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1987 LSU

10–⁠1–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Mike Archer, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1987, game by game: won at No. 15 Texas A&M 17–3; won vs. Cal State Fullerton 56–12; won vs. Rice 49–16; tied vs. No. 7 Ohio State 13–13; won vs. No. 19 Florida 13–10; won at No. 16 Georgia 26–23; won vs. Kentucky 34–9; won at Ole Miss 42–13; lost vs. No. 13 Alabama 10–22; won vs. Mississippi State 34–14; won at Tulane 41–36; won vs. No. 9 South Carolina 30–13+44−12Won 17–3 at No. 15 Texas A&M+14No. 15 Texas A&MWon 56–12 vs. Cal State Fullerton+44Cal State Fulle…Won 49–16 vs. Rice+33RiceTied 13–13 vs. No. 7 Ohio State0No. 7 Ohio StateWon 13–10 vs. No. 19 Florida+3No. 19 FloridaWon 26–23 at No. 16 Georgia+3No. 16 GeorgiaWon 34–9 vs. Kentucky+25KentuckyWon 42–13 at Ole Miss+29Ole MissLost 10–22 vs. No. 13 Alabama-12No. 13 AlabamaWon 34–14 vs. Mississippi State+20Mississippi Sta…Won 41–36 at Tulane+5TulaneWon 30–13 vs. No. 9 South Carolina+17No. 9 South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5at15Texas A&MW 17–⁠344%
Sep 12vsCal State FullertonW 56–⁠1287%
Sep 19vsRiceW 49–⁠1688%
Sep 26vs7Ohio StateT 13–⁠1357%
Oct 3vs19FloridaW 13–⁠1061%
Oct 10at16GeorgiaW 26–⁠2348%
Oct 17vsKentuckyW 34–⁠975%
Oct 31atOle MissW 42–⁠1374%
Nov 7vs13AlabamaL 10–⁠2264%
Nov 14vsMississippi StateW 34–⁠1487%
Nov 21atTulaneW 41–⁠3670%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs9South CarolinaGator BowlW 30–⁠1360%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina 30–⁠13 in the Gator Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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.

2 consensus All-AmericansWendell Davis, WR; Nacho Albergamo, C

Record
10–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 4
Points
365–⁠184
Coach
Mike Archer
Elo
1733 +107 this season
SP+ rating
23.5 No. 9 of 101; offense No. 8, defense No. 13
SRS
20.0 No. 8 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ed Zaunbrecher
Defensive coordinator
Pete Jenkins
Offense
Multiple
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 1Wendell Davis WRChicago Bears
Rd 3Kevin Guidry DBDenver Broncos
Rd 4Sammy Martin WRNew England Patriots
Rd 5Eric Andolsek OGDetroit Lions

All-SEC

5 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Brian KinchenTEAP-2
  • Ron SanchoDEAP-2
  • Chris CarrierDBAP-2
  • David BrowndykeKAP-2

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.