1987 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team
| 1987 Eastern Michigan Hurons football | |
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MAC champion California Bowl champion | |
California Bowl, W 30–27 vs. San Jose State | |
| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 10–2 (7–1 MAC) |
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| Home stadium | Rynearson Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan $ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented
Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1957. The Hurons went to the 1987 California Bowl (their first bowl appearance since joining Division I and first since the 1971 Pioneer Bowl) and upset 171/2 point favorite San Jose State for their first bowl win in EMU history. It is the first and so far only time Eastern Michigan has had a ten win season along with their last bowl appearance until 2016
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | Youngstown State* | W 35–20 | 17,252 | [1] | ||
| September 12 | at Miami (OH) | W 33–17 | 17,788 | |||
| September 19 | at Akron* | L 16–17 | 10,032 | |||
| September 26 | at Kent State | W 23–21 | 17,400 | |||
| October 3 | Northern Illinois* |
| W 32–31 | 13,306 | ||
| October 10 | at Central Michigan | L 6–16 | 25,906 | |||
| October 17 | Ball State |
| W 35–28 | 17,201 | ||
| October 24 | at Western Michigan | W 23–17 | 15,300 | |||
| October 31 | Ohio |
| W 34–16 | 11,763 | ||
| November 5 | at Toledo | ESPN | W 38–9 | 17,041 | ||
| November 14 | Bowling Green |
| W 38–18 | 20,205 | ||
| December 12 | vs. San Jose State* | ESPN | W 30–27 | 24,000 | ||
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Coaching staff
| Name | Position | Year at school |
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| Jim Harkema | Head coach | 5th |
After the season
The following Huron was selected in the
1988 NFL Draft after the season.[3]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 7 | 172 | Gary Patton | Running back | New York Jets |
References
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eastern Michigan Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ^ "1988 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
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