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1987 Kansas State Wildcats football
1987 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	0–10–1 (0–6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Stan Parrish (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Deal (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Jerry Hartman (2nd season)
Home stadium	KSU Stadium
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

1987 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	Austin Peay*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 22–26	23,350	^[1]
September 19	Army*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 14–41	27,500
September 26	at No. 19 Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 13–38	67,700
October 3	Tulsa*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 25–37	28,400
October 10	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	L 10–34	40,772
October 17	No. 1 Oklahoma	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 10–59	27,200
October 24	at No. 2 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 3–56	76,106
October 31	at No. 12 Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	L 7–56	40,150
November 7	Kansas	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	T 17–17	37,600
November 14	at Iowa State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	L 14–16	33,516
November 21	Colorado	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	L 0–41	12,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Austin Peay

Army

At Iowa

Tulsa

At Missouri

Oklahoma

At Nebraska

Kansas State Wildcats (0–6) at #2 Nebraska Cornhuskers (6–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas St	0	3	0	0	3
Nebraska	21	14	14	7	56

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

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	KSU	NU
1	13:18	3	66		Nebraska	Steve Taylor 49-yard touchdown run, Chris Drennan kick good	0	7
1	8:23	10	39		Nebraska	Tom Banderas 15-yard touchdown reception from Steve Taylor, Chris Drennan kick good	0	14
1	0:25	10	80		Nebraska	Richard Bell 46-yard touchdown run, Chris Drennan kick good	0	21
2	7:07	10	56		Nebraska	Clete Blakeman 1-yard touchdown run, Chris Drennan kick good	0	28
2	2:24	3	1		Kansas St	29-yard field goal by Mark Porter	3	28
2	0:00	7	88		Nebraska	Hendley Hawkins 40-yard touchdown reception from Clete Blakeman, Chris Drennan kick good	3	35
3	8:17	7	47		Nebraska	Micah Heibel 3-yard touchdown run, Chris Drennan kick good	3	42
3	0:41	10	83		Nebraska	Gerry Gdowski 10-yard touchdown run, Chris Drennan kick good	3	49
4	10:53	3	63		Nebraska	Tyreese Knox 50-yard touchdown run, Chris Drennan kick good	3	56
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							3	56

At Oklahoma State

Kansas

At Iowa State

Colorado

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