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 ...... 29 • Highest AP ranking in school history (No. 9, Oct. 13, 2002) Fisher DeBerry, Air Force ...... 21 • Tied school record with eight-week run in AP poll from Sept. 16 to Nov. 4, 2002 ... record set in 1972 (Oct. 2 to Nov. 20) Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech ...... 18 • First nine-win season in 94 years (2000) Bill Snyder, Kansas State ...... 16 • First AP poll appearance since 1981 (final poll, 2000, No. 25) Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin ...... 15 Larry Blakeney, Troy ...... 14 • First ISU coach to lead squad to three bowl games (2000-02) Jeff Bower, Southern Mississippi ...... 14 • First bowl victory in school history (Insight.com Bowl vs. Pittsburgh, 2000) Paul Pasqualoni, Syracuse ...... 14 • One of four coaches in I-A to coach a 3,000-yard passer (Seneca Wallace), a Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee ...... 13 2,000-yard rusher (Troy Davis) and a 1,000-yard receiver (Lane Danielsen) ... others Sonny Lubick, Colorado State ...... 12 are Mack Brown, Dennis Franchione and John Robinson Ken Hatfield, Rice ...... 11 Dan McCarney, Iowa State ...... 10 KEY WINS Mike Bellotti, Oregon ...... 10 • 27-9 win at Iowa on Sept. 19, 1998 ... snapped 31-game road winless streak ... Watson Brown, UAB ...... 10 snapped 15-game losing streak to Iowa Lloyd Carr, Michigan ...... 10 • 17-10 win over Iowa on Sept. 11, 1999 ... first home win against Iowa since 1981 Glen Mason, Minnesota ...... 9 • 24-0 win at UNLV on Sept. 18, 1999 ... first road shutout and largest road win Joe Novak, Northern Illinois ...... 9 since 31-0 win at Iowa in 1978 Bob Pruett, Marshall ...... 9 • 24-21 win at Missouti on Oct. 16, 1999 ... first Big 12 road win ... snapped 28-game conference road winless skein, dating back to a Nov. 2, 1991, win at Missouri Gary Darnell, Western Michigan ...... 8 • 24-14 win at Iowa on Sept. 16, 2000 ... first time with consecutive road wins over Walt Harris, Pittsburgh ...... 8 an annual foe since beating Missouri in 1989 and 1991 Pat Hill, Fresno State ...... 8 • 35-27 win at Colorado on Nov. 11, 2000 ... snapped 16-game skid against CU ... Jeff Leavitt, South Florida ...... 8 first win over CU since 1983 ... first win in Boulder since 1982 Tom O’Brien, Boston College ...... 8 • 37-29 win over Pittsburgh in 2000 Insight.com Bowl ... first bowl win in school Tony Samuels, New Mexico State ...... 8 history Joe Tiller, Purdue ...... 8 • Wins at Iowa, Baylor and Oklahoma State in 2000 ... first three-game road winning Ron Turner, Illinois ...... 8 streak since 1978 ... first time winning first three road games in a season since 1971 ... first consecutive conference road wins since the final two games of 1989 Mack Brown, Texas ...... 7 Darrell Dickey, North Texas ...... 7 • 41-0 win over Baylor on Sept. 29, 2001 ... school-record sixth-straight game with Rocky Long, New Mexico ...... 7 30+ points, matched in 2002 ... first shutout over conference foe since 1978 (Kansas Houston Nutt, Arkansas ...... 7 State) Bobby Wallace, Temple ...... 7 • 49-7 win at Kansas on Nov. 17, 2001 ... biggest conference road win since 1923 (54-7 at Washington [Mo.]) ... largest conference win since 1971 (54-0 vs. Oklahoma Gary Barnett, Colorado ...... 6 State) Jack Bicknell, Louisiana Tech ...... 6 • 36-31 win at Iowa on Sept. 14, 2002 ... fifth-straight win over the Hawkeyes, a Tommy Bowden, Clemson ...... 6 series first ... second time in school history with three consecutive wins in Iowa City David Cutcliffe, Mississippi ...... 6 (1894, 1895, 1897) Randy Edsall, Connecticut ...... 6 • 36-14 win over Nebraska on Sept. 28, 2002 ... largest margin of victory over NU Kirk Ferentz, Iowa ...... 6 since 1899 ... first win over NU since 1992 ... first win over ranked foe since 1993 Terry Hoeppner, Miami (Ohio) ...... 6 • Wins over Nebraska, Texas Tech and Iowa in 2002 ... first time ISU defeated three Lou Holtz, South Carolina ...... 6 bowl teams in one season ... previous best was two (1981 and 2000) June Jones, Hawaii ...... 6 Andy McCollum, Middle Tennessee State ...... 6 PROGRESS John Robinson, UNLV ...... 6 • 27 wins since 2000 ... this from a program that won just 27 games during the Chris Scelfo, Tulane ...... 6 1990s, ranking 117th among 119 NCAA Division I-A schools during the last decade Bob Stoops, Oklahoma ...... 6 ... only Temple (22) and Kent State (15) had fewer wins from 1990-99 ... ISU was 27- Tommy Tuberville, Auburn ...... 6 80-3 during the 90s (.259), bettering the record of only UTEP (28-84-2/.254), Temple Randy Walker, Northwestern ...... 6 (22-88-0/.200) and Kent State (15-94-1/.141) in the last decade • 18-11 in last 29 home games (.621) ... best 29-game mark in Jack Trice Stadium history (1975-present) ... best overall home stretch since 1915-22

www.cyclones.com ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______3 COLORADO LEADS THE SERIES, 45-12-1 Dan McCarney Era (1995-2004) This is the 59th meeting between the Cyclones and Buffaloes ... Colorado holds a 21-6-1 advantage in Boulder ... Iowa State claimed a 35-27 victory Iowa State’s Record When... in Boulder in 2000 after trailing 20-12 at halftime in snowy conditions ... the Cyclones scored 20 consecutive points to take a 32-20 lead late in the third OVERALL ...... 40-70 (27-28 since 2000) quarter ... in 2002, a see-saw game went the way of CU, 41-27 ... CU led 27- Home ...... 28-31 (18-11 since 2000) 20 in the third quarter before a fumbled ISU shotgun snap was returned 71 Away ...... 11-37 (8-15 since 2000) Neutral ...... 1-2 yards for a score ... Dan McCarney is 1-8 vs. Colorado ... Gary Barnett is 4-1 against Iowa State. Conference ...... 18-55 (13-21 since 2000) Non-Conference ...... 22-15 (19-8 since 1998)

The Last Time: Outrushing opponent ...... 33-8 Nov. 15, 2003 - Colorado 44, Iowa State 10 Same rushing total as opponent ...... 1-0 Outrushed by opponent ...... 6-62 Jack Trice Stadium (36,977), Ames, Iowa Colorado QB Joel Klatt hit on 21-of-27 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns Outgaining opponent ...... 35-10 ... the Buffaloes scored on six of their first seven possessions, building a 37-0 Outgained by opponent ...... 5-60 lead at halftime ... CU WR D.J. Hackett had five receptions for 98 yards and Rush for <200 yards ...... 12-60 a touchdown ... Colorado outgained Iowa State 398-223 ... a pair of second- Rush for 200+ yards ...... 28-10 Rush for 250+ yards ....19-4 (9 straight since 9/25/99) quarter fumbles gave Colorado the ball in ISU territory ... ISU QB Waye Terry, Rush for 300+ yards ...... 13-0 in his second career start, completed 16-of-40 passes for 121 yards and a touchdown ... Terry hit WR Jamaul Montgomery with a 28-yard scoring strike Rush for 0-2 TD ...... 16-64 Rush for 3+ TD ...... 24-6 with 11:58 left in the contest ... ISU PK Adam Benike got the Cyclones on the Rush for 4+ TD ...... 15-2 (9 straight since 10/30/99) board early in the third quarter with a 31-yard field goal ... RB Stevie Hicks had Rush for 5+ TD ...... 7-0 56 yards on 15 carries. Gain <250 total yards ...... 0-17 Gain <300 total yards ...... 1-28 Gain <350 total yards ...... 7-46 THIS DATE IN HISTORY Gain 350+ total yards ...... 33-24 The Cyclones are 7-4-3 all-time on Oct. 16 ... Iowa State has played six con- Gain 350-449 total yards ...... 16-19 secutive road conference games on this date, going back to 1965, a 10-10 tie Gain 450+ total yards ...... 17-5 at Colorado ... ISU and Colorado met two other times in Ames, splitting the Gain 500+ total yards ...... 10-0 games (Colorado 20-0 in 1954, ISU 18-7 in 1948) ... the biggest Oct. 16 game Score <20 points ...... 3-41 in ISU history was a 21-17 upset of No. 7 Missouri in Columbia in 1976 ... ISU Score 20-34 points ...... 15-25 Score 35+ points ...... 22-4 (16 straight since 10/30/99) piled up 331 yards on the ground, led by Dexter Green’s 214 yards and two touchdowns on 37 carries. Allow <150 rush yards ...... 23-4 Allow 150-299 rush yards ...... 17-45 Allow 300+ rush yards ...... 0-21 IOWA STATE’S 2004 TEAM CAPTAINS The Cyclones have four captains for the 2004 season: LB Erik Anderson, DB Allow 0-1 rush TD ...... 28-13 (23-8 since 1999) Allow 2-3 rush TD ...... 12-26 Ellis Hobbs, OL Cale Stubbe and OL Luke Vander Sanden. Allow 4+ rush TD ...... 0-31

Allow <250 total yards ...... 9-1 McCARNEY’S CYCLONES MAKING THEIR MARK IN THE NFL Allow 250-349 total yards ...... 14-12 An indicator of Iowa State’s continued improvement under Dan McCarney Allow 350-499 total yards ...... 17-37 is the number of ISU student-athletes who have gone on to the professional Allow 500+ total yards ...... 0-20 ranks ... ISU’s eight current NFL players are all McCarney products: Jordan Allow <20 points ...... 24-4 (22-4 since 1998) Carstens (DL, Carolina), Reggie Hayward (DE, Denver), J.J. Moses (WR/KR, Allow 20-34 points ...... 14-21 Houston), James Reed (DL, New York Jets), Sage Rosenfels (QB, Miami), Allow 35+ points ...... 2-45 Oliver Ross (OL, Pittsburgh), Seneca Wallace (QB, Seattle) and Jeremy Loyd Scoring first ...... 32-18 (25-6 since 1999) (LB, St. Louis). Leading at halftime ...... 30-14 Tied at halftime ...... 5-3 Trailing at halftime ...... 5-53

Leading after three quarters ...... 34-8 Tied after three quarters ...... 2-3 Trailing after three quarters ...... 4-59

