1987 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

The Wolf Pack were led by 12th-year head coach Chris Ault and played its home games at Mackay Stadium.

1 in pre-season selections by Division I-AA sports information directors and by Don Heinrich's College Football '87 magazine.

[20] Foger concluded his college career in 1988 with 4,486 rushing yards, the third best mark in Division I-AA history.

Jim Zaccheo, a junior college transfer from California, won the starting quarterback job after pre-season competition with Andy Genasci.

Sophomore defensive back Bernard Ellison had six interceptions and seven deflections and was also a first-team All-Big Sky selection.