1987 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1987 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with a 9–1–2 record and won their first of three straight Southeastern Conference (SEC) titles. Auburn went on to tie an undefeated Syracuse team in the 1988 Sugar Bowl, 16–16.

1987 Auburn Tigers football
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, T 16–16 vs. Syracuse
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 7
1987 record	9–1–2 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coach	Pat Dye (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Larry Blakeney / Pat Sullivan
Defensive coordinator	Wayne Hall
Home stadium	Jordan–Hare Stadium

1987 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Auburn $	5	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	2
No. 5 LSU	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1			10	–	2	–	1
No. 13 Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	Texas*	No. 5	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	ESPN	W 31–3	80,000
September 12	Kansas*	No. 4	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama		W 49–0	65,711
September 26	at No. 14 Tennessee	No. 3	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)	TBS	T 20–20	93,506
October 3	at North Carolina*	No. 6	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina		W 20–10	52,811
October 10	Vanderbilt	No. 5	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama		W 48–15	79,500
October 17	at Georgia Tech*	No. 5	Grant Field Atlanta (rivalry)		W 20–10	45,559
October 24	Mississippi State	No. 6	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama		W 38–7	79,900
October 31	No. 10 Florida	No. 6	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)	ESPN	W 29–6	85,187
November 7	No. 4 Florida State*	No. 6	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	CBS	L 6–34	85,170
November 14	at No. 8 Georgia	No. 12	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	W 27–11	82,122
November 27	vs. No. 18 Alabama	No. 7	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama (Iron Bowl)	CBS	W 10–0	75,808
January 1	vs. No. 4 Syracuse*	No. 6	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	T 16–16	75,495
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Season summary

Texas

1 2 3 4 Total Texas 3 0 0 0 3 • Auburn 14 7 0 10 31 Date: September 5 Location: Jordan–Hare Stadium Game attendance: 80,000 Television network: ESPN

Scoring summary Q1 AUB Ware 1 yard run (Lyle kick) AUB 7–0 Q1 AUB Harris 22 yard pass from Burger (Lyle kick) AUB 14–0 Q1 TEX Clements 35 yard field goal AUB 14–3 Q2 AUB Wright 29 yard run (Lyle kick) AUB 21–3 Q4 AUB Lyle 35 yard field goal AUB 24–3 Q4 AUB Wright 49 yard pass from Burger (Lyle kick) AUB 31–3

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Kansas

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 0 0 0 0 0 • Auburn 28 7 7 7 49 Date: September 12 Location: Jordan–Hare Stadium Game attendance: 65,700

Scoring summary Q1 AUB Joseph 10 yard run (Lyle kick) AUB 7–0 Q1 AUB Weygand 5 yard pass from Burger (Lyle kick) AUB 14–0 Q1 AUB Wright 51 yard pass from Burger (Lyle kick) AUB 21–0 Q1 AUB Weygand 69 yard punt return (Lyle kick) AUB 28–0 Q2 AUB Ware 6 yard run (Lyle kick) AUB 35–0 Q3 AUB Ware 1 yard run (Lyle kick) AUB 42–0 Q4 AUB Harris 28 yard run (Lyle kick) AUB 49–0

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Georgia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Auburn	7	3	17	0	27
Georgia	0	3	0	8	11

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References

1. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Sep 06. Retrieved 2018-Feb-02.
2. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Sep 13. Retrieved 2018-Feb-02.
3. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 15. Retrieved 2019-Jan-06.