CHIZIK IN SECOND SEASON Iowa State ends a two-game road trip ISU Continues Road Trip at Colorado against Colorado ... ISU WR R.J. Sumrall leads the team with fi ve touchdown recep- IOWA STATE (2-7) VS. COLORADO (4-5) tions, including two against Kent State and Nov. 8, 2008, 12:30 p.m. UNLV ... quarterback Austen Arnaud set a Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado career-high with 371 passing yards against TV: VERSUS Texas A&M ... Arnaud accounted for 438 to- Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfi eld tal yards against the Aggies, the third best Talent: John Walters (PXP); Eric Heft (color) total in ISU history ... true freshmen are making major contributions for the Cyclones ... wide receiver Darius Darks is second on the team with 29 receptions ... freshman Cyclone Notebook Grant Mahoney has made all 25 extra point • 2008 Records: Iowa State (2-7, 0-5 Big 12) vs. Colorado (4-5, 1-4 Big 12). tries and has made 13-of-20 fi eld goals, • Coaches: Iowa State’s Gene Chizik (second year, 5-16) and Colorado’s Dan Hawkins with a long of 48 ... Leonard Johnson is 12th (third year, 12-22). in the nation, averaging 28.7 yards per kick- • Series: Colorado leads the all-time series 47-14-1. Iowa State has won two of the last off return ... Johnson set an NCAA record three meetings with the Buffaloes. with 319 return yards against Oklahoma • Last Meeting: (Nov. 10, 2007 in Ames): This was a game Cyclone fans won’t soon forget State ... Alexander Robinson had a 67-yard ... Iowa State trailed 21-0 at halftime before scoring 31 unanswered points in the second scoring run, the longest play of his career half ... the largest come from behind win in school history ... Colorado got to within three against Nebraska ... ISU has not punted in and lined up for a fi eld goal to tie, but could not get the snap off before the game ended two games (SDSU and Texas A&M) ... the ... Alexander Robinson rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns in the comeback ... Todd Cyclone defense has forced 23 turnovers Blythe had four receptions for 124 yards and two scores. that have resulted in 49 ISU points ... Kurtis • Iowa State - Colorado Series Notes: ISU has not won in Boulder since 2000 ... Buf- faloes lead 23-6-1 all-time at Colorado ... this is Cyclone head coach Gene Chizik’s fi rst trip Taylor leads ISU with nine tackles for loss to Boulder with the Cyclones ... Chizik has never lost to Colorado, winning last season and and also has four sacks. going 2-0 against the Buffs as defensive coordinator at Texas, including a 70-3 win in the 2005 Big 12 Championship. BUFFS STINGY AGAINST PASS • TV: VERSUS: Colorado (4-5 overall, 1-4 Big 12) is ranked fi rst in the Big 12 against the pass, allowing opponents just 213 yards through the air ... IOWA STATE 2008 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Colorado owns non-conference wins over Date Opponent Polls* Live TV Time/Score Colorado State, Eastern Washington and A 28 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE NR/NR FCS/Clone Zone W, 44-17 then-No. 21 West Virginia ... its lone confer- Iowa State defenders made fi ve interceptions for a school-record 202 yards and a TD. ence win was a 14-13 victory over Kansas S 6 KENT STATE NR/NR None W, 48-28 State ... fi fth in the Big 12 in total defense R.J. Sumrall caught two touchdown passes and ISU defenders recovered four fumbles. ... the Buffs are the second least penalized S 13 at Iowa NR/RV Big Ten L, 5-17 team in the Big 12, giving up just 45 yards a Austen Arnaud set then-career highs in pass attempts (34), completions (21) and yards (224). game on penalties ... freshman running back S 20 at UNLV NR/NR MTN L, 31-34 OT Rodney Stewart is sixth in the conference in Sumrall caught a touchdown pass with three seconds to play to send the game into overtime. rushing, averaging 69 yards a game. O 4 KANSAS 16/16 VERSUS L, 33-35 Iowa State opened a 20-0 halftime lead, but Kansas scored 21 unanswered points in the third. O 11 at Baylor NR/NR FCS L, 10-38 NEW CYCLONE LOGO ISU scored on 9-yard pass from Arnaud to Sedrick Johnson; Baylor outgained ISU 435-257. Iowa State’s athletics teams are boasting O 18 NEBRASKA NR/RV VERSUS L, 7-35 a new logo starting with the 2008-09 aca- Alexander Robinson runs for 87 yards, including career-long 67-yard touchdown. demic year. The new mark is a part of a new O 25 TEXAS A&M NR/NR FCS L, 35-49 athletics identity for Cyclone athletics. To Austen Arnaud gained 438 yards of total offense and had a career-high 371 passing yards. gain access to the new logo please contact N 1 at Oklahoma State 9/10 ABC L, 17-59 the Athletics Communications offi ce at 515- Leonard Johnson sets NCAA record with 319 return yards, including returns of 73 and 72. 