1987 California Bowl
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| 1987 California Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 12, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Bulldog Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fresno, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | RB Gary Patton (Eastern Michigan) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Gene Wurtz (WAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 24,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1987 California Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the San Jose State Spartans and the Eastern Michigan Hurons.
In four seasons, Eastern Michigan coach Jim Harkema had the Hurons rise from 1–10 to 2–7–2 to 4–7 to 6–5. In his fifth season, they won 9 games in the regular season along with winning the Mid-American Conference title, their first conference title since 1957. San Jose State, on the other hand, had been rising for years. They finished the season with one more victory than they did the year before as they won their 2nd straight Pacific Coast Athletic Association title, which was their 3rd title in the decade, qualifying them for their third ever California Bowl. San Jose State was a 17½ point favorite coming into this game.