American college football season
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 September 5 at No. 10 Miami (FL) * No. 20 TBS L 4–3177,224
September 12 Tulsa * W 52–072,173
September 19 at No. 11 Alabama TBS W 23–1475,808
September 26 Mississippi State Florida Field Gainesville, FL W 38–374,421
October 3 at No. 7 LSU No. 19 ESPN L 10–1379,313
October 10 Cal State Fullerton * No. 18 Florida Field Gainesville, FL W 65–072,336
October 17 Temple * No. 14 Florida Field Gainesville, FL W 34–374,286
October 31 at No. 6 Auburn No. 10 ESPN L 6–2985,187
November 7 vs. No. 10 Georgia No. 17 TBS L 10–2381,975
November 14 Kentucky Florida Field Gainesville, FL TBS W 27–1473,021
November 28 No. 3 Florida State * Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry ) CBS L 14–2874,613
December 25 vs. No. 10 UCLA * ABC L 16–2024,839
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide .[2]
Roster [ ]
1987 Florida Gators football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Rankings [ ]
Game summaries [ ]
at Miami (FL) [ ]
[3]
Florida State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Seminoles
3
6 11 8
28
Gators
7
7 0 0
14
Date: November 28Location: Florida Field Game attendance: 74,613
show Scoring summaryQ1 10:10 FSU Schmidt 26 yard field goal FSU 3–0
Q1 2:21 FLA E. Smith 5 yard run (McGinty kick)FLA 7–3
Q2 14:55 FLA E. Smith 4 yard run (McGinty kick) FLA 14–3
Q2 2:44 FSU Schmidt 23 yard field goal FLA 14–6
Q2 0:00 FSU Schmidt 53 yard field goal FLA 14–9
Q3 10:59 FSU Schmidt 37 yard field goal FLA 14–12
Q3 4:50 FSU D. Williams 1 yard run (Bennett run) FSU 20–14
Q4 10:36 FSU D. Williams 1 yard run (Gainer pass from McManus ) FSU 28–14
UCLA (Aloha Bowl) [ ]
References [ ]
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