1987 Sonoma State Cossacks football team

1987 Sonoma State Cossacks football
1987 Sonoma State Cossacks football
Conference	Northern California Athletic Conference
Record	5–6 (2–3 NCAC)
Head coach	Marty Fine (1st season);
Home stadium	Cossacks Stadium
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State University as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the 1987 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Marty Fine, Sonoma State compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the NCAC. The team was outscored by its opponents 257 to 184 for the season. The Cossacks played home games at Cossacks Stadium^{[note 1]} in Rohnert Park, California.

1987 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 UC Davis $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Chico State	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Humboldt State	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Sonoma State	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Cal State Hayward	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
San Francisco State	0	–	4	–	1	1	–	8	–	1

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	Carroll (MT)*	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 35–26	1,481
September 19	Saint Mary's*	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 39–18	1,693
September 26	at Cal State Northridge*	North Campus Stadium Northridge, CA	L 6–13	3,426	^[1]
October 3	at Northern Arizona*	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 6–55	12,765	^[2]^[3]
October 10	at San Francisco State	Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 14–7	500
October 17	at Cal State Hayward	Pioneer Stadium Hayward, CA	W 24–6	700–726	^[4]
October 24	Menlo*	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 19–14	842
October 31	UC Davis	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	L 14–25	2,681
November 7	at Humboldt State	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	L 7–49	3,150
November 14	UC Santa Barbara*	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	L 12–22	572	^[5]
November 21	Chico State	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	L 18–22	681
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^ Cossacks Stadium was renamed in 2002 to Seawolf Stadium when the University changed the name of the mascot to Seawolves.

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