1987 Iowa State Cyclones football team

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1987 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record3–8 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRobin Ross (1st season)
Home stadiumCyclone Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
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.[1]

Schedule

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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 Kansas
WOI/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 Nebraska
WOI (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 State
WOI (delay)L 27–4833,400
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

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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
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

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Iowa

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Iowa at Iowa State
1 234Total
• Hawkeyes 10 141014 48
Cyclones 3 600 9
Scoring summary
1ISUShudak 27-yard field goalISU 3-0
1IOWARob Houghtlin 30-yard field goalTied 3-3
1IOWAHarmon 11-yard run (Houghtlin kick)IOWA 10-3
2ISUShudak 47-yard field goalIOWA 10-6
2IOWAHarmon 3-yard run (Houghtlin kick)IOWA 17-6
2IOWAHarmon 3-yard run (Houghtlin kick)IOWA 24-6
2ISUShudak 34-yard field goalIOWA 24-9
3IOWARob Houghtlin 55-yard field goalIOWA 27-9
3IOWAHudson 8-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick)IOWA 34-9
4IOWAStewart 1-yard run (Houghtlin kick)IOWA 41-9
4IOWAPoholsky 3-yard run (Houghtlin kick)IOWA 48-9
See also: 1987 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Cy-Hawk Trophy

At Oklahoma

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See also: 1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team

At Nebraska

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Iowa State at Nebraska
1 234Total
Cyclones 0 030 3
• Cornhuskers 14 1477 42
See also: 1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

References

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  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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