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IOWA STATE CYCLONES 2012 FOOTBALL NOTES # 14/12 OKLAHOMA (5-2, 3-1) Radio: Cyclone Radio Network Talent:John Walters (PBP), Eric Heft (c), Ben Bruns (s) AT IOWA STATE (5-3, 2-3) TV: ABC-TV Talent: TBA (PBP), TBA (c), TBA (s) SATURDAY, NOV. 3 | 11 A.M. CDT Live Stats: Available at cyclones.com Live Blog: Available at cyclones.com AMES, IOWA | JACK TRICE STADIUM TOP CYCLONE STORIES 2012 SCHEDULE 1. Iowa State plays host to No. 14/12 Oklahoma. The Cyclones are 5-3. Head coach Paul 5-3, 2-3 Big 12 (home: 3-2, away: 2-1) Rhoads has a 23-23 record in his fourth season at ISU. You have to go back to Clay Stapleton SEPTEMBER (1958-67), who was 26-20 into his fifth season in 1962, to find a coach with a better record Sat. 1 Tulsa (FSN) W, 38-23 through 46 games. Rhoads is the first Iowa State coach to take his team to a pair of bowl Sat. 8 at Iowa (BTN) W, 9-6 appearances in his first three seasons. Sat. 15 Western Illinois (Cyclones.tv) W, 37-3 2. Iowa State set an all-time attendance record last season of 53,647 fans per game. A record Sat. 29 Texas Tech* (FCS) L, 13-24 crowd of 56,800 watched the Kansas State at Iowa State game Oct.13. ISU’s win over OCTOBER Baylor marked the 12th straight game with more than 50,000 fans in attendance at Jack Sat. 6 at No. 13/15 TCU* (FSN) W, 37-23 Trice Stadium. The Cyclones have sold more than 40,000 season tickets. All six Iowa State Sat. 13 Kansas State* (FX) L, 21-27 home games drew more than 50,000 fans last season, a school first. The No. 1 reason for the record turnout? Iowa State fans love head coach Paul Rhoads who was born 10 Sat. 20 at Oklahoma State* (FX) L,10-31 minutes from Jack Trice Stadium, went to high school 20 minutes from the stadium and Sat. 27 Baylor*^ (FSN) W, 35-21 previously served as a Cyclone assistant coach from 1995-1999. This Iowan is truly one of NOVEMBER them. Sat. 3 Oklahoma* (ABC) 11 a.m. Sat. 10 at Texas* TBA 3. Iowa State’s 37-23 win at No. 15/13 TCU on Oct. 6 was the latest historic Paul Rhoads Sat. 17 at Kansas* TBA victory joining at Nebraska (2009), at No. 17 Texas (2010), at No. 17 Texas Tech (2011) and Fri. 23 West Virginia* (ABC) 2:30 p.m. vs. No. 2 Oklahoma State (2011), all streak enders (see page 2). The win marked the first time in school history that Iowa State has beaten a ranked team in three straight seasons *Big 12 Conference game and the first time the Cyclones have defeated a team ranked 13th or higher on the road All Times CDT since 1977. ^Homecoming 4. Iowa State’s defense is anchored by linebackers A.J. Klein and Jake Knott. Big 12 coaches voted Klein as the 2011 conference co-defensive player of the year. Klein has made 2012 IOWA STATE QUICK FACTS 311career tackles and against Texas Tech tied the NCAA record for interception returns Location Ames, Iowa for touchdowns by a linebacker (four). His wingman Knott earned first-team all-Big 12 Enrollment 31,040 honors from the league’s writers and owns 347 career stops. Knott picked off a pass to Nickname/Mascot Cyclones/Cy ice Iowa State’s win at Iowa and at TCU. Both will play in their 47th career game against vs. Oklahoma. Colors Cardinal & Gold Website Cyclones.com 5. Iowa State and Oklahoma meet for the 77th time. Oklahoma leads the series, 69-5-2. Iowa Twitter @CycloneFB State has beaten OU just once (1990) in the last 42 years with a tie (1981). The Cyclones Conference Big 12 last beat Oklahoma in Ames in 1960 and is 0-14 vs. the Sooners in Jack Trice Stadium. University President Dr. Steven Leath 6. Iowa State quarterback Steele Jantz, who had started the first four games of this season, Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard played his best game of the season, hitting on 36-of-52 passes for a career-high 381 yards Stadium Jack Trice Stadium (55,000) and a school-record tying five touchdowns in a 35-21 win over Baylor. Jantz connected Head Coach Paul Rhoads with 10 different receivers in the win. The Cyclones kept the Bears’ high-octane offense off Career Record 23-23 (Fourth year) the field by running a school-record tying 102 plays. at Iowa State Same 7. The Cyclone defenders are getting to the ball. Last season Iowa State broke up 3.69 passes Lettermen Returning (OFF/DEF/ST) 44 (19/23/2) per game. This year the total is 5.4 per game. The Cyclones rank 30th nationally in pass efficiency defense. Safety Durrell Givens also leads the nation in fumble recoveries (five). 