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 season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium (Capacity: 48,000)
Seasons

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