1987 Wisconsin
3–8 (1–7 Big Ten), coached by Don Morton. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Hawai’i 28–7Sep 12
By 21 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | vs Hawai’i | W 28–7 | 44% |
| Sep 19 | vs Utah | L 28–31 | 64% |
| Sep 26 | vs Ball State | W 30–13 | 65% |
| Oct 3 | at 12Michigan | L 0–49 | 21% |
| Oct 10 | vs Iowa | L 10–31 | 38% |
| Oct 17 | at Illinois | L 14–16 | 43% |
| Oct 24 | vs Northwestern | L 24–27 | 70% |
| Oct 31 | at Purdue | L 14–49 | 45% |
| Nov 7 | vs Ohio State | W 26–24 | 24% |
| Nov 14 | at Minnesota | L 19–22 | 28% |
| Nov 21 | vs 11Michigan State | L 9–30 | 23% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Michigan State 30–9; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 126th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 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
- 3–8
- Conference
- 1–7 10th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 202–299
- Coach
- Don Morton
- Elo
- 1372 −65 this season
- SP+ rating
- -10.8 No. 80 of 101; offense No. 77, defense No. 75
- SRS
- −9.2 No. 77 of 104 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Pat Simmers
- Defensive coordinator
- Mike Daly
- Captains
- Paul Gruber and Rodney Lossow
- Most valuable player
- Paul Gruber
- Offense
- Veer
- Defense
- 4–4
Drafted in 1988
The 1988 draft| Rd 1 | Paul Gruber OT | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
All-Big Ten
1 first teamFirst team
Paul GruberOTAP-1; UPI-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 Big Ten standings
Conference page| 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.