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1987 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1987
team	Florida Gators
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
record	6–6
conf_record	3–3
head_coach	Galen Hall
hc_year	4th
def_coach	Zaven Yaralian
dc_year	2nd
stadium	Florida Field
bowl	[Aloha Bowl](1987-aloha-bowl)
bowl_result	L 16–20 vs. [UCLA](1987-ucla-bruins-football-team)

The 1987 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was the fourth for Galen Hall as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Hall's 1987 Florida Gators posted a 6–6 overall record and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 3–3, placing sixth among ten SEC teams.

The season was the debut of freshman running back Emmitt Smith. Smith went on to break the 1,000-yard barrier in the seventh game of his freshman season, the fastest any running back had ever broken that barrier to begin his college career, and was named SEC and national freshman of the year. This was the last year until 2017 that Florida opened the season away from Gainesville.

Schedule

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Personnel

Galen Hall
Zaven Yaralian (DC)
Mike Heimerdinger (WR)

Rankings

Season summary

At Miami (FL)

Tulsa

At Alabama

After playing well off the bench in the first two games, Smith earned his first start against Alabama and immediately broke Florida's 40-year-old all-time single game rushing record, carrying 39 times for 224 yards and two touchdowns as the Gators upset the Crimson Tide in Birmingham.

Mississippi State

FLA: W. Williams 39 Run (McGinty kick), 12:52
MSU: Logan 32 FG, 10:15
FLA: E. Smith 4 Run (McGinity kick), 6:48
FLA: Simmons 34 Bell (McGinty kick), 0:30
FLA: E. Smith 42 Run (McGinty kick), 12:34
FLA: McGinty 43 FG, 10:27
FLA: E. Smith 20 Run (McGinty kick), 3:50
Passing: MSU A. Williams 7/15, 82 Yds, INT, FLA Bell 11/18, 205 Yds, TD
Rushing: MSU Phillips 11/32, FLA E. Smith 20/176, 3 TD
Receiving: MSU Kenneybrew 2/40, FLA Simmons 3/67, TD

At LSU

Cal State FUllerton

Temple

At Auburn

vs Georgia

Kentucky

Florida State

vs. No. 10 UCLA (Aloha Bowl)

Main article: 1987 Aloha Bowl

References

Goodall, Fred. (September 6, 1987). "Miami crushes Gators". St. Lucie News Tribune.
(September 13, 1987). "Gators slam helpless Hurricane, 52–0". Tulsa World.
Smith, Charlie. (September 20, 1987). "Smith, Gators give Alabama the runaround". The Tampa Tribune.
(September 27, 1987). "Florida freshman Smith runs over MSU, 38–3". Enterprise-Journal.
(October 4, 1987). "Tigers dodge another bullet, eke past Gators". Alexandria Daily Town Talk.
(October 11, 1987). "Definition of destroy: Florida 65, Fullerton 0". Pensacola News-Journal.
(October 18, 1987). "Smith sets mark as Florida routs Temple, 34–3". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
(November 1, 1987). "Auburn crushes Gators 29–6". The Tampa Tribune.
(November 8, 1987). "Georgia sacks Florida's bowl hopes". The Stuart News.
(November 15, 1987). "Bowl, game simple for Gators". Fort Lauderdale News.
(November 29, 1987). "No. 3 Florida State ends Florida's 6-year hex, 28–14". The Baltimore Sun.
(December 26, 1987). "UCLA bowls over Florida, 20–16". The Honolulu Advertiser.
''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2015/media_guide.pdf 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive. link. (2015-12-08 '', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.)
(September 6, 1987). "Miami Grand In Finale, 31-4 'Canes' Rush Weathers Bell As Series Ends". [[Orlando Sentinel]].
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Sep 27. Retrieved 2019-Jan-08.
"Georgia is in-Vince-ible as Florida drops to 5-4." Gainesville Sun. 1987-Nov-08. Retrieved 2022-Dec-26.

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