1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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The 1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Penn State University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–4
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter (4th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky (11th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
Seasons
 1986
1988 
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1987 Major eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Syracuse $ 5 0 011 0 1
Penn State 4 2 08 4 0
Pittsburgh 3 3 08 4 0
West Virginia 2 3 06 6 0
Rutgers 2 4 06 5 0
Boston College 2 4 05 6 0
Temple 1 3 03 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll
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1987 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Miami (FL)      12 0 0
No. 4 Syracuse      11 0 1
No. 2 Florida State      11 1 0
No. 15 South Carolina      8 4 0
Pittsburgh      8 4 0
Penn State      8 4 0
No. 17 Notre Dame      8 4 0
Southern Miss      6 5 0
Rutgers      6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana      6 5 0
Memphis State      5 5 1
Northern Illinois      5 5 1
West Virginia      6 6 0
Tulane      6 6 0
Army      5 6 0
Boston College      5 6 0
East Carolina      5 6 0
Akron      4 7 0
Cincinnati      4 7 0
Louisville      3 7 1
Temple      3 8 0
Tulsa      3 8 0
Virginia Tech      2 9 0
Navy      2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 51:00 p.m.Bowling GreenNo. 11W 45–1984,574
September 128:10 p.m.No. 19 AlabamaNo. 11
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
CBSL 13–2485,619[1]
September 191:00 p.m.CincinnatiNo. 20
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 41–082,000
September 267:45 p.m.at Boston CollegeNo. 15ESPNW 27–1750,267
October 31:00 p.m.TempleNo. 14
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 27–1384,000
October 101:00 p.m.RutgersdaggerNo. 14
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 35–2185,376
October 172:45 p.m.at No. 13 SyracuseNo. 10CBSL 21–4850,011
October 311:00 p.m.West VirginiaNo. 18
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
W 25–2185,108[2]
November 71:00 p.m.at MarylandNo. 16W 21–1662,500[3]
November 147:45 p.m.at PittsburghNo. 15ESPNL 0–1056,500
November 2112:00 p.m.No. 7 Notre Dame
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
CBSW 21–2084,000
January 1, 198812:00 p.m.vs. No. 14 ClemsonNo. 20ABCL 10–3553,152[4]
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Game summaries

Notre Dame

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1 234Total
Notre Dame 7 076 20
Penn St 7 707 21
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Roster

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1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 9 Mike Alexander Sr
QB 12 Tom Bill Fr
FB 27 Gary Brown Fr
OT 74 Stan Clayton Sr
WR 26 David Daniels Fr
C 78 Roger Duffy So
TE 89 Bob Mrosko Jr
TE 88 Paul Pomfret Sr
WR 6 Ray Roundtree Sr
G 79 Dave Szott So
RB 32 Blair Thomas So
WR 5 Michael Timpson Jr
G 66 Steve Wisniewski Jr
C 72 Mike Wolf Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 35 Trey Bauer Sr
NT 70 Darryl Bullock Jr
LB 31 Andre Collins So
DT 85 Frank Giannetti Fr
LB 90 Pete Giftopoulos Sr
S 3 Marques Henderson Sr
LB 84 Keith Karpinski Jr
LB 92 Quintus McDonald Jr
LB 33 John Sweenely Jr
CB 19 Gary Wilkerson Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

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NFL Draft

Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1988 NFL draft.

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