1987 Washington Huskies football team

1987 Pacific-10 football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

Washington Huskies football
1987 Washington Huskies football
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1987 Independence Bowl, W 24-12 vs. Tulane
Conference	Pacific-10
1987 record	7-4-1 (4-3-1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (13th year)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Pinkel
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright
MVP	David Rill
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
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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
September 5	Stanford	#13	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 31–21	73,676
September 12	Purdue*	#12	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 28–10	70,492
September 19	at Texas A&M*	#10	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	L 12–29	58,178
September 26	College of Pacific*	#18	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 31–3	69,605
October 3	at Oregon	#16	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	L 22–29	44,421
October 10	#13 Arizona State		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 27–14	73,883
October 17	USC		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 23–37	71,678
October 31	Oregon State		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 28–12	66,392
November 7	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	T 21–21	50,021
November 14	at #7 UCLA		Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	L 14–47	70,332
November 21	Washington State		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	W 34–19	74,038
December 19	vs. Tulane*		Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	W 24–12	41,683
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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1987 Pacific-10 football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#18 USC +	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#9 UCLA +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Washington	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
#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