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
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1987 record	3–8 (2–5 Big Eight)
Head coach	Jim Walden (1st season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium (Capacity: 48,000)

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		L 12–25	27,561
September 19	Iowa*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	ABC	L 9–48	54,101
September 26	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY		L 17–34	18,386
October 3	No. 1 Oklahoma	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	PPV	L 3–56	36,050
October 10	Northern Iowa*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 39–38	46,515
October 17	Missouri	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		L 17–42	35,888
October 24	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 42–28	28,300
October 31	Colorado	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 10–42	34,920
November 7	at No. 2 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		L 3–42	76,001
November 14	Kansas State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)		W 16–14	33,516
November 21	at No. 13 Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		L 27–48	33,400
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll

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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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–22	1986	L 7–43

at Oklahoma

See also: 1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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

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

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.