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1987 Auburn

9–⁠1–⁠2 (5–⁠0–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Pat Dye, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1987, game by game: won vs. Texas 31–3; won vs. Kansas 49–0; tied at No. 11 Tennessee 20–20; won at North Carolina 20–10; won vs. Vanderbilt 48–15; won at Georgia Tech 20–10; won vs. Mississippi State 38–7; won vs. No. 10 Florida 29–6; lost vs. No. 4 Florida State 6–34; won at No. 8 Georgia 27–11; won vs. No. 18 Alabama 10–0; tied vs. No. 4 Syracuse 16–16+49−28Won 31–3 vs. Texas+28TexasWon 49–0 vs. Kansas+49KansasTied 20–20 at No. 11 Tennessee0No. 11 TennesseeWon 20–10 at North Carolina+10North CarolinaWon 48–15 vs. Vanderbilt+33VanderbiltWon 20–10 at Georgia Tech+10Georgia TechWon 38–7 vs. Mississippi State+31Mississippi Sta…Won 29–6 vs. No. 10 Florida+23No. 10 FloridaLost 6–34 vs. No. 4 Florida State-28No. 4 Florida StateWon 27–11 at No. 8 Georgia+16No. 8 GeorgiaWon 10–0 vs. No. 18 Alabama+10No. 18 AlabamaTied 16–16 vs. No. 4 Syracuse0No. 4 Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsTexasW 31–⁠376%
Sep 12vsKansasW 49–⁠087%
Sep 26at11TennesseeT 20–⁠2046%
Oct 3atNorth CarolinaW 20–⁠1056%
Oct 10vsVanderbiltW 48–⁠1591%
Oct 17atGeorgia TechW 20–⁠1071%
Oct 24vsMississippi StateW 38–⁠786%
Oct 31vs10FloridaW 29–⁠666%
Nov 7vs4Florida StateL 6–⁠3463%
Nov 14at8GeorgiaW 27–⁠1146%
Nov 27vs18AlabamaW 10–⁠057%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs4SyracuseSugar BowlT 16–⁠1654%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Syracuse 16–⁠16 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 5
  2. Wk 2: 4
  3. Wk 3: 3
  4. Wk 4: 3
  5. Wk 5: 6
  6. Wk 6: 5
  7. Wk 7: 5
  8. Wk 8: 6
  9. Wk 9: 6
  10. Wk 10: 6
  11. Wk 11: 12
  12. Wk 12: 10
  13. Wk 13: 7
  14. Wk 14: 6
  15. Wk 15: 6
  16. Final: 7

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.

Southeastern Conference champions5–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference

2 consensus All-AmericansTracy Rocker, DT; Aundray Bruce, LB

Record
9–⁠1–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠0–⁠1 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 3
Points
314–⁠132
Coach
Pat Dye
Elo
1753 +99 this season
SP+ rating
25.2 No. 7 of 101; offense No. 23, defense No. 1
SRS
20.7 No. 7 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Wayne Hall

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 1Aundray Bruce LBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 3Kevin Porter DBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 4Robert Goff DETampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 4Stacy Searels OTSan Diego Chargers
Rd 6Nate Hill DEGreen Bay Packers
Rd 6Kurt Crain LBHouston Oilers

All-SEC

8 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠27
LSU5–⁠110–⁠1–⁠15
Tennessee4–⁠1–⁠110–⁠2–⁠114
Georgia4–⁠29–⁠313
Alabama4–⁠27–⁠5
Florida3–⁠36–⁠6
Kentucky1–⁠55–⁠6
Mississippi State1–⁠54–⁠7
Vanderbilt1–⁠54–⁠7
Ole Miss1–⁠53–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.