1987 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1987 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 20–19 vs. Wyoming
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 16
Record	10–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Hayden Fry (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Snyder (9th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Brashier (9th season)
MVP	Marv Cook Dave Haight Chuck Hartlieb
Captain	Kerry Burt Quinn Early Mike Flagg Dave Haight J.J. Puk
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium (Capacity: 67,700)
Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

1987 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Michigan State $	7	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 16 Iowa	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
Indiana	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Illinois	2	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	vs. No. 17 Tennessee*	No. 16	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey (Kickoff Classic)	ABC	L 22–23	54,681
September 12	at Arizona*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona		W 15–14	57,284
September 19	at Iowa State*		Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa (Cy-Hawk Trophy)		W 48–9	54,101
September 26	Kansas State*	No. 19	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		W 38–13	67,700
October 3	Michigan State	No. 17	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		L 14–19	67,700
October 10	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin		W 31–10	74,645
October 17	at Michigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	ABC	L 10–37	105,406
October 24	Purdue		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	ABC	W 38–14	67,700
October 31	No. 11 Indiana		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		W 29–21	67,700
November 7	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois		W 52–24	38,694
November 14	at Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio		W 29–27	90,090
November 21	Minnesota	No. 18	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale)		W 34–20	67,700
December 30	vs. Wyoming*	No. 18	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 20–19	61,892
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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 Pos. # Name Class K   Mark Adams Jr K 6 George Murphy Jr K 7 Rob Houghtlin Sr	Head coach Hayden Fry Coordinators/assistant coaches Bill Snyder – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Bill Brashier – Defensive Coordinator Kirk Ferentz – Offensive line Carl Jackson – Running backs Del Miller – Offensive assistant Dan McCarney – Defensive line Barry Alvarez – Linebackers Don Patterson – Defensive Backs Bernie Wyatt – Defensive Ends/Recruiting Coordinator Bill Dervich – Strength and Conditioning Bob Stoops – Volunteer Assistant Mike Stoops – Graduate Assistant Jay Norvell – Graduate assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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

Vs. Tennessee

Kickoff Classic

1 2 3 4 Total #16 Hawkeyes 3 7 9 3 22 • #17 Volunteers 0 14 0 9 23 Date: August 30 Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey Game attendance: 54,681 Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C), Sunny, Wind N 5 mph (8.0 km/h) TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Bob Griese, and Mike Adamle Source: Box score Archived 2020-01-07 at the Wayback Machine

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

Iowa at Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 6 3 0 6 15 Wildcats 0 7 7 0 14 Date: September 12 Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona Game attendance: 57,284 Source: Box Score and Game Story

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

Iowa at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 10 14 10 14 48 Cyclones 3 6 0 0 9 Date: September 19 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 54,101 Source: Box Score and Game Story

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

Kansas State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 7 3 3 0 13 • #19 Hawkeyes 14 7 0 17 38 Date: September 26 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 67,700 Source: Box Score and Game Story

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

Michigan State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Spartans 7 0 6 6 19 #17 Hawkeyes 7 7 0 0 14 Date: October 3 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 67,700 Source: Box Score and Game Story

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

Iowa at Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 14 7 3 31 Badgers 0 3 7 0 10 Date: October 10 Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin Game attendance: 74,645 Source: Box Score and Game Story

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

Iowa at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 0 10 0 0 10 • Wolverines 6 24 0 7 37 Date: October 17 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan Game attendance: 105,406 Source: Box Score and Game Story

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

Purdue at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Boilermakers 0 7 7 0 14 • Hawkeyes 14 7 10 7 38 Date: October 24 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 67,700 Television network: ABC Source: Box Score and Game Story

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

Indiana at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total #11 Hoosiers 0 7 7 7 21 • Hawkeyes 13 7 0 9 29 Date: October 31 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 67,700 Source: Box Score and Game Story

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

Iowa at Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 28 14 3 52 Wildcats 10 7 7 0 24 Date: November 7 Location: Dyche Stadium Game attendance: 38,694 Sources: Box Score and Game Story

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

Iowa at Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 3 12 0 14 29 Buckeyes 7 7 7 6 27 Date: November 14 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio Game attendance: 90,090 Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), Clear and sunny Referee: Gil Marchman Source: Box Score and Game Story

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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Game statistics Archived 2015-11-25 at the Wayback Machine	IOWA	OHIO ST
First downs	22	17
Total yards	489	383
Passing yards	333	216
Rushing yards	156	167
Penalties	2–15	6–56
Turnovers	3	3

Minnesota

Minnesota at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Golden Gophers 3 3 7 7 20 • #18 Hawkeyes 3 21 7 3 34 Date: November 21 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 67,700 Source: Box Score and Game Story

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)

1987 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total • #18 Hawkeyes 0 7 0 13 20 Cowboys 12 7 0 0 19 Date: December 30 Location: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego Game attendance: 61,892 Referee: Pat Flood TV announcers (ESPN): Jim Kelly and Kevin Kiley

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

• Dave Haight, Defensive tackle – Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year

Team players in the 1988 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Quinn Early	Wide receiver	3	60	San Diego Chargers
Kevin Harmon	Running back	4	101	Seattle Seahawks
Herb Wester	Tackle	5	114	Cincinnati Bengals
Joe Schuster	Defensive tackle	10	261	Philadelphia Eagles

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References