American college football season
1987 Michigan State Spartans football Conference Big Ten Conference 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 Seasons
1987 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W
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
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] 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 .
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 7 8:00 p.m. No. 19 USC * Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ABC W 27–1377,922 September 19 7:45 p.m. at No. 9 Notre Dame * No. 17 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy )ESPN L 8–3159,075 September 26 1:00 p.m. No. 6 Florida State * Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI L 3–3176,887 October 3 12:30 p.m. at No. 17 Iowa W 19–1467,700 October 10 3:30 p.m. No. 12 Michigan Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy ) ABC W 17–1177,424 October 17 2:05 p.m. at Northwestern W 38–029,113 October 24 1:00 p.m. Illinois Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI T 14–1476,513 October 31 3:30 p.m. at No. 15 Ohio State No. 20 W 13–789,915 November 7 1:00 p.m. Purdue No. 15 Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI W 45–376,933 November 14 3:30 p.m. No. 16 Indiana No. 13 Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon ) ABC W 27–376,411 November 21 2:05 p.m. at Wisconsin No. 11 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI W 30–945,385 January 1, 1988 5:00 p.m. vs. No. 16 USC * No. 8 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl )NBC W 20–17103,847 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Personnel [ ]
1987 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
WR
17
Willie Bouyer Jr
QB
4
Dan Enos Fr
RB
26
Blake Ezor So
TE
Rich Gicewicz
OL
David Houle
WR
14
Jeff Jacobs Sr
OL
63
Bob Kula
OT
79
Tony Mandarich Jr
QB
8
Bobby McAllister Jr
RB
Steve Montgomery
RB
James Moore
RB
Joe Pugh
WR
1
Andre Rison Jr
OT
71
Kevin Robbins Jr
TE
49
Mike Sargent Sr
C
60
Pat Shurmur Sr
OL
Vince Tata
RB
34
Lorenzo White Sr
WR
Bernard Wilson
FB
29
Duane Young Fr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
CB
36
Harlon Barnett So
DL
Joe Bergin
DL
John Budde
DL
75
Travis Davis
LB
57
Dixon Edwards Fr
DB
9
Mike Iaquaniello Fr
LB
51
Carlos Jenkins Fr
S
35
Todd Krumm Sr
LB
3
Kurt Larson Jr
S
44
Josh Miller Jr
LB
Tim Moore
DT
77
Eric Moten Fr
DL
83
Mark Nichols
DB
Lenier Payton
DB
Derrick Reed
LB
48
Percy Snow So
DL
Chris Soehnien
DE
91
Jim Szymanski So
LB
66
So
Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Game summaries [ ] USC [ ] See also: 1987 USC Trojans football team
at Notre Dame [ ]
Michigan State at Notre Dame
1
2 3 4 Total
Spartans
0
0 0 8
8
• Fighting Irish
19
5 7 0
31
Date: September 19Location: Notre Dame Stadium , South Bend, IN Game start: 7:45 p.m. EST Game attendance: 59,075Television network: ESPN Scoring summary Q1 ND Ezor downed ball in end zone ND 2–0 Q1 ND Gradel 27 yard field goal ND 5–0 Q1 ND Brown 71 yard punt return (Gradel kick) ND 12–0 Q1 ND Brown 66 yard punt return (Gradel kick) ND 19–0 Q2 ND McAllister tackled in end zone ND 21–0 Q2 ND Gradel 37 yard field goal ND 24–0 Q3 ND Johnson 3 yard run (Gradel kick) ND 31–0 Q4 MSU Rison 57 yard pass from McAllister (Wilson pass from McAllister) ND 31–8
Florida State [ ]
Florida State at Michigan State
1
2 3 4 Total
• #6 Seminoles
0
7 10 14
31
Spartans
0
3 0 0
3
Date: September 26Location: Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI Game attendance: 76,887
See also: 1987 Florida State Seminoles football team
at Iowa [ ]
Michigan State at Iowa
1
2 3 4 Total
• Spartans
7
0 6 6
19
#17 Hawkeyes
7
7 0 0
14
Date: October 3Location: Kinnick Stadium , Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 67,699 Scoring summary 1 IOWA Early 19-yard pass from Dan McGwire (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 7-0 1 Mich St White 5-yard run (Langeloh kick) Tied 7-7 2 Iowa Watkins 14-yard pass from McGwire (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 14-7 3 KSU Langeloh 21-yard field goal IOWA 14-10 3 KSU Langeloh 46-yard field goal IOWA 14-13 4 Iowa Sargent 8-yard pass from McAllister (pass failed) Mich St 19-14
See also: 1987 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
[2] [3]
Michigan [ ] See also: 1987 Michigan Wolverines football team
1
2
3
4
Total
Michigan
3
0
0
8
11
Michigan St
7
7
0
3
17
MICH - Gillette 31 FG
MSU - White 6 Run (Langeloh kick)
MSU - White 2 Run (Langeloh kick)
MICH - Morris 18 D. Brown (pass good)
MSU - Langeloh 42 FG
Passing: MICH D. Brown 12/26, 158 Yds, TD, 7 INT, MSU McAllister 5/7, 68 Yds
Rushing: MICH Morris 31/108, MSU White 34/185, 2 TD
Receiving: MICH Kolesar 4/65, MSU Bouyer 2/38 [4]
at Northwestern [ ]
Michigan State Spartans at Northwestern Wildcats
1
2
3 4 Total
Michigan St
10
7
14 7 38
Northwestern
0
0
0 0 0
at Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois
Date : October 17Game attendance : 29,113Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 18.
