Jeff Ellis became a star tight end at Ohio State in the late 1980s, but injuries derailed his promising career. He died in 2018 after a battle with cancer and Jacob Ellis honors his dad’s memory by priming himself for every opportunity — taking nothing for granted while overcoming injuries of his own at Iowa State.
There’s a lot of familiar faces on the Ohio roster, but the Bobcats appear to be better this season. Here are five players to watch against Iowa State.
Transfer wide receiver Jayden Higgins came up with a late touchdown in Iowa State’s loss to Iowa on Saturday. Should the Cyclones have been operating more urgently, which could have potentially left time for a more extended final offensive possession, or maybe even two possessions?
Defense, special teams and mostly mistake-free football. The same old formula worked for Iowa in its 20-13 win over Iowa State on Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium to take back the Cy-Hawk Trophy. Listen to The Final Score podcast for our postgame takeaways.
Iowa football players explained why they plan to “swarm” together to their traveling trophies this season like their predecessors did in 2015.
The Iowa State Cyclones hosted the Iowa Hawkeyes at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames on Saturday. The Hawkeyes defeated the Cyclones 20-13 and took home the Cy-Hawk Trophy.
Once again, Sebastian Castro’s pick-6 against Iowa State was a result of a defense that has gone on the offensive about as much as any in the nation over Kirk Ferentz’s Iowa tenure.
Iowa defensive back Cooper DeJean talked about the importance of taking back the Cy-Hawk Trophy with the Hawkeyes’ 20-13 win over Iowa State, Sebastian Castro’s pick-6 and his own near interception.
The litany of miscues that have doomed Iowa State to defeat in six of its last seven Cy-Hawk series games against Iowa once again served as the backdrop in the Cyclones’ 20-13 loss to the Hawkeyes Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium.
Iowa defensive lineman Logan Lee was asked about his blocked field goal early in the Hawkeyes’ 20-13 win over Iowa State.
Watch Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz’s opening statement from his postgame press conference after the Hawkeyes beat Iowa State, 20-13. It was Ferentz’s 200th career victory.
The Iowa football team built leads of 17-0 and 20-3 lead and held on to beat Iowa State, 20-13, Saturday afternoon at Jack Trice Stadium.
As has been the case in many of Kirk Ferentz’s 199 other wins, Iowa’s defense and special teams made up for lesser production on the offensive side of the ball in a 20-13 win over Iowa State.
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