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1987 Louisiana

6–⁠5, coached by Nelson Stokley.

Schedule and results

Louisiana in 1987, game by game: lost at Mississippi State 3–31; won vs. UNLV 21–10; lost at Oklahoma State 0–36; lost at No. 17 Alabama 10–38; won vs. Northwestern State 13–3; lost at Ole Miss 14–24; won at UL Monroe 17–7; won vs. Memphis 31–7; lost at Tulane 10–38; won vs. Colorado State 35–28; won vs. Southern Miss 37–30+24−36Lost 3–31 at Mississippi State-28Mississippi Sta…Won 21–10 vs. UNLV+11UNLVLost 0–36 at Oklahoma State-36Oklahoma StateLost 10–38 at No. 17 Alabama-28No. 17 AlabamaWon 13–3 vs. Northwestern State+10Northwestern St…Lost 14–24 at Ole Miss-10Ole MissWon 17–7 at UL Monroe+10UL MonroeWon 31–7 vs. Memphis+24MemphisLost 10–38 at Tulane-28TulaneWon 35–28 vs. Colorado State+7Colorado StateWon 37–30 vs. Southern Miss+7Southern Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atMississippi StateL 3–⁠3140%
Sep 12vsUNLVW 21–⁠1050%
Sep 26atOklahoma StateL 0–⁠3627%
Oct 3at17AlabamaL 10–⁠3817%
Oct 10vsNorthwestern StateW 13–⁠373%
Oct 17atOle MissL 14–⁠2443%
Oct 24atUL MonroeW 17–⁠759%
Nov 7vsMemphisW 31–⁠768%
Nov 14atTulaneL 10–⁠3841%
Nov 21vsColorado StateW 35–⁠2868%
Nov 28vsSouthern MissW 37–⁠3053%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Southern Miss 37–⁠30; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 92 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
191–⁠252
Coach
Nelson Stokley
Elo
1472 +7 this season
SP+ rating
-13.6 No. 87 of 101; offense No. 89, defense No. 78
SRS
−9.8 No. 81 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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