The 1987 Miami Hurricanes were in need of some redemption. Each of the last two years they’d gone into the major bowls in position for a national title. Each time they lost as a favorite. GREAT 1980s SPORTS MOMENTSStart reading today. The first one came to Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl following the 1985 season. Worse […]
College football is set to introduce a “Final Four” playoff format for the 2014 season. It wasn’t by design, but that’s the way the 1987 college football season played out.
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of sports history articles aimed at preserving the best moments of the modern sports era, from 1976 to the present. The focus is team sports—college & pro basketball and football, major league baseball and hockey. This article offers a snapshot of 1987 sports, a year that saw Bob Knight, Wayne Gretzky and Magic Johnson all return to championship form.