Tennessee
SEC · 1987 Season · Final
All-Time Resume
- 12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons
- Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons · 4 Top 10 · 1× #1
- Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons · 6 Top 10
- Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 7 Top 10
- AP Poll & Postwar Era · 19 seasons · 8 Top 10 · 2× #1
- Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 28 seasons · 9 Top 10
- Pioneer Era · 4 seasons
Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Tennessee head-to-head · History & Eras
1987 Schedule & Results
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Conf | Opp. Record | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Week 1 · Sep 1 |  Iowa (IOWA)H2H |  B10 | 10–3 | W 23–22 |
| 2 | Week 2 · Sep 8 |  Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)H2H | IND WAC | 1–11 | W 49–3 |
| 3 | Week 3 · Sep 15 |  Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)H2H |  SEC | 4–7 | W 38–10 |
| 5 | Week 5 · Sep 29 |  Auburn (AUBURN)H2H | SEC | 9–1–2 | T 20–20 |
| 6 | Week 6 · Oct 6 |  California (CALIFORNIA)H2H |  PAC | 3–6–2 | W 38–12 |
| 8 | Week 8 · Oct 20 |  Alabama (ALABAMA)H2H | SEC | 7–5 | L 22–41 |
| 9 | Week 9 · Oct 27 |  Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)H2H |  ACC | 2–9 | W 29–15 |
| 10 | Week 10 · Nov 3 |  Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)H2H | IND FBSI | 5–6 | L 18–20 |
| 11 | Week 11 · Nov 10 |  Louisville (LOUISVILLE)H2H | IND FBSI | 3–7–1 | W 41–10 |
| 12 | Week 12 · Nov 17 |  Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)H2H | SEC | 3–8 | W 55–13 |
| 13 | Week 13 · Nov 24 |  Kentucky (KENTUCKY)H2H | SEC | 5–6 | W 24–22 |
| 14 | Week 14 · Dec 1 |  Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)H2H | SEC | 4–7 | W 38–36 |
| 19 | Final · Jan 5 |  Indiana (INDIANA)H2H | B10 | 8–4 | W 27–22 |
Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.
Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).
- Iowa +10
- Indiana +8
- Kentucky +5
- Mississippi State +4
- Vanderbilt +4
- California +3
- Louisville +3
- Ole Miss +3
- Georgia Tech +2
- Colorado State +1
- Auburn 0
- Alabama -5
- Boston College -6
Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.
0.808 Win % · Change 5
Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.
Higher on the chart = better rank.
Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.
Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.