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1987 Florida

6–⁠6 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Galen Hall.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1987, game by game: lost at No. 10 Miami 4–31; won vs. Tulsa 52–0; won at No. 11 Alabama 23–14; won vs. Mississippi State 38–3; lost at No. 7 LSU 10–13; won vs. Cal State Fullerton 65–0; won vs. Temple 34–3; lost at No. 6 Auburn 6–29; lost vs. No. 10 Georgia 10–23; won vs. Kentucky 27–14; lost vs. No. 3 Florida State 14–28; lost vs. No. 10 UCLA 16–20+65−27Lost 4–31 at No. 10 Miami-27No. 10 MiamiWon 52–0 vs. Tulsa+52TulsaWon 23–14 at No. 11 Alabama+9No. 11 AlabamaWon 38–3 vs. Mississippi State+35Mississippi Sta…Lost 10–13 at No. 7 LSU-3No. 7 LSUWon 65–0 vs. Cal State Fullerton+65Cal State Fulle…Won 34–3 vs. Temple+31TempleLost 6–29 at No. 6 Auburn-23No. 6 AuburnLost 10–23 vs. No. 10 Georgia-13No. 10 GeorgiaWon 27–14 vs. Kentucky+13KentuckyLost 14–28 vs. No. 3 Florida State-14No. 3 Florida StateLost 16–20 vs. No. 10 UCLA-4No. 10 UCLA
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5at10MiamiL 4–⁠3129%
Sep 12vsTulsaW 52–⁠064%
Sep 19at11AlabamaW 23–⁠1429%
Sep 26vsMississippi StateW 38–⁠377%
Oct 3at7LSUL 10–⁠1339%
Oct 10vsCal State FullertonW 65–⁠082%
Oct 17vsTempleW 34–⁠377%
Oct 31at6AuburnL 6–⁠2934%
Nov 7vs10GeorgiaL 10–⁠2350%
Nov 14vsKentuckyW 27–⁠1471%
Nov 28vs3Florida StateL 14–⁠2840%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvs10UCLAAloha BowlL 16–⁠2032%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UCLA 20–⁠16 in the Aloha Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 5: 19
  3. Wk 6: 18
  4. Wk 7: 14
  5. Wk 8: 11
  6. Wk 9: 10
  7. Wk 10: 17

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
6–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠3 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
299–⁠178
Coach
Galen Hall
Elo
1604 +13 this season
SP+ rating
21.8 No. 11 of 101; offense No. 24, defense No. 6
SRS
16.5 No. 11 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Zaven Yaralian

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 1Clifford Charlton LBCleveland Browns
Rd 2Jarvis Williams DBMiami Dolphins
Rd 6Bob Sims OGNew Orleans Saints
Rd 7Kerwin Bell QBMiami Dolphins

All-SEC

4 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.