2012 COACHING STAFF 8. Punter Kirby Van Der Kamp earned National Punter of the Week honors after dropping ON THE FIELD punts out on the 8, 1, 16 and 20 yard lines against Western Illinois. He has dropped 21 of Head Coach Paul Rhoads 49 punts inside the opponent’s red zone with just one touchback. Van Der Kamp pinned Iowa inside its 20-yard line five times and Tulsa started at its own 2, 9, 15, 8, 20 and 13 yard Defensive Coordinator Wally Burnham lines. Iowa State wide receiver Josh Lenz caught five passes for a career-high 147 yards Offensive Coor. Courtney Messingham and TDs of 51, 74 and 1 yards and threw the second TD pass of his career in the Cyclones’ Asst. Head Coach/OL Bill Bleil 37-23 win at TCU. But he has missed the last two games. Defensive Ends Curtis Bray Defensive Tackles Shane Burnham 9. Tight end Ernst Brun caught a career-high six passes for 76 yards against Baylor. He is the Tight Ends Luke Wells first Cyclone tight end with four touchdown catches since Al Dixon in 1976. Running Backs Kenith Pope IN THE BOOTH “I may not be able to make a speech like Paul Rhoads, but I’ll try.” Secondary Troy Douglas - President Barack Obama on his Iowa State visit (8-28-12) Wide Receivers Todd Sturdy Contact Tom Kroeschell, Associate A.D. for Communications Iowa State University Athletics Jacobson Athletic Building Ames, IA 50011-1140 515-294-3372 [email protected] OKLAHOMA (5-2, 3-1) at IOWA STATE (5-3, 2-3) | JACK TRICE STADIUM | NOV. 3, 2012 STREAK BREAKER PAUL RHOADS • When he was hired as the Iowa State head coach, Paul Rhoads immediately went to work Head Coach • Fourth Season breaking some unsightly losing streaks. After going 5-19 over the previous two seasons, Iowa State was in the midst of several losing streaks. Those streaks have been turned around with Hometown: Ankeny, Iowa Rhoads in charge. High School: Ankeny High School College: STREAK HOW IT WAS BROKEN Missouri Western, ‘89 Graduate Degree: 10 game overall losing streak ................................................34-17 win over North Dakota State (2009) Utah State, ‘91 17 game overall road losing streak .......................................34-9 win at Kent State (2009) Year in coaching: 23rd 11 game Big 12 losing streak ...............................................24-10 win over Baylor (2009) Wife: Vickie 14 game Big 12 road losing streak .......................................9-7 win at Nebraska (2009) Children: Jake and Wyatt 15 game losing streak in Lincoln ..........................................9-7 win at Nebraska (2009) In his first meeting with his team in January 36 game road losing streak to ranked opponents ...............28-21 win at No. 22 Texas (2010) of 2009, new Iowa State head coach Paul Rhoads 7 game losing streak to Texas ..............................................28-21 win at No. 22 Texas (2010) told his Cyclones they were going to win a bowl 3 game losing streak to Iowa ...............................................44-41 (3 OT) win over Iowa (2011) game. His players were somewhat taken aback. 5 game road losing streak to Texas Tech ..............................41-7 win at No. 19 Texas Tech (2011) Iowa State had lost its last 10 games in 2008 and 11 game OSU win streak (T-1 NCAA FBS) ...........................37-31 win vs. No. 2 Oklahoma State (2011) hadn’t had a winning season or gone to a bowl 58 game winless streak against AP top six teams .............37-31 win vs. No. 2 Oklahoma State (2011) game in four years. 12 game TCU win streak (FBS longest) ................................37-23 win at No. 13 TCU Iowa State’s players followed their leader in TCU 25-game conference win streak ...................................37-23 win at No. 13 TCU 2009 en route to a 7-6 record that included a 14-13 win over Minnesota in the Insight Bowl. KLEIN AND HORNE LEAD BIG 12 COACHES’ ALL-CONFERENCE CYCLONES The final results could not have been better. The • In 2011, the Big 12 coaches voted junior ISU linebacker A.J. Klein the Co-Defensive Player-of- Cyclones tied Washington as the most improved the-Year with Oklahoma DE Frank Alexander. Cyclone receiver/kick returner Aaron Horne was BCS teams nationally with five more wins than chosen as the league’s Offensive Newcomer of the Year. Klein is the first Cyclone to earn the previous season. defensive player of the year honors. The seminal moment of the season was a 9-7 win at Nebraska, accomplished by an Iowa State THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 24 team that played without its starting quarterback • Iowa State is 20-1 under head coach Paul Rhoads when holding teams under 24 points and or running back.