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
1987 record38 (25 Big Eight)
Head coachJim Walden (1st season)
Home stadiumCyclone Stadium
(Capacity: 48,000)
1987 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12at Tulane*
L 12–2527,561
September 19Iowa*
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)
ABCL 9–4854,101
September 26at Wyoming*
L 17–3418,386
October 3No. 1 Oklahoma
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA
PPVL 3–5636,050
October 10Northern Iowa*
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA
W 39–3846,515
October 17Missouri
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)
L 17–4235,888
October 24at Kansas
W 42–2828,300
October 31Colorado
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA
L 10–4234,920
November 7at No. 2 Nebraska
L 3–4276,001
November 14Kansas State
W 16–1433,516
November 21at No. 13 Oklahoma State
L 27–4833,400
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll

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Game summaries

Iowa

Iowa at Iowa State
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 10 141014 48
Cyclones 3 600 9
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–22 1986 L 7–43

at Oklahoma

Overall record Last meeting Result
4–53–2 1986 L 0–38

at Nebraska

Iowa State at Nebraska
1 234Total
Cyclones 0 030 3
Cornhuskers 14 1477 42
  • Date: November 7
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 76,001
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–66–2 1986 L 14–35

References

  1. Devlin, Vince (December 16, 1986). "It's official: Walden's gone". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
  2. "Iowa State Football Record Book" (PDF). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-06. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
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