4 ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______www.cyclones.com ISU’S ‘04 NONCONFERENCE FOES HAD 30 WINS IN ‘03 Cyclones vs. Buffaloes Northern Iowa finished 2003 with a 10-3 record, tying for the Gateway Confer- ence crown and advancing to the NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinals ... Iowa Tale of the Tape posted a 10-3 mark, earning a berth in the Outback Bowl ... Northern Illinois compiled a 10-2 record behind RB Michael Turner, and was perhaps the best BIG 12 RANKINGS IOWA STATE ...... CATEGORY ...... COLORADO team to not be in the postseason in 2003. 18.20 (12) ...... Scoring Offense ...... 24.40 (9) 295.60 (11) ...... Total Offense ...... 355.80 (9) TURNOVER MARGIN A KEY TO VICTORY 117.20 (9) ...... Rush Offense ...... 142.40 (8) Coach McCarney has put a premium on increasing the number of turnovers 178.40 (10) ...... Pass Offense ...... 213.40 (5) forced by his defense ... when Iowa State has finished the season ahead in 109.14 (10) .... Pass Efficiency Offense ...... 118.92 (8) turnover margin and points off turnovers margin, the Cyclones have also had 25.60 (9) ...... Scoring Defense ...... 23.20 (7) winning records (2000, 2001) ... Iowa State turned four interceptions into 20 314.80 (6) ...... Total Defense ...... 440.40 (12) points against Northern Illinois ... a look at how turnover margin and points off 117.80 (6) ...... Rush Defense ...... 156.20 (11) turnovers have played out since 1994: 197.00 (6) ...... Pass Defense ...... 284.20 (12) 145.24 (12) ....Pass Efficiency Defense ...140.20 (11) TURNOVERS LOST POINTS OFF TURNOVERS ISU Year ISU OPP +/- ISU OPP +/- RECORD 23.76 (2) ...... Kick Return Avg...... 24.00 (1) 1994 22 15 -7 9 79 -70 0-10-1 7.89 (9) ...... Punt Return Avg...... 7.53 (10) 1995 20 21 +1 64 82 -18 3-8 34.28 (9) ...... Net Punting ...... 41.08 (2) 1996 20 17 -3 75 56 +19 2-9 1997 28 16 -12 28 119 -91 1-10 0 (12) ...... Fumbles Recovered ...... 4 (t6) 1998 25 16 -9 42 62 -20 3-8 6 (t6) ...... Interceptions By ...... 3 (t10) 1999 26 16 -10 31 59 -28 4-7 6 (11) ...... Turnovers Gained ...... 7 (10) 2000 18 23 +5 90 65 +25 9-3 4 (t5) ...... Fumbles Lost ...... 3 (t3) 2001 14 26 +12 69 37 +32 7-5 4 (6) ...... Interceptions Thrown ...... 7 (9) 2002 27 28 +1 102 109 -7 7-7 8 (6) ...... Turnovers Lost ...... 10 (t7) 2003 25 19 -6 41 111 -70 2-10 -0.40 (t8) ...... Turnover Margin ...... -0.60 (10) 2004 6 8 -2 23 31 -8 2-3 NCAA RANKINGS HANDS OF GLUE/NO FUMBLES ALLOWED IOWA STATE ...... CATEGORY ...... COLORADO Since the 1997 season opener (89 games), Iowa State running backs have lost 18.20 (104) ...... Scoring Offense ...... 24.40 (65) only EIGHT fumbles ... that number by itself may be impressive, but compare it 295.60 (104) ...... Total Offense ...... 355.80 (72) to the big picture ... in those 89 games, Cyclone backs have tallied 13,760 yards 117.20 (88) ...... Rush Offense ...... 142.40 (70) on 2,851 “touches” (rushes, receptions, returns) ... that’s an average of 356 178.40 (t87) ...... Pass Offense ...... 213.40 (53) touches and 1,720 yards (0.977 miles) per lost fumble ... Tyease Thompson’s 109.14 (91) .... Pass Efficiency Offense ....118.92 (74) lost fumble at Oklahoma State was the first since Stevie Hicks lost a fumble 25.60 (63) ...... Scoring Defense ...... 23.20 (t54) on a reception against Colorado on Nov. 15, 2003. 314.80 (34) ...... Total Defense ...... 440.40 (102) 117.80 (38) ...... Rush Defense ...... 156.20 (71) 197.00 (t47) ...... Pass Defense ...... 284.20 (110) 145.24 (105) ..Pass Efficiency Defense ...140.20 (96)

23.76 (20) ...... Kick Return Avg...... 24.00 (19) 7.89 (t77) ...... Punt Return Avg...... 7.53 (85) 34.28 (79) ...... Net Punting ...... 41.08 (9) 0 (117) ...... Fumbles Recovered ...... 4 (t61) 6 (t39) ...... Interceptions By ...... 3 (t96) 6 (t102) ...... Turnovers Gained ...... 7 (t93) 4 (t40) ...... Fumbles Lost ...... 3 (t22) 4 (t38) ...... Interceptions Thrown ...... 7 (t82) 8 (t31) ...... Turnovers Lost ...... 10 (t52) -0.40 (t73) ...... Turnover Margin ...... -0.60 (t81)

5.40 (t22) ...... Fewest Penalties ...... 8.00 (t91) 46.80 (33) ...... Fewest Penalty Yards ...... 61.80 (85) 10.69 (74) ...... Punt Return Defense ...... 6.33 (33) 18.53 (28) ...... Kick Return Defense ...... 18.63 (31)

www.cyclones.com ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______5 Underscoring how out of character it was for Iowa State to lose four fumbles as it did at Oklahoma State, ISU led the nation in fewest fumbles lost since Nov. 15, 2003 1999 heading into that game ... as a team, ISU is tied for third in Division I-A Colorado 44, Iowa State 10 in fewest fumbles lost since 1999: Jack Trice Stadium (36,977) Ames, Iowa (Through Oct. 10) Rank Team Total (99-04) 2004 CU ...... 14 ...... 23 ...... 7 ...... 0 ...... - 44 1. Northern Illinois 40 1 ISU ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 3 ...... 7 ...... - 10 2. Minnesota 42 1 3. Boston College 43 3 CU Hackett 42 from Klatt, Crosby PAT ...... 8:54, 1st Iowa State 43 4 CU Jolly 2 run, Crosby PAT ...... 2:18, 1st 5. Bowling Green 44 2 CU Calhoun 4 run, Crosby PAT ...... 13:15, 2nd CU Donahoe 20 from Klatt, PAT failed ...... 6:23, 2nd Nevada 44 3 CU Crosby 26 FG ...... 4:40, 2nd 7. Missouri 45 3 CU Calhoun 4 run, Crosby PAT ...... 3:40, 2nd Oklahoma 45 4 ISU Benike 32 FG ...... 10:32, 3rd Miami (Ohio) 45 10 CU Vickers 1 run, Crosby PAT ...... 6:36, 3rd 10. Wyoming 46 2 ISU Montgomery 28 from Terry, Benike PAT ...11:58, 4th 11. Virginia 47 1 CU ISU Florida State 47 4 FIRST DOWNS 19 16 13. Akron 48 4 Rushing 8 9 Alabama 48 4 Passing 9 4 15. Central Michigan 49 0 Penalty 2 3 Air Force 49 3 Rush Attempts 45 32 Arkansas 49 3 Rush Yards Gained 155 135 18. Ball State 50 2 Rush Yards Lost 45 33 NET RUSH YARDS 110 102 Fresno State 50 2 NET PASS YARDS 288 121 Iowa 50 3 Attempts 29 40 Clemson 50 4 Completions 21 16 Duke 50 6 Interceptions 1 1 Michigan 50 8 TOTAL OFF. PLAYS 74 72 TOTAL NET YARDS 398 223 Per Play 5.4 3.1 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-2 NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO Penalties-Yards 9-92 11-96 Iowa State’s rush defense has allowed 117.8 ypg this season, ranking 38th in Punts-Avg. 3-37.0 6-38.7 Division I-A ... the Cyclones held Oklahoma State to 189 rushing yards, 144 Time of Possession 32:02 27:58 Third Down 7/15 5/17 below their average, on 55 carries ... the last time ISU allowed less than 589 Fourth Down 2/3 1/4 rushing yards in the first five games was 1986, allowing 534 ... in 1985, the Sacks by-Yards 4-31 4-28 ISU rush defense allowed 431 yards through five games ... a better overall RUSHING picture may be constructed by looking at the best rush defenses in the country CU Att Yds ISU Att Yds Calhoun 16 73 Hicks 15 55 in terms of yards per carry: Vickers 6 27 Terry 13 41 Jolly 8 21 Wagner 3 7 Team YPC GP Att Net Caesar 5 16 Danielsen 1 -1 1. Nebraska 2.13 5 141 301 Cox 1 2 2. Florida State 2.16 5 152 328 Greenberg 1 -3 Bloom 1 -3 3. Michigan 2.20 6 196 425 Kunkel 1 -5 4. Boise State 2.34 5 135 316 Klatt 6 -18 5. TCU 2.36 5 194 457 6. Memphis 2.38 5 179 426 PASSING 7. Troy 2.42 5 196 474 CU Att Comp Int Yds TD 8. Purdue 2.44 5 156 380 Klatt 27 21 1 288 2 Greenberg 2 0 0 0 0 9. California 2.47 4 142 351 ISU Att Comp Int Yds TD 10. Wisconsin 2.50 6 173 732 Terry 40 16 1 121 1 11. Miami (Fla.) 2.57 4 157 403 12. Marshall 2.58 5 188 485 RECEIVING 13. Stanford 2.60 5 189 491 CU Rec Yds ISU Rec Yds 14. Boston College 2.61 5 161 420 McCoy 6 45 Montgomery 5 64 Hackett 5 98 Danielsen 4 36 15. Iowa 2.63 5 162 426 Wallace 3 16 Whitver 2 13 16. South Florida 2.67 4 172 459 Calhoun 2 58 Young 2 8 17. Virginia 2.69 5 159 427 Bloom 2 36 Hicks 2 -4 18. Connecticut 2.70 5 184 496 Donahoe 2 25 Wagner 1 4 19. Iowa State 2.75 5 214 589 Klopfenstein 1 10 20. Notre Dame 2.79 6 187 521

6 ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______www.cyclones.com MEDIA SERVICES CYCLONE RADIO NETWORK WEEKLY TUESDAY PRESS CONFERENCES Play-by-play: John Walters (second season) Head Coach Dan McCarney holds a Tuesday press conference in the Jacob- Analysis: Eric Heft (21st season) son Athletic Building’s Hunziker Auditorium, starting at 11 a.m. The press Sideline: Ben Bruns (fourth season) conference runs throughout the season with the exception of Sept. 21 and Pregame/Halftime: Bob Foster (seventh season) Nov. 9. The press conference the week of the Colorado game will be on Monday, Oct. 11. Different players are also brought to the press conference Online at www.cyclones.com each week and are available for interviews in person after McCarney has completed his remarks. 2004 Network Affiliates KLBA-AM/FM Albia 1370/96.7 MONDAY BIG 12 CONFERENCE PRESS CALL KLGA-AM/FM Algona 1600/92.7 Coach McCarney can be heard Mondays on the Big 12 Conference call (all KASI-AM Ames 1430 12 conference coaches participate); McCarney is on at 11:10 a.m. central KCCQ-FM Ames 105.1 time. Call (913) 981-5507 for access. The teleconference is also available KSOM-FM Atlantic 96.5 on tape Mondays after 4 p.m. For more information, contact the Big 12 KWBG-AM Boone 1590 office at (214) 742-1212. KCIM-AM Carroll 1380 KCNZ-AM Cedar Falls 1650 MEDIA ACCESS TO PRACTICE/POST-PRACTICE INTERVIEWS KCRG-AM Cedar Rapids 1600 Practices are closed. Interviews with ISU players are conducted after prac- KCHE-FM Cherokee 92.1 tice on Sundays (approx. 9 p.m. CT), Tuesdays (6:15 p.m. CT) and Wednes- KSIB-AM Creston 1520 days (6:15 p.m. CT) throughout the season. Interviews on Mondays will be WKBF-AM Davenport 1270 by phone only. ALL INTERVIEWS MUST BE ARRANGED 24 HOURS IN KDSN-FM Denison 107.1 ADVANCE BY CONTACTING TOM KROESCHELL IN THE IOWA STATE KXNO-AM Des Moines 1460 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE AT (515) 294-3372. WVRE-FM Dubuque 101.1 KIOW-FM Forest City 107.3 ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH McCARNEY KWMT-AM Fort Dodge 540 Dan McCarney can be reached for one-on-one interviews through his KBKB-AM Fort Madison 1360 secretary, Betty Kepley, at (515) 294-6721. KLMJ-FM Hampton 104.9 KHBT-FM Humboldt 97.9 ISU VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS/INTERVIEWS ON BIG 12 SATELLITE TUESDAYS KIKD-FM Lake City 106.7 Fox Sports Net joins the Big 12 Conference in presenting a one-hour package KMAQ-AM Maquoketa 1320 of weekly satellite highlights of previous week’s games from 3:30 - 4:30 KXIA-FM Marshalltown 101.1 p.m. each Tuesday from Aug. 31 to Dec. 7. Coordinates are: Galaxy 3C, KRIB-AM Mason City 1490 Transponder 2 (C-Band); 4100 Mhz; Audio 6.2/6.8 Mhz. KIIC-FM Osceola 97.9 KBIZ-AM Ottumwa 1240 ISU POSTGAME PLAYER INTERVIEWS KDLS-AM/FM Perry 1310/105.5 The Iowa State locker room is closed after games. Interview requests KMA-AM Shenandoah 960 should be submitted to Media Relations Director Tom Kroeschell with five KKMA-FM Sioux City 99.5 minutes left in the game. After Dan McCarney completes his postgame KICD-FM Spencer 107.7 press conference, requested players will be brought up to the Jacobson KNEI-AM/FM Waukon 1140/103.5 Building Auditorium for postgame interviews. KQWC-FM Webster City 95.7

