1987 Indiana Hoosiers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1987
| team = Indiana Hoosiers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| CoachRank = 20
| record = 8–4
| conf_record = 6–2
| head_coach = Bill Mallory
| hc_year = 4th
| off_coach =
| oc_year =
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Joe Novak
| dc_year = 4th
| def_scheme =
| mvp = Ernie Jones
| captain = Tom Polce
| captain2 = Van Waiters
| stadium = Memorial Stadium
| bowl = Peach Bowl
| bowl_result = L 22–27 vs. Tennessee
}}
{{1987 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
The 1987 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Bill Mallory, the Hoosiers compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the Big Ten. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.
In their season opener against Rice, Anthony Thompson rushed for 105 yards and a pair of touchdowns en route to a 35–13 Indiana win.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9mwaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rioEAAAAIBAJ&dq=indiana%20rice&pg=3023%2C3295361 |title=Indiana has easy time in victory over Rice |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal |page=5C |date=September 13, 1987 |access-date=January 26, 2013}} However, in what was the renewal of their rivalry against Kentucky, the Hoosiers lost 34–15 at Lexington.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PJ1PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6QIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=indiana%20kentucky&pg=5587%2C3314905 |title=Kentucky blasts Indiana, 34–15 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Toledo Blade |page=D2 |date=September 20, 1987 |access-date=January 26, 2013}} Indiana rebounded from their loss to the Wildcats with a five-game winning streak. After a win over Missouri, Indiana defeated Northwestern to open their conference schedule behind a 170-yard, and two touchdown performance by Thompson.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ynAwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PjYDAAAAIBAJ&dq=indiana%20northwestern&pg=4325%2C602332 |title=Hoosiers take high road, low road to thump Wildcats |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Rome News-Tribune |page=9B |date=October 4, 1987 |access-date=January 26, 2013}} The next week, the Hoosiers traveled to Columbus to play No. 9 Ohio State, and for the first time since 1951 Indiana defeated the Buckeyes in their 31–10 upset victory.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dN4pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DNUEAAAAIBAJ&dq=indiana%20ohio-state&pg=1195%2C1900548 |title=After 36 years, Indiana finally beats Ohio State |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Gadsden Times |page=B5 |date=October 11, 1987 |access-date=January 26, 2013}}
Indiana followed their upset with a win at Minnesota after Chip Lohmiller missed what would have been a game-winning field goal in the final minutes for the Gophers.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TfgjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R2MEAAAAIBAJ&dq=indiana%20minnesota&pg=2174%2C326593 |title=Schnell leads Indiana; Minnesota loses first |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |page=C3 |date=October 17, 1987 |access-date=January 26, 2013}} The Hoosiers then returned to Bloomington where they defeated Michigan for the first time since the 1967 season to move into first place in the Big Ten standings.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/25/sports/college-football-historic-day-for-surging-hoosiers.html |title=Historic day for surging Hoosiers |first=Peter |last=Alfano |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 25, 1987 |access-date=January 26, 2013}} After their win over the Wolverines, Indiana was ranked No. 11, however they went on to split their final four games with losses against Iowa and Michigan State and victories over Illinois and Purdue and finished the regular season tied for second in conference with an overall record of eight wins and three losses.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XfklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zvMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4956%2C288420 |title=Indiana has point to prove against Tennessee |first=Tony |last=Barhnart |newspaper=The Miami News |page=12B |date=January 2, 1988 |access-date=January 26, 2013}}
In November, the Hoosiers accepted an invitation to play in the Peach Bowl against Tennessee of the Southeastern Conference{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cm4sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wc4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1441%2C372565 |title=Tennessee, Indiana in the Peach Bowl |newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal |page=D4 |date=November 17, 1987 |access-date=January 26, 2013}} Against the Volunteers, Indiana fell behind by a score of 21–3. However, the Hoosiers rallied and took a 22–21 lead in the fourth quarter only to fall 27–22 after Tennessee scored a late touchdown.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oaVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8QIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=indiana%20peach-bowl&pg=3071%2C2884790 |title=Tennessee overcomes mistakes for 27–22 victory in Peach Bowl |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Toledo Blade |page=E2 |date=January 3, 1988 |access-date=January 26, 2013}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1987
