Fun Facts: Iowa State-Iowa

Ah, Iowa State-Iowa. It's a truly great rivalry. In basketball, anyhow. The best way to pump some fun into the football side of it? Fun Facts, of course.

1. Over the last three years, the combined score in this series is 74-74.

2. Iowa quarterback Jake Rudock leads FBS in most passes without an interception, with 93. But his passing efficiency rating is below that of Boise State's Grant Hedrick, who has thrown five picks in two games. What does 'efficiency” mean?

3. Iowa State receiver Jarvis West is second in FBS in punt-return average at 29.3 yards per return. He would be first in passing efficiency with his sky-high 673.6 rating, but has just thrown just one pass and thus doesn't qualify to be among the NCAA leaders.

4. Eight of the last 15 games in this series were decided by one score.

5. Iowa State hasn't scored in the second-half this season.

6. This is one of three scheduled games between Big Ten and Big 12 teams this season. The Big Ten plays 11 games against the Mid-American Conference,

7. The combined 2013 records of Iowa State's first eight 2014 opponents is 77-27.

8. The last time these two teams played at Kinnick Stadium, there were six turnovers and one touchdown. There were as many missed PAT kicks as TDs.

9. Iowa State Coach Paul Rhoads has a son (Jake) on his team. Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz has a son (Steve) on his team. Iowa State's two coordinators, Mark Mangino and Wally Burnham, have sons on ISU's coaching staff. Ferentz has a son on his coaching staff. Life is all about connections.

9. Michigan had its FBS-record streak of 365 straight games without being shut out snapped last week at Notre Dame. The active leader is now Florida at 323. Iowa has a streak of 171, dating to its 31-0 loss at Illinois in 2000.

10. The Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series is ... does anyone really care?

11. There are only two Sam Richardsons in major-college football, and both start for Iowa State.

12. This is the 14th-straight year Iowa will be the favorite in this game entering kickoff. Iowa State has covered the spread in nine of the last 13 meetings.

13. Ames is one of 31 towns in Iowa with four letters. The only ones with less are Ely, Oto and Ute.

14. Here is the website of a man named Cyrus Hawk Aylor. He has a poultry farm.