GAME REPORT: Iowa State 44, Iowa 41 (3-OT)

NUMBERS GAME

0 - Traveling game trophies in Iowa's possession for the first time since mid-season 2007. Iowa had won eight straight trophy games until losing consecutively to Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa State in 2010 and this season.

2 - Consecutive weeks Iowa has allowed a 100-yard rusher. Iowa has allowed a 100-yard rusher only three times in the previous two seasons.

3 - Series winning streak snapped by Iowa State. Iowa had outscored Iowa State 87-15 in the previous three meetings.

85 - Most combined points in the 59-game Cy-Hawk series

56,085 - Second-largest crowd to see a football game at Jack Trice Stadium

GAME BALL

Iowa State QB Steele Jantz. Jantz, a junior, completed 25 of 37 passes and four touchdowns. He finished with a  166.58 passer efficiency mark and pushed the Cyclones' offense to convert 13 of 20 third-down opportunities. Iowa State was 2-of-2 on fourth down.

After last week's heroics against Northern Iowa - a 26-yard TD pass on fourth-and-10 and the game-winning run with 40 seconds left - it seems Jantz thrives in the clutch.

"It's hard to say that," Jantz said. "I enjoy after if we do good. It's hard to enjoy a situation when you're not sure of the outcome. But in those situations, obviously I have to give my best effort and have to realize it's just another play."

REPORT CARD

C (Iowa) - Rock, paper, scissors ... Steele beats them all.

 - Marc Morehouse

C-minus (Iowa) - The only cloud in the sky this day was the dark one hanging over Iowa's defense.

 - Mike Hlas

C (Iowa) - The best defense is a good ... defense.

 - Scott Dochterman

B+ (Iowa State) - The Cyclones fell to minus-five in turnover margin and committed 11 penalties, but found a way to break a three-game skid against the Hawkeyes.

 - Rob Gray

BIG PLAY

Iowa State trailed by a touchdown with about 3 minutes left and faced third-and-10 from Iowa's 45. Jantz scrambled from left to right throws to a wide-open Chris Young for the seemingly game-tying score. But a holding call brought the ball back to Iowa State's 45. Facing third-and-20, Jantz found Darius Reynolds, who broke a tackle by Iowa's Micah Hyde and raced 40 yards to the Iowa 15. The Cyclones scored seven plays later to tie the game and force overtime.

"It kind of hurts at first (not scoring the touchdown), but then it's all about the next play," Jantz said.

BIG DECISION

In the third overtime, Iowa faced a fourth-and-6 from Iowa State's 21-yard line and kicker Mike Meyer was sent to attempt a 39-yard field goal. Iowa State had 12 men on the field - a 5-yard penalty - so Iowa faced a fourth-and-1 at the 16. Each of Iowa's five overtime rushing attempts gained at least 2 yards.

Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz elected to kick the field goal despite his defense allowing three consecutive touchdown drives. The move backfired when ISU scored a touchdown on its final overtime possession.

"It was get the points right there," Ferentz said of his decision. "I was confident we could get a stop or hopeful we could get a stop."

TROPHY GATE

Iowa brought the interim Cy-Hawk Trophy to the game today, and Iowa State's players had difficulty finding it on Iowa's sidelines. The former Cy-Hawk Trophy was retired (but also brought to Jack Trice Stadium), and a new trophy was unveiled last month but was widely panned and shelved.

The interim trophy featured the same base as the one unveiled last month but had a tiered top like a kicking tee. Iowa State tackle Kelechi Osemele said the trophy was in pieces in the locker.

"Actually, I thought they made it like that," he said. "I thought they were working on something."

RISING UP

Osemele, who barely could walk with a sprained right ankle, said they were challenged by Coach Paul Rhoads after two batterings against Iowa the last two seasons. ISU right guard Hayworth Hicks returned to the lineup after a one-game suspension and Osemele barely played last week with an ankle injury. Although he went down early with a throbbing right ankle, Osemele said he "had so much - I started to stop even thinking about it."

"We just knocked them off the ball all day," Osemele said. "We came out with a different mentality. We got challenged. We didn't like the way Coach Rhoads said we don't perform well we just kind of played with a chip on my shoulders."

KICKING GAME

Iowa State kicker Grant Mahoney hit his fifth career field goal of 50-plus yards when he connected on a 54-yard attempt in the second quarter. It was his second-longest field goal of his career.

"Nothing was on my mind," said Mahoney, a Linn-Mar product. "I had a clear mind and I knew what I had to do."

Iowa kicker Mike Meyer connected on four field goals, including a 50-yarder midway through the third period.

QUICK HITS

• Iowa State's 44 points was the most given up by Iowa since a 44-7 blitzkrieg at Arizona State in 2004
• Ferentz is now 6-7 against Iowa State and 2-5 in Ames
• Iowa is 4-3 in overtime games and Saturday's loss was the Hawkeyes' first in triple-overtime

QUOTABLE

"Hands down the greatest game I've ever been involved with. It was close the whole way. It was a dogfight. You don't really get games like that too often that go overtime. That's just crazy." - Osemele