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1987 Michigan State Spartans football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 8
Head coach
  • (5th season)
1987 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Michigan State $ 7 0 1 9 2 1
No. 16 Iowa 6 2 0 10 3 0
Indiana 6 2 0 8 4 0
No. 19 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

The 1987 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team went 9–2–1 overall and 7–0–1 in conference play, becoming Big Ten Conference champions.[1] Michigan State beat Southern California to win the 1988 Rose Bowl, and finished the season ranked #8 in the AP and Coaches' polls. The first game of the season against Southern California was the first night game ever at Spartan Stadium.

Schedule

September 7No. 19 Southern California*

ABCW 27–1377,922 September 197:45 PMat No. 9 Notre Dame*No. 17

ESPNL 8–31 59,075 September 26No. 6 Florida State*

  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI

L 3–3176,887 October 3at No. 17 Iowa

W 19–14 67,700 October 10No. 12 Michigan

ABCW 17–1177,424 October 17at Northwestern

W 38–029,113 October 24Illinoisdagger

  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI

T 14–1476,513 October 31at No. 15 Ohio StateNo. 20

W 13–789,915 November 7PurdueNo. 15

  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI

W 45–376,933 November 14No. 16 IndianaNo. 13

ABCW 27–376,411 November 21at WisconsinNo. 11

W 30–945,385 January 1vs. No. 16 Southern California*No. 8

NBCW 20–17103,847

Template:CFB Schedule End

1988 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.[2] Team members Tony Mandarich, Andre Rison and Percy Snow were drafted in later years.

Player Round Pick Position NFL Team
Lorenzo White 1 22 Running Back Houston Oilers
Greg Montgomery 3 72 Punter Houston Oilers
David Houle 6 145 Guard New York Giants
Tim Moore 8 206 Linebacker Phoenix Cardinals
Mark Nichols 8 209 Nose Tackle Pittsburgh Steelers

References