OTHER MEDIA POLICIES (1) Any media outlet desiring to bring a recreational vehicle (RV) to a game CYCLONE REPLAY/DAN McCARNEY TV SHOW and park in Lot S-2 must gain permission from media relations director Tom Iowa State fans can see a one-hour highlight replay show each week on Kroeschell at least 72 hours prior to kickoff (Wednesday afternoon). Mediacom Connections across the state of Iowa. The replay includes play- by-play from John Walters and color commentary by Eric Heft. (2) Any media outlet desiring to bring a satellite truck for live broadcasts from Jack Trice Stadium must gain permission from media relations director Tom McCarney’s television show airs Sunday nights at 11:05 p.m. on WOI-TV Kroeschell at least 48 hours prior to kickoff (Thursday afternoon). (channel 5) in central Iowa. Walters is the host for the half-hour show.

(3) Armbands for sideline photographers will be distributed at each game. Channel McCarney Show Cyclone Replay Armbands will be game specific. Photographers with a season pass will WOI-TV Sunday, 11:05 p.m. -- be required to have the proper armband for each game. Armbands will only KCRG-TV Sunday, 10:35 p.m. -- be distributed to those having proper photo identification and an affiliation KWKB-TV Saturday, 11:30 a.m. -- identification. Mediacom Connections •Ames (22)/Des Moines (22) Mon. 6:30/Tue. 9:30 Mon. 7/Tue. 10/Fri. 9 •Ia. City (68)/Cedar Rapids (22) Tue. 6:00/Fri. 6:00 Tue. 9:00/Fri. 9:00 •Quad Cities Check local listings Check local listings •Atlantic (22)/Emmetsburg (18) Check local listings Check local listings

Sioux City (Cable One) Wednesday, 9 p.m. -- Spencer W 6:30/10; Th 6:30/10 Wed. 10:30/Thu. 10:30 Spirit Lake (Lakes TV) Wed. 6:30/Fri. 2:30 -- Council Bluffs (CBTV) Check local listings Check local listings Kansas City (Metro Sports) Wed. 8 p.m./Thu. 2 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m./Thu. 1 p.m. Oklahoma City (KSBI) Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. -- Tulsa (Cox) Check local listings -- DAN McCARNEY RADIO SHOW The Dan McCarney call-in radio show is from 7-8 p.m. Mondays throughout the course of the football season on Cyclone Radio Network stations and on cyclones.com. John Walters is the host for the hour-long show, which is broadcast live from Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar in Ames. www.cyclones.com ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______7 Texas A&M 34, Iowa State 3 Iowa State Postgame Notes Game-by-Game MVPs

•Return to the top: GAME OFFENSE DEFENSE SP. TEAMS Tyease Thompson returned four kickoffs for 119 UNI T. Miller TEAM R. Baum yards, including returns of 30, 36 and 38 yards. He Iowa (none) E. Hobbs/ C. Berg is the first Cyclone to have a trio of 30+-yard kickoff T. Smith N. Illinois T. Blythe M. Robertson/ Punt Ret. unit returns since Oct. 30, 1999, when J.J. Moses had N. Moser returns of 37, 31 and 80 yards. Okla. St. (none) E. Anderson T. Blankenship Texas A&M (none) (none) T. Thompson •Leader of the pack: Colorado WR Jon Davis led ISU with five catches. He Baylor Kansas leads the squad with 25 receptions, and has been the Nebraska team’s game leader in each of the last four contests Kansas St. (six catches at Iowa, five vs. NIU, five at OSU). Missouri On The Charts... SCOUT SCOUT SCOUT GAME OFFENSE DEFENSE SP. TEAMS UNI E. Messiah B. Braaksma B. Hunley Touchdown Receptions, Season Iowa K. Van Winkle C. Van Cleave M. Soltis 1. Tracy Henderson, 1983 ...... 8 N. Illinois B. Schober B. Hunley S. Ebner Ty Watley, 1997 ...... 8 Okla. St. D. Brown B. Braaksma E. Messiah 3. Damien Groce, 1997 ...... 7 Texas A&M E. Messiah T. Ferguson D. Strube Colorado Ed Williams, 1995 ...... 7 Baylor Keith Krepfle, 1971 ...... 7 Kansas 6. Todd Blythe, 2004 ...... 6 Nebraska several tied ...... 6 Kansas St. Missouri Touchdown Reception, Consecutive Games 1. Ty Watley, 1997 ...... 5 ...... Minn, Iowa, Miz, A&M, Baylor 2. Todd Blythe, 2004 ...... 4 ...... UNI, Iowa, NIU, OSU Ed Williams, 1995 ...... 4 ...... OSU, Neb, KSU, Miz Tracy Henderson, 1984 ...... 4 ...... Iowa, Drake, A&M, W. Texas State Keith Krepfle, 1971 ...... 4 Future Conference Schedules (tentative) ...... Miz, OSU, San Diego St., LSU 2005 Oct. 1 at Nebraska Receiving Yards Per Game, Freshmen (I-A) Oct. 8 Baylor 1. Johnny Walker, Colorado St...... 68.25 Oct. 15 at Missouri Oct. 22 Oklahoma State 2. Jonathan Russell, Louisville ...... 61.50 Oct. 29 at Texas A&M 3. Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech ...... 60.60 Nov. 5 Kansas State 4. Austin Collie, BYU ...... 60.50 Nov. 12 Colorado 5. Ernie Wheelwright, Minnesota ...... 55.33 Nov. 19 at Kansas 6. Todd Blythe, Iowa State ...... 55.00 2006 Sept. 30 at Texas Touchdown Receptions, I-A Oct. 7 Nebraska 1. Taylor Stubblefield, Purdue ...... 11 Oct. 14 at Oklahoma 2. Braylon Edwards, Michigan ...... 8 Oct. 21 Texas Tech Jason Hill, Washington State ...... 8 Oct. 28 at Kansas State Nov. 4 Kansas 4. Roddy White, UAB ...... 7 Nov. 11 at Colorado 5. Todd Blythe, Iowa State ...... 6 Nov. 18 Missouri Eric Deslauriers, Eastern Michigan ...... 6 Michael Larkin, Miami (Ohio) ...... 6 2007 Lance Moore, Toledo ...... 6 Sept. 29 at Nebraska Oct. 6 at Texas Tech Chris Henry, West Virginia ...... 6 Oct. 13 Texas Chad Owens, Hawaii ...... 6 Oct. 20 Oklahoma Jarrett Hicks, Texas Tech ...... 6 Oct. 27 at Missouri Nov. 3 Kansas State Nov. 10 Colorado Nov. 17 at Kansas

8 ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______www.cyclones.com #7 • QB • Bret Meyer • 6-3 • 205 • Fr. (RS) #4 • TB • Tyease Thompson • 5-10 • 180 • Fr. Atlantic, Iowa (Atlantic) Lakeland, Fla. (George Jenkins) Second freshman QB to start a season-opener in ISU history Fourth among Big 12 kick returners (23.2 avg) Meyer at ISU: 2004 ... Threw for 149 yards and two touchdowns against Thompson at ISU: 2004 ... Returned four kickoffs for 119 yards against Northern Illinois ... was 11-for-21 for 100 yards at Iowa ... completed Texas A&M ... returned four kickoffs for 75 yards at Oklahoma State ... 15-of-24 passes for 139 yards and a touchdown against UNI in his first had 22 yards on three carries, and four kickoff returns for 68 yards against career start ... 2003 ... Redshirted initial collegiate season ... Offensive Northern Illinois ... made first career kickoff return at Iowa, going for 39 Scout Team Player of the Year ... offensive scout team player of the yards ... picked up 40 yards on 11 carries against UNI. week four times. High School Experience: Ran for 2,098 yards as a senior, the second-most High School Experience: As a senior, hit on 124-of-238 passes for 1,817 in Florida, regardless of class ... carried the ball 304 times for a 6.9-yard yards and 20 touchdowns with seven interceptions ... passing total ranked average ... scored 24 touchdowns ... carried the ball 100 times in a two- second in Class 3A ... led Atlantic to a 13-0 record and a state championship game span, piling up 616 yards ... finished his senior season with 3,072 in Class 3A ... named to SuperPrep Midlands Team ... named to Rivals’ Iowa all-purpose yards, averaging 9.2 yards per touch ... rushed for more than top 10 and national top 35 Dual-Threat Quarterbacks lists ... first-team all- 1,896 yards and 18 touchdowns as a junior ... amassed 2,832 all-purpose conference as a junior and senior ... Iowa Newspaper Association all-state yards, averaging 9.6 yards per touch ... first-team all-state in Class 4A as a selection as a junior and senior ... first-team all-Western Iowa as a junior junior and senior ... top 40 running back by Rivals ... all-Southeast selection and senior ... all-class MVP in the state finals as a senior ... high school by Tom Lemming’s Prep Football Report ... Florida Top 100 pick by the teammate of Cyclone Tom Schmeling ... also played basketball, baseball Orlando Sentinel ... coached by Casey Vaughn. and ran track ... first-team all-conference in basketball three seasons ... two-time first-team all-Western Iowa selection ... all-state honoree as Kickoff Returns Ret Yds Avg Lg TD a freshman ... coached by Gaylord Schelling ... nephew of Keith Sims, 2004 13 301 23.2 39 0 former ISU lineman and NFL All-Pro. #6 • TB • Jason Scales • 5-9 • 200 • Fr. #8 • QB • Austin Flynn • 6-1 • 185 • So. (RS) West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley) Deer Park, Texas (Deer Park) Iowa prep amassed 6,050 rushing yards in high school First freshman to start a season under center in ISU history (‘03) Scales at ISU: 2004 ... Carried seven times for 11 yards in the fourth Flynn at ISU: 2004 ... Led ISU’s comeback against Northern Illinois, run- quarter against UNI ... enrolled at Iowa State in January after graduating ning for a touchdown, completing the two-point conversion, and throw- from high school in December 2003 ... had 40 yards on 14 carries in the ing for another score to give ISU the lead for good ... threw for 70 yards spring game. and a TD at Iowa ... came off the bench against UNI, completing 2-of-3 High School Experience: Three-year letterwinner ... rushed for more than passes for 37 yards and a touchdown ... first pass of season was 23-yard 2,000 yards as a junior and senior ... finished career with 6,050 yards and TD toss to Todd Blythe ... 2003 ... Averaged 148.5 total yards per game 78 touchdowns ... also had 19 career kickoff returns for more than 500 ... came off the bench in the second half against Texas, rallying the team yards and a touchdown ... scored a state-record nine touchdowns (eight for three scoring drives ... tallied 166 yards of total offense, threw a TD rushing, one kickoff return) in one game his senior year ... team was 30-6 pass and rushed for a pair of successful two-point conversions against during his varsity career ... Class 4A champion as a senior (13-0) and junior the Longhorns, all in the second half ... had 211 yards of total offense at (10-3) ... as a junior, rushed for 2,627 yards on 360 carries ... averaged Northern Illinois (182 pass, 29 rush) ... tallied 330 yards of total offense 218.9 yards per game ... scored 32 touchdowns, leading Class 4A ... against Ohio ... threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns and ran for ranked second in Class 4A in returns, averaging 30.1 yards on 12 returns another 78 yards against the Bobcats ... hit on a career-high 24 passes in with a TD ... two-time first-team running back and elite team selection a career-high 41 attempts for 239 yards and a TD against Iowa and was by The Des Moines Register ... two-time first-team running back selec- team’s leading rusher, including a 25-yard TD dash ... had strong collegiate tion by the Iowa Newspaper Association ... three-time all-conference ... debut against Northern Iowa ... hit on 9-of-18 passes for 158 yards and a second-team all-state as a sophomore ... PrepStar all-Midwest selection 13-yard TD pass to Jack Whitver ... netted 67 yards rushing on 13 carries, ... all-Midland selection by Tom Lemming’s Prep Football Report ... Top including a 3-yard TD run that was the difference-maker in a 17-10 win ... 40 running back and Iowa Top 10 by Rivals ... coached by Gary Swenson his mother can’t remember ever having to ground him -- EVER. ... three-year track letterwinner ... member of state champion medley relay and state team champion ... National Honor Society member ... #27 • TB • Stevie Hicks • 6-2 • 215 • So. (RS) academic Honor Roll ... three-year academic letterwinner. Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep) Over 800 career rushing yards #42 • FB • Tony Johnson • 6-1 • 290 • Fr. Hicks at ISU: 2004 ... Carried 17 times for 78 yards against Texas A&M Liberty Township, Ohio (Lakota East) ... had 81 yards on 21 carries at Oklahoma State ... rumbled for 75 yards Walk-on a heavyweight wrestling champ in Ohio on 24 carries against Northern Illinois ... started where he left off in 2003 Johnson at ISU: 2004 ... Totalled 11 yards on five carries, including a by running for 111 yards on 23 carries against Northern Iowa ... 2003 ... one-yard touchdown plunge against Northern Iowa ... signed at Iowa State Led Cyclones in rushing in first season at tailback ... slowed by nagging as a wrestler, but walked on to the football team ... has earned a football turf toe injury in the early part of the season ... rushed for 123 yards on 28 scholarship and will redshirt the wrestling season. carries in season finale at Missouri, the first 100-yard game of his career High School Experience: All-America high school heavyweight wrestling and only the second of ISU’s season ... earned offensive game MVP for champ in Ohio ... won 2004 U.S. High School Wrestling Championship in his performance ... ran for 62 yards on 20 carries at Kansas ... had 55 heavyweight class. yards against Colorado on 15 carries ... led ISU with 69 yards on 15 carries against Kansas State, including a 31-yard dash ... ran for 67 yards on 11 carries against Texas ... picked up 40 yards on 10 carries at Texas Tech ... started at tailback in first collegiate game against Northern Iowa, gaining 19 yards on 12 carries ... had three carries for 16 yards against Oklahoma ... 2002 ... ISU Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year.

