1987 Washington Huskies football team

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.

1987 Washington Huskies football
Independence Bowl, W 24–12 vs. Tulane
ConferencePacific-10
1987 record7–4–1 (4–3–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Pinkel (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Lambright (11th season)
MVPDavid Rill
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1987 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 5StanfordNo. 13W 31–2173,676
September 12Purdue*No. 12
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 28–1070,492
September 19at Texas A&M*No. 10L 12–2958,178
September 26Pacific (CA)*No. 18
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 31–369,605
October 3at OregonNo. 16L 22–2944,421
October 10No. 13 Arizona State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 27–1473,883
October 17USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 23–3771,678
October 31Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 28–1266,392
November 7at ArizonaT 21–2150,021
November 14at No. 7 UCLAL 14–4770,332
November 21Washington State
W 34–1974,038
December 19vs. Tulane*W 24–1241,683
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1987 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
C 60 Bern Brostek So
QB 17 Chris Chandler (C) Sr
FL 7 Darryl Franklin (C) Sr
TE 82 Scott Jones Jr
T 74 Rick McLeod Sr
T 50 Mike Zandofsky Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 46 Tom Erlandson Sr
LB 38 David Rill (C) Sr
DT 91 Brian Habib (C) Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Game summaries

Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
Arizona St 0 0 14 0 14
Washington 14 3 0 10 27
Source:[2]

NFL Draft

Five Huskies were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Overall Franchise
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

References

  1. "Washington Yearly Results (1985–1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 11. Retrieved 2019-Jan-07.


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