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IOWA STATEFootball Football Release Athletics Communications • Contact: Tom Kroeschell Offi ce: (515) 294-3404 • Cell: (515) 460-5834 Oct. 15, 2007 E-mail: [email protected] ISU FACES OU FOR HOMECOMING Cyclone Notebook THIS WEEK IN ISU FOOTBALL 2007 Records: No. 4/4 Oklahoma (6-1, Iowa State faces No. 4/4 Oklahoma a week > Game 8: No. 4/4 Oklahoma after losing 56-3 to the Sooners’ Red River 2-1) at Iowa State (1-6, 0-3) > Sat., Oct. 20, 11:30 a.m. CDT rival, Texas last week in Ames ... it is Home- Television: LIVE: Fox Sports Net (Bill > Jack Trice Stadium (55,000) coming at Iowa State ... Iowa State is 36- > Live TV: Fox Sports Net 52-6 in Homecoming games ... Iowa State Land, Dave Lapham, Jim Knox); TAPED quarterback Bret Meyer will make his 44th Iowa State Replay Show (John Walters, Eric straight start ... Meyer is the all-time Iowa Heft) on cyclones.com and Mediacom Con- State leader in passing (8,738) and total of- nections Channel (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 p.m. CDT). fense (9,466), ranking third among all-time Big 12 signal callers ... after being sacked Internet: LIVESTATS in Clone Zone at cyclones.com 105 times in his fi rst three seasons, Meyer Radio: Cyclone Radio Network (John Walters and Eric Heft) … 30 affi liates through- has been sacked just 10 times in seven out Iowa, including KDRB (100.3 FM) in Des Moines and KASI/KCCQ (1430 AM/105.1 games ... 2006 fi rst-team all-Big 12 line- FM) in Ames. backer Alvin “Ace” Bowen has 249 career tackles heading into Saturday’s game ... Coaches: Iowa State’s Gene Chizik (fi rst year, 1-6) and Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops (Ninth the last time Iowa State played Oklahoma year at OU and overall, 92-20). Stoops is 4-0 against Iowa State. on Homecoming was in 1984 ... the game Series: Oklahoma leads the series, 66-5-2 overall and 32-2-1 in Ames ... the Cyclones ended with a 12-10 OU victory that went last beat OU 33-31 in Norman in 1990 ... the Cyclones’ last win in Ames was a 10-6 vic- down to the wire before a nationally tele- vised ESPN audience in the fi rst night game tory in 1960. in Jack Trice Stadium history. Last Meeting (10-14-06 in Norman): Iowa State held No. 22 Oklahoma to just a fi eld goal on the Sooners’ fi rst six possessions of the second half, and tallied a safety, but OU 6-1 OKLAHOMA IS RANKED NO. 4 still prevailed 34-9 ... it was a costly game for both teams as Iowa State co-captain and Oklahoma running back Chris Brown ran for cornerback De Andre Jackson suffered a career-ending knee injury on a kickoff return and three second-half touchdowns, Curtis Lof- OU TB and Heisman Trophy hopeful Adrian Peterson broke his collarbone on a TD run. ton returned a fumble for a score and the Sooners knocked No. 11 Missouri from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 41-31 win in IOWA STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS Norman last weekend ... the win improved Date Opponent Polls* Live TV Time/Score Oklahoma’s record to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in A 30 KENT STATE NR/NR ISU Internet L, 14-23 Big 12 play ... Missouri could generate only ISU TB J.J. Bass rushes for 133 yards on 22 carries and a TD, 1st ISU 100-yd. debut since 1989 57 yards rushing against OU after the Tigers S 8 NORTHERN IOWA NR/7 None L, 13-24 had posted at least 195 rushing yards in ISU QB Bret Meyer tallies 305 total yards; ISU outgains UNI 399-327; 4 costly ISU turnovers their previous four games ... Oklahoma QB S 15 IOWA NR/NR VERSUS W, 15-13 Sam Bradford leads the nation in passing ef- Cyclone PK Bret Culbertson 5-6 FGs, including game-winner with 1 second left from 28 yards fi ciency, completing 128-of-181 passes for S 22 at Toledo NR/NR ISU Internet L, 35-36 1,689 yards and 20 TDs with just four inter- Iowa State leads 35-24 with 5:25 left; QB Bret Meyer throws 3 TD pass; RB J.J. Bass 134 yds ceptions ... the Sooners rank fourth nation- S 29 at Nebraska 25/22 None L, 17-35 ally in scoring offense (48.43) and in rushing Iowa State rolls up 415 total yards on a school-record 102 plays; Cyclones led 10-0 early defense at 65.14 yards per game. 0 6 at Texas Tech NR/NR None L, 17-42 ISU defense holds Texas