1987 Long Beach State 49ers football team
American college football season
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The 1987 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University, Long Beach[note 1] during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.
ConferencePacific Coast Athletic Association
Record4–7 (2–5 PCAA)
Headcoach
- Larry Reisbig (1st season)
DefensivecoordinatorKen Visser (7th season)
| 1987 Long Beach State 49ers football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
| Record | 4–7 (2–5 PCAA) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Ken Visser (7th season) |
| Home stadium | Veterans Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.[note 2] The team was led by first-year head coach Larry Reisbig, and played home games at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 2–5 PCAA).
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | 1:00 pm | Montana State* | W 51–15 | 3,606 | [1] | ||
| September 12 | 7:00 pm | Weber State* |
| W 30–7 | 6,109 | [2] | |
| September 19 | 1:00 pm | at Cal State Fullerton | L 12–31 | 6,919 | [3] | ||
| September 26 | 10:00 am | at No. 14 Michigan* | L 0–49 | 101,714 | [4] | ||
| October 1 | 6:00 pm | at Fresno State | ESPN | L 7–30 | 32,215 | [5] | |
| October 10 | 8:00 pm | at Pacific (CA) | ESPN | W 9–6 | 9,747 | [6] | |
| October 17 | 1:00 pm | New Mexico State |
| W 33–6 | 6,309 | [7] | |
| October 24 | 7:00 pm | at San Diego State* | L 42–52 | 23,625 | [8] | ||
| November 7 | 7:00 pm | at UNLV | L 17–30 | 16,071 | [9] | ||
| November 14 | 1:00 pm | San Jose State |
| L 16–44 | 5,027 | [10] | |
| November 21 | 1:00 pm | Utah State |
| L 14–17 | 2,659 | [11] | |
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Notes
- The official name of Long Beach State has been California State University, Long Beach since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Long Beach State.
- The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.
