The 18th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones have been doing well this season and are coming off a 29-21 home victory over the 24th-ranked Kansas State Wildcats in Big 12 Conference action. The Cyclones stepped up with quarterback Rocco Becht had three total touchdowns (two passing, one rushing).
The Wildcats (8-4, 5-4 Big 12) are looking to improve as they are a solid program but never had a chance of winning this game. The Cyclones (10-2, 7-2) won this game to clinch the program’s first-ever 10-win season and the defense stepped up throughout the second half.
Let’s take a look at this game and discuss how the four quarters went.
Kansas State vs. Iowa State box score
Kansas State vs. Iowa State box score
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Iowa State Cyclones box score
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Kansas State vs. Iowa State Game Summary
Kansas State did not have many offensive shows as they had 364 yards (220 passing, 144 rushing) and only 14 first downs in the game.
The Wildcats went 3-of-13 on third downs and 1-of-4 on fourth down tries. The passing game struggled as Kansas State completed 12-of-29 passes but had three passing touchdowns.
The Wildcats also ran the football well, going 4.6 yards per attempt. Their ability to maintain possession also showed as they held the football for 24:35.
Iowa State was able to play well but they did not need to have massive statistics as they had 324 yards (137 passing, 187 rushing), finishing 4-of-16 on third downs and 2-of-3 on fourth down tries.
They were not getting massive yards as the team only passed for 3.8 yards per pass. However, the Cyclones had possession for 35:25 to hold onto the lead against a quality opponent.
Let’s take a deeper dive into the scoring summary and see how they were able to have this game wind up.
- 12:24 1Q: Rocco Becht 15 Yard Passing TD to Jayden Higgins | 7-0 Iowa State
- 5:39 1Q: Avery Johnson 28 Yard Passing TD to Jayce Brown | 7-7
- 13:31 2Q: Kyle Konrardy 41 Yard Field Goal | 10-7 Iowa State
- 10:05 2Q: Rocco Becht 9 Yard Passing TD to Jaylin Noel | 17-7 Iowa State
- 5:49 2Q: Avery Johnson 65 Yard Passing TD to Jayce Brown | 17-14 Iowa State
- 0:43 2Q: Rocco Becht 5 Yard Rushing TD | 24-14 Iowa State
- 4:41 3Q: Avery Johnson 7-Yard Passing TD to Garrett Oakley | 24-21 Iowa State
- 13:22 4Q: Team Safety | 26-21 Iowa State
- 6:16 4Q: Kyle Konrardy 20 Yard Field Goal | 29-21 Iowa State
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