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1987 Washington State

3–⁠7–⁠1 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Dennis Erickson.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1987, game by game: won vs. Fresno State 41–24; won vs. Wyoming 43–28; lost at No. 19 Michigan 18–44; lost at Colorado 17–26; lost vs. Stanford 7–44; lost at Arizona State 7–38; won vs. Arizona 45–28; lost at USC 7–42; lost vs. Oregon 17–31; lost at Washington 19–34; tied vs. California 17–17+17−37Won 41–24 vs. Fresno State+17Fresno StateWon 43–28 vs. Wyoming+15WyomingLost 18–44 at No. 19 Michigan-26No. 19 MichiganLost 17–26 at Colorado-9ColoradoLost 7–44 vs. Stanford-37StanfordLost 7–38 at Arizona State-31Arizona StateWon 45–28 vs. Arizona+17ArizonaLost 7–42 at USC-35USCLost 17–31 vs. Oregon-14OregonLost 19–34 at Washington-15WashingtonTied 17–17 vs. California0California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsFresno StateW 41–⁠2438%
Sep 12vsWyomingW 43–⁠2856%
Sep 19at19MichiganL 18–⁠4429%
Sep 26atColoradoL 17–⁠2636%
Oct 10vsStanfordL 7–⁠4460%
Oct 17atArizona StateL 7–⁠3819%
Oct 24vsArizonaW 45–⁠2831%
Oct 31atUSCL 7–⁠4226%
Nov 14vsOregonL 17–⁠3154%
Nov 21atWashingtonL 19–⁠3422%
Nov 28vsCaliforniaT 17–⁠1743%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied California 17–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 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.

Record
3–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
238–⁠356
Coach
Dennis Erickson
Elo
1403 −42 this season
SP+ rating
-1.4 No. 55 of 101; offense No. 32, defense No. 81
SRS
−5.3 No. 67 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Bratkowski
Defensive coordinator
John L. Smith
Offense
Single-back spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 3James Hasty DBNew York Jets
Rd 7Brian Forde LBNew Orleans Saints

All-Pac-10

3 second 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.