1987 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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.

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
1987 Big Eight Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Oklahoma $ 7 –0 –011 –1 –0
No. 6 Nebraska 6 –1 –010 –2 –0
No. 11 Oklahoma State 5 –2 –010 –2 –0
Colorado 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
Missouri 3 –4 –05 –6 –0
Iowa State 2 –5 –03 –8 –0
Kansas 0 –6 –11 –9 –1
Kansas State 0 –6 –10 –10 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
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.#NameClass
WR Eric Blades
TE Brent Cotton
WR Todd Cowings
TE Kent Dean
RB Tom Dillon
OL Chad Faulkner
OL Matt Garver
QB Tim Hanson
RB Maurice Henry
WR 83 Dan Hughes Sr
RB 29 Tony Jordan Sr
RB Rick Lewis
OL Will McCain
RB Lee Pickett
RB Terry Richards
OL Russ Strange
QB Carl Straw
QB 15 Gary Swim Jr
WR Lawrence Tolbert
WR 88 John Williams So
RB Ray Wilson
OL Eric Zabelin
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 22 Mark Austin Jr
LB Dewayne Baziel
DL Doug Blackbourne
DB Robert Easterwood
DB Erick Harper
DB Tyreese Herds
DB Brad Lambert
DL Bobby Lawrence
DL Tim MacDonald
DB Marcus Miller
LB Grady Newton
DL Jim Oehm
LB 33 David Wallace Sr
LB Matt Wallerstedt
LB Lorne Whittle
DT 99 Brandon Wackerly Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P David Kruger
P Ken Olson
K Mark Porter
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

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.

TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Kansas St PassingGary Swim12/29, 118 Yds, INT
RushingLee Pickett9 Rush, 44 Yds
ReceivingKent Dean5 Rec, 59 Yds
Nebraska PassingClete Blakeman9/10, 165 Yds, TD
RushingTyreese Knox8 Rush, 100 Yds, TD
ReceivingTodd Millikan3 Rec, 46 Yds

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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