1987 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 1987 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 24th-year head coach Vince Dooley, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 9–3, with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the SEC.^[1]

1987 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Auburn $	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	1	–	2
No. 5 LSU	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1	10	–	2	–	1
No. 13 Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	Virginia*	No. 20	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 30–22	75,126	^[2]
September 12	Oregon State*	No. 20	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 41–7	73,211	^[3]
September 19	at No. 8 Clemson*	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	CBS	L 20–21	81,875	^[4]
September 26	South Carolina*	No. 20	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		W 13–6	82,122	^[5]
October 3	at Ole Miss	No. 20	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 31–14	32,000	^[6]
October 10	No. 7 LSU	No. 16	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN	L 23–26	82,122	^[7]
October 17	at Vanderbilt	No. 18	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 52–24	40,878	^[8]
October 24	Kentucky	No. 12	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	TBS	W 17–14	81,911	^[9]
November 7	vs. No. 17 Florida	No. 10	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	TBS	W 23–10	81,975	^[10]
November 14	No. 12 Auburn	No. 8	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 11–27	82,122	^[11]
November 28	at Georgia Tech*	No. 14	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 30–16	45,103	^[12]
December 29	vs. Arkansas*	No. 15	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	Raycom	W 20–17	53,249	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1987 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OT	`75`	Scott Adams	Jr
OT	`61`	Shelly Anderson	Jr
RB		Hiawatha Berry
RB		Kevin Brown
OL		Mack Burroughs
RB		Brian Cleveland
RB		Alphonso Ellis
RB	`7`	Rodney Hampton	Fr
QB		James Jackson	Sr
RB		Randy Jackson
QB	`18`	Wayne Johnson	Jr
WR		Nate Lewis
OL		Curt Mull
WR		Cassius Osborn
TE	`87`	Troy Sadowski	Jr
OL		Kim Stephens
RB	`32`	Lars Tate	Sr
WR		John Thomas
TE		Kirk Warner
OL		Todd Wheeler
RB		Greg Williams

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB		Rusty Beasley
LB	`42`	John Brantley	Sr
DL		Larry Brown
DL		Aaron Chubb
DL	`97`	Paul Giles
DT		Bill Goldberg	So
LB	`54`	Vince Guthrie
DB		Will Jones
DL		Tyrone McClendon
CB	`26`	Ben Smith	So
DE	`92`	Richard Tardits	Sr
CB	`15`	Mark Vincent	Sr
LB		Terrie Webster

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Steve Crumley
P		David Dukes
P		Joey Hester
K	`3`	John Kasay	Fr