www.cyclones.com ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______9 #5 • WR/PR • Todd Miller • 5-8 • 175 • Sr. (RS) #86 • TE • James Wright • 6-3 • 240 • Sr. Mount Pleasant, Iowa (Mount Pleasant) Houston, Texas (Springwoods/Kilgore College) Two-time academic all-Big 12 pick among the best punt returners in ISU history Blocked a PAT against Northern Illinois Miller at ISU: 2004 ... Both catches against Northern Illinois were third- Wright at ISU: 2004 ... Caught two passes for seven yards against Texas down conversions, including an improbable 18-yard grab early in the fourth A&M ... didn’t catch a pass against Northern Illinois, but made his pres- quarter ... caught five passes for 51 yards against Northern Iowa in first ence known on special teams, blocking a PAT ... also caught a two-point extended action of his career at wide receiver ... also returned six punts conversion pass to tie the game at 34-34 in the fourth quarter ... made for 61 yards ... 2003 ... Averaged 7.0 yards on 24 punt returns ... had 66 two catches for 23 yards in the season-opener against Northern Iowa punt return yards (six returns) against Ohio ... had 54 yards on five returns ... 2003 ... Caught three passes for 27 yards ... enrolled at Iowa State in against Northern Iowa ... 2002 ... His 363 punt return yards rank third in January 2003. ISU single-season history ... returned two punts for touchdowns, the first At Kilgore JC: Caught seven passes for 175 yards and two touchdowns Cyclone with multiple touchdown returns in a season since 1992 (James ... squad went 12-0 as a freshman, winning the Red River Bowl ... coached McMillion, 3) ... averaged 17.0 yards on five kickoff returns ... caught two by Jimmy Rieves. passes for 25 yards ... returned four punts and a kickoff in the Humanitar- ian Bowl for 49 yards ... had strong spring game with four catches for 36 #36 • TE • Brett Kellogg • 6-3 • 250 • Sr. (RS) yards and a touchdown ... 2001 ... Made season debut as punt and kick returner in the Independence Bowl, tallying two kick returns for 34 yards Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Kennedy) and two punt returns for 15 yards, including a long of 14 yards ... 2000 ... Career-high three catches against Texas A&M Redshirted initial collegiate season ... named offensive scout team player Kellogg at ISU: 2004 ... Made a career-best three catches for 20 yards of the week for the Texas A&M game. against Texas A&M ... had one catch for 10 yards at Iowa ... made his first career catch against Northern Iowa for 14 yards ... worked his way Punt Returns Ret Yds Avg Lg TD to number one on the depth chart ... 2003 ... Squad member ... 2002 2002 37 363 9.8 60 2 ... Squad member ... 2001 ... Collected one tackle in his first collegiate 2003 24 167 6.9 28 0 appearance in the season opener vs. Northern Iowa ... appeared in four 2004 17 131 7.7 21 0 contests throughout the season ... earned defensive scout team player Career 78 661 8.5 60 2 of the week honors vs. Northern Iowa ... moved to tight end during the season ... 2000 ... Redshirted initial collegiate season ... Defensive Scout #81 • WR • Jon Davis • 6-4 • 200 • So. (RS) Team Player of the Year ... earned defensive scout team player of the week Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista) honors for the UNLV, Nebraska and Colorado games. Leads Cyclones with 25 receptions in five games Davis at ISU: 2004 ... Led ISU receivers for the fourth game in a row, #66 • DL • Nick Leaders • 6-2 • 290 • Jr. catching five passes for 86 yards against Texas A&M, including a career- Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) long 38-yard grab ... caught five passes for 62 yards at Oklahoma State ... Junior nearing 200 career tackles from DT position caught five passes for 67 yards againat Northern Illinois ... had six receptions Leaders at ISU: Awards and Honors ... First-team all-freshman selection by for 68 yards at Iowa ... caught four passes for 42 yards against Northern collegefootballnews.com (2002) ... ISU Outstanding Newcomer (2002) ... Iowa, including his first career touchdown reception ... 2003 ... Appeared 2004 ... Made four stops against Northern Illinois, but had one for loss and a in seven contests ... special teams MVP against Missouri after blocking half-sack ... had six tackles at Iowa, two for loss and a sack ... also blocked a field-goal attempt ... caught one pass for four yards in limited action at an Iowa field goal attempt ... 2003 ... With 96 stops, tied for third on the wide receiver ... 2002 ... Enrolled at Iowa State in January. team in tackles ... had eight tackles vs. Missouri ... 10 stops at Kansas ... seven tackles and a fumble recovery against Colorado ... 10 tackles against #1 • WR • Todd Blythe • 6-5 • 210 • Fr. (RS) Kansas State ... 10 tackles against Texas ... made six tackles at Texas Tech Indianola, Iowa (Indianola) ... had seven tackles against Oklahoma and at Nebraska ... six tackles at Five games, six touchdown catches Northern Illinois ... five tackles against Iowa ... had nine tackles, three solo and one for -1 yard and led the team with four QB hurries vs. Ohio ... was Blythe at ISU: 2004 ... Caught another touchdown pass at Oklahoma State, a major presence against UNI with 11 tackles and one sack ... 2002 ... his sixth of the season ... finished with three receptions for 56 yards ... ISU’s top newcomer had 75 tackles (44 solo) to lead all ISU freshmen ... is the fifth Cyclone with a TD catch in at least four consecutive games ... ranked sixth nationally among true freshmen tacklers ... had nine tackles caught four passes for 104 yards and three touchdowns against Northern for loss, five sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery ... made Illinois ... was the first Cyclone since Damien Groce (9/26/98) with three TD an auspicious true freshman debut against Florida State, making seven grabs in one game ... is the fourth Cyclone ever with three TD grabs in a stops, including four solos ... also recorded six tackles at Iowa, including game ... caught four passes for 70 yards at Iowa, including a 40-yard TD ... one for loss ... made nine tackles (seven solo) against Nebraska, including pulled in three passes for 40 yards against UNI ... his first career reception three tackles for loss and two sacks ... equalled that performance with was a 23-yard touchdown from Austin Flynn ... 2003 ... Redshirted initial nine tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery at Texas ... against Missouri, collegiate season ... offensive scout team MVP three times. had seven tackles, one for loss, a sack and forced a fumble ... had nine High School Experience: Made 150 catches for 2,222 yards and 25 tackles at Kansas State, including one sack ... ESPN The Magazine ranked touchdowns in three years ... also made 13 career interceptions from his him as one of the nation’s five best true freshman defensive linemen ... defensive back position ... named Class 4A Player of the Year by the Iowa made his first start against Troy State ... father, Mike, played football for Coaches Association ... elite all-state, first-team Class 4A all-state, elite Iowa State from 1977-79 ... uncle, Jeff, played football at ISU. all-conference and first-team all-conference at wide receiver as a senior ... first-team all-county on offense and defense and all-county player of the year Tackles G Solo Assist Total TFL Sacks FF FR as a senior and junior ... first-team Class 4A all-state and elite all-conference 2002 14 44 31 75 9-33 5-24 2 1 pick at defensive back as a junior ... first-team all-conference at receiver 2003 12 50 46 96 3-8 1-5 0 2 as a junior ... second-team all-conference at receiver as a sophomore ... 2004 5 13 8 21 6-21 1.5-14 0 0 member of Indianola’s 2001 Class 4A championship basketball team ... Career 31 107 85 192 18-62 7.5-43 2 3 four-time participant at the Drake Relays and the Iowa Boys’ State Track Meet ... academic all-conference in football, basketball and track.

10 ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______www.cyclones.com #52 • DT • Brent Curvey • 6-0 • 300 • So. #43 • DE • Cephus Johnson • 6-2 • 250 • Jr. (RS) Houston, Texas (Westfield) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (Palm Beach Gardens) Has 10.5 TFL and 3.5 sacks in first 16 career games Career-high nine tackles in ‘03 opener vs. UNI Curvey at ISU: 2004 ... Had 1.5 sacks against UNI ... 2003 ... Played in 11 Johnson at ISU: Awards and Honors ... 2001 ISU Defensive Scout Team games, starting six at defensive tackle ... made first career start against Player of the Year ... 2004 ... Played sparingly against Texas A&M after Oklahoma after an injury to Jordan Carstens ... started last five games of sitting out the previous three games with an injury ... had three tackles season ... had 11 stops against Oklahoma ... made a career-high 14 tackles in season opener against UNI ... 2003 ... Played in all 12 games, starting against Kansas State ... finished the season with 63 tackles (44 solo) ... the first seven games of the season ... had 44 tackles (27 solo) ... had also had two sacks, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble. 10 quarterback hurries, fourth on the team ... had nine tackles in season opener against Northern Iowa ... also recorded nine tackles vs. Oklahoma Tackles G Solo Assist Total TFL Sacks FF FR ... 2002 ... Appeared in five contests ... made nine tackles and registered 2003 11 44 19 63 7-15 2.0-11 1 1 three quarterback hurries ... 2001 ... Made four tackles in the season 2004 5 10 10 20 3.5-11 1.5-6 0 0 opener vs. Northern Iowa, but suffered an injury in that game and received Career 16 54 29 83 10.5-26 3.5-17 1 1 a medical redshirt.

