1987 Washington Huskies football team

1987 Washington Huskies football
Independence Bowl, W 24–12 vs. Tulane
ConferencePacific-10
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
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

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.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5StanfordNo. 13
W 31–2173,676
September 12Purdue*No. 12
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 28–1070,492
September 19at Texas A&M*No. 10
L 12–2958,178
September 26Pacific (CA)*No. 18
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 31–369,605
October 3at OregonNo. 16
L 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 Arizona
T 21–2150,021
November 14at No. 7 UCLA
L 14–4770,332
November 21Washington State
W 34–1974,038
December 19vs. Tulane*
W 24–1241,683[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1987 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 89 Bill Ames So
C 60 Bern Brostek So
QB 17 Chris Chandler (C) Sr
FB 36 James Compton Fr
QB 10 Cary Conklin So
FB 39 Tony Covington Jr
FL 7 Darryl Franklin (C) Sr
FB 29 Aaron Jenkins Jr
OT 66 Kelly John-Lewis Jr
TE 82 Scott Jones Jr
TB 20 Greg Lewis Fr
OT 74 Rick McLeod Sr
FL 8 Brian Slater Jr
TB 22 Vince Weathersby Jr
G 77 Brett Wiese Jr
G 50 Mike Zandofsky Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 79 Dennis Brown So
LB 46 Tom Erlandson Sr
FS 40 Daryl Hall Jr
DE 56 Martin Harrison Sr
CB 6 Le-Lo Lang So
CB 4 Art Malone Jr
ROV 24 Will Rideout Sr
LB 38 David Rill (C) Sr
DT 91 Brian Habib (C) Sr
DE 96 Bob Willig Jr
OLB 3 Bo Yates Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
PK 5 Brandy Brownlee Sr
P 37 Eric Canton Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
Source[3][4]

Game summaries

Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
Arizona St 0 0 14 0 14
Washington 14 3 0 10 27
Source:[5]

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. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Washington rides defense to bowl win". The Spokesman-Review. December 20, 1987. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Matchups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 3, 1987. p. 4C.
  4. ^ "Husky roster". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 21, 1987. p. B2.
  5. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 11. Retrieved 2019-Jan-07.
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