1987 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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 →

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 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

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

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P		David Kruger
P		Ken Olson
K	`1`	Mark Porter	Jr
P		Shane Pouch

Head coach

Stan Parrish

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
Redshirt

References

^ "It's a new season, same old loss for Kansas State". The Wichita Eagle-Beacon. September 6, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "It's a new season, same old loss for Kansas State". The Wichita Eagle-Beacon. September 6, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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