294-3372. N 8 at Colorado NR/NR VERSUS 12:30 p.m. 4-5 after beating West Virginia and Kansas State. N 15 MISSOURI 13/13 TBA TBA Defending Big 12 North champs, 7-2 after losses to No. 17 Oklahoma State and No. 1 Texas. N 22 at Kansas State NR/NR TBA TBA Wins over North Texas, Montana State, Louisiana-Lafayette and Texas A&M. All times Central *AP & USA Today Contact Tom Kroeschell, Associate A.D. for Communications Iowa State University Athletics Jacobson Athletic Building Ames, IA 50011-1140 515-294-3372 cyclones.com Head Coach Gene Chizik STORY LINES of total offense were the third most all- 1. CHIZIK IN SECOND SEASON time by a Cyclone. Arnaud led Iowa Improvement in the Cy- Gene Chizik, 2-7 this season, is still the State on a 9-play, 98-yard TD drive in clone football program un- man. One season after being tabbed as just 1:03 with no time outs at UNLV to der Chizik was immediate. Iowa State’s head coach, Chizik is con- force overtime. Chizik’s fi rst ISU team beat tinuing to build the ISU football pro- rival Iowa and made steady 5. RUSHING IMPROVEMENTS progress throughout the sea- gram in his image. Chizik’s Cyclones son. won two of their last three games of From day one, Chizik has made run- Iowa State closed out the 2007, including erasing a 21-0 half- ning the football a priority. In 2006, 2007 home season with wins time defi cit to defeat bowl-bound Col- the season before Chizik arrived in over Kansas State and bowl-bound Colorado, orado. Iowa State’s 2007 wins came Ames, Iowa State averaged 101.8 yards affi rming the major advances the Cyclones over in-state rival Iowa, and back-to- on the ground. That number was im- made on both sides of the ball. Iowa State back Big 12 victories over Kansas State proved to 123.7 yards last season. This fans embraced Chizik. Cyclone backers bought and Colorado, the fi rst time a Cyclone year the Cyclones are averaging 132.3 a school-record 36,000 season tickets in 2007 team had won consecutive confer- yards rushing through the season’s fi rst and posted the school’s best home game at- nine games. Iowa State’s 229 yards vs. tendance average (49,462) since 1982. ence games since 2005. Iowa State’s Chizik came to Iowa State after two years 2008 season-opening wins over South South Dakota State was the team’s best as the assistant head coach, co-defensive Dakota State and Kent State gave the effort on the ground since netting 229 coordinator and linebackers coach at Texas. Cyclones four straight home wins. A yards vs. Kansas State in 2005. ISU’s Working for former Iowa State assistant coach defensive wizard who was defensive 173 rushing yards are the most against Mack Brown, Chizik was on the coaching staff coordinator at Auburn and Texas, a Big 12 opponent since gaining 196 of the Longhorns as UT went undefeated at Chizik oversaw a dramatic improve- against Missouri in 2006. 13-0 en route to the collegiate national cham- ment in the Cyclones’ performance. A pionship. defense that had been ranked 102nd The Cyclones don’t have one back who Chizik had been defensive coordinator at is putting up huge numbers, but are Auburn, where his unforgiving defenses set a nationally in 2006, improved to 65th. standard for the rest of the country. In 2004, getting production from several differ- the Tigers gave up an average of just 277.62 2. DEFENSE SETTING UP OFFENSE ent people. yards of total offense per game. During one A defense that has forced 23 turnovers amazing stretch, Chizik fashioned a personal has given the offense a short fi eld to Alexander Robinson leads the team 29-game winning streak between Auburn and work with over and over again. The with 470 yards on the ground this Texas’ national championship seasons in 2004 Cyclones have 15 scoring drives that season after being ISU’s top rusher in and 2005, respectively. took less then two minutes off the 2007 as a freshmen. He rushed for 87 Chizik is a 1985 graduate of Florida. A clock. ISU is fi fth in the Big 12 and yards, including a 67-yard scoring run, former third-grade teacher, Chizik stepped against Nebraska and added 85 yards into coaching at Clemson (1988-89), Middle 29th nationally in turnover margin.