1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys football

Sun Bowl Champions

1987 Sun Bowl, W, 35–33 vs. West Virginia

Conference

Big Eight Conference

Ranking

Coaches

#12

#11

1987 record

10–2 (5–2 Big 8)

Head coach

Pat Jones

Seasons

« 1986

1988 »

	Conf					Overall
1987 Big 8 football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Oklahoma	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#6 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#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

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented the Oklahoma State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A college football season. Thurman Thomas was in his senior year for the Cowboys.

1 Schedule
2 1987 team players in the NFL
3 Awards and honors
4 References
5 External links

Schedule

The Cowboys finished the regular season with a 9–2 record. At Oklahoma State, Thurman Thomas had 897 rushes for 4,595 yards, 43 touchdowns, and 21 100-yard rushing games. He was also a Heisman Trophy candidate in his senior year. He was a first team selection on the College Football All-America Team in 1987. In the 1987 Sun Bowl, Thomas ran for 157 yards and four touchdowns in the 35–33 victory over West Virginia, keeping Barry Sanders on the sidelines for the majority of the game. Thomas left OSU as the school's all-time leading rusher and his number 34 is one of only three jerseys retired at Oklahoma State. Sanders replaced Thomas as starter the next year in 1988.

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	Tulsa		Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK		W 39-28	46,700
September 12	at Houston*		Astrodome • Houston, TX		W 35-0	16,285
September 19	at Wyoming*		War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY		W 35-29	20,852
September 26	SW Louisiana*		Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK		W 36-0	44,100
October 10	Colorado	#19	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK		W 42-17	42,800
October 17	#2 Nebraska	#12	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK	CBS	L 0-35	50,440
October 24	at Missouri	#19	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO		W 24-20	37,638
October 31	Kansas State	#12	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK		W 56-7	40,150
November 7	at #1 Oklahoma	#12	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam)		L 10-29	75,004
November 14	at Kansas	#17	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS		W 49-17	18,500
November 21	Iowa State	#13	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK		W 48-27	33,400
December 25, 1987	vs. West Virginia*	#11	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 35-33	43,240
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

^[1]

1987 team players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Thurman Thomas	Running Back	2		Buffalo Bills

^[2]

Wide receiver Hart Lee Dykes and Running Back Barry Sanders would play in the NFL

Awards and honors

Thurman Thomas, Heisman Trophy finalist
Thurman Thomas, All-America selection

References

External links

Oklahoma State Cowboys football

Venues	Boone Pickens Stadium (1920–present) Sherman E. Smith Training Center

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Bedlam Series (Oklahoma)

Culture & lore	Bullet Pistol Pete "The Waving Song" "Ride 'Em Cowboys" Oklahoma State University Cowboy Marching Band Homecoming Johnny Bright Incident

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

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