American college football season
The 1987 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Hawkeyes played their home games at Kinnick Stadium and were led by head coach Hayden Fry . Iowa finished the season with a 10–3 record (6–2 Big Ten), capped by a Holiday Bowl victory over Wyoming .
Schedule [ edit ] Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 vs. No. 17 Tennessee * No. 16 ABC L 22–2354,681 September 12 at Arizona * W 15–1457,284 September 19 at Iowa State * W 48–954,101 September 26 Kansas State * No. 19 W 38–1367,700 October 3 Michigan State No. 17 Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa L 14–1967,700 October 10 at Wisconsin W 31–1074,645 October 17 at Michigan ABC L 10–37105,406 October 24 Purdue Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa ABC W 38–1467,700 October 31 No. 11 Indiana Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa W 29–2167,700 November 7 at Northwestern W 52–2438,694 November 14 at Ohio State W 29–2790,090 November 21 Minnesota No. 18 W 34–2067,700 December 30 vs. Wyoming * No. 18 ESPN W 20–1961,892 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1987 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 23 Richard Bass Jr RB 13 Rick Bayless Sr OL 78 Malcolm Christie Sr TE 49 Craig Clark Sr TE 84 Marv Cook Jr WR 82 Pat Coppinger Sr FB 25 Marshall Cotton Sr OL 63 Jeff Croston Jr OL 58 Greg Divis Sr WR 1 Quinn Early Sr TE 86 Mike Flagg Sr RB 22 Grant Goodman Jr WR 80 Steve Green Sr WR 16 Deven Harberts Jr RB 28 Kevin Harmon Sr QB 8 Chuck Hartlieb Jr FB 20 David Hudson Jr G 70 Bob Kratch Jr WR 81 Derrius Loveless Sr WR 26 Peter Marciano Jr WR 47 Jim Mauro Sr QB 11 Dan McGwire So TE 85 John Palmer Jr QB 14 Tom Poholsky So OL 67 Jim Poynton Jr RB 33 Kevin Ringer Jr OL 60 Bob Schmitt Sr OL 71 Chuck Waggoner Jr TE 88 Tom Ward Sr WR 2 Travis Watkins So OL 73 Herb Wester Sr
Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 68 Tim Anderson Sr LB 93 Tim Batterson Sr DE 92 Jeff Beard Sr DE 48 Tyrone Berrie Jr LB 43 Jeff Blake Sr DE 5 Mike Burke Sr DB 3 Kerry Burt Sr DE 83 Mike Ertz Jr DL 64 Dave Haight Jr DL 54 Eric Higgins Jr DB 42 Tork Hook Jr DB 19 Carl Jackson Sr LB 34 Vernon Little Jr DE 97 Joe Mott Jr DE 71 Chris Pigott Jr LB 35 Brad Quast So LB 95 Jim Reilly Jr LB 38 Shawon Respress Jr DE 91 Sean Ridley Jr DL Joe Schuster Sr DB 44 Keaton Smiley Sr DB 41 Mark Stoops Jr LB 39 Tyrone Taylor Sr LB 46 Dan Wirth Sr DB 10 Anthony Wright Jr
Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final AP 16 RV RV 19 17 — RV — — — 18 19 18 18 16 Coaches 18 — — — — — RV RV 20 RV 20 RV 16
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Game summaries [ edit ] Vs. Tennessee [ edit ] Kickoff Classic 1 2 3 4 Total #16 Hawkeyes 3 7 9 3 22 • #17 Volunteers 0 14 0 9 23
Scoring summary 1 4:53 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 42-yard field goal Iowa 3–0 2 10:09 UT W. Howard 1-yard run (Reich kick) Tenn 7–3 2 5:46 UT D. Miller 96-yard fumble return (Reich kick) Tenn 14–3 2 1:36 IOWA Kevin Harmon 23-yard pass from Chuck Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) Tenn 14–10 3 10:56 IOWA Houghtlin 27-yard field goal Tenn 14–13 3 1:53 IOWA Kevin Harmon 20-yard run (two-point conversion failed) Iowa 19-14 4 UT Phil Reich 45-yard field goal Iowa 19-17 4 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 42-yard field goal Iowa 22-17 4 5:14 UT Phil Reich 25-yard field goal Iowa 22-20 4 0:03 UT Phil Reich 20-yard field goal Tenn 23–22
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At Arizona [ edit ] Iowa at Arizona 1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 6 3 0 6 15 Wildcats 0 7 7 0 14
Scoring summary 1 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 27-yard field goal IOWA 3-0 1 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 21-yard field goal IOWA 6-0 2 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 19-yard field goal IOWA 9-0 2 Ariz Lewis 1-yard run (Coston kick) IOWA 9-7 3 Ariz Watters 3-yard run (Coston kick) Ariz 14-9 4 IOWA Bass 3-yard run (run failed) IOWA 15-14
