1987 Youngstown State Penguins football team
American college football season
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The 1987 Youngstown State Penguins football team represented Youngstown State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Jim Tressel, the Penguins compiled an overall record of 8–4, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as OVC co-champion. Youngstown State advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA first round and were defeated by Northern Iowa.
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record8–4 (5–1 OVC)
Headcoach
- Jim Tressel (2nd season)
DefensivecoordinatorJim Bollman (2nd season)
| 1987 Youngstown State Penguins football | |
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OVC co-champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 28–31 at Northern Iowa | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 8–4 (5–1 OVC) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Jim Bollman (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Stambaugh Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Eastern Kentucky +^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Youngstown State +^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | at Eastern Michigan* | L 20–35 | 17,252 | [1] | ||
| September 12 | at Bowling Green* | W 20–17 | 10,000 | [2] | ||
| September 26 | at Marshall* | L 13–38 | [3] | |||
| October 3 | Northeastern* | W 29–14 | [4] | |||
| October 10 | at Tennessee Tech | W 18–15 | [5] | |||
| October 17 | Austin Peay |
| W 20–18 | [6] | ||
| October 24 | No. 16 Eastern Kentucky |
| L 7–14 | 9,060 | [7] | |
| October 31 | at No. T–20 Middle Tennessee | W 17–16 | 13,400 | [8] | ||
| November 7 | Murray State |
| W 20–13 | [9] | ||
| November 14 | Morehead State | No. T–20 |
| W 38–14 | [10] | |
| November 20 | at Akron* | No. 19 | W 10–6 | 1,300 | [11] | |
| November 28 | at No. 4 Northern Iowa* | No. 15 | L 28–31 | 3,887 | [12] | |
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