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 →

The 1987 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Jim Walden, the Cyclones compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the Big 8. Iowa State played home games at Cyclone Stadium in Ames, Iowa.

Record3–8 (2–5 Big 8)

Headcoach

DefensivecoordinatorRobin Ross (1st season)

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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

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Walden was previously the head football coach at Washington State University for nine seasons.^[1]

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 (rivalry)	WOI/KCRG/KTIV/KIMT KOIA/WQAD/KPTM	L 9–48	54,101	^[4]
September 26	2:00 p.m.	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	WOI/KOIA (delay)	L 17–34	18,386	^[5]
October 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	PPV/WOI (delay)	L 3–56	36,050	^[6]
October 10	1:00 p.m.	Northern Iowa*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	WOI (delay)	W 39–38	46,515	^[7]
October 17	1:00 p.m.	Missouri	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	WOI (delay)	L 17–42	35,888	^[8]
October 24	1:00 p.m.	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	WOI/KOIA (delay)	W 42–28	28,300	^[9]
October 31	1:00 p.m.	Colorado	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	WOI (day)	L 10–42	34,920	^[10]
November 7	1:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	WOI (delay)	L 3–42	76,001	^[11]
November 14	1:30 p.m.	Kansas State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	WOI (delay)	W 16–14	33,516	^[12]
November 21	1:30 p.m.	at No. 13 Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	WOI (delay)	L 27–48	33,400	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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


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

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

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