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Game statistics[7] IOWA ARIZ First downs 21 19 Total yards 371 279 Passing yards 150 115 Rushing yards 221 164 Penalties 5–36 4–24 Turnovers 0 4
At Iowa State [ edit ] Iowa at Iowa State 1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 10 14 10 14 48 Cyclones 3 6 0 0 9
Scoring summary 1 ISU Shudak 27-yard field goal ISU 3-0 1 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 30-yard field goal Tied 3-3 1 IOWA Harmon 11-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 10-3 2 ISU Shudak 47-yard field goal IOWA 10-6 2 IOWA Harmon 3-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 17-6 2 IOWA Harmon 3-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 24-6 2 ISU Shudak 34-yard field goal IOWA 24-9 3 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 55-yard field goal IOWA 27-9 3 IOWA Hudson 8-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 34-9 4 IOWA Stewart 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 41-9 4 IOWA Poholsky 3-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 48-9
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Game statistics[9] IOWA ISU First downs 26 12 Total yards 455 259 Passing yards 202 155 Rushing yards 253 104 Penalties 4–24 6–30 Turnovers 2 3
Kansas State [ edit ] Kansas State at Iowa 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 7 3 3 0 13 • #19 Hawkeyes 14 7 0 17 38
Scoring summary 1 KSU Jordan 4-yard pass from Swim (Porter kick) KSU 7-0 1 Iowa Hudson 5-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Tied 7-7 1 Iowa Harmon 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 14-7 2 Iowa Hudson 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 21-7 2 KSU Porter 41-yard field goal Iowa 21-10 3 KSU Porter 34-yard field goal Iowa 21-13 4 Iowa Early 14-yard pass from McGwire (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 28-13 4 Iowa Rob Houghtlin 20-yard field goal Iowa 31-13 4 Iowa Marciano 8-yard pass from McGwire (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 38-13
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Game statistics[11] KSU IOWA First downs 11 27 Total yards 188 443 Passing yards 104 271 Rushing yards 84 172 Penalties 10–76 6–44 Turnovers 5 7
Michigan State [ edit ] Michigan State at Iowa 1 2 3 4 Total • Spartans 7 0 6 6 19 #17 Hawkeyes 7 7 0 0 14
Scoring summary 1 IOWA Early 19-yard pass from Dan McGwire (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 7-0 1 Mich St White 5-yard run (Langeloh kick) Tied 7-7 2 Iowa Watkins 14-yard pass from McGwire (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 14-7 3 Mich St Langeloh 21-yard field goal IOWA 14-10 3 Mich St Langeloh 46-yard field goal IOWA 14-13 4 Mich St Sargent 8-yard pass from McAllister (pass failed) Mich St 19-14
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Game statistics[14] MSU IOWA First downs 16 15 Total yards 249 214 Passing yards 13 230 Rushing yards 236 (-16) Penalties 13–102 7–50 Turnovers 1 1
At Wisconsin [ edit ] Iowa at Wisconsin 1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 14 7 3 31 Badgers 0 3 7 0 10
Scoring summary 1 IOWA Cook 51-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 7-0 2 IOWA Hartlieb 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 14-0 2 IOWA Bass 2-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 21-0 2 Wisc Gregoire 37-yard field goal IOWA 21-3 3 IOWA Early 9-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 28-3 3 Wisc Artley 66-yard run (Gregoire kick) IOWA 28-10 4 IOWA Houghtlin 32-yard field goal IOWA 31-10
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Game statistics IOWA WIS First downs 23 10 Total yards 412 175 Passing yards 223 58 Rushing yards 189 117 Penalties 5–50 3–35 Turnovers 3 4
