1987 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1987 Iowa State Cyclones football
1987 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	3–8 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Jim Walden (1st season);
Defensive coordinator	Robin Ross (1st season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

1987 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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
September 12	7:30 p.m.	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	WOI/KOIA (delay) Closed circuit in Iowa^[2]	L 12–25	27,561	^[3]
September 19	12:10 p.m.	Iowa*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	WOI/KCRG/KTIV/KIMT KOIA/WQAD/KPTM	L 9–48	54,101
September 26	2:00 p.m.	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	WOI/KOIA (delay)	L 17–34	18,386
October 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	PPV/WOI (delay)	L 3–56	36,050
October 10	1:00 p.m.	Northern Iowa*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	WOI (delay)	W 39–38	46,515
October 17	1:00 p.m.	Missouri	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	WOI (delay)	L 17–42	35,888
October 24	1:00 p.m.	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	WOI/KOIA (delay)	W 42–28	28,300
October 31	1:00 p.m.	Colorado	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	WOI (day)	L 10–42	34,920
November 7	1:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	WOI (delay)	L 3–42	76,001
November 14	1:30 p.m.	Kansas State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	WOI (delay)	W 16–14	33,516
November 21	1:30 p.m.	at No. 13 Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	WOI (delay)	L 27–48	33,400
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

1987 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
G		Keith Sims	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`58`	Scott Benson	Sr
DB	`11`	Marcus Robertson	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Iowa at Iowa State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Hawkeyes	10	14	10	14	48
Cyclones	3	6	0	0	9

Iowa State at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cyclones	0	0	3	0	3
• Cornhuskers	14	14	7	7	42

^ 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.