1987 Washington Huskies football team

1987 Washington Huskies football
Independence Bowl, W 24–12 vs. Tulane
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	7–4–1 (4–3–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (13th season)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Pinkel (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright (10th season)
MVP	David Rill
Captains	Chris Chandler Darryl Franklin Brian Habib David Rill
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
Seasons ←  1986 1988  →

1987 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 UCLA +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 18 USC +	7	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Washington	4	–	3	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
No. 20 Arizona State	3	–	3	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
Oregon	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Arizona	2	–	3	–	3			4	–	4	–	3
California	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	6	–	2
Washington State	1	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its 13th season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 7–4–1 record, finished in third place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 295 to 254. ^[1] David Rill was selected as the team's most valuable player. Rill, Chris Chandler, Darryl Franklin, Brian Habib were the team captains.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	Stanford	No. 13	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 31–21	73,676	[2]
September 12	Purdue *	No. 12	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 28–10	70,492	[3]
September 19	at Texas A&M *	No. 10	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 12–29	58,178	[4]
September 26	Pacific (CA) *	No. 18	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 31–3	69,605	[5]
October 3	at Oregon	No. 16	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	L 22–29	44,421	[6]
October 10	No. 13 Arizona State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 27–14	73,883	[7]
October 17	USC		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 23–37	71,678	[8]
October 31	Oregon State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 28–12	66,392	[9]
November 7	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	T 21–21	50,021	[10]
November 14	at No. 7 UCLA		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	L 14–47	70,332	[11]
November 21	Washington State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	W 34–19	74,038	[12]
December 19	vs. Tulane *		Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	W 24–12	41,683	[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona St	0	0	14	0	14
Washington	14	3	0	10	27

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Roster

1987 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 89 Bill Ames So C 60 Bern Brostek So QB 17 Chris Chandler  (C) Sr FB 36 James Compton Fr QB 10 Cary Conklin So FB 39 Tony Covington Jr FL 7 Darryl Franklin (C) Sr FB 29 Aaron Jenkins Jr OT 66 Kelly John-Lewis Jr TE 82 Scott Jones Jr TB 20 Greg Lewis Fr OT 74 Rick McLeod Sr FL 8 Brian Slater Jr TB 22 Vince Weathersby Jr G 77 Brett Wiese Jr G 50 Mike Zandofsky Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 79 Dennis Brown So LB 46 Tom Erlandson Sr FS 40 Daryl Hall Jr DE 56 Martin Harrison Sr CB 6 Le-Lo Lang So CB 4 Art Malone Jr ROV 24 Will Rideout Sr LB 38 David Rill (C) Sr DT 91 Brian Habib  (C) Sr DE 96 Bob Willig Jr OLB 3 Bo Yates Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 5 Brandy Brownlee Sr P 37 Eric Canton Fr	Head coach Don James (13th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Gary Pinkel – OC Jeff Woodruff - WR Matt Simon - RB Dan Dorazio - OL Todd Williams - GA Steve Barrow - GA Jim Lambright – DC Chris Tormey - LB Jim Heacock - DL Jay Niemann – GA Charlie Hall - GA Craig McCord - GA Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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NFL draft

Five Huskies were selected in the 1988 NFL draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Chris Chandler	QB	3	76	Indianapolis Colts
Darryl Franklin	WR	8	201	Los Angeles Rams
Brian Habib	DL	10	264	Minnesota Vikings
Rick McLeod	T	11	284	Seattle Seahawks
Tom Erlandson	LB	12	316	Buffalo Bills

References

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11. "UCLA routs Washington, and gears up for the Trojan wars". The Enterprise. November 15, 1987. Retrieved May 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
12. "Washington wins 'Apple Bowl'". The Tampa Tribune-Times. November 22, 1987. Retrieved May 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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14. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 11. Retrieved 2019-Jan-07.
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16. "Husky roster". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. November 21, 1987. p. B2.