At Michigan [ edit ] Iowa at Michigan 1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 0 10 0 0 10 • Wolverines 6 24 0 7 37
Scoring summary 1 Mich D. Brown 1-yard run (kick failed) Mich 6-0 2 Mich Gillette 42-yard field goal Mich 9-0 2 Mich Kolesar 35-yard pass from Brown (Gillette kick) Mich 16-0 2 IOWA Clark 6-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) Mich 16-7 2 Mich McMurtry 12-yard pass from Brown (Gillette kick) Mich 23-7 2 IOWA Houghtlin 46-yard field goal Mich 23-10 2 Mich McMurtry 12-yard pass from Brown (Gillette kick) Mich 30-10 4 Mich Morris 3-yard run (Gillette kick) Mich 37-10
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Game statistics IOWA MICH First downs 13 19 Total yards 349 352 Passing yards 362 190 Rushing yards (-13) 162 Penalties 4–42 2–16 Turnovers 1 2
Purdue at Iowa 1 2 3 4 Total Boilermakers 0 7 7 0 14 • Hawkeyes 14 7 10 7 38
Scoring summary 1 Iowa Bass 3-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 7-0 1 Iowa Quinn Early 38-yard pass from Chuck Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 14-0 2 Iowa Travis Watkins 55-yard pass from Chuck Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 21-0 2 Purdue Darren Myles 1-yard run (kick) Iowa 21-7 3 Purdue Hardy 22-yard pass from McCarthy (kick) Iowa 21-14 3 Iowa Craig Clark 46-yard pass from Chuck Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 28-14 3 Iowa Rob Houghtlin 30-yard field goal Iowa 31-14 4 Iowa T. Stewart 13-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 38-14
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Game statistics[18] PUR IOWA First downs 16 29 Total yards 301 520 Passing yards 259 317 Rushing yards 42 203 Penalties 5–45 7–44 Turnovers 5 2
Indiana [ edit ] Indiana at Iowa 1 2 3 4 Total #11 Hoosiers 0 7 7 7 21 • Hawkeyes 13 7 0 9 29
Scoring summary 1 Iowa Quinn Early 35-yard pass from Chuck Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 7-0 1 Iowa Rob Houghtlin 23-yard field goal Iowa 10-0 1 Iowa Rob Houghtlin 37-yard field goal Iowa 13-0 2 Indiana E. Jones 41-yard pass from Schnell (Stoyanovich kick) Iowa 13-7 2 Iowa Bass 3-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 20-7 3 Indiana Thompson 1-yard run (Stoyanovich kick)Iowa 20-14 4 Indiana E. Jones 32-yard pass from Kramme (Stoyanovich kick) Indiana 21-20 4 Iowa Hudson 1-yard run (pass failed) Iowa 26-21 4 Iowa Rob Houghtlin 28-yard field goal Iowa 29-21
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Game statistics[20] IND IOWA First downs 16 23 Total yards 305 445 Passing yards 237 282 Rushing yards 68 163 Penalties 8–91 8–72 Turnovers 3 2
At Northwestern [ edit ] Iowa at Northwestern 1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 28 14 3 52 Wildcats 10 7 7 0 24
Scoring summary Q1 NW McClellan 10-yard pass from Greenfield (Adler kick) NW 7–0 Q1 NW Adler 25-yard field goal NW 10–0 Q1 IOWA Early 35-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) NW 10–7 Q2 NW Pennington 75-yard interception return (Adler kick) NW 17–7 Q2 IOWA Watkins 22-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) NW 17–14 Q2 IOWA Watkins 7-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 21–17 Q2 IOWA Hudson 7-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 28–17 Q2 IOWA Early 9-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 35–17 Q3 IOWA Early 44-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 42–17 Q3 IOWA Early 95-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 49–17 Q3 NW Greenfield 1-yard run (Adler kick) IOWA 49–24 Q4 IOWA Houghtlin 26-yard field goal IOWA 52–24
Chuck Hartlieb completed 25 of 32 passes for 471 yards and a Big Ten single-game record 7 touchdowns.[21] [22] Wide receiver Quinn Early hauled in 10 passes and set school records with 256 yards receiving (Big Ten record at the time) and 4 touchdown receptions.[23] The 584 team passing yards remains a single-game school record.
