1987 Iowa State Cyclones football team

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.

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
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	[4]
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

^[5]