#1 • RE • Tyson Smith • 6-2 • 240 • Sr. (RS) Tackles G Solo Assist Total TFL Sacks QBH Des Moines, Iowa (West Des Moines Dowling) 2001 2 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 2002 5 4 5 9 0-0 0-0 3 Leads ISU D-Linemen with 25 tackles and two sacks 2003 12 27 17 44 2.5-10 0-0 10 Smith at ISU: Awards and Honors ... 2003 preseason honorable mention 2004 2 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 All-America (Street & Smith’s) ... 2004 ... Led ISU defense with eight tackles Career 21 33 27 60 2.5-10 0-0 13 against Texas A&M, including two for loss ... added four tackles against Northern Illinois ... had two sacks at Iowa ... switched from defensive end #40 • DE • Shawn Moorehead • 6-3 • 230 • So. (RS) to linebacker prior to spring drills, and then back to defensive end during fall practice ... 2003 ... Made eight tackles in the season opener against Mason City, Iowa (Newman) Northern Iowa before suffering a season-ending leg injury ... 2002 ... Ap- Walk-on cracked two-deep in 2004 peared in all 14 games ... had 104 tackles (75 solo), 11 for loss, six sacks Moorehead at ISU: Awards and Honors ... ISU Scholar-Athlete Award and 22 quarterback hurries ... came on strong at midseason ... registered (2003, 2004)... Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (F02, S03, F03, S04) six tackles, five of them solo efforts in the Humanitarian Bowl against Boise ... 2004 ... Had a tackle for loss and two QB hurries against Northern State ... had 14 tackles against Connecticut ... had 10 tackles (seven solo) Illinois ... made three solo tackles against UNI in his first collegiate game and forced a fumble at Colorado ... made five tackles at Kansas State (all ... also had a sack ... 2003 ... Squad member ... 2002 ... Redshirted initial solo), including one for loss ... had a career-high 14 tackles (10 solo), includ- collegiate season. ing two sacks at Oklahoma ... tallied nine tackles (seven solo) against Texas High School: Earned a total of 14 varsity letters in four sports. Tech ... made eight tackles and registered two sacks at Texas ... recorded eight tackles (six solo), four hurries and a tackle for a loss against Kansas Tackles G Solo Assist Total TFL Sacks QBH FF ... started the season with six tackles (four solo), three quarterback hurries 2004 5 8 3 11 3.0-16 1.0-4 3 0 and a sack against No. 3 Florida State ... 2001 ... Named ISU defensive MVP vs. Oklahoma State ... saw action in all 11 games, finishing fifth on #58 • LB • Erik Anderson • 6-1 • 225 • Sr. the squad with 58 tackles ... started every game at right end, notching Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie) four tackles for loss, a sack, a pass breakup and 13 quarterback hurries Team Co-Captain; Career-high 11 stops at Oklahoma State ... notched five tackles and helped the ISU defense hold Alabama to 150 Anderson at ISU: Awards and Honors ... Second-team academic all-Big yards rushing in the Independence Bowl ... finished the year with seven 12 (2003) ... ISU Scholar-Athlete Award (2004) ... Academic Achievement tackles and three quarterback hurries in ISU’s win vs. Iowa ... had five Award (F03)... Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (S03) ... 2004 ... Named tackles, including one for a four-yard loss, at Kansas ... registered a then- one of four team captains ... career-high 11 tackles at Oklahoma State, career-high nine tackles, including seven solo stops, vs. Colorado ... had including 2.5 for loss (-17 yards) and a sack ... had a career-high 10 tackles 23 tackles combined vs. Kansas State, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and at Iowa ... made three stops, one for loss, against UNI ... 2003 ... Played in Missouri ... opened the 2001 season vs. Northern Iowa with four tackles 11 games ... made 44 stops ... had a career-high nine tackles vs. Texas ... and the first sack of his career ... 2000 ... Saw extensive action on special notched seven tackles vs. Oklahoma ... 2002 ... Played in all 14 games ... teams in his initial collegiate season ... collected four tackles, including tallied 18 tackles, one pass breakup and forced a Tennessee Tech fumble two solo stops, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup ... had one tackle ... 2001 ... Was not originally on Iowa State’s 105-man roster at the start in the Insight.com Bowl ... tallied two tackles vs. Kansas State ... had the of two-a-days, but joined the team before preseason practice ended ... ap- first tackle of his career vs. Ohio. peared in 11 games primarily as a special teams player, making nine tackles, including three solo stops ... notched an assist and a solo tackle from his Tackles G Solo Assist Total TFL Sacks PBU QBH 2000 9 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 1 1 linebacker position vs. Colorado and made two tackles at Kansas. 2001 11 34 24 58 4-14 1-8 1 13 2002 14 75 29 104 11-28 6-24 1 22 Tackles G Solo Assist Total TFL Sack FR QBH 2003 1 7 1 8 0-0 0-0 0 3 2001 8 6 3 9 0 0 0 0 2004 5 14 11 25 6.5-30 2-15 1 1 2002 14 8 11 19 0 0 0 0 Career 40 132 67 199 21.5-72 9-47 4 40 2003 11 28 16 44 1-2 0 0 0 2004 5 23 6 29 3.5-18 1.0-9 0 0 Career 38 65 36 101 4.5-20 1.0-9 0 0

www.cyclones.com ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______11 #33 • LB • Brandon Brown • 6-0 • 230 • Sr. (RS) #11 • CB • Ellis Hobbs • 5-9 • 190 • Sr. Houston, Texas (Westfield) DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto) Senior with 282 career tackles, 24 TFL, 10 sacks ISU Co-Captain; Blocked punt vs. Northern Illinois Brown at ISU: 2004 ... Had six stops against Texas A&M ... made eight Hobbs at ISU: Awards and Honors ... Dean’s List (2002) ... ISU Scholar- tackles at Oklahoma State ... had seven stops against Northern Illinois, Athlete Award (2002, 2003, 2004) ... Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll including one for loss ... made seven tackles, one for loss, at Iowa ... led (F01, S04) ... first-team academic all-Big 12 (2002) ... second-team aca- ISU with eight stops (six solo) in the season-opener vs. UNI ... 2003 ... demic all-Big 12 (2003) ... honorable mention all-Big 12 (2003) ... 2004 ... Honorable mention all-Big 12 ... perhaps the biggest playmaker on the ISU Named one of four team captains ... made six tackles at Oklahoma State defense and the team’s fourth-leading tackler (96) ... ended season with and intercepted a pass ... had eight tackles against Northern Illinois, and 246 career tackles and 10 career sacks ... had eight tackles, including one blocked a punt to spark ISU’s comeback ... made his first career sack at for a loss against Missouri ... seven stops and a fumble recovery against Iowa ... 2003 ... Three-time defensive game MVP ... requested to be on Colorado ... seven tackles and a forced fumble against Kansas State ... came the kickoff return team and returned six kicks for 111 yards ... notched six up with eight tackles at Nebraska, with a tackle for loss and a sack ... had tackles and one breakup against Missouri ... nine stops at Kansas ... three eight tackles at Texas Tech, one for loss ... made 12 tackles at Northern tackles against Colorado (all solo), including a sack and a forced fumble ... Illinois, two for loss ... had 10 tackles against UNI, including a pair of sacks grabbed his only interception of the year against the Buffaloes ... seven and two tackles for loss ... 10 tackles against Oklahoma ... made nine tackles tackles against Texas ... made a career-high 10 tackles at Texas Tech and and caused an Ohio fumble ... led ISU with eight tackles against Iowa ... returned a fumble 53 yards, the longest by a Cyclone since the NCAA began ISU defensive game MVP twice ... 2002 ... Was second on the team with tracking the statistic in 1992 ... made seven tackles (six solo) at Northern 137 tackles (96 solo) ... registered 10 tackles in the Humanitarian Bowl, Illinois and broke up a pass ... team game defensive MVP against Iowa including two for loss ... had 11 tackles (six solo), including a sack, against and Ohio ... made three tackles, breaking up two Ohio passes ... opened Connecticut ... notched another double-digit day at Texas, tallying 10 tackles the season with four tackles against UNI ... made four solo tackles against (nine solo) and recovering a fumble ... recorded a team and career-high 18 Iowa, one for -5 yards, and broke up a pass ... 2002 ... Like former Cyclones tackles (13 solo) at Oklahoma, including a sack ... made 14 stops (10 solo) Atif Austin and JaMaine Billups, moved to the defensive backfield after against Texas Tech ... co-team leader against Nebraska with 10 tackles (nine coming to Ames as a running back ... led the team with two interceptions solo) ... also recovered a fumble and returned an interception (first of his ... had 51 tackles, 40 of them solo efforts ... had 12 pass breakups and career) 29 yards to ice the ISU win ... had 11 tackles and a sack against recovered a fumble ... registered five tackles and two pass deflections in Troy State ... tallied eight tackles and a sack at Iowa ... led the Cyclones the Humanitarian Bowl ... made a career-high seven tackles at Kansas State with career-high 11 tackles against both Florida State and Kansas ... 2001 ...... made six tackles (five solo) at Texas ... had a career-high five tackles at Appeared in 11 games in his initial collegiate season, collecting 13 tackles, Iowa ... also caused and recovered a fumble in the Cyclones’ second-half including two for loss and a sack ... tallied three tackles against Alabama comeback ... against Kansas, made three tackles, broke up two passes in the Independence Bowl ... had a season-high five tackles at Kansas ... and made an interception ... against Texas Tech, made three tackles, broke notched his first sack vs. Colorado ... ended the Kansas State game with up three passes and had one interception ... 2001 ... Moved to defensive three tackles, two for loss ... had a tackle and a fumble recovery in the back from tailback during preseason practice and appeared in all 11 games season opener vs. Northern Iowa. in his initial collegiate season ... ended the year with 16 tackles (11 solo), one interception and one pass breakup ... notched two solo stops in the Tackles G Solo Assist Total TFL Sacks FR QBH Cyclones’ win at Kansas ... registered a season-high four tackles, including 2001 11 10 3 13 2-10 1-7 2 1 three solo stops, at Nebraska ... opened the 2001 season with a pick and 2002 14 96 41 137 7-40 6-39 3 1 tackle vs. Northern Iowa ... made a big fumble recovery in Iowa game 2003 12 76 20 96 12-38 3-20 1 2 when Hawkeye Kahlil Hill fumbled an ISU punt, leading to Iowa State’s 2004 5 26 10 36 3.0-7 0-0 0 1 Career 42 208 74 282 24-95 10-66 6 5 second touchdown in a 17-14 victory.

