Iowa State vs. Iowa Game Report: Numbers and notes from the Cyclones’ 20-19 win

IOWA CITY — A look at the Iowa State Cyclones’ 20-19 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday at Kinnick Stadium.

Turning point: Iowa State’s clutch late drive

This one’s easy.

Down two points, Iowa State took over possession at its 22-yard line with 34 seconds left and no timeouts.

Quarterback Rocco Becht threw a 10-yard completion on an out pattern to Jaylin Noel to move the football to the 32. On the next play, Noel ran a wheel route down the right sideline.

Becht threw a perfect pass between two Iowa defensive backs to Noel for a 30-yard gain to the Iowa 38. Even better, he got out of bounds with 24 seconds left.

Then it was a 2-yard completion to tight end Benjamin Brahmer. With the clock running, Iowa State was able to get to the line of scrimmage, with Becht spiking the ball with nine seconds left.

Redshirt freshman kicker Kyle Konrardy (a Dubuque Senior grad) then came on and nailed a 54-yard field goal with six seconds left to win the game. Konrardy also made a 46-yard field goal earlier in the fourth quarter, after missing a 41-yarder at the end of the first half.

By the numbers: Iowa State vs. Iowa

4 — Number of runs of 26 yards or more in this game by Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson

6 — Number of career 100-yard rushing plays by Johnson

54 — The longest of Johnson’s runs

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54 — Distance of Konrardy’s game-winning field goal for Iowa State

75 — Iowa State receiver Jaylin Noel’s third-quarter touchdown catch in yards

101 — Iowa State yards in the first half

261 — Iowa State yards in the second half

Notebook from Iowa State’s win over Iowa

• Iowa had won seven of the previous eight meetings between the teams going into Saturday. Iowa State now has won the last two games at Kinnick Stadium: this one and 2022’s game (10-7).

Iowa has the series lead, 47-24.

• It’d been a long time since either Iowa or Iowa State had appeared on CBS television.

This was just the second time on CBS for Iowa State. The other was the 1971 Sun Bowl. LSU beat the Cyclones, 33-15. The broadcasting team that day was Lindsey Nelson and Pat Summerall.

The last time Iowa played a home game on CBS was in 1985, the famous No. 1-versus-No. 2 game against Michigan. Rob Houghtlin’s walk-off field goal gave the Hawkeyes a 12-10 win.

Brent Musberger and Ara Parseghian were on the call that day.

• Since the 2015 season, Iowa is now 72-3 when leading by eight points in any game. The Hawkeyes’ defense did extend their streak of not allowing 400 yards to the opposing team to an even 30.

Iowa State came close with 361 yards, 261 of those coming in the second half.

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• Matt Campbell pulled within one win of the Iowa State all-time wins record. This one gave the the ninth-year head coach 55. Dan McCarney is the Cyclones’ all-time leader with 56.

Injury report from Iowa State vs. Iowa

Iowa State linebacker Jack Sadowsky limped off the field late in the first half after being rolled up by a teammate on an Iowa kickoff that the Cyclones fair caught. He returned to the game in the second half. Iowa State had three linebackers not play Saturday because of injury.

Next game for Iowa State and Iowa

Iowa hosts Troy at Kinnick Stadium. It’s a 3 p.m. kickoff this coming Saturday, with the game televised on FS1. Iowa State has the week off, returning to action Saturday, Sept. 21, at home against Arkansas State. Kickoff at Jack Trice Stadium is 1 p.m.