| Year: | 1987 |
| Team: | Ellsworth Panthers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Iowa Junior College Conference |
| Short Conf: | IJCC |
| Record: | 11–0 |
| Conf Record: | 4–0 |
| Head Coach: | Lloyd Sisco |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Champion: | NJCAA champion |
| Bowl: | RC Cola Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 41–9 vs. |
The 1987 Ellsworth Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Ellsworth Community College as a member of the Iowa Junior College Conference (IJCC) during the 1987 junior college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Lloyd Sisco, the Panthers compiled a perfect 11–0 record, defeated in the RC Cola Bowl, and won the NJCAA National Football Championship.[1] It was Ellsworth's second national championship, following the 1976 team.