1987 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

	1987 Big Ten football standings
	† – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Ohio State Buckeyes football
1987 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1987 record	6-4-1 (4-4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Earle Bruce
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
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The 1987 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1987-1988. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–4–1 record.

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Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12	West Virginia*	#5	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 24-3	88,272
September 19	Oregon*	#5	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 24-14	89,882
September 26	at #4 Louisiana State*	#7	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	T 13-13	79,263
October 3	at Illinois	#9	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 10-6	73,045
October 10	Indiana	#9	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 10-31	90,032
October 17	at Purdue	#17	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 20-17	66,501
October 24	Minnesota	#16	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 42-9	89,801
October 31	#20 Michigan State	#15	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 7-13	89,915
November 7	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 24-26	63,195
November 14	Iowa		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 27-29	90,090
November 21	at Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	W 23-20	106,031
*Non-conference game.

v t e	Conf					Overall
1987 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8/8 Michigan State †	7	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
#16/16 Iowa	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
#NR/20 Indiana	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#19/18 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Illinois	2	–	5	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll