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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.

Record7–4–1 (4–3–1 Pac-10)
Headcoach
OffensivecoordinatorGary Pinkel (4th season)
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1987 Washington Huskies football
Independence Bowl, W 24–12 vs. Tulane
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record7–4–1 (4–3–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Pinkel (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Lambright (10th season)
MVPDavid Rill
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
 1986
1988 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1987 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 UCLA +7101020
No. 18 USC +710840
Washington431741
No. 20 Arizona State331741
Oregon440650
Stanford440560
Arizona233443
California232362
Washington State151371
Oregon State070290
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5StanfordNo. 13W 31–2173,676[2]
September 12Purdue*No. 12
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 28–1070,492[3]
September 19at Texas A&M*No. 10L 12–2958,178[4]
September 26Pacific (CA)*No. 18
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 31–369,605[5]
October 3at OregonNo. 16L 22–2944,421[6]
October 10No. 13 Arizona State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 27–1473,883[7]
October 17USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 23–3771,678[8]
October 31Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 28–1266,392[9]
November 7at ArizonaT 21–2150,021[10]
November 14at No. 7 UCLAL 14–4770,332[11]
November 21Washington State
W 34–1974,038[12]
December 19vs. Tulane*W 24–1241,683[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries

Arizona State

More information Total ...
1 2 3 4 Total
Arizona St 0 0 14 0 14
Washington 14 3 0 10 27
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Roster

More information Players, Coaches ...
1987 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 89 Bill Ames So
C 60 Bern Brostek So
QB 17 Chris Chandler (C) Sr
FB 36 James Compton Fr
QB 10 Cary Conklin So
FB 39 Tony Covington Jr
FL 7 Darryl Franklin (C) Sr
FB 29 Aaron Jenkins Jr
OT 66 Kelly John-Lewis Jr
TE 82 Scott Jones Jr
TB 20 Greg Lewis Fr
OT 74 Rick McLeod Sr
FL 8 Brian Slater Jr
TB 22 Vince Weathersby Jr
G 77 Brett Wiese Jr
G 50 Mike Zandofsky Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 79 Dennis Brown So
LB 46 Tom Erlandson Sr
FS 40 Daryl Hall Jr
DE 56 Martin Harrison Sr
CB 6 Le-Lo Lang So
CB 4 Art Malone Jr
ROV 24 Will Rideout Sr
LB 38 David Rill (C) Sr
DT 91 Brian Habib (C) Sr
DE 96 Bob Willig Jr
OLB 3 Bo Yates Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PK 5 Brandy Brownlee Sr
P 37 Eric Canton Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
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NFL draft

Five Huskies were selected in the 1988 NFL draft.

More information Player, Position ...
Player Position Round Overall Franchise
Chris Chandler QB 3 76 Indianapolis Colts
Darryl Franklin WR 8 201 Los Angeles Rams
Brian Habib DL 10 264 Minnesota Vikings
Rick McLeod T 11 284 Seattle Seahawks
Tom Erlandson LB 12 316 Buffalo Bills
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