1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Penn State University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1]

1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1987 record8–4
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter
Defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
(Capacity: 83,370)
1987 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Miami (FL)        12 0 0
No. 4 Syracuse        11 0 1
No. 2 Florida State        11 1 0
No. 15 South Carolina        8 4 0
Pittsburgh        8 4 0
Penn State        8 4 0
No. 17 Notre Dame        8 4 0
Southern Miss        6 5 0
Rutgers        6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana        6 5 0
Memphis State        5 5 1
Northern Illinois        5 5 1
West Virginia        6 6 0
Tulane        6 6 0
Army        5 6 0
Boston College        5 6 0
East Carolina        5 6 0
Akron        4 7 0
Cincinnati        4 7 0
Louisville        3 7 1
Temple        3 8 0
Tulsa        3 8 0
Virginia Tech        2 9 0
Navy        2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5Bowling GreenNo. 11W 45–1984,574
September 12No. 19 AlabamaNo. 11
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
CBSL 13–2485,619
September 19CincinnatiNo. 20
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 41–082,000
September 26at Boston CollegeNo. 15ESPNW 27–1750,267
October 3TempleNo. 14
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 27–1384,000
October 10RutgersNo. 14
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 35–2185,376
October 17at No. 13 SyracuseNo. 10CBSL 21–4850,011
October 31West VirginiaNo. 18
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
W 25–2185,108
November 7at MarylandNo. 16W 21–1662,500
November 14at PittsburghNo. 15ESPNL 0–1056,500
November 21No. 7 Notre Dame
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
CBSW 21–2084,000
January 1, 1988vs. No. 14 ClemsonNo. 20ABC NationalL 10–3553,152
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Notre Dame

1 234Total
Notre Dame 7 076 20
Penn St 7 707 21

[2]

Roster

1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 9 Mike Alexander Sr
QB 12 Tom Bill Fr
T 74 Stan Clayton Sr
WR 26 David Daniels Fr
C 78 Roger Duffy So
TE 89 Bob Mrosko Jr
WR 6 Ray Roundtree Sr
WR 79 Dave Szott So
RB 32 Blair Thomas So
WR 5 Michael Timpson Jr
G 66 Steve Wisniewski Jr
C 72 Mike Wolf Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 35 Trey Bauer Sr
LB 31 Andre Collins So
DT 85 Frank Giannetti Fr
LB 90 Pete Giftopoulos Sr
S 3 Marques Henderson Sr
LB 84 Keith Karpinski Jr
LB 92 Quintus McDonald Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

NFL Draft

Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1988 NFL Draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
3rd358Ray RoundtreeWide receiverDetroit Lions
8th6199Mike AlexanderWide receiverLos Angeles Raiders
10th1250Stan ClaytonOffensive tackleAtlanta Falcons
11th11289Pete CurkendallBuffalo Bills

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 22.
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