |||
October 10 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 12 Michigan |
| ABC | W 17–11 | 77,424 | |
October 17 | 2:05 p.m. | at Northwestern | W 38–0 | 29,113 | |||
October 24 | 1:00 p.m. | Illinois![]() |
| T 14–14 | 76,513 | ||
October 31 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 15 Ohio State | No. 20 | W 13–7 | 89,915 | ||
November 7 | 1:00 p.m. | Purdue | No. 15 |
| W 45–3 | 76,933 | |
November 14 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 16 Indiana | No. 13 |
| ABC | W 27–3 | 76,411 |
November 21 | 2:05 p.m. | at Wisconsin | No. 11 | W 30–9 | 45,385 | ||
January 1, 1988 | 5:00 p.m. | vs. No. 16 USC* | No. 8 | NBC | W 20–17 | 103,847 | |
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Personnel
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Game summaries
USC
at Notre Dame
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Florida State
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at Iowa
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Michigan
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
Michigan St | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
- MICH - Gillette 31 FG
- MSU - White 6 Run (Langeloh kick)
- MSU - White 2 Run (Langeloh kick)
- MICH - Morris 18 D. Brown (pass good)
- MSU - Langeloh 42 FG
- Passing: MICH D. Brown 12/26, 158 Yds, TD, 7 INT, MSU McAllister 5/7, 68 Yds
- Rushing: MICH Morris 31/108, MSU White 34/185, 2 TD
- Receiving: MICH Kolesar 4/65, MSU Bouyer 2/38
at Northwestern
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Michigan St | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois
- Date: October 17
- Game attendance: 29,113
- Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 18.
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at Ohio State
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Michigan St | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Ohio St | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
- Date: October 31, 1987
- Game time: 3:30 p.m.
- Game weather: Sunny, 60 °F (16 °C)
- Game attendance: 89,915
- Referee: Ron Winter
- TV: ABC
- Box Score
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Indiana
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Indiana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Michigan St | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
at Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan
- Date: November 14
- Game attendance: 76,411
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Rose Bowl vs. USC
1988 NFL Draft
The following players were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.[6] Team members Tony Mandarich, Andre Rison and Percy Snow were drafted in later years.
Player | Round | Pick | Position | NFL Team |
Lorenzo White | 1 | 22 | Running Back | Houston Oilers |
Greg Montgomery | 3 | 72 | Punter | Houston Oilers |
David Houle | 6 | 145 | Guard | New York Giants |
Tim Moore | 8 | 206 | Linebacker | Phoenix Cardinals |
Mark Nichols | 8 | 209 | Nose Tackle | Pittsburgh Steelers |
References
- http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/MichiganState.htm
- "Who'll Be Counted Out In Big 10?". Chicago Tribune. October 2, 1987. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- "White, MSU defense too much for Iowa". Chicago Tribune. October 4, 1987. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 11. Retrieved 2019-Jan-07
- Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 15. Retrieved 2019-Jan-06.
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1988.htm