1987 Army
5–6, coached by Jim Young. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat The Citadel 48–6Sep 26
By 42 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | vs Holy Cross | L 24–34 | 81% |
| Sep 19 | at Kansas State | W 41–14 | 63% |
| Sep 26 | vs The Citadel | W 48–6 | 82% |
| Oct 3 | vs Wake Forest | L 13–17 | 57% |
| Oct 10 | at Boston College | L 24–29 | 28% |
| Oct 17 | vs Colgate | L 20–22 | 80% |
| Oct 24 | vs Rutgers | L 14–27 | 50% |
| Oct 31 | vs Temple | W 17–7 | 49% |
| Nov 7 | at Air Force | L 10–27 | 28% |
| Nov 14 | vs Lafayette | W 49–37 | 77% |
| Dec 5 | vs Navy | W 17–3 | 66% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Navy 17–3; unranked in the final AP poll.
In program history: The 91st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1987.
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- —
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 277–223
- Coach
- Jim Young
- Elo
- 1463 −44 this season
- SP+ rating
- -10.0 No. 79 of 101; offense No. 96, defense No. 50
- SRS
- −2.5 No. 62 of 104 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Defensive coordinator
- Bob Sutton
- Captains
- Dave Berdan and Tory Crawford
- Offense
- Triple option
- Defense
- 4–3