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1987 Kansas State

0–⁠10–⁠1 (0–⁠6–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Stan Parrish.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1987, game by game: lost vs. Austin Peay 22–26; lost vs. Army 14–41; lost at No. 19 Iowa 13–38; lost vs. Tulsa 25–37; lost at Missouri 10–34; lost vs. No. 1 Oklahoma 10–59; lost at No. 2 Nebraska 3–56; lost at No. 17 Oklahoma State 7–56; tied vs. Kansas 17–17; lost at Iowa State 14–16; lost vs. Colorado 0–41+7−53Lost 22–26 vs. Austin Peay-4Austin PeayLost 14–41 vs. Army-27ArmyLost 13–38 at No. 19 Iowa-25No. 19 IowaLost 25–37 vs. Tulsa-12TulsaLost 10–34 at Missouri-24MissouriLost 10–59 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma-49No. 1 OklahomaLost 3–56 at No. 2 Nebraska-53No. 2 NebraskaLost 7–56 at No. 17 Oklahoma State-49No. 17 Oklahoma StateTied 17–17 vs. Kansas0KansasLost 14–16 at Iowa State-2Iowa StateLost 0–41 vs. Colorado-41Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsAustin PeayL 22–⁠2665%
Sep 19vsArmyL 14–⁠4137%
Sep 26at19IowaL 13–⁠3810%
Oct 3vsTulsaL 25–⁠3733%
Oct 10atMissouriL 10–⁠3423%
Oct 17vs1OklahomaL 10–⁠596%
Oct 24at2NebraskaL 3–⁠564%
Oct 31at17Oklahoma StateL 7–⁠569%
Nov 7vsKansasT 17–⁠1752%
Nov 14atIowa StateL 14–⁠1627%
Nov 21vsColoradoL 0–⁠4116%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 41–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 117th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1987.

Record
0–⁠10–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠6–⁠1 tied for 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
135–⁠421
Coach
Stan Parrish
Elo
1228 −109 this season
SP+ rating
-23.5 No. 99 of 101; offense No. 91, defense No. 97
SRS
−18.4 No. 98 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Deal
Defensive coordinator
Jerry Hartman

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 5Tony Jordan RBPhoenix Cardinals

All-Big Eight

1 second team

Second team

  • Matt WallerstedtLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠13
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠26
Oklahoma State5–⁠210–⁠211
Colorado4–⁠37–⁠4
Missouri3–⁠45–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠10–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.