Tackles G Solo Assist Total Int. FR Sacks #44 • LB • Tim Dobbins • 6-1 • 245 • Jr. 2001 11 11 5 16 1-4 1-0 0-0 Nashville, Tenn. (Glencliff/Copiah-Lincoln JC) 2002 14 40 11 51 2-0 1-0 0-0 JUCO transfer making immediate impact 2003 12 51 20 71 1-0 1-53 0-0 2004 5 20 7 27 1-15 0-0 1.0-11 Dobbins at ISU: 2004 ... Led ISU with 11 tackles at Iowa, including two for Career 42 122 43 165 5-19 3-53 1.0-11 loss ... made three stops against UNI, two for loss, including a half sack. At Copiah-Lincoln: Honorable mention all-state selection in the Missis- Kickoff Returns Ret Yds Avg Lg TD sippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) ... one of 2001 6 91 15.2 22 0 four Co-Lin players in the MACJC All-Star Game ... registered 112 tackles 2002 0 0 0.0 0 0 in 2003, including seven sacks ... had a 48-yard interception return for a 2003 6 111 18.5 31 0 touchdown and a 44-yard fumble return for a touchdown ... also forced 2004 4 103 25.8 41 0 a fumble ... finished career with 210 tackles, including 13 sacks and four Career 16 305 19.1 41 0 interceptions ... coached by David Poinsett. High School Experience: First-team all-state at linebacker as a senior ... played in the 2002 Tennessee-Kentucky All-Star Game in Knoxville ... as a sophomore fullback, ran for 115 yards and a touchdown on five carries in the Class 5A championship game, including two carries of 50+ yards rushed for a combined 1,438 yards in his sophomore and junior seasons ... coached by Jim Wilson.

Tackles G Solo Assist Total Loss Sack FR QBH 2004 5 15 11 26 3.5-8 0.5-4 0 0

12 ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______www.cyclones.com #14 • CB • DeAndre Jackson • 6-0 • 185 • So. #8 • FS • Steve Paris • 6-1 • 200 • Jr. (RS) Garland, Texas (Garland) Dallas, Texas (Roosevelt) First career interception against Northern Illinois Career-high 11 tackles vs. Northern Illinois Jackson at ISU: 2004 ... Made his first career interception against Northern Paris at ISU: 2004 ... Had seven tackles against Texas A&M ... made a Illinois ... made eight tackles at Iowa ... broke up two passes against UNI, career-high 11 tackles (nine solo) against Northern Illinois ... had seven just missing an interception ... 2003 ... Played in eight games ... started three tackles, one for loss, at Iowa ... made four stops against UNI ... 2003 ... of the last four games at cornerback ... made 18 tackles, including two for Appeared in 12 games ... made 16 tackles and had an interception ... had loss ... made a career-high seven stops, six solo, against Kansas State. six tackles and one breakup at Texas Tech ... recorded his interception at High School Experience: Two-year starter at quarterback ... team was Northern Illinois ... 2002 ... Appeared in 12 games ... recorded five tackles district champ his sophomore and senior years ... played free safety as a and broke up one pass against Boise State in the Humanitarian Bowl ... sophomore ... three-year letterwinner ... first-team all-district quarterback returned a Tennessee Tech interception 24 yards for a touchdown ... 2001 ... Tom Landry Classic game MVP ... rushed for 435 yards and seven ... Redshirted initial collegiate season ... named ISU defensive scout team touchdowns and threw for 401 yards and three touchdowns as a senior player of the week against Missouri. ... missed junior season due to a bruised kidney in the first game of the season ... kidney was removed and he was cleared to play as a senior ... Tackles G Solo Assist Total Int. PBU also returned punts ... coached by Jeff Jordan ... teammate of Cyclone 2001 Redshirted Bobby Chalk. 2002 12 9 3 12 1-24* 2 2003 12 8 8 16 1-9 1 Tackles G Solo Assist Total TFL Int. PBU 2004 5 22 13 35 0-0 0 2003 8 17 1 18 2-4 0-0 0 Career 29 39 24 63 2-33* 3 2004 5 13 4 17 0-0 1-9 4 Career 13 30 5 35 2-4 1-9 4 #14 • PK/P • Tony Yelk • 6-1 • 200 • Sr. (RS) Arlington, Wis. (Poynette) #9 • SS • Nik Moser • 6-0 • 195 • Jr. (RS) Second-best career punting average in ISU history (42.3) Fort Dodge, Iowa (Fort Dodge) Yelk at ISU: Awards and Honors ... First-team Freshman All-American Team leader in tackles (38) had two picks vs. NIU and all-Big 12 Freshman Team (2001, The Sporting News) ... honorable Moser at ISU: Awards and Honors ... ISU Outstanding Special Teams mention all-Big 12 (2001) ... ISU Outstanding Special Teams Player of Player (2002) ... 2004 ... Was moved back to strong safety after spend- the Year (2001) ... Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week (2001) ... ing last season at linebacker ... made nine tackles at Oklahoma State ... first-team academic all-Big 12 (2001) ... second-team academic all-Big 12 with two interceptions against Northern Illinois, was the first Cyclone (2003) ... ISU Scholar-Athlete Award (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) ... Big 12 since Marc Timmons (10/28/00) with two picks in a game ... returned Commissioner’s Honor Roll (F00, S01, F01, S02, F02, F03, S04) ... 2004 the first interception 20 yards for a score just 0:39 into the game ... also ... Has missed the first five games due to injury ... ranks among Iowa had 11 tackles against NIU ... had nine tackles, one for loss, at Iowa ... State’s all-time best punters, an irony because he was recruited to Iowa made three solo stops against UNI, and also batted down a pass ... had State as a place-kicker ... has averaged 42.3 yards on 164 career punts, a tackle for loss (-14 yards) also ... 2003 ... Linebacker missed the last the second-best mark in ISU history ... 2003 ... averaged 41.4 yards on 73 six games with injury ... recruited for his overall athletic ability ... initially punts in 2003 ... was on the watch list for the Ray Guy Award, given to saw action in the secondary and on special teams ... made eight stops at the nation’s top punter ...was 2-of-4 with a long of 51 in field-goal kicking Texas Tech, two for loss, and forced a fumble ... had 10 tackles in season ... missed Iowa and Northern Illinois games with knee injury ... returned opener against Northern Iowa ... recorded 10 tackles against Oklahoma to average 41.5 yards on eight punts against Oklahoma with three kicks and caused a Sooner fumble, earning game defensive MVP honors ... had downed inside the Sooner 20-yard line ... drilled a career-long 51-yard field seven tackles against Ohio ... made five tackles, one for loss, at Northern goal against Texas, the first 50-yarder by a Cyclone since Nov. 21, 1998 Illinois ... 2002 ... Appeared in 13 games on special teams, registering two (Jamie Kohl vs. Kansas, 54 yards) ... opened the season in a big way, tackles ... blocked a punt at Texas ... recovered a fumble against Oklahoma averaging 47.1 yards on eight punts against Northern Iowa, dropping two ... competed for ISU track team, placing seventh in the 400-meter final inside the Panther 20-yard line and hitting a 62-yarder in the first quarter of the Big 12 indoor championships (48.46) ... had personal indoor best ... hit on a 41-yard field-goal attempt against Ohio and averaged 42.2 yards of 48.04 for 400 meters ... 2001 ... Redshirted initial collegiate season ... on six punts ... dropped three punts inside the Bobcat 20-yard line ... 2002 earned defensive scout team player of the week honors for the week of ... all five kickoffs against Oklahoma and Texas were touchbacks ... blasted the Kansas State game. a career-long 64-yard punt against Troy State ... hit on a 45-yard field goal attempt against Tennessee Tech ... finished the game with a 48.2 average Tackles G Solo Assist Total Int. PBU TFL FR FF on five punts ... three were inside the TSU 20 ... only called on to punt 2001 Redshirted twice against Kansas, both times in KU territory ... boomed three punts for 2002 13 1 1 2 0-0 0 0-0 1 0 a 46.7 yard average against Florida State, with a long of 54 yards ... three 2003 6 28 15 43 0-0 0 5-11 0 2 of six kickoffs were touchbacks, and the Seminoles were never able to 2004 5 28 10 38 2-30* 1 3.0-18 0 0 return the ball past their own 22-yard line ... 2001 ... Earned special teams Career 24 57 26 83 2-30* 1 8-29 1 2 MVP honors vs. Northern Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Iowa ... one of 10 NCAA Division I-A players to handle both the team’s punting and place-kicking ... ranked among the nation’s top punters, ranking third in the Big 12 and 16th nationally with an average of 43.8 yards per punt ... his freshman season ranks second on ISU’s all-time single-season chart behind Marc Harris (45.7/1996) ... was the nation’s top freshman punter ... notched a 36-yard field goal and a 41-yard field goal against Alabama in the Independence Bowl ... had a 47.3-yard punting average in the Inde- pendence Bowl, pinning two punts inside Alabama’s 10-yard line ... was a major factor in Iowa State’s win over Iowa ... averaged 42.8 yards on six punts, including a punt that pinned the Hawkeyes at their own 2-yard line ... had a great game at Kansas ... with Iowa State’s first offensive series stalled at the Cyclone 39, Yelk came out to punt ... a wall of Kansas rushers www.cyclones.com ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______13 broke through Iowa State’s punt protection and were poised to block Yelk’s #24 • P • Troy Blankenship • 6-1 • 190 • Jr. (RS) punt ... instead, Yelk sidestepped the would-be blockers and ran around left Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Kennedy) end and down the sideline on a 48-yard run that gave ISU new life at the Season-long 53-yard punt at Oklahoma State Jayhawk 13-yard line ... the Cyclones scored five plays later with Yelk adding Blankenship at ISU: 2004 ... Drilled a 49-yard punt against Texas A&M the extra point ... averaged 46 yards on four punts against KU, including that bounced and took a 90-degree right turn to head out of bounds at the one kick that was downed at the Jayhawk 6-yard line ... made all seven A&M 3-yard line ... dropped three of six punts inside the Oklahoma State extra-point attempts and also had six touchbacks on eight kickoffs ... a huge 20-yard line, including a season-long 53-yarder ... had a 42.0 yard average factor in the Cyclones’ 20-14 win at Missouri, averaging 49.5 yards on six against Northern Illinois, including a punt that was downed at the Huskie punts, with three punts inside the 20, and kicking two field goals ... the 2 ... season-long 48-yard punt at Iowa ... punted four times against UNI, performance earned him Big 12 special teams player of the week honors dropping two inside the 20 ... 2003 ... Averaged 38.1 yards on 10 punts in ... had a 62-yard punt that went out of bounds at the Missouri 2-yard line four games, with a long of 50 ... landed three punts inside the opposition’s ... that punt set up Iowa State’s first touchdown after Missouri couldn’t 20-yard line ... 2002 ... Averaged 40.8 yards on 20 punts ... had five punts of move the ball on the ensuing series and was forced to punt, giving ISU more than 50 yards in the season’s last four games, including his season- possession of the football at the Missouri 24-yard line ... ISU scored two long boot of 54 yards ... played against Tennessee Tech, Kansas State, plays later ... Yelk had punts of 58, 62, 48, 52, 43 and 34 yards, all of which Colorado, Connecticut and Boise State ... dropped eight of his 20 punts forced Missouri back into its own territory ...Yelk buried Missouri with a inside the 20-yard line ... 2001 ... Redshirted initial collegiate season. 34-yard punt at the Tiger 1-yard line early in the fourth quarter ... Missouri was not able to move the ball and Iowa State returned the ensuing Mizzou punt to the Tiger 38, setting up Yelk’s 21-yard field goal for a 17-14 ISU Punting G Punts Yds. Avg. Lg I20 Blk TB 2001 Redshirted lead ... Yelk added an additional field goal from 24 yards out with 3:48 left 2002 5 20 816 40.8 54 7 1 0 to give Iowa State a 20-14 lead ... also had a kickoff for a touchback, a ball 2003 4 10 381 38.1 50 3 2 1 fielded three yards deep in the end zone and a pair of kickoffs taken at the 2004 5 29 1165 40.2 53 9 0 3 Missouri 1-yard line ... averaged 48.5 yards on four punts against Kansas Career 14 59 2362 40.0 54 19 3 4 State ... averaged 47.6 yards on five punts against Colorado ... hit on a field-goal attempt in first three games this season, including two against #29 • PK • Brian Jansen • 6-1 • 190 • Fr. Baylor ... had 29 touchbacks on 58 kickoffs ... hit on 36-of-37 extra-point attempts ... 2000 ... Redshirted initial collegiate season. Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Walked on to ISU squad in mid-August Punting G Punts Yds. Avg. Lg I20 Blk TB Jansen at ISU: 2004 ... Made a career-long 41-yard field goal at Iowa ... 2000 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 made his first career field goal attempt, a 37-yarder into a slight breeze 2001 11 45 1973 43.8 64 15 1 6 against UNI ... joined the squad just one week before classes started in 2002 13 46 1945 42.3 64 9 3 8 August. 2003 10 73 3022 41.4 62 19 2 7 High School Experience: Kicked three field goals in team’s 2003 home- 2004 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 coming game ... was the place-kicker for only one season. Career 35 164 6940 42.3 64 43 6 21 Kicking G PAT FG Blk 18-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg Pts Kicking G PAT FG Blk 18-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg Pts 2004 5 6-8 3-8 0 1-1 1-5 1-2 0-0 41 15 2000 1 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2001 11 38-39 8-18 4 4-5 3-7 1-6 0-0 47 62 2002 13 0-0 1-3 1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 45 3 #26 • PK • Scott Krava • 6-1 • 190 • Fr. 2003 10 0-0 2-4 0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-2 51 6 Grimes, Iowa (Dallas Center-Grimes) 2004 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Career 35 38-40 11-25 5 4-5 3-7 3-10 1-3 51 71 Walked on to ISU squad in January Krava at ISU: 2004 ... In his first collegiate game (vs. Northern Illinois), made two PATs, but hit the left upright on a 30-yard field goal attempt. High School Experience: Hit on 3-of-4 field goal attempts as a senior, with a long of 45 yards ... also made 29-of-31 PATs ... four-year soccer letterwinner ... three-year football letterwinner ... two-time honorable mention all-conference in soccer ... all-district punter.