Tech to season lows in points/yards; Blythe gets ISU rec. yds. record CYCLONES ON THE WEB 0 13 TEXAS (F) 22/23 FSN L, 3-56 Replays of all Iowa State football games ISU RB Jason Scales nets 77 yards on 19 carries; Texas outgains Iowa State 514-228 will be made available for on-demand view- 0 20 OKLAHOMA (H) 4/4 FSN 11:30 a.m. ing at the Clone Zone, the athletics depart- It is Homecoming in Ames; Cyclones last beat Oklahoma in Ames in 1960 ment’s premium audio/video site. Fans O 27 at Missouri NR/NR TBA TBA can purchase monthly memberships for $8.95 or annual memberships for $79.95. N 3 Kansas State NR/NR TBA TBA Memberships also allow fans to view live and archived media conferences, player in- N 10 Colorado NR/NR TBA TBA terviews, classic games and other features from inside Cyclone football. N 17 at Kansas NR/NR TBA TBA All times Central *AP & USA Today STAT 159 Iowa State WR Todd Blythe needs just fi ve catches to pass OF THE Lane Danielsen (163, 2000-03) as the all-time ISU career receptions WEEK leader ... Blythe is already the all-time ISU receiving yards leader with 2,773 career yards. Iowa State University • Intercollegiate Athletics 1800 S. 4th St. • Jacobson Building • Ames, Iowa 50011 THE TOP 15 STORY LINES Where Do They Rank? 1. WHEN IOWA STATE HEAD COACH GENE Where Cyclone players stand in the 2007 NCAA and Big 12 rankings: CHIZIK tasted victory for the fi rst time as Player Category Stat NCAA Rank Big 12 Rank a head coach Sept. 15, in a 15-13 win J.J. Bass Rushing 73.83 ypg 71st 10th Bret Meyer Total Offense 227.57 ypg 56th 11th over intrastate rival Iowa, he became Todd Blythe Rec. Per Game 5.0 T-67th T-11th the fi rst Cyclone head coach to win his R.J Sumrall Rec. Per Game 4.71 T-79th 15th fi rst Iowa State-Iowa game since Clyde Mike Brandtner Punting 39.49 ypp 75th 7th Williams in 1907. R.J. Sumrall Kickoff Returns 22.15 ypr 90th 12th 2. ISU QUARTERBACK BRET MEYER makes his 44th straight start in this Below is a look at where Iowa State stands among the NCAA and Big 12 leaders in 2007: week’s game. Meyer is second among active NCAA signal-callers in total of- Category Stat NCAA Rank Big 12 Rank fense (9,572 yards) and his 1,746 ca- Scoring Offense 16.29 115th 12th Passing Offense 204.14 ypg 80th 11th reer offensive plays make him, by far, Total Offense 333.14 ypg 99th 12th the busiest collegiate football player of Rushing Offense 129.00 ypg 85th 10th the last four years (second/Colt Bren- Scoring Defense 32.71 ppg 93rd 12th nan, Hawai’i 1,587). Despite this, and Total Defense 370.29 ypg 55th 7th being sacked 115 times, he has never Pass Defense 236.43 ypg 70th 6th missed a game because of injury. He Pass Effi ciency Defense 153.99 112th 12th passed Vince Young of Texas (9,176, 2003-05) Sept. 29 to move into third place on the all-time Big 12 total of- fense list. The same day Meyer passed Major Applewhite of Texas (8,353 1998-2001) to move into third place 52-yard three-pointer against Texas Tech on the all-time Big 12 passing yards list 5. R.J. SUMRALL ISU’S NO. 2 RECEIVER The ju- last season. Culbertson ranks eighth in all- with 8,738. nior has 33 catches for 322 yards. He has time ISU career scoring with 194 points. fi gured large in Iowa State’s plan to spread Tailback Blaise Bryant (1989-90) is seventh 3. UNDER ATHLETICS DIRECTOR JAMIE out the passing game. Sumrall caught a with 198 points. POLLARD, Iowa State has crushed previ- career-high seven passes against UNI and ous records, selling more than 36,000 Iowa. He had a 41-yard kickoff return 8. LAST SECOND HEROICS RARE AT ISU season tickets. This, after the Cy- against Kent State and UNI. He is averag- Culbertson’s winning fi eld goal with one clones posted their previous two larg- ing 22.2 yards per kickoff return and is a second left against Iowa marked only the est crowds in school history in 2006: Drake Relays champion hurdler. second time in school history that Iowa 55,518 vs. Northern Iowa and 55,338 State has won with a second or less remain- vs. Nebraska. On Sept. 8, ISU topped 6. HAMILTON GETTING IN THE WR ACTION ing. Marc Bachrodt drilled a 47-yard fi eld those crowds with an all-time record Hamilton, a sophomore, has good size at goal as time expired to beat Kansas 38-35 of 56,795 fans against Northern Iowa.