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1987 San Diego State

5–⁠7 (4–⁠4 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Dennis Stolz.

Schedule and results

San Diego State in 1987, game by game: lost at No. 3 UCLA 14–47; won vs. Utah 52–34; lost at Air Force 7–49; lost at Oregon 20–25; lost at Wyoming 10–52; lost vs. UTEP 33–34; lost vs. Stanford 40–44; won at Long Beach State 52–42; won at Hawai’i 29–21; lost at BYU 21–38; won vs. Colorado State 26–12; won vs. New Mexico 53–30+23−42Lost 14–47 at No. 3 UCLA-33No. 3 UCLAWon 52–34 vs. Utah+18UtahLost 7–49 at Air Force-42Air ForceLost 20–25 at Oregon-5OregonLost 10–52 at Wyoming-42WyomingLost 33–34 vs. UTEP-1UTEPLost 40–44 vs. Stanford-4StanfordWon 52–42 at Long Beach State+10Long Beach StateWon 29–21 at Hawai’i+8Hawai’iLost 21–38 at BYU-17BYUWon 26–12 vs. Colorado State+14Colorado StateWon 53–30 vs. New Mexico+23New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5at3UCLAL 14–⁠4729%
Sep 12vsUtahW 52–⁠3468%
Sep 19atAir ForceL 7–⁠4945%
Sep 26atOregonL 20–⁠2544%
Oct 3atWyomingL 10–⁠5244%
Oct 10vsUTEPL 33–⁠3454%
Oct 17vsStanfordL 40–⁠4450%
Oct 24atLong Beach StateW 52–⁠4240%
Oct 31atHawai’iW 29–⁠2136%
Nov 7atBYUL 21–⁠3831%
Nov 14vsColorado StateW 26–⁠1271%
Nov 21vsNew MexicoW 53–⁠3083%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat New Mexico 53–⁠30; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 on file).

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.

Led the nationTodd Santos: passing yards (3,932 yds), passing touchdowns (26 TD), total offense (3,688 yds), total offense per game (307.3); Paul Hewitt: rushing touchdowns (18 TD), points (144 pts), points per game (12.0)

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
4–⁠4 5th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
357–⁠428
Coach
Dennis Stolz
Elo
1502 −41 this season
SP+ rating
-4.7 No. 69 of 101; offense No. 10, defense No. 99
SRS
−8.6 No. 73 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dana Bible
Defensive coordinator
Tim McConnell
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 7Harold Hicks DBWashington Redskins

1987 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming8–⁠010–⁠3
BYU7–⁠19–⁠4
Air Force6–⁠29–⁠4
UTEP5–⁠37–⁠4
San Diego State4–⁠45–⁠7
Hawai’i3–⁠55–⁠7
Utah2–⁠65–⁠7
Colorado State1–⁠71–⁠11
New Mexico0–⁠80–⁠11

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