Kicking G PAT FG Blk 18-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg Pts 2004 1 2-2 0-1 0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -- 2

14 ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______www.cyclones.com Sept. 18 • Iowa State 48, Northern Illinois 41 Game Recaps Jack Trice Stadium (39,902) • Ames, Iowa It didn’t look good for Iowa State ... Northern Illinois had scored 27 straight Sept. 4 • Iowa State 23, Northern Iowa 0 points to erase an early 20-7 ISU lead ... the Huskies led 34-20 with 4:54 Jack Trice Stadium (42,865) • Ames, Iowa left in the third quarter ... what’s more, NIU had the ball, 1st-and-10 at the Iowa State showcased a stingy defense, allowing 2003 NCAA Division I-AA Cyclone 30 ... then came a huge swing in momentum ... ISU SS Nik Moser quarterfinalist Northern Iowa just 99 net yards, the lowest mark by an ISU denied Northern Illinois by making his second interception of the day in opponent since Colorado State totalled only 96 yards in 1980, en route the endzone (he had returned an interception on the second play of the to a season-opening shutout of Northern Iowa ... Northern Iowa, 10-3 in game 30 yards for the contest’s first score) ... CB Ellis Hobbs blocked the 2003, did not cross the 50-yard line until reaching the Iowa State 49 late punt that ended the Huskies’ next drive and LaMarcus Hicks fell on it in in the game ... senior LB Brandon Brown spearheaded the ISU defense, the endzone to close the gap to 34-27 ... Iowa State went on in the fourth making eight tackles ... RE Tyson Smith also made seven stops ... JUCO quarter to score after a long drive, convert an interception into a six-play/28- transfer LaMarcus Hicks also added five tackles ... Iowa State TB Stevie yard scoring drive, and score the second touchdown by interception return Hicks rushed for 111 yards on 23 carries, becoming the first Cyclone with in the game, this by linebacker Matt Robertson (20 yds.) for the victory -- all back-to-back 100-yard rushing games since Michael Wagner in 2002 (107 in the last 16 minutes of the contest ... Northern Illinois’ 41 points were vs. Nebraska, 102 vs. Texas Tech) ... redshirt freshman QB Bret Meyer the most ever scored by an Cyclone opponent in an Iowa State victory ... became the second ISU signal-caller in as many years to get the starting ISU QB Austin Flynn came off the bench to spark a pair of the second half nod for the opener ... Meyer completed 15-of-24 passes for 139 yards and scoring drives and finished the game 6-of-11 passing for 76 yards with a TD a touchdown ... sophomore QB Austin Flynn was 2-of-3 with a touchdown pass ... ISU freshman WR Todd Blythe made four receptions for 104 yards pass ... WR Todd Miller led the ISU receiving corps with five catches for and three touchdowns, becoming the fourth player in Iowa State history 51 yards ... Jon Davis and Todd Blythe each picked up the first touchdown to make three touchdown receptions in a game and the first to snare a catches of their careers ... Blythe’s came from Flynn, and was also his scoring toss in each of his first three collegiate games ... Robertson led first-ever catch as a Cyclone ... Iowa State outgained UNI 378-99 ... ISU the Cyclones with 12 tackles ... Moser and FS Steve Paris had 11 stops led 17-0 at the half. each ... NIU outgained Iowa State, 402-342.

Sept. 11 • No. 16 Iowa 17, Iowa State 10 Oct. 2 • No. 25 Oklahoma State 36, Iowa State 7 Kinnick Stadium (70,397) • Iowa City, Iowa Boone Pickens Stadium (47,554) • Stillwater, Okla. Iowa State’s defense controlled the line of scrimmage, particularly in the Iowa State’s defense held Oklahoma State 144 rushing yards below its second half but Iowa made several key plays that allowed the No. 16 average but four fumbles lost gave OSU superior field advantage through Hawkeyes to escape with their 14th straight home victory since an ISU the game as the Cowboys went to 4-0 in a 36-7 victory over ISU ... the win at Kinnick Stadium in 2002 ... the Cyclone defense held the Hawks Cyclones came into the game having lost the fewest fumbles of any team to 85 yards rushing in 44 attempts ... LB Tim Dobbins led the Iowa State nationally since the start of the 1999 season ... but Oklahoma State’s first defense, making 11 tackles ... OLB Erik Anderson and SS Nik Moser touchdown came after an ISU fumble at the Cyclone 7-yard line ... OSU added 10 and nine stops, respectively ... the Cyclones sacked Drew Tate second-quarter scoring drives started at the ISU 7, 39, 25 and 27-yard four times, and totalled 10 tackles for loss ... Iowa, aided by a face mask lines ... the Cowboys led 23-0 at halftime ... Cyclone fumbles led to 17 penalty, scored on its first drive for a 7-0 lead ... Cyclone place-kicker Brian Oklahoma State points ... Iowa State’s touchdown came on a 9-yard TD Jansen, subbing for the injured Tony Yelk, connected on a 41-yard field pass from QB Bret Meyer to WR Todd Blythe that made it 23-7 with 4:11 goal attempt to make it 7-3 after one quarter ... late in the second quarter, left in the third quarter ... the TD catch was Blythe’s sixth in the first four an Iowa punt forced ISU to begin a drive from the Cyclone 5-yard line games of his career and made him one of five Cyclones to catch at TD pass ... Iowa State couldn’t net a first down and after a 42-yard punt by Troy in four straight games ... OSU answered with a 7-play, 70-yard TD drive Blankenship and a 15-yard return by Hawk WR Ed Hinkel, Iowa started its that made it 29-7 with 45 seconds left in the third quarter ... Oklahoma ensuing drive at the ISU 34-yard line ... after Cyclone team captain and CB State running back Vernand Morency rushed for 143 yards on 28 carries Ellis Hobbs was forced to the sidelines, Iowa wasted no time and Tate hit with two TDs ... the Cowboys outgained the Cyclones, 349-219 ... ISU an out-stretched Hinkel, covered by Hobbs’ replacement, with a 29-yard TB Stevie Hicks had 81 yards rushing on 21 carries ... ISU QB Bret Meyer TD pass for a 14-3 lead at halftime ... Iowa led 17-3 when ISU QB Austin was 10-for-16 passing for 129 yards ... Iowa State LB Erik Anderson led Flynn hit WR Todd Blythe with a 40-yard TD pass that closed the gap to the way with a career-high 11 tackles (2.5 for loss, one sack) ... SS Nik 17-10 ... Iowa State drove to the Iowa 13-yard line on its next drive, which Moser added nine tackles. ended with one of three missed Cyclone field-goal attempts ... Flynn, who was knocked out of the game on a last-gasp Iowa State drive, combined with starter Bret Meyer to complete 15-of-30 passes for 170 yards and the TD ... Iowa’s defense held Iowa State to 66 yards rushing on 34 at- tempts ... Iowa outgained the Cyclones, 305-236 ... Tate hit on 16-of-22 passes for 220 yards and the TD ... Hawkeye running back Jermelle Lewis rushed for 102 yards on 30 carries, 50 of those yards coming on his first and last carries ... ISU linebacker Matt Robertson made an interception that helped set up Jansen’s field goal and Nick Leaders blocked an Iowa field goal attempt.

www.cyclones.com ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______15 Oct. 9 • Texas A&M 34, Iowa State 3 Jack Trice Stadium (44,307), Ames, Iowa Reggie McNeal passed for 222 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score to lead surging Texas A&M to a 34-3 victory over Iowa State on a beautiful night in Ames ... the Cyclones ran 85 plays to the Aggies’ 68 and held a slight time of possession advantage but McNeal scrambled out of trouble on several occasions and finished 16-for-27 with no intercep- tions and touchdown passes of 18 yards to Tydrick Riley, 13 yards to Joey Thomas and 12 yards to Courtney Lewis ... his most impressive footwork came early in a 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 defenders who had a shot at him in the end zone and completed a 23-yard pass to Jason Carter ... McNeal went on to com- plete seven straight passes in taking A&M to the Iowa State 22 ... Lewis then sprinted 20 yards up the middle before McNeal slipped into the end zone from the 2 ... on the first play of the second half. Mike Montgomery intercepted ISU QB Austin Flynn’s pass and returned it 14 yards to the ISU 17 ... A&M scored one play later for 27-3 Aggie advantage ... Texas A&M outgained the Cyclones, 419-303 ... ISU 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 had 119 yards on four kickoff returns ... Iowa State’s points came on a 27-yard Brian Jansen field goal late in the first quarter.

