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1987 Long Beach State

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Larry Reisbig.

Schedule and results

Long Beach State in 1987, game by game: won vs. Montana State 51–15; won vs. Weber State 30–7; lost at Cal State Fullerton 12–31; lost at No. 14 Michigan 0–49; lost at Fresno State 7–30; won at Pacific 9–6; won vs. New Mexico State 33–6; lost vs. San Diego State 42–52; lost at UNLV 17–30; lost at San José State 16–44; lost vs. Utah State 14–17+36−49Won 51–15 vs. Montana State+36Montana StateWon 30–7 vs. Weber State+23Weber StateLost 12–31 at Cal State Fullerton-19Cal State Fulle…Lost 0–49 at No. 14 Michigan-49No. 14 MichiganLost 7–30 at Fresno State-23Fresno StateWon 9–6 at Pacific+3PacificWon 33–6 vs. New Mexico State+27New Mexico StateLost 42–52 vs. San Diego State-10San Diego StateLost 17–30 at UNLV-13UNLVLost 16–44 at San José State-28San José StateLost 14–17 vs. Utah State-3Utah State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsMontana StateW 51–⁠1579%
Sep 12vsWeber StateW 30–⁠782%
Sep 19atCal State FullertonL 12–⁠3158%
Sep 26at14MichiganL 0–⁠4921%
Oct 3atFresno StateL 7–⁠3030%
Oct 10atPacificW 9–⁠649%
Oct 17vsNew Mexico StateW 33–⁠681%
Oct 24vsSan Diego StateL 42–⁠5260%
Nov 7atUNLVL 17–⁠3044%
Nov 14atSan José StateL 16–⁠4414%
Nov 21vsUtah StateL 14–⁠1757%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Utah State 17–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 29 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 7th in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
231–⁠287
Coach
Larry Reisbig
Elo
1372 −96 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−22.7 No. 102 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

1987 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
San José State7–⁠010–⁠2
Fresno State4–⁠36–⁠5
Cal State Fullerton4–⁠36–⁠6
UNLV4–⁠35–⁠6
Utah State4–⁠35–⁠6
Pacific3–⁠44–⁠7
Long Beach State2–⁠54–⁠7
New Mexico State0–⁠72–⁠9

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