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1987 Stanford

5–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Jack Elway.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1987, game by game: lost at No. 13 Washington 21–31; lost at Colorado 17–31; lost vs. San José State 17–24; lost vs. No. 11 UCLA 0–49; won at Washington State 44–7; won at San Diego State 44–40; won vs. Oregon 13–10; lost vs. Arizona 13–23; lost at USC 24–39; won at Oregon State 38–7; won vs. California 31–7+37−49Lost 21–31 at No. 13 Washington-10No. 13 WashingtonLost 17–31 at Colorado-14ColoradoLost 17–24 vs. San José State-7San José StateLost 0–49 vs. No. 11 UCLA-49No. 11 UCLAWon 44–7 at Washington State+37Washington StateWon 44–40 at San Diego State+4San Diego StateWon 13–10 vs. Oregon+3OregonLost 13–23 vs. Arizona-10ArizonaLost 24–39 at USC-15USCWon 38–7 at Oregon State+31Oregon StateWon 31–7 vs. California+24California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5at13WashingtonL 21–⁠3133%
Sep 19atColoradoL 17–⁠3144%
Sep 26vsSan José StateL 17–⁠2446%
Oct 3vs11UCLAL 0–⁠4931%
Oct 10atWashington StateW 44–⁠740%
Oct 17atSan Diego StateW 44–⁠4050%
Oct 24vsOregonW 13–⁠1055%
Oct 31vsArizonaL 13–⁠2352%
Nov 7atUSCL 24–⁠3930%
Nov 14atOregon StateW 38–⁠762%
Nov 21vsCaliforniaW 31–⁠764%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 31–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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 nationAlan Grant: punt return average (16.5)

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 4th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
262–⁠268
Coach
Jack Elway
Elo
1540 −1 this season
SP+ rating
6.8 No. 40 of 101; offense No. 36, defense No. 51
SRS
3.4 No. 43 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Dick Mannini
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 1Brad Muster RBChicago Bears
Rd 7Jeff James WRDetroit Lions

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 6 second team

First team

Second team

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

1987 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA7–⁠110–⁠29
USC7–⁠18–⁠418
Washington4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠46–⁠5
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠120
Arizona2–⁠3–⁠34–⁠4–⁠3
California2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠6–⁠2
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Oregon State0–⁠72–⁠9

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