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1987 NCAA Rifle Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Collegiate rifle shooting
Location	Cincinnati, OH
Host(s)	Xavier University
Venue(s)	Xavier University Rifle Range
Participants	6
Final positions
Champions	Murray State (2nd title)
1st runners-up	West Virginia
2nd runners-up	South Florida
Tournament statistics
Smallbore	Web Wright, WVU
Air rifle	Rob Harbison, UTM
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The 1987 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the eighth annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at the Xavier University Rifle Range at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. ^[1]

Murray State, with a team score of 6,205, bested defending champions West Virginia in the team standings by 2 points to claim their second national title. It was the Racers' second title in three seasons.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Web Wright (West Virginia), and, for the air rifle, Rob Harbison ( Tennessee–Martin).

Qualification

Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of seven teams ultimately contested this championship.

Results

• Scoring: The championship consisted of 120 shots by each competitor in smallbore and 40 shots per competitor in air rifle.

Team title

Rank	Team	Points
	Murray State	6,205
	West Virginia	6,203
	South Florida	6,175
4	Tennessee Tech	6,113
5	Navy	6,107
6	Army	6,094

Individual events

References