1987 Richmond Spiders football team

1987 Richmond Spiders football
1987 Richmond Spiders football
Yankee co-champion
NCAA Division I-AA first round, L 3–20 at Appalachian State
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	7–5 (6–1 Yankee)
Head coach	Dal Shealy (8th season);
Home stadium	UR Stadium
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

Record7–5 (6–1 Yankee)

Headcoach

HomestadiumUR Stadium

1987 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Maine +^	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 17 Richmond +^	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Delaware	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
UMass	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Boston University	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rhode Island	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1987 Richmond Spiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Richmond as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their eighth season under head coach Dal Shealy, Richmond compiled a 7–5 record, with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, finishing as Yankee co-champions. In the I-AA playoffs, the Spiders were defeated by Appalachian State in the first round.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at No. 19 New Hampshire		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 14–7	8,025	^[1]
September 12	at Wake Forest*		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 0–24	14,250	^[2]
September 19	UMass		UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 52–51 ^4OT	15,202	^[3]
September 26	at Delaware	No. 16	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 28–21	22,160	^[4]
October 3	Connecticut	No. T–9	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	L 14–21	8,966	^[5]
October 10	at No. 9 James Madison*		JMU Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (rivalry)	L 3–41	16,030	^[6]
October 17	at Maine		Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 17–7	8,053	^[7]
October 24	Rhode Island	No. 19	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 27–14	17,029	^[8]
October 29	at Boston University	No. 17	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 33–24		^[9]
November 14	Villanova*	No. 15	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 38–35	17,868	^[10]
November 21	at William & Mary*	No. 13	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)	L 7–20	10,209	^[11]
November 28	at No. 2 Appalachian State*	No. 17	Conrad Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	L 3–20	4,138	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

v t e Richmond Spiders football
Venues	Tate Field (1891–1893, 1925–1928) West-End Park (1894) Broad Street Park (1897–1916) Boulevard Field (1917–1920) Stadium Field (1921–1924) City Stadium (1929–2009) E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (2010–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1968 Tangerine Bowl 1971 Tangerine Bowl James Madison VMI William & Mary
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1881 1882 1883–1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
National championship seasons in bold

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