1987 Wisconsin Badgers football team

	1987 Big Ten football standings
	† – Conference champion ; Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1987 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1987 college football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12*	Hawaii	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 28–7	53,509
September 19*	Utah	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 28–31	56,224
September 26*	Ball State	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 30–13	51,825
October 3	at #12 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–49	104,410
October 10	Iowa	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 10–31	74,645
October 17	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	L 14–16	57,040
October 24†	Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 24–27	70,012
October 31	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 14–49	62,000
November 7	Ohio State	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 26–24	63,195
November 14	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	L 19–22	62,410
November 21	#11 Michigan State	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 9–30	45,385
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1987 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8/8 Michigan State †	7	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
#16/16 Iowa	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
#NR/20 Indiana	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#19/18 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 / Coaches' Poll