| 1987Northeast Louisiana Indians football | |
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NCAA Division I-AA champion SLC champion | |
Division I-AA Championship Game, W 43–42 vs.Marshall | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 13–2 (6–0 SLC) |
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| Home stadium | Malone Stadium |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3Northeast Louisiana $^ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19Sam Houston State | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16North Texas State ^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SW Texas State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1987 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team represented Northeast Louisiana University (now known as theUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe) as a member of theSouthland Conference (SLC) during the1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Northeast Louisiana played their home games on-campus atMalone Stadium inMonroe, Louisiana. This Indians squad won the1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.[1]
The Indians were led by seventh-year head coachPat Collins, and were led by first teamAll-AmericaStan Humphries. The squad completed the regular season with an overall record of 9–2 and finished 6–0 to capture their first outrightSouthland Conference championship.[2] En route to the championship game, NLU defeatedNorth Texas,Eastern Kentucky andNorthern Iowa.[2] The Indians faced off against theMarshall Thundering Herd for theI-AA National Championship.[3] In the championship game, Marshall took a 42–28 lead into the fourth quarter only to have Humphries lead the Indians to a pair of late touchdowns and captured the championship with their 43–42 victory.[4]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 12 | 7:00 p.m. | atLouisiana Tech[n 1] | No. 16 | W 44–7 | 24,975 | [6][7] | |
| September 19 | atSouthwest Texas State | No. 8 | W 44–7 | [8] | |||
| September 26 | Nicholls State* | No. 3 | W 26–14 | 19,638 | [9] | ||
| October 3 | at No. 8Northwestern State | No. 2 |
| W 33–31 | [10] | ||
| October 10 | atLamar* | No. 2 | L 28–48 | [11] | |||
| October 17 | No. 8Georgia Southern* | No. T–6 |
| W 26–17 | 17,231 | [12] | |
| October 24 | Southwestern Louisiana* | No. 3 |
| L 7–17 | 18,783 | [13] | |
| October 31 | McNeese State | No. 9 |
| W 37–10 | [14] | ||
| November 7 | atSouthern Miss* | No. 8 | W 34–24 | 10,123 | [15] | ||
| November 14 | No. 12North Texas State | No. 3 |
| W 24–23 | [16] | ||
| November 21 | No. 8Arkansas State[n 1] | No. 3 |
| W 31–21 | [17] | ||
| November 28 | No. 16 North Texas State* | No. 3 |
| W 30–9 | [18] | ||
| December 5 | No. 7Eastern Kentucky* | No. 3 |
| W 33–32 | [19] | ||
| December 12 | No. 4Northern Iowa* | No. 3 |
| W 44–412OT | 14,443 | [20] | |
| December 19 | vs. No. 14Marshall* | No. 3 | W 43–42 | 11,513 | [21] | ||
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| Player | Year | Round | Pick | Position | Club |
| Teddy Garcia | 1988 NFL draft | 4 | 100 | Kicker | New England Patriots |
| Stan Humphries | 1988 NFL draft | 6 | 159 | Quarterback | Washington Redskins |
| Jackie Harris | 1990 NFL draft | 4 | 102 | Tight end | Green Bay Packers |
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