1987 Stanford Cardinal football team

American college football season

1987 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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

The 1987 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Jack Elway, the Cardinal compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the Pac-10. The team played home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	at No. 13 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		L 21–31	73,676
September 19	at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	KCNC	L 17–31	45,073
September 26	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		L 17–24	67,500
October 3	No. 11 UCLA	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ABC	L 0–49	57,500
October 10	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 44–7	31,538
October 17	at San Diego State*	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA		W 44–40	25,676
October 24	Oregon	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 13–10	38,500
October 31	Arizona	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 13–23
November 7	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	ABC	L 24–39	58,922
November 14	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 38–7
November 21	California	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (90th Big Game)		W 31–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1987 Stanford Cardinal football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`5`	Brian Johnson	So
QB	`10`	Greg Ennis	Sr
FB	`34`	Scott Eschelman	Jr
G	`62`	Chuck Gillingham	So
WR	`3`	Jeff James	Sr
G	`67`	John Mahoney	Sr
WR	`40`	Ed McCaffrey	So
RB	`25`	Brad Muster	Sr
G	`55`	Dan Nash	So
QB	`12`	Jason Palumbis	Fr
G	`56`	Andy Papathanassiou	Jr
TE	`87`	Jim Price	Jr
C	`54`	Andy Sinclair	Sr
OT	`63`	Jon Summers	Sr
FB	`44`	Tommy Vardell	Fr
WR	`80`	Chris Walsh	Fr
OT	`73`	John Zentner	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`72`	Lester Archambeau	Jr
LB	`50`	Kurt Colehower	Sr
CB	`18`	Brad Cook	Jr
CB	`2`	Alan Grant	Jr
LB	`43`	Rob Hinkley	Jr
DB	`22`	Brad Humphreys	Sr
DL	`53`	Ray Huckestein	Jr
CB	`42`	Pat Kelly	Sr
LB	`86`	Barry McKeever	Sr
LB	`90`	Kevin Mescher	So
FS	`23`	Bruce Richardson	Sr
LB	`46`	Kevin Richardson	Sr
DT	`99`	Sean Scheller	Sr
CB	`36`	Kevin Scott	Fr
LB	`95`	Jono Tunney	Fr
DB		Tuan Van Le	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Curt Holbreich (October 18, 1987). "Santos Big Night for Naught". The Los Angeles Times (San Diego County ed.). Los Angeles, California. p. III-1. Retrieved January 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
DeLassus, David. "Stanford Yearly Results: 1987–1991". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2013.

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