1987 Iowa State Cyclones football team

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]

1987 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record3–8 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRobin Ross (1st season)
Home stadiumCyclone Stadium
(capacity: 48,000)
1987 Big Eight Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Oklahoma $ 7 0 011 1 0
No. 6 Nebraska 6 1 010 2 0
No. 11 Oklahoma State 5 2 010 2 0
Colorado 4 3 07 4 0
Missouri 3 4 05 6 0
Iowa State 2 5 03 8 0
Kansas 0 6 11 9 1
Kansas State 0 6 10 10 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 127:30 p.m.at Tulane*WOI/KOIA (delay)
Closed circuit in Iowa[2]
L 12–2527,561[3]
September 1912:10 p.m.Iowa*WOI/KCRG/KTIV/KIMT
KOIA/WQAD/KPTM
L 9–4854,101
September 262:00 p.m.at Wyoming*WOI/KOIA (delay)L 17–3418,386
October 31:00 p.m.No. 1 Oklahoma
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA
PPV/WOI (delay)L 3–5636,050
October 101:00 p.m.Northern Iowa*
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA
WOI (delay)W 39–3846,515
October 171:00 p.m.Missouri
WOI (delay)L 17–4235,888
October 241:00 p.m.at KansasWOI/KOIA (delay)W 42–2828,300
October 311:00 p.m.Coloradodagger
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA
WOI (day)L 10–4234,920
November 71:30 p.m.at No. 2 NebraskaWOI (delay)L 3–4276,001
November 141:30 p.m.Kansas State
WOI (delay)W 16–1433,516
November 211:30 p.m.at No. 13 Oklahoma StateWOI (delay)L 27–4833,400
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[4]

Game summaries

Iowa

Iowa at Iowa State
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 10 141014 48
Cyclones 3 600 9

At Oklahoma

At Nebraska

Iowa State at Nebraska
1 234Total
Cyclones 0 030 3
Cornhuskers 14 1477 42

References

  1. Devlin, Vince (December 16, 1986). "It's official: Walden's gone". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
  2. (1) September 12, 1987 (Page 9 of 30). Des Moines Register (1871-2008) 1987 Sep 12(69):9.
  3. "Cyclones get A+ for effort". The Gazette. September 13, 1987. Retrieved February 7, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "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.
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