1987 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record0–10–1 (0–6–1 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Deal (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJerry Hartman (2nd season)
Home stadiumKSU 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 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Stan Parrish. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. They finished with a record of 0–10–1 overall and 0–6–1 in Big Eight Conference play. Kansas State scored 135 points and gave up 421 points.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 5Austin Peay*
L 22–2623,350
September 19Army*
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 14–4127,500
September 26at No. 19 Iowa*
L 13–3867,700
October 3Tulsa*
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 25–3728,400
October 10at Missouri
L 10–3440,772
October 17No. 1 Oklahomadagger
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 10–5927,200
October 24at No. 2 Nebraska
L 3–5676,106
October 31at No. 12 Oklahoma State
L 7–5640,150
November 7Kansas
T 17–1737,600
November 14at Iowa State
L 14–1633,516
November 21Colorado
L 0–4112,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1987 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 89 Eric Blades So
TE 48 Brent Cotton Sr
WR 87 Todd Cowings Sr
TE 80 Kent Dean Sr
RB 27 Tom Dillon So
OL 70 Chad Faulkner So
OL Matt Garver
QB 12 Tim Hanson Sr
RB 28 Maurice Henry So
WR 83 Dan Hughes Sr
RB 29 Tony Jordan Sr
RB Rick Lewis
OL Will McCain
RB 30 Lee Pickett Jr
RB Terry Richards
OL Russ Strange
QB 10 Carl Straw Fr
QB 15 Gary Swim Jr
WR Lawrence Tolbert
WR 88 John Williams So
RB Ray Wilson
OL Eric Zabelin
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 22 Mark Austin Jr
LB Dewayne Baziel
DL 98 Doug Blackbourne Jr
DB Robert Easterwood
DB 6 Erick Harper So
DB Tyreese Herds
DB Brad Lambert
DL Bobby Lawrence
DL Tim MacDonald
DB 16 Marcus Miller So
LB 34 Grady Newton Sr
DL Jim Oehm
LB 33 David Wallace Sr
LB 59 Matt Wallerstedt Sr
LB Lorne Whittle
DT 99 Brandon Wackerly Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P David Kruger
P Ken Olson
K 1 Mark Porter Jr
P Shane Pouch
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Mike Deal – Offensive Coordinator
  • Jerry Hartman – Defensive Coordinator
  • Rich Rachel – Assistant head coach
  • Dave Flegal – Assistant
  • Dale Steele – Assistant
  • Mark Deal – Assistant
  • Bill Singler – Assistant
  • L. C. Cole – Assistant
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Austin Peay

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Army

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At Iowa

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Tulsa

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At Missouri

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Oklahoma

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At Nebraska

Kansas State Wildcats (0–6) at #2 Nebraska Cornhuskers (6–0)
Period 1 2 34Total
Kansas St 0 3 003
Nebraska 21 14 14756

at Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska

  • Date: October 24, 1987
  • Game attendance: 76,106
  • Box Score

Nebraska secured their 26th consecutive winning season, tying the NCAA record, and rolled up 459 rushing yards using 17 rushing players, while the Cornhusker defense prevented a touchdown for the third game in a row.

Team Category Player Statistics
Kansas St Passing Gary Swim 12/29, 118 Yds, INT
Rushing Lee Pickett 9 Rush, 44 Yds
Receiving Kent Dean 5 Rec, 59 Yds
Nebraska Passing Clete Blakeman 9/10, 165 Yds, TD
Rushing Tyreese Knox 8 Rush, 100 Yds, TD
Receiving Todd Millikan 3 Rec, 46 Yds

At Oklahoma State

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Kansas

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At Iowa State

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Colorado

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References

  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Kansas State University coaching records by game (1987)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
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