1987 Western Michigan Broncos football team

The 1987 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Al Molde, the Broncos compiled a 5–6 record (4–4 against MAC opponents), finished in fifth place in the MAC, and were outscored by their opponents, 240 to 218.[1][2][3] The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[4]

1987 Western Michigan Broncos football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
1987 record5–6 (4–4 MAC)
Head coachAl Molde (1st season)
MVPEric Hoffman
Home stadiumWaldo Stadium
1987 Mid-American football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Eastern Michigan $ 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
Kent State 5 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Miami 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
  • $ – Conference champion

The team's statistical leaders included Dave Kruse with 1,592 passing yards, Robert Davis with 477 rushing yards, and Jamie Hence with 858 receiving yards.[5]

On December 17, 1986, Molde was named as Western's new head football coach. He had been head football coach at Eastern Illinois from 1983 to 1986 and led that team to an 11–2 record in 1986.[6]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
Sept. 5Akron
W 24–19
Sept. 12at Illinois State
L 6–20
Sept. 19Northern Illinois
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
L 14–34
Sept. 26at Bowling Green
W 34–27
Oct. 3Toledo
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
W 21–14
Oct. 10Miami (OH)
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
L 0–17
Oct. 17at Kent State
L 13–17
Oct. 24Eastern Michigan
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
L 17–23
Oct. 31at Central Michigan
L 27–30
Nov. 7Ball State
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
W 31–16
Nov. 21at Ohio
W 31–13
gollark: `memset` or something.
gollark: The JS programmer experience.
gollark: Besides, we already live in the second world.
gollark: Store a preallocated table of all possible strings and all possible upper/lowercased versions.
gollark: Buy better strings.

References
  1. "Football Records: Annual Results". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  2. "Football Records: Year-By-Year Results - 1980 - 89". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  3. "1987 Western Michigan Broncos Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. "Waldo Stadium". Western Michigan University. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  5. "1987 Western Michigan Broncos Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  6. "WMU coach eyes players from Detroit". Detroit Free Press. December 18, 1986. p. 1D.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.