1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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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 →
1987 Major eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Syracuse $ 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 1
Penn State 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
West Virginia 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Rutgers 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Boston College 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Temple 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ –
    AP Poll
1987 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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

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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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 51:00 p.m.
University Park, PA
W 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. 15
ESPNW 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. 10
CBSL 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
Memorial Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD (rivalry)
    		• W 21–1662,500[3]
    November 147:45 p.m.at PittsburghNo. 15
    		ESPNL 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. 20
    		ABCL 10–3553,152[4]

    Game summaries

    Notre Dame

    1 234Total
    Notre Dame 7 076 20
    • Penn St 7 707 21
    • Date: November 21
    • Location:
      University Park, Pennsylvania
    • Game attendance: 84,000
    Scoring summary
    Q1PSUGreene 10 yard run (Taurasi kick)PSU 7–0
    Q1NDRice 32 yard run (Gradel kick)Tie 7–7
    Q2PSUThomas 1 yard run (Etze kick)PSU 14–7
    Q3NDRice 11 yard run (Gradel kick)Tie 14–14
    Q4PSUGreene 3 yard run (Taurasi kick)PSU 21–14
    Q4NDJohnson 1 yard run (run failed)PSU 21–20

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    Roster

    1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    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. # Name Class
    LB 35 Trey Bauer Sr
    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. # Name Class
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster

    NFL Draft

    Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the

    1988 NFL Draft
    .

    Round Pick Overall Name Position Team
    3rd 3 58 Ray Roundtree Wide receiver Detroit Lions
    8th 6 199
    Mike Alexander
    		 Wide receiver Los Angeles Raiders
    10th 1 250 Stan Clayton
    Offensive tackle
    		 Atlanta Falcons
    11th 11 289 Pete Curkendall Defensive line Buffalo Bills

    References

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    5. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 22.
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