16 ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______www.cyclones.com Iowa State Depth Chart at Colorado

OFFENSE DEFENSE SE 1 Todd Blythe, 6-5, 210, Fr.# RE 1 ***Tyson Smith, 6-2, 240, Sr.# 3 Ryan Baum, 5-10, 190, So.# 73 Collins Eboh, 6-2, 240, Fr. LT 53 **Cale Stubbe, 6-4, 300, Sr.# DT 52 *Brent Curvey, 6-0, 300, So. 62 **Johannes Egbers, 6-3, 290, Jr.# 91 ***Tim TeBrink, 6-4, 295, Sr.# LG 72 **Kory Pence, 6-4, 310, Jr. NG 66 **Nick Leaders, 6-2, 290, Jr. 64 Trent Claussen, 6-4, 300, So.# 55 *Matt Scherbring, 6-4, 325, So. C 67 **Luke Vander Sanden, 6-2, 305, Sr.# END 40 Shawn Moorehead, 6-3, 230, So.# 52 Brian Lutter, 6-0, 270, Sr.# -or- 43 **Cephus Johnson, 6-2, 250, Jr.# RG 58 *Seth Zehr, 6-5, 295, So.# SLB 58 ***Erik Anderson, 6-1, 225, Sr. 65 Fabian Dodd, 6-3, 315, Jr.# 46 *Boyd Viers, 6-1, 230, Jr.# RT 75 *Aaron Brant, 6-7, 315, So. MLB 44 Tim Dobbins, 6-1, 245, Jr. 76 Chris O’Hollearn, 6-6, 285, Jr.# 10 *Matt Robertson, 6-1, 230, So.# TE 36 *Brett Kellogg, 6-3, 250, Sr.# WLB 33 ***Brandon Brown, 6-0, 230, Sr. 86 *James Wright, 6-3, 240, Sr. 26 *Jamarr Buchanan, 6-1, 230, Jr.# FL 81 *Jon Davis, 6-4, 200, So.# SS 9 **Nik Moser, 6-0, 195, Jr.# 32 Milan Moses, 6-1, 190, Fr.# 21 Caleb Berg, 6-1, 195, Fr.# QB 7 Bret Meyer, 6-3, 205, Fr.# FS 8 **Steve Paris, 6-1, 200, Jr.# 8 *Austin Flynn, 6-1, 185, So.# 15 Jerry Gair, 6-0, 200, Jr. TB 27 *Stevie Hicks, 6-2, 215, So.# LCB 14 *DeAndre Jackson, 6-0, 185, So. 6 Jason Scales, 5-9, 200, Fr. 20 *Henry Poullard, 5-9, 165, Sr.# -or- 4 Tyease Thompson, 5-10, 180, Fr. RCB 11 ***Ellis Hobbs, 5-9, 190, Sr. FB 21 Greg Coleman, 6-0, 212, Fr. 24 LaMarcus Hicks, 6-0, 190, Jr.# OR 31 *Ryan Kock, 6-0, 245, So.# 32 Josh Hargis, 6-2, 170, Jr. 42 Tony Johnson, 6-0, 290, Fr. WR 5 **Todd Miller, 5-8, 175, Sr.# 2 Terrance Highsmith, 6-1, 175, Jr.#

SPECIALISTS PK 29 Brian Jansen, 6-1, 190, Fr. -or- 14 ***Tony Yelk, 6-1, 200, Sr.# P 24 Troy Blankenship, 6-1, 190, Jr.# -or- 14 ***Tony Yelk, 6-1, 200, Sr.# PR 5 **Todd Miller, 5-8, 175, Sr.# 2 Terrance Highsmith, 6-1, 175, Jr.# KR 11 ***Ellis Hobbs, 5-9, 190, Sr. 4 Tyease Thompson, 5-10, 180, Fr. DS 49 Landon Schrage, 6-5, 210, Jr.# 52 Brian Lutter, 6-0, 270, Sr.# H 16 *Cris Love, 6-5, 225, Sr.# 8 *Austin Flynn, 6-1, 185, So.#

www.cyclones.com ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______17 Game-By-Game Passing, Rushing and Receiving

Passing 7-Meyer 8-Flynn 16-Love NO. IOWA 24-15-0-139-1 3-2-0-37-1 DNP at Iowa 21-11-0-100-0 9-4-0-70-1 DNP NO. ILLINOIS 17-8-2-149-2 11-6-0-76-1 DNP at Oklahoma St. 16-10-0-129-1 8-3-0-31-0 DNP TEXAS A&M 18-9-0-72-0 24-9-2-89-0 1-0-0-0-0 at Colorado at Baylor KANSAS NEBRASKA at Kansas St. MISSOURI SEASON 96-53-2-589-4 55-24-2-303-3 1-0-0-0-0 2003 212-99-0-1238-5 65-28-2-424-3 2002 10-5-0-62-1 2001 28-17-3-181-1 CAREER 96-53-2-589-4 267-123-12-1541-8 104-50-5-667-5 Legend: Att-Comp-Int-Yards-TD

Rushing 27-Hicks 4-Thompson 6-Scales 7-Meyer 8-Flynn 42-Johnson 31-Kock 81-Davis NO. IOWA 23-111-0-39 11-40-0-12 7-11-0-10 8-19-0-15 2-10-0-8 5-11-1-3 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Iowa 12-19-0-5 5-11-0-12 DNP 10-18-0-8 6-18-0-5 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 NO. ILLINOIS 24-75-0-27 3-22-0-13 1-2-0-2 6-20-0-17 5-(-2)-1-5 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Oklahoma St. 21-81-0-11 1-(-1)-0-0 DNP 10-(-22)-0-5 4-3-0-7 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 TEXAS A&M 17-78-0-22 0-0-0-0 4-2-0-3 8-31-0-16 12-19-0-11 DNP 0-0-0-0 1-12-0-12 at Colorado at Baylor KANSAS NEBRASKA at Kansas St. MISSOURI SEASON 97-364-0-39 20-72-0-13 12-15-0-10 42-66-0-17 29-49-1-11 6-11-1-3 0-0-0-0 1-12-0-12 2003 123-471-0-31 124-396-2-33 8-30-0-8 CAREER 220-835-0-39 20-72-0-13 12-15-0-10 42-66-0-17 153-444-3-33 6-11-1-3 8-30-0-8 1-12-0-12 Legend: Att-Yds-TD-Long

Receiving 1-Blythe 2-Highsmith 5-Miller 81-Davis 27-Hicks 86-Wright 36-Kellogg 32-Moses 4-Thompson 6-Scales NO. IOWA 3-40-1-23 1-4-0-4 5-51-0-15 4-42-1-22 1-2-0-2 2-23-0-14 1-14-0-14 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Iowa 4-70-1-40 2-14-0-7 0-0-0-0 6-68-0-22 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-10-0-10 1-12-0-12 1-(-4)-0-0 DNP NO. ILLINOIS 4-104-3-47 1-6-0-6 2-40-0-22 5-67-0-17 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-8-0-5 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Oklahoma St. 3-56-1-26 DNP 2-21-0-13 5-62-0-32 3-21-0-10 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP TEXAS A&M 1-5-0-5 1-7-0-7 1-15-0-15 5-86-0-38 1-6-0-6 2-7-0-6 3-20-0-12 3-13-0-6 0-0-0-0 1-2-0-2 at Colorado at Baylor KANSAS NEBRASKA at Kansas St. MISSOURI SEASON 15-275-6-47 5-31-0-7 10-127-0-22 25-325-1-38 5-29-0-10 4-30-0-14 5-44-0-14 6-33-0-12 1-(-4)-0-0 1-2-0-2 2003 1-6-0-6 1-4-0-4 14-40-0-11 3-27-0-17 2002 2-25-0-16 CAREER 15-275-6-47 5-31-0-7 13-158-0-22 26-329-1-38 19-69-0-11 7-57-0-17 5-44-0-14 6-33-0-12 1-(-4)-0-0 1-2-0-2 Legend: Rec-Yds-TD-Long

18 ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______www.cyclones.com At-A-Glance Summaries First Downs Rushing Passing Offense GAME SCORE Tot Ru Pa Pn Att Yds TD A-C-I-Yds- TD Att-Yds Punts Fum Pen 3rd Down Poss

Northern Iowa 0 7 5 2 0 32 36 0 19-8-0-51-0 51-99 10-42.0 0-0 7-79 3/14 22:07 @IOWA STATE 23 27 13 9 5 56 202 1 28-17-0-176-2 84-378 4-39.0 0-0 6-55 7/17 37:53

IOWA STATE 10 16 3 8 5 34 66 0 30-15-0-170-1 64-236 7-38.6 0-0 5-40 2/16 28:23 @Iowa 17 16 5 11 0 44 85 1 22-16-1-220-1 66-305 7-33.3 0-0 8-75 5/15 31:37

Northern Illinois 41 24 6 15 3 46 117 2 33-20-4-285-4 79-402 6-33.5 1-0 7-49 3/13 32:38 @IOWA STATE 48 16 5 10 1 39 117 1 28-14-2-225-3 67-342 7-42.0 1-0 7-63 4/15 27:22

IOWA STATE 7 14 5 8 1 37 59 0 24-13-0-160-1 61-219 6-40.0 4-4 6-41 5/14 24:31 @Oklahoma St. 36 18 11 7 0 55 189 3 16-9-1-160-1 71-349 3-40.0 3-0 3-29 11/19 35:29

Texas A&M 34 20 6 13 1 37 162 1 31-19-0-257-4 68-419 5-39.0 0-0 10-85 9/15 29:23 @IOWA STATE 3 23 12 9 2 42 142 0 43-18-2-161-0 85-303 5-41.0 1-0 3-35 8/19 30:37

IOWA STATE @Colorado

IOWA STATE @Baylor

Kansas @IOWA STATE

Nebraska @IOWA STATE

IOWA STATE @Kansas State

MISSOURI @Iowa State Game-By-Game Starters No. Iowa at Iowa No. Illinois at Oklahoma St. Texas A&M at Colorado at Baylor Kansas Nebraska at Kansas St. Missouri WR Blythe Blythe Blythe Blythe Blythe LT Stubbe Stubbe Stubbe Stubbe Stubbe LG Pence Pence Pence Pence Pence C Vander Sanden Vander Sanden Lutter Vander Sanden Vander Sanden RG Zehr Zehr Zehr Zehr Zehr RT Brant Brant Brant Brant Brant TE Kellogg Kellogg Kellogg Kellogg Kellogg WR Davis Davis Davis Miller Davis QB Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer TB S. Hicks S. Hicks S. Hicks S. Hicks S. Hicks FB Wright (TE) Kock Wright (TE) Kock Wright (TE)

No. Iowa at Iowa No. Illinois at Oklahoma St. Texas A&M at Colorado at Baylor Kansas Nebraska at Kansas St. Missouri RE T. Smith T. Smith T. Smith T. Smith T. Smith DT Curvey Curvey Curvey Curvey Curvey NG N. Leaders N. Leaders N. Leaders N. Leaders N. Leaders DE C. Johnson Moorehead Moorehead Moorehead Moorehead SLB Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson L. Hicks (CB) MLB Dobbins Dobbins Dobbins Dobbins Dobbins WLB Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown SS Moser Moser Moser Moser Moser FS Paris Paris Paris Paris Paris CB Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson CB Hobbs Hobbs Hobbs Hobbs Hobbs www.cyclones.com ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______19 Game-By-Game Tackles, TFL DL No. Iowa at Iowa No. Illinois at Oklahoma St. Texas A&M at Colorado at Baylor Kansas Nebraska at Kansas St. Missouri T. Smith 2-5-7; 2-(-5) 4-1-5; 2-(-15) 3-1-4; 1-(-7) 1-0-1 4-4-8; 2-(-3) Curvey 2-3-5; 2-(-6) 2-3-5 3-2-5; 1-(-3) 2-0-2 1-2-3; 1-(-2) N. Leaders 2-2-4; 3-(-2) 3-3-6; 2-(-12) 3-1-4; 2-(-7) 2-1-3 3-1-4 Moorehead 3-0-3; 1-(-4) 3-0-3 1-1-2; 1-(-6) 0-1-1 1-1-2; 1-(-6) C. Johnson 1-2-3 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 Ko. Smith 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 TeBrink 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-3-4; 0.5-(-0) 1-0-1

LB No. Iowa at Iowa No. Illinois at Oklahoma St. Texas A&M at Colorado at Baylor Kansas Nebraska at Kansas St. Missouri Brown 6-2-8 6-1-7; 1-(-5) 4-3-7; 1-(-1) 6-2-8 4-2-6; 1-(-1) Anderson 3-0-3; 1-(-1) 7-3-10 1-1-2 9-2-11; 2.5-(-17) 3-0-3 Robertson 2-1-3 1-0-1 8-4-12; 2-(-4) 2-3-5; 0.5-(-1) 2-0-2 Dobbins 1-2-3; 2-(-6) 6-5-11; 2-(-2) 0-1-1 4-1-5 3-3-6 Buchanan 0-2-2; 1-(-3) 1-4-5 0-0-0 1-1-2 2-0-2 Viers 0-0-0 DNP 1-1-2 0-0-0 DNP

DB No. Iowa at Iowa No. Illