1987 Ohio State

• Biggest winBeat Minnesota 42–⁠9Oct 24

  By 33 points, its widest win.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Sep 12	vsWest Virginia	W 24–⁠3		77%
Sep 19	vsOregon	W 24–⁠14		77%
Sep 26	at4LSU	T 13–⁠13		43%
Oct 3	atIllinois	W 10–⁠6		72%
Oct 10	vsIndiana	L 10–⁠31		80%
Oct 17	atPurdue	W 20–⁠17		73%
Oct 24	vsMinnesota	W 42–⁠9		67%
Oct 31	vs20Michigan State	L 7–⁠13		68%
Nov 7	atWisconsin	L 24–⁠26		76%
Nov 14	vsIowa	L 27–⁠29		55%
Nov 21	atMichigan	W 23–⁠20		32%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

1. Wk 1: 4
2. Wk 2: 5
3. Wk 3: 5
4. Wk 4: 7
5. Wk 5: 9
6. Wk 6: 9
7. Wk 7: 17
8. Wk 8: 16
9. Wk 9: 15

• Chris SpielmanLinebacker
• Tom TupaPunter
• Jeff DavidsonGuard

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.

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

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Michigan State	7–⁠0–⁠1	9–⁠2–⁠1	8
Iowa	6–⁠2	10–⁠3	16
Indiana	6–⁠2	8–⁠4
Michigan	5–⁠3	8–⁠4	19
Ohio State	4–⁠4	6–⁠4–⁠1
Minnesota	3–⁠5	6–⁠5
Purdue	3–⁠5	3–⁠7–⁠1
Illinois	2–⁠5–⁠1	3–⁠7–⁠1
Northwestern	2–⁠6	2–⁠8–⁠1
Wisconsin	1–⁠7	3–⁠8

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