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]

Schedule

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

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Roster

Game summaries

Iowa

At Oklahoma

At Nebraska

References