| 1987Eastern Michigan Hurons football | |
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MAC champion California Bowl champion | |
California Bowl, W 30–27 vs.San Jose State | |
| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 10–2 (7–1 MAC) |
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| Home stadium | Rynearson Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan $ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1987 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team representedEastern Michigan University during the1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Eastern Michigan competed as a member of theMid-American Conference (MAC), was coached byJim Harkema, and played their homes game atRynearson Stadium. They finished the season 10–2 overall and 7–1 in MAC play while winning the MAC championship. It was their first conference team since joining the MAC and first overall since winning theIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in1957. The Hurons went to the1987 California Bowl (their first bowl appearance since joining Division I and first since the1971 Pioneer Bowl) and upset 171/2 point favoriteSan Jose State for their first bowl win in EMU history. It is the first and so far only time Eastern Michigan has had a ten win season along with their last bowl appearance until2016.
| Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | Youngstown State* | W 35–20 | 17,252 | [1] | ||
| September 12 | atMiami (OH) | W 33–17 | 17,788 | [2] | ||
| September 19 | atAkron* | L 16–17 | 10,032 | [3] | ||
| September 26 | atKent State | W 23–21 | 17,400 | [4] | ||
| October 3 | Northern Illinois* |
| W 32–31 | 13,306 | [5] | |
| October 10 | atCentral Michigan | L 6–16 | 25,906 | [6] | ||
| October 17 | Ball State |
| W 35–28 | 17,201 | [7] | |
| October 24 | atWestern Michigan | W 23–17 | 9,472 | [8] | ||
| October 31 | Ohio |
| W 34–16 | 11,763 | [9] | |
| November 5 | atToledo | ESPN | W 38–9 | 17,041 | [10] | |
| November 14 | Bowling Green |
| W 38–18 | 20,205 | [11] | |
| December 12 | vs.San Jose State* | ESPN | W 30–27 | 24,000 | [12] | |
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| Name | Position | Year at school |
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| Jim Harkema | Head coach | 5th |
The following Huron was selected in the1988 NFL draft after the season.[14]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 7 | 172 | Gary Patton | Running back | New York Jets |
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