1987 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

The 1987 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs finished 47 in head coach Rockey Felker's second season.

1987 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record47 (15 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRonnie Gray (2nd as DC, 9th Overall season)
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 40,656)
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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 5Southwestern Louisiana*W 31–3
September 12No. 14 TennesseeL 10–38
September 19Louisiana Tech*W 14–13[1]
September 26at FloridaL 3–38
October 3Memphis State*W 9–6
October 17vs. Southern Miss*L 14–18[2]
October 24at No. 6 AuburnL 7–38
October 31at No. 16 AlabamaL 18–21[3]
November 7Tulane*L 19–30[4]
November 14at No. 10 LSUL 14–34
November 21vs. Ole MissW 30–20
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Davis rallies Gator-minded State past Louisiana Tech". The Clarion-Ledger. September 20, 1987. Retrieved July 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Young carries USM past MSU". Hattiesburg American. October 18, 1987. Retrieved March 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Alabama barely beats MSU, 21–18". Enterprise-Journal. November 1, 1987. Retrieved February 7, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "State can't find end zone enough, falls to Tulane 30–19". The Clarion-Ledger. November 8, 1987. Retrieved February 7, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 25, 2015
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