1987 Oregon Ducks football team

The 1987 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), the team was led by head coach Rich Brooks, in his eleventh year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 4–4 in the Pac-10).

1987 Oregon Ducks football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
1987 record6–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coachRich Brooks (11th season)
Offensive coordinatorBob Toledo (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorDenny Schuler (2nd season)
Home stadiumAutzen Stadium
(Capacity: 41,097)
1987 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 18 USC + 7 –1 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 9 UCLA + 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
Washington 4 –3 –1  7 –4 –1
No. 20 Arizona State 3 –3 –1  7 –4 –1
Oregon 4 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Stanford 4 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Arizona 2 –3 –3  4 –4 –3
California 2 –3 –2  3 –6 –2
Washington State 1 –5 –1  3 –7 –1
Oregon State 0 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1211:00 AMat Colorado*
W 44–640,521
September 1910:30 AMat No. 5 Ohio State*
L 14–2489,882
September 261:00 PMSan Diego State*
W 25–2031,573
October 31:00 PMNo. 16 Washington
W 29–2244,421
October 101:00 PMUSC
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
W 34–2739,587
October 1712:30 PMat No. 9 UCLANo. 16
ABCL 10–4153,320
October 241:00 PMat Stanford
L 10–1338,500
October 311:00 PMCalifornia
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
L 6–2037,500
November 74:00 PMat Arizona State
KEZIL 17–3769,932
November 141:00 PMat Washington State
W 31–1714,089
November 211:00 PMOregon State
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR (Civil War)
W 44–043,157
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Personnel
1987 Oregon Ducks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Latin Berry
WR J.J. Birden
TE Eric Elliott
OL Gary Gilbert
WR Rod Green
RB Tony Hargain
RB James Harper
OL Eric Hunter
OL Chris Husko
OL Todd Kunzman
RB Russell Lawson
RB Derek Loville
TE Joe Meerten
QB Bill Musgrave
QB Pete Nelson
WR Terry Obee
TE Tim Parker
OL Gary Robertson
RB Kerrell Robinson
OL Jeff Stefanick
OL Andy Sunia
RB Ken Wegner
RB Randy Willhite
RB Brett Zaharie
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB Mike Blakey
DL Matt Brock
DL Devinn Fitzpatrick
DB Ron Gould
DB Derek Horton
LB Bjarne Jensen
DB Thom Kaumeyer
LB Mark Kearns
LB Scott Kozak
DB Anthony Newman
DB Chris Oldham
DL Rollin Putzier
LB Tom Talbot
DL Joe Taylor
DB Brett Young
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Kirk Dennis
P Jan Cespedes
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Season summary

Ohio State
See also: 1987 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
Oregon Ducks at Ohio State Buckeyes
1 2 34Total
Oregon 0 0 01414
Ohio St 0 3 14724

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: September 19, 1987
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Sunny, 74 °F (23 °C)
  • Game attendance: 89,882
  • Referee: Jerry Hendrickson
  • Box Score

Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Anthony NewmanDefensive back235Los Angeles Rams
Rollin PutzierDefensive tackle488Green Bay Packers
J. J. BirdenWide receiver8215Cleveland Browns
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References
  1. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Rich Brooks, 1987". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. "1988 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
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