1987 Florida Gators football team
| 1987 Florida Gators football | |
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Aloha Bowl, L 16–20 vs. UCLA | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| 1987 record | 6–6 (3–3 SEC) |
| Head coach | Galen Hall (4th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Zaven Yaralian (2nd season) |
| Home stadium |
Florida Field (Capacity: 72,000)[1] |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Auburn $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 LSU | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Tennessee | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Georgia | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was the fourth for Galen Hall as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Hall's 1987 Florida Gators posted a 6–6 overall record and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 3–3, placing sixth among ten SEC teams.[2]
The season was the debut of freshman running back Emmitt Smith. Smith went on to break the 1,000-yard barrier in the seventh game of his freshman season, the fastest any running back had ever broken that barrier to begin his college career, and was named SEC and national freshman of the year. This was the last year until 2017 that Florida opened the season away from Gainesville.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 5 | No. 10 Miami (FL)* | No. 20 | Orange Bowl Stadium • Miami, Florida | TBS | L 4–31 | 77,224 | |||
| September 12 | Tulsa* | Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 52–0 | 72,173 | |||||
| September 19 | No. 11 Alabama | Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama | TBS | W 23–14 | 75,808 | ||||
| September 26 | Mississippi State | Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 38–3 | 74,421 | |||||
| October 3 | No. 7 LSU | No. 19 | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ESPN | L 10–13 | 79,313 | |||
| October 10 | Cal State Fullerton* | No. 18 | Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 65–0 | 72,336 | ||||
| October 17 | Temple* |
No. 14 | Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 34–3 | 74,286 | ||||
| October 31 | No. 6 Auburn | No. 10 | Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama | ESPN | L 6–29 | 85,187 | |||
| November 7 | No. 10 Georgia | No. 17 | Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida | TBS | L 10–23 | 81,975 | |||
| November 14 | Kentucky | Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida | TBS | W 27–14 | 73,021 | ||||
| November 28 | No. 3 Florida State* | Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida | CBS | L 14–28 | 74,613 | ||||
| December 25 | No. 10 UCLA* | Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Aloha Bowl) | ABC | L 16–20 | 24,839 | ||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[2]
References
- ↑ University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 1987 Football Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- 1 2 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine., University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.