1987_Maine_Black_Bears_football_team

1987 Maine Black Bears football
1987 Maine Black Bears football
Yankee Conference co-champion
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 28–31 at Georgia Southern
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	8–4 (6–1 Yankee)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (1st season);
Captain	Bob Wilder, Steve Violette
Home stadium	Alumni Field
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

1987 Maine Black Bears football team

American college football season

The 1987 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first season under head coach Tim Murphy, the Black Bears compiled a 8–4 record (6–1 against conference opponents), tied for the Yankee Conference championship, and lost to Georgia Southern in the first round of the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs. Bob Wilder and Steve Violette were the team captains.^[1]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	American International		Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 42–23
September 12	at UMass		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 31–14	11,242
September 19	at Rhode Island	No. 6	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 24–20
September 26	Boston University	No. T–4	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 33–19
October 3	Towson State	No. 3	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 14–17
October 10	at Northeastern	No. T–16	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	L 17–21	5,100	^[2]
October 17	Richmond		Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 7–17	8,053	^[3]
October 24	Connecticut		Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 32–28
October 31	at Delaware		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 59–56 ^2OT
November 7	No. 6 New Hampshire		Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 28–14
November 14	at Illinois State	No. 17	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	W 37–34
November 28	at No. 6 Georgia Southern	No. 13	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	L 28–31 ^OT
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

1987 Maine Black Bears football team

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Maine +^	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 17 Richmond +^	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Delaware	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
UMass	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Boston University	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rhode Island	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll