1987 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 1987 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1987 Georgia Bulldogs football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 20–17 vs. Arkansas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 13
Record9–3 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSanford Stadium (82,122)
1987 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Auburn $ 5 0 19 1 2
No. 5 LSU 5 1 010 1 1
No. 14 Tennessee 4 1 110 2 1
No. 13 Georgia 4 2 09 3 0
Alabama 4 2 07 5 0
Florida 3 3 06 6 0
Kentucky 1 5 05 6 0
Mississippi State 1 5 04 7 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 04 7 0
Ole Miss 1 5 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5Virginia*No. 20W 30–2275,125
September 12Oregon State*No. 20
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 41–773,211
September 19at No. 8 Clemson*No. 18CBSL 20–2181,875
September 26South Carolina*No. 20
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
W 13–682,122
October 3at Ole MissNo. 20W 31–1432,000
October 10No. 7 LSUNo. 16
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
ESPNL 23–2682,122
October 17at VanderbiltNo. 18W 52–2440,878
October 24KentuckydaggerNo. 12
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
TBSW 17–1481,911
November 7vs. No. 17 FloridaNo. 10TBSW 23–1081,975
November 14No. 12 AuburnNo. 8
ESPNL 11–2782,122
November 28at Georgia Tech*No. 14ESPNW 30–1645,103
December 29vs. Arkansas*No. 15RaycomW 20–1753,240
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1987 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 75 Scott Adams Jr
OT 61 Shelly Anderson Jr
RB Hiawatha Berry
RB Kevin Brown
OL Mack Burroughs
RB Brian Cleveland
RB Alphonso Ellis
RB 7 Rodney Hampton Fr
QB James Jackson Sr
RB Randy Jackson
QB 18 Wayne Johnson Jr
WR Nate Lewis
OL Curt Mull
WR Cassius Osborn
TE 87 Troy Sadowski Jr
OL Kim Stephens
RB 32 Lars Tate Sr
WR John Thomas
TE Kirk Warner
OL Todd Wheeler
RB Greg Williams
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Rusty Beasley
LB 42 John Brantley Sr
DL Larry Brown
DL Aaron Chubb
DL 97 Paul Giles
DT Bill Goldberg So
LB 54 Vince Guthrie
DB Will Jones
DL Tyrone McClendon
CB 26 Ben Smith So
DE 92 Richard Tardits Sr
CB 15 Mark Vincent Sr
LB Terrie Webster
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Steve Crumley
P David Dukes
P Joey Hester
K 3 John Kasay Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary

vs Florida

#17 Florida Gators (5–3) vs. #10 Georgia Bulldogs (6–2)
Period 1 2 34Total
Florida 3 0 0710
Georgia 7 3 31023

at Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Florida

  • Date: November 7, 1987
  • Game attendance: 81,975
  • TV: TBS
  • [1]
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Florida PassingKerwin Bell15/22, 162 Yds, TD, 2 INT
RushingEmmitt Smith13 Rush, 46 Yds
ReceivingStacey Simmons3 Rec, 36 Yds
Georgia PassingJames Jackson4/10, 47 Yds
RushingRodney Hampton18 Rush, 103 Yds
ReceivingKirk Warner1 Rec, 14

References

  1. "Georgia is in-Vince-ible as Florida drops to 5-4." Gainesville Sun. 1987-Nov-08. Retrieved 2022-Dec-26.


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