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2004 Cyclone Football Iowa State University Athletic Media Relations Tom Kroeschell, Director (Football Contact) [email protected] Office: (515) 294-3372 Fax: (515) 294-0558 Game 6: IOWA STATE (2-3, 0-2) at Colorado (3-2, 0-2) Saturday, Oct. 16 • 12:30 p.m. CDT • Folsom Field, Boulder, Colo. • TV: FSN Cyclones, Buffaloes Seek First Conference Victory ISU KR Tyease Thompson Had Strong Effort vs. Texas A&M ISU Rush Defense Ranks Among NCAA Best; Allowing Just 2.75 Yards per Carry Iowa State Cyclones (2-3, 0-2) Colorado Buffaloes (3-2, 0-2) S4 NORTHERN IOWA ....................................W, 23-0 S4 COLORADO STATE .................................W, 27-24 S11 at No. 16 Iowa (ESPN+/GP) ..................... L, 10-17 S11 vs. Washington State ..............................W, 20-12 S18 NORTHERN ILLINOIS (F) (FSN) ..............W, 48-41 S18 NORTH TEXAS ........................................W, 52-21 O2 *at No. 25 Oklahoma State ........................ L, 7-36 O2 *at Missouri ............................................... L, 9-17 O9 *TEXAS A&M (H) (FSN PPV) ...................... L, 3-34 O9 *OKLAHOMA STATE ............................... L, 14-42 O16 *at Colorado (FSN) ............................ 12:30 p.m. O16 *IOWA STATE ......................................12:30 p.m. O23 *at Baylor ....................................................... TBA O23 *at Texas A&M ............................................... TBA O30 *KANSAS ....................................................... TBA O30 *TEXAS .......................................................... TBA N6 *NEBRASKA .................................................. TBA N6 *at Kansas ...................................................... TBA N13 *KANSAS STATE ............................................ TBA N20 *at Kansas State ............................................ TBA N27 *MISSOURI .................................................... TBA N26 *at Nebraska ............................................. 11 a.m. Home games in CAPS; all times Central Home games in CAPS; all times Central (F) Family Weekend; (H) Homecoming; *Conference Game *Conference Game THE BASICS Iowa State (2-3, 0-2) travels west to take on Colorado (3-2, 0-2) with both teams looking for their first conference victory ... a stingy Iowa State defense against the rush has allowed just 2.75 yards per carry, the second-best mark in the Big 12 (Nebraska 2.1) ... ISU has allowed just 589 rushing yards through five games ... the last time ISU allowed less than 589 rushing yards in the first five games was 1986, allowing 534 ... two weeks ago in Stillwater, Okla., Iowa State’s run defense held Oklahoma State to 189 rushing yards, 144 below the Cowboys’ average, on 55 carries ... the Cowboys had 236 rushing yards last week in a 42-14 victory at Colorado ... Colorado finished the game with 445 total yards, but failed to score on four trips inside Oklahoma State’s 30 ... Colorado leads the series 45-12-1 ... Colorado won 44-10 last season in Ames ... ISU’s last victory in the series was in 2000, when an Insight.com Bowl-bound Cyclone team beat the Buffs 35-27 in snowy Boulder ... ISU’s 2004 non-conference schedule was the second-toughest in the nation, offering up three opponents who each won 10 games in 2003 ... last week Iowa State ran 85 plays for 303 yards while Texas A&M ran 68 plays for 419 yards with Aggie QB Reggie McNeal leading his team to a 34-3 victory ... McNeal completed 16-of-27 passes for 222 yards and three touchdowns without an interception ... freshman ISU WR Todd Blythe went a game without a touchdown reception for the first time in his career ... Blythe has six TD receptions in five games as a Cyclone ... against Oklahoma State, he became the fifth Cyclone with a TD reception in four consecutive games and is only two touchdowns shy of tying the ISU single-season mark of eight receiving touchdowns, set by Tracy Henderson (1983) and matched by Ty Watley (1997) ... DE Tyson Smith led the Iowa State defense against Texas A&M, with a team-high eight tackles, two for losses ... in all of 2003 (12 games), ISU had eight interceptions, 66 tackles for loss and 14 sacks ... through five games this fall, the Cyclones have six interceptions, 40 tackles for loss and 10 sacks ... KR Tyease Thompson had 119 yards on four kickoff returns, including returns of 30, 36 and 38 yards ... Thompson was the first ISU returner to have a trio of kickoff returns of at least 30 yards since J.J. Moses had returns of 37, 31 and 80 yards against Texas, Oct. 30, 1999 in Ames ... this is Dan McCarney’s 111th as the Cyclone head coach, the longest tenure of any head football coach in ISU history ... he is in his 10th season at ISU, currently