1987 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 5	Austin Peay*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 22–26	23,350
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

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

Game summaries

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 Plays Yards TOP 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