1987 Iowa State Cyclones football team

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

1987 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#6 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#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. They played their home games at Cyclone Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They participated as members of the Big Eight Conference. The team was coached by head coach Jim Walden.

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	#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 #2 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		L 3–42	76,001
November 14	Kansas State	Cyclone Stadium • Ames, IA		W 16–14	33,516
November 21	at #13 Oklahoma State	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK		L 27–48	33,400
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.