1987 Iowa State Cyclones football team

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]

  1. ^ Devlin, Vince (December 16, 1986). "It's official: Walden's gone". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.