1987 North Dakota State Bison football team

1987 North Dakota State Bison football
1987 North Dakota State Bison football
Conference	North Central Conference
Record	6–4 (6–3 NCC)
Head coach	Rocky Hager (1st season);
Home stadium	Dacotah Field
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1987 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their first year under head coach Rocky Hager, the team compiled a 6–4 record.

1987 North Central Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Mankato State $^	8	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
St. Cloud State	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
North Dakota State	6	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Nebraska–Omaha	5	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
South Dakota	5	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
North Dakota	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
South Dakota State	4	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Morningside	3	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northern Colorado	2	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Augustana (SD)	1	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	at Northern Michigan*	No. 1	Memorial Field Marquette, MI	L 6–10	3,580	^[1]
September 19	South Dakota State	No. 9	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (rivalry)	W 43–7	16,300	^[2]
September 26	at Augustana (SD)	No. 8	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD	W 34–0	2,500	^[3]
October 3	Morningside	No. 6	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 33–0	13,500	^[4]
October 10	at St. Cloud State	No. 6	Selke Field St. Cloud, MN	W 24–3	3,958	^[5]
October 17	Mankato State	No. 6	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	L 22–28	16,800	^[6]
October 24	Northern Colorado	No. 15	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 43–21	10,500	^[7]
October 31	at South Dakota	No. 17	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	L 12–28	7,800	^[8]
November 7	at Nebraska–Omaha		Al F. Caniglia Field Omaha, NE	L 21–27	3,300	^[9]
November 14	North Dakota		Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	W 42–10	13,500	^[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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^ "N. Dakota St. 43, S. Dakota St. 7". Rapid City Journal. September 20, 1987. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bison thunder to 34–0 victory". Argus-Leader. September 27, 1987. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bison upend Chiefs". Sioux City Journal. October 4, 1987. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bison prove they're the best". St. Cloud Times. October 12, 1987. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mavs end Bison home win streak". The Bismarck Tribune. October 18, 1987. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bison freshman has big rushing day". The Bismarck Tribune. October 25, 1987. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "USD knocks Bison out of 1st". Argus-Leader. November 1, 1987. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UNO 27, N. Dakota St. 21". The Lincoln Star. November 8, 1987. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "How physical are Bison? Ask Sioux". The Bismarck Tribune. November 15, 1987. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Final 1987 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

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