1987 Iowa State Cyclones football team
American college football season
| 1987 Iowa State Cyclones football | |
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| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Record | 3–8 (2–5 Big 8) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Robin Ross (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Cyclone Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Oklahoma $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Nebraska | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Oklahoma State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Home games were played on campus at Cyclone Stadium in Ames, Iowa, and they were members of the Big Eight Conference. The Cyclones were led by first-year head coach Jim Walden, previously the head coach at Washington State in the Pac-10 for nine seasons.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 12 | 7:30 p.m. | at Tulane* | WOI/KOIA (delay) Closed circuit in Iowa[2] | L 12–25 | 27,561 | [3] | |
| September 19 | 12:10 p.m. | Iowa* | WOI/KCRG/KTIV/KIMT KOIA/WQAD/KPTM | L 9–48 | 54,101 | ||
| September 26 | 2:00 p.m. | at Wyoming* |
| WOI/KOIA (delay) | L 17–34 | 18,386 | |
| October 3 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 1 Oklahoma |
| PPV/WOI (delay) | L 3–56 | 36,050 | |
| October 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Northern Iowa* |
| WOI (delay) | W 39–38 | 46,515 | |
| October 17 | 1:00 p.m. | Missouri |
| WOI (delay) | L 17–42 | 35,888 | |
| October 24 | 1:00 p.m. | at Kansas |
| WOI/KOIA (delay) | W 42–28 | 28,300 | |
| October 31 | 1:00 p.m. | Colorado |
| WOI (day) | L 10–42 | 34,920 | |
| November 7 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 2 Nebraska | WOI (delay) | L 3–42 | 76,001 | ||
| November 14 | 1:30 p.m. | Kansas State |
| WOI (delay) | W 16–14 | 33,516 | |
| November 21 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 13 Oklahoma State | WOI (delay) | L 27–48 | 33,400 | ||
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Roster
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Offense
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Game summaries
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At Oklahoma
At Nebraska
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References
- ^ Devlin, Vince (December 16, 1986). "It's official: Walden's gone". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
- ^ (1) September 12, 1987 (Page 9 of 30). Des Moines Register (1871-2008) 1987 Sep 12(69):9.
- ^ "Cyclones get A+ for effort". The Gazette. September 13, 1987. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Iowa State Football Record Book" (PDF). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