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 12
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Rice
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| score = 35–13
| attend = 38,132
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Kentucky
| site_stadium = Commonwealth Stadium
| site_cityst = Lexington, KY
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 15–34
| attend = 57,924
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kokomo-tribune-cats-dooley-passes-i/135013109/|work=The Kokomo Tribune|title=Cats' Dooley passes IU crazy; Kentucky cruises to 34–15 win|date=September 20, 1987|accessdate=November 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Missouri
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| score = 20–17
| attend = 41,145
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = w
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| score = 35–18
| attend = 38,553
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank = 9
| site_stadium = Ohio Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 31–10
| attend = 90,032
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 20
| opponent = Minnesota
| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 18–17
| attend = 60,340
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| rank = 15
| opponent = Michigan
| opprank = 20
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| score = 14–10
| attend = 51,240
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 11
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = Kinnick Stadium
| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA
| score = 21–29
| attend = 67,700
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = w
| rank = 18
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 34–22
| attend = 50,026
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 16
| opponent = Michigan State
| opprank = 13
| site_stadium = Spartan Stadium
| site_cityst = East Lansing, MI
| gamename = rivalry
| tv = ABC
| score = 3–27
| attend = 76,411
| source = {{cite news|title=Smelling like a Rose: Spartans defeat Indiana, 27-3, to win Big Ten title|newspaper=Lansing State Journal|author=Jack Ebling|date=November 15, 1987|pages=1E, 4E|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-smelling-like-a-ro/167421950/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| w/l = w
| rank = 20
| opponent = Purdue
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| gamename = Old Oaken Bucket
| score = 35–14
| attend = 51,951
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = January 2, 1988
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Tennessee
| opprank = 17
| site_stadium = Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| tv = Mizlou
| gamename = Peach Bowl
| score = 22–27
| attend = 58,737
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=1987 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/indiana/1987-schedule.html |website=College Football @ Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=December 28, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=1987 Football Schedule |url=https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/football/schedule/1987 |publisher=Indiana University |access-date=December 28, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=Indiana Football 2023 Record Book |url=https://static.iuhoosiers.com/custompages/pdf/fb/2023/23-FB-Record_Book_Full.pdf |publisher=Indiana University |page=16 |access-date=December 28, 2023 }}{{cite web|title=1987 Homecoming|publisher=Indiana Arbutus (yearboook)|access-date=October 14, 2015|url=http://www.static.getsnworks.com/ids/arbutus/1988/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814232633/http://static.getsnworks.com/ids/arbutus/1988/|archive-date=2017-08-14}}
Roster
{{American football roster/Header
| year = 1987
| team = Indiana Hoosiers
| teamcolors = f
| offensive_players =
{{American football roster/Player|num=27|class=|first=Ernie|last=Jones|dab=Ernie Jones (wide receiver)|pos=WR|link=y}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=75|class=|first=Eric|last=Moore|dab=Eric Moore (offensive lineman)|pos=G|link=y}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=11|class=|first=Dave|last=Schnell|pos=QB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=32|class=Jr|first=Anthony|last=Thompson|pos=RB|link=y|dab=Anthony Thompson (American football)}}
| defensive_players=
{{American football roster/Player|num=48|class=|first=Van|last=Waiters|pos=LB|link=y}}49 Larry Luther NG
| special_teams_players=
{{American football roster/Player|num=12|class=|first=Dan|last=Stryzinski|pos=P|link=y}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=10|class=|first=Pete|last=Stoyanovich|pos=K|link=y}}
}}
{{American football roster/Footer
| head_coach = *Bill Mallory
| asst_coach =
| accessdate=
}}
1988 NFL draftees
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| align="center" bgcolor="" | Offensive guard | 1 | 10 | New York Giants |
| align="center" bgcolor="" | Linebacker | 3 | 77 | Cleveland Browns |
| align="center" bgcolor="" | Wide receiver | 7 | 179 | Phoenix Cardinals |
| align="center" bgcolor=""
| Eric Hickerson | Defensive back | 10 | 259 | New York Giants |