Game information
First quarter
MSU – John Langeloh 31-yard field goal
MSU – Lorenzo White 1-yard run (John Langeloh kick) Second quarter
MSU – Lorenzo White 6-yard run (John Langeloh kick) Third quarter
MSU – Lorenzo White 1-yard run (John Langeloh kick)
MSU – Andre Rison 7-yard pass from Bobby McAllister (John Langeloh kick) Fourth quarter
Top passers MSU – Bobby McAllister – 5/16, 97 yards, TD, INT
NW – Mike Greenfield – 4/9, 50 yards, INT Top rushers MSU – Lorenzo White – 33 rushes, 187 yards, 3 TD
NW – Byron Sanders – 20 rushes, 26 yards Top receivers MSU – Andre Rison – 5 receptions, 96 yards, TD
NW – Marcus Lang – 1 reception, 26 yards
Illinois [ ] at Ohio State [ ] See also: 1987 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
Michigan State Spartans at Ohio State Buckeyes
1
2
3 4 Total
Michigan St 10
3
0 0 13
Ohio St 7
0
0 0 7
at Ohio Stadium , Columbus, Ohio
Date : October 31, 1987Game time : 3:30 p.m.Game weather : Sunny, 60 °F (16 °C)Game attendance : 89,915Referee : Ron Winter TV : ABC Box Score
Game information
First quarter
OSU – Everett Ross 79-yard pass from Tom Tupa (Matt Frantz kick), 14:45. 'Ohio St 7–0. Drive: 1 play, 79 yards, 0:11.
MSU – Bobby McAllister 15-yard run (John Langeloh kick), 4:37. Tie 7–7. Drive: 3 plays, 54 yards, 0:50.
MSU – John Langeloh 40-yard field goal, 1:22. Michigan St 10–7. Drive: 4 plays, 13 yards, 1:48. Second quarter
MSU – John Langeloh 20-yard field goal, 10:41. Michigan St 13–7. Drive: 9 plays, 41 yards, 4:10.
Top passers MSU – Bobby McAllister – 4/12, 61 yards
OSU – Tom Tupa – 8/15, 137 yards, TD, 2 INT Top rushers MSU – Bobby McAllister – 22 rushes, 83 yards, TD
OSU – Carlos Snow – 8 rushes, 18 yards Top receivers MSU – Lorenzo White – 2 receptions, 21 yards
OSU – Alex Higdon – 6 receptions, 54 yards
Purdue [ ] Indiana [ ]
Indiana Hoosiers at Michigan State Spartans
1
2
3 4 Total
Indiana
3
0
0 0 3
Michigan St
0
17
10 0 27
at Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan
Date : November 14Game attendance : 76,411[5]
Game information
Indiana Kramme
Thompson
Jordan
Michigan St McAllister
White
Rison
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
IND
MSU
1
Indiana
49-yard field goal by Stoyanovich
3
0
2
Michigan St
White 5-yard touchdown run, Langeloh kick good
3
7
2
Michigan St
Rison 22-yard touchdown reception from McAllister, Langeloh kick good
3
14
2
Michigan St
47-yard field goal by Langeloh
3
17
3
Michigan St
21-yard field goal by Langeloh
3
20
3
Michigan St
White 1-yard touchdown run, Langeloh kick good
3
27
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
3
27
at Wisconsin [ ] Rose Bowl vs. USC [ ] Main article: 1988 Rose Bowl
1988 NFL Draft [ ] The following players were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft .[6] Tony Mandarich , Andre Rison and Percy Snow were drafted in later years.
Player Round Pick Position NFL Team
Lorenzo White 1
22
Running Back
Houston Oilers
Greg Montgomery 3
72
Punter
Houston Oilers
David Houle
6
145
Guard
New York Giants
Tim Moore
8
206
Linebacker
Phoenix Cardinals
Mark Nichols
8
209
Nose Tackle
Pittsburgh Steelers
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
Western Conference Big Ten Big Nine Big Ten National championships in bold