the second-longest mark in the Big 12 and the 13th-longest in Division I-A. www.cyclones.com ________________________2004 Cyclone Football Notes ___________________________1 LAST WEEK: McNEAL LEADS AGGIES PAST ISU, 34-3 2004 BIG 12 CONFERENCE STANDINGS Reggie McNeal passed for 222 yards and three touchdowns and ran for Conf All another score to lead surging Texas A&M to a 34-3 victory over Iowa State NORTH W L W L PF PA on a beautiful night in Ames ... the Cyclones ran 85 plays to the Aggies’ 68 Missouri 2 0 4 1 161 63 and held a slight time of possession advantage but McNeal scrambled out of Nebraska 1 1 3 2 121 133 trouble on several occasions and finished 16-for-27 with no interceptions and Kansas 1 2 3 3 170 110 touchdown passes of 18 yards to Tydrick Riley, 13 yards to Joey Thomas and Colorado 0 2 3 2 122 116 IOWA STATE 0 2 2 3 91 128 12 yards to Courtney Lewis ... his most impressive footwork came early in a Kansas State 0 2 2 3 146 151 13-play, 96-yard scoring drive that gave the Aggies a 20-3 halftime lead. ... on second-and-21 from his own 4, McNeal danced away from three Iowa State Conf All defenders who had a shot at him in the end zone and completed a 23-yard SOUTH W L W L PF PA pass to Jason Carter ... McNeal went on to complete seven straight passes Oklahoma 2 0 5 0 174 57 in taking A&M to the Iowa State 22 ... Lewis then sprinted 20 yards up the Oklahoma St. 2 0 5 0 206 69 middle before McNeal slipped into the end zone from the 2 ... on the first Texas A&M 2 0 4 1 155 80 play of the second half. Mike Montgomery intercepted ISU QB Austin Flynn’s Texas Tech 2 1 4 2 235 143 pass and returned it 14 yards to the ISU 17 ... A&M scored one play later for Texas 1 1 4 1 166 59 27-3 Aggie advantage ... Texas A&M outgained the Cyclones, 419-303 ... ISU Baylor 0 2 2 3 99 161 RB Stevie Hicks rushed for 78 yards on 17 carries ... DE Tyson Smith led the Cyclones with eight tackles, including two for loss ... KR Tyease Thompson UPCOMING GAMES Saturday, Oct. 16 had 119 yards on four kickoff returns ... Iowa State’s points came on a 27-yard *Oklahoma at Kansas State, 11 a.m. (ABC) Brian Jansen field goal late in the first quarter. *Iowa State at Colorado, 12:30 p.m. CDT (FSN) *Baylor at Nebraska, 1:05 p.m. TELEVISION *Missouri at Texas, 2:30 p.m. (ABC) *Texas A&M at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m. (FSN) The Iowa State-Colorado game will be televised by Fox Sports Net ... Bill Land will handle play-by-play duties, with Gary Reasons providing analysis. Saturday, Oct. 23 *Colorado at Texas A&M COLORADO AND HEAD COACH GARY BARNETT *Iowa State at Baylor *Kansas at Oklahoma Gary Barnett is in his sixth season at Colorado, and has a 37-30 record with *Nebraska at Kansas State the Buffaloes ... Barnett has an 80-86-2 career mark in 15 seasons ... the *Oklahoma State at Missouri Buffaloes are 3-2 in 2004 ... Colorado started the season 3-0 with wins over *Texas at Texas Tech Colorado State, Washington State and North Texas before dropping their first two Big 12 games ... RB Bobby Purify is averaging 92.2 yards per game, with Saturday, Oct. 30 *Texas at Colorado five touchdowns ... QB Joel Klatt has completed 60.4 percent of his passes *Kansas at Iowa State for 870 yards ... CU has four receivers with 10 or more catches, led by Evan *Texas Tech at Kansas State Judge (19 receptions, 233 yards) ... sophomore PK Mason Crosby is 6-of-9 *Missouri at Nebraska on field goal attempts, making kicks of 49, 52 and 55 yards ... Crosby is also *Texas A&M at Baylor 14-of-15 on PATs ... junior P John Torp holds a 44.88 yard average, including *Oklahoma at Oklahoma State a long of 61 ... LB Jordon Dizon leads the squad with (34) tackles ... LB Brian Saturday, Nov. 6 Iwuh has (5.5) tackles for loss and returned an interception 37 yards for a score *Colorado at Kansas against Colorado State. *Nebraska at Iowa State *Oklahoma State at Texas *Kansas State at Missouri *Baylor at Texas Tech *Oklahoma at Texas A&M Iowa State Tentative 2005 Schedule Sept. 3 ILLINOIS STATE Sept. 10 IOWA Sept. 17 (open) Sept. 24 at Army Oct. 1 *at Nebraska Oct. 8 *BAYLOR Oct. 15 *at Missouri Oct. 22 *OKLAHOMA STATE Oct. 29 *at Texas A&M Nov. 5 *KANSAS STATE Nov. 12 *COLORADO Nov. 19 *at Kansas 2 ___________________________ 2004 Cyclone Football Notes ________________________ www.cyclones.com HEAD COACH DAN McCARNEY Head Coach Tenures, NCAA Division I-A (years at current school, including 2004) QUICK FACTS • 10th season ... second-longest tenure in Big 12 (Bill Snyder) and 13th-longest in Division I-A Joe Paterno, Penn State ................................................... 39 • 111th game ... most of any ISU football coach (99 games, Clay Stapleton, 1958- 67) Bobby Bowden, Florida State ..........................................