The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were 8-3 in 1987. They fell to the Texas A&M Aggies, 35 to 10, in the Cotton Bowl.
GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
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Team | 11 | 329 | 4,191 | 784 | 5.3 | 2,773 | 618 | 4.5 | 1,418 | 166 | 8.5 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 18th | 37th | 52nd | 29th | 14th | 11th | 21st | 81st | 94th | 4th | |||||||||
Opponent | 11 | 183 | 3,314 | 4.6 | 1,696 | 456 | 3.7 | 1,618 | 263 | 6.2 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 20th | 16th | 26th | 39th | 26th | 49th | 13th | 22nd | 25th | ||||||||||
Net | +146 | +877 | +784 | +0.7 | +1,077 | +162 | +0.8 | -200 | -97 | +2.4 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 15th | 21st | 52nd | 25th | 16th | 15th | 34th | 63rd | 84th | 8th |
Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Arizona State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
2 | BYU | 10 | 2 | .833 |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Boise State | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UConn | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Oregon | 13 | 0 | 1.000 |
2 | Penn State | 12 | 2 | .857 |
Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon State | 5 | 7 | .417 |
2 | Washington State | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |