1987 Iowa State Cyclones football team

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

1987 Big Eight Conference football standings

	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.

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	L 12–25	27,561
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

Roster

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	Head coach Jim Walden Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Iowa

Iowa at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 10 14 10 14 48 Cyclones 3 6 0 0 9 Date: September 19 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 54,101

Scoring summary 1 ISU Shudak 27-yard field goal ISU 3-0 1 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 30-yard field goal Tied 3-3 1 IOWA Harmon 11-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 10-3 2 ISU Shudak 47-yard field goal IOWA 10-6 2 IOWA Harmon 3-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 17-6 2 IOWA Harmon 3-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 24-6 2 ISU Shudak 34-yard field goal IOWA 24-9 3 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 55-yard field goal IOWA 27-9 3 IOWA Hudson 8-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 34-9 4 IOWA Stewart 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 41-9 4 IOWA Poholsky 3-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 48-9

See also: 1987 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Cy-Hawk Trophy

At Oklahoma

See also: 1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team

At Nebraska

Iowa State at Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 0 0 3 0 3 • Cornhuskers 14 14 7 7 42 Date: November 7 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,001

See also: 1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team