Game statistics[23] IOWA NW First downs 28 21 Total yards 674 364 Passing yards 584 245 Rushing yards 90 119 Penalties 4–38 9–65 Turnovers 4 8
At Ohio State [ edit ] Iowa at Ohio State 1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 3 12 0 14 29 Buckeyes 7 7 7 6 27
Date: November 14Location: Ohio Stadium , Columbus, Ohio Game attendance: 90,090Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), Clear and sunnyReferee: Gil Marchman Scoring summary 1 10:08 OSU Ross 24-yard pass from Tupa (Frantz kick) Ohio St 7–0 1 7:34 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 39-yard field goal Ohio St 7–3 2 11:19 OSU Ross 60-yard pass from Tupa (Frantz kick) Ohio St 14–3 2 9:10 IOWA Kevin Harmon 50-yard run (pass failed) Ohio St 14–9 2 3:14 IOWA Houghtlin 41-yard field goal Ohio St 14–12 2 0:00 IOWA Houghtlin 22-yard field goal IOWA 15–14 3 6:14 OSU Ellis 20-yard pass from Tupa (Frantz kick) OSU 21-15 4 9:11 IOWA Hudson 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 22-21 4 2:45 OSU Snow 14-yard run (run failed) OSU 27-22 4 0:06 IOWA Marv Cook 28-yard pass from Chuck Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 29–27
With six seconds left, Chuck Hartlieb threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Marv Cook on fourth-and-23 to earn Iowa's first victory at Ohio Stadium since 1959.
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Minnesota [ edit ] Minnesota at Iowa 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Gophers 3 3 7 7 20 • #18 Hawkeyes 3 21 7 3 34
Scoring summary 1 Minn Chip Lohmiller 32-yard field goal Minn 3-0 1 Iowa Rob Houghtlin 37-yard field goal Tied 3-3 2 Minn Chip Lohmiller 44-yard field goal Minn 6-3 2 Iowa Bayless 4-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 10-6 2 Iowa Mike Flagg 15-yard pass from Chuck Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 17-6 2 Iowa Early 34-yard pass from Chuck Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 24-6 3 Minn Gaiters 5-yard pass from Foggie (Lohmiller kick) Iowa 24-13 3 Iowa Hudson 10-yard run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 31-13 3 Minn Couch 45-yard pass from Foggie (Lohmiller kick) Iowa 31-20 4 2:01 Iowa Rob Houghtlin 37-yard field goal Iowa 34-20
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Game statistics[28] MINN IOWA First downs 14 30 Total yards 295 510 Passing yards 216 328 Rushing yards 79 182 Penalties 4–33 7–64 Turnovers 0 2
Vs. Wyoming (Holiday Bowl) [ edit ] 1987 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl 1 2 3 4 Total • #18 Hawkeyes 0 7 0 13 20 Cowboys 12 7 0 0 19
Scoring summary 1 WYO Worker 43-yard field goal WYO 3-0 1 WYO Worker 38-yard field goal WYO 6-0 1 WYO Loving 15-yard pass from Burnett (pass failed) WYO 12-0 2 IOWA Hess 10-yard blocked punt return (Houghtlin kick) WYO 12-7 2 WYO Abraham 3-yard run (Worker kick) WYO 19-7 4 IOWA Wright 33-yard interception return (Houghtlin kick) WYO 19-14 4 IOWA Hudson 1-yard run (conversion failed) IOWA 20-19
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Awards and honors [ edit ] Team players in the 1988 NFL draft [ edit ] [31]
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