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1987 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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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 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Francis Peay, the Wildcats compiled a 2–8–1 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Greenfield with 1,265 passing yards, Byron Sanders with 778 rushing yards, and George Jones with 668 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

September 12at Duke*

L 16–31 September 19at Missouri*

L 3–28 September 26Northern Illinois*

T 16–16 October 3at Indiana

L 18–35 October 10Minnesota

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 33–45 October 17No. 19 Michigan State

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 0–38 October 24at Wisconsin

W 27–24 October 31at Michigan

L 6–29 November 7Iowa

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 24–52 November 14at Purdue

L 15–20 November 21Illinois

W 28–10

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "1987 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "1987 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.