1987 Southwest Missouri State Bears football team
American college football season
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Conference | Gateway Football Conference |
Record | 5–6 (3–3 GFC) |
Head coach |
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Defensive coordinator | Dave Wommack (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Briggs Stadium |
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No. 4 Northern Iowa $^ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW Missouri State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 Southwest Missouri State Bears football team represented the Southwest Missouri State University (now known as Missouri State University) as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Jesse Branch, the Bears compiled an overall record of 5–6, with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished tied for third in the GFC.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 5 | Central State* | W 20–7 | |||||
September 12 | at Southern Illinois | W 18–13 | 13,100 | ||||
September 19 | Nicholls State* | No. 18 |
| L 18–13 | |||
September 26 | at Western Illinois | L 19–20 | |||||
October 3 | Indiana State |
| W 42–0 | ||||
October 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at Northern Illinois* | L 21–27 | 9,017 | |||
October 24 | at Eastern Illinois |
| L 3–7 | ||||
October 31 | Illinois State |
| W 31–15 | ||||
November 7 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 7 Northern Iowa |
| L 13–17 | 3,343 | ||
November 14 | at Louisiana Tech* | W 13–10 | 13,780 | [1] | |||
November 21 | at Southern* | L 6–8 | [2] | ||||
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Roster
1987 Missouri State Bears football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Offense
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References
- ^ "SMS gives Tech the boot". The Springfield News-Leader. November 15, 1987. Retrieved July 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football Bears fall in finale". The Springfield News-Leader. November 22, 1987. Retrieved August 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Missouri State Football 2023 Media Guide" (PDF). Missouri State University Athletics. p. 65. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
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