1987 Michigan State Spartans football team

1987 Michigan State Spartans football
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 20-17 vs. USC
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 8
AP No. 8
1987 record 9–2–1 (7–0–1 Big Ten)
Head coach George Perles (5th season)
Defensive coordinator Nick Saban (5th season)
Base defense Stunt 4–3
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
(c. 76,000 AstroTurf)
1987 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Roster

1987 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR Willie Bouyer Jr
RB Blake Ezor So
T 79 Tony Mandarich Jr
WR 1 Andre Rison Jr
T 71 Kevin Robbins Jr
RB 34 Lorenzo White Sr
FB 29 Duane Young Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB Harlon Barnett So
DB Mike Iaquaniello Fr
LB Carlos Jenkins Fr
FS Todd Krumm Sr
LB Kurt Larson Jr
SS Josh Miller Jr
LB 48 Percy Snow So
DE 91 Jim Szymanski So
LB 66 Matt Vanderbeck So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 23 Greg Montgomery Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 7 8:00 PM No. 19 USC* Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ABC W 27–13   77,922
September 19 7:45 PM at No. 9 Notre Dame* No. 17 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy) ESPN L 8–31   59,075
September 26 No. 6 Florida State* Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 3–31   76,887
October 3 at No. 17 Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 19–14   67,700
October 10 No. 12 Michigan Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy) ABC W 17–11   77,424
October 17 at Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL W 38–0   29,113
October 24 Illinoisdagger Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI T 14–14   76,513
October 31 at No. 15 Ohio State No. 20 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 13–7   89,915
November 7 Purdue No. 15 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 45–3   76,933
November 14 No. 16 Indiana No. 13 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon) ABC W 27–3   76,411
November 21 at Wisconsin No. 11 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 30–9   45,385
January 1 vs. No. 16 USC* No. 8 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) NBC W 20–17   103,847
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

1988 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.[2] Team members Tony Mandarich, Andre Rison and Percy Snow were drafted in later years.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Team
Lorenzo White122Running BackHouston Oilers
Greg Montgomery372PunterHouston Oilers
David Houle6145GuardNew York Giants
Tim Moore8206LinebackerPhoenix Cardinals
Mark Nichols8209Nose TacklePittsburgh Steelers

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/MichiganState.htm
  2. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1988.htm
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