1987 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1987 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–4 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Gutekunst (2nd season)
Captain	Rickey Foggie
Home stadium	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

1987 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Michigan State $	7	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 16 Iowa	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
Indiana	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Illinois	2	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach John Gutekunst, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 262 to 257.^[1]

Offensive guard Troy Wilkow was named All-Big Ten first team.^[2] Offensive lineman Paul Anderson, quarterback Rickey Foggie, tailback Darrell Thompson, kicker Chip Lohmiller and linebacker Jon Leverenz were named All-Big Ten second team.^[2] Punter Brent Herbel and offensive lineman Dan Liimatta were named Academic All-Big Ten.^[3]

Foggie was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award.^[4] Darrell Thompson was awarded the Bruce Smith Award.^[4] Jon Leverenz was awarded the Carl Eller Award.^[4] Chip Lohmiller was awarded the Bobby Bell Award.^[4] Linebacker Brian Bonner was awarded the Butch Nash Award.^[4] Offensive tackle Dan Rechtin was awarded the Paul Giel Award.^[4]

Total attendance for the season was 371,809, which averaged out to 55,116 per game. The season high for attendance was against rival Wisconsin.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	7:00 pm	Northern Iowa*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	KITN	W 24–7	50,120	[6]
September 19	6:15 pm	California*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	KITN	W 32–23	47,322
September 26	7:00 pm	Central Michigan*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 30–10	46,868
October 3	1:00 pm	Purdue	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 21–19	49,376
October 10	11:30 am	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	RCM	W 45–33	22,104
October 16	7:30 pm	No. 20 Indiana	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 17–18	60,340
October 24	2:30 pm	at No. 16 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	RCM	L 9–42	89,801
October 31	1:00 pm	Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		L 17–27	60,143
November 7	2:30 pm	Michigan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug)	ABC	L 20–30	55,481
November 14	7:00 pm	Wisconsin	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)		W 22–19	64,412
November 21	1:05 pm	at No. 18 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		L 20–34	67,700
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1987 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G 52 Paul Anderson Sr TE 81 Ed Bahr So WR 16 Michael Baker Jr C 61 Jeff Batta Jr QB 8 John Bobinski So QB 14 Rickey Foggie (C) Sr FB 11 Roselle Richardson Jr WR 49 Sam Richter Jr QB 15 Scott Schaffner Fr OT 64 Shawn Schultz Jr OT 70 John Selvestra Fr RB 31 Al Settembrino Fr OT 65 Jon Melander So RB 24 Ed Penn Jr G 53 Steve Peterson Jr OT 68 Peter Svien Fr RB 39 Darrell Thompson So WR 86 Pat Tinglehoff Fr C 63 Brian Williams Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 51 Bob Coughlin Fr DL 99 Kraig Hackbarth Fr DT 68 Gary Hadd Sr FS 25 Matt Sheldon Fr LB 94 Mac Stephens So LB 57 Scott Streiff So FS 18 Paul Strong Jr LB 66 Bryan Suess So DT 79 Mike Sunvold Fr LB 96 Kevin Sutton Fr LB 92 Alex Svedarsjy So DT 77 Trint Trip Jr DT 90 Ross Ukkelberg Jr CB 22 Craig Welter So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 25 Chip Lohmiller Sr	Head coach John Gutekunst Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. "1987 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
2. Keiser, Jeff (2007). "2007 Media Guide" (PDF). p. 180.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. Keiser, Jeff (2007). "2007 Media Guide" (PDF). p. 182.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. Keiser, Jeff (2007). "2007 Media Guide" (PDF). p. 181.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6. "Thompson, 'U' run over Northern Iowa". Star Tribune. September 13, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.