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 Harper in the RC Cola Bowl, and won the NJCAA National Football Championship.
[1] It was Ellsworth's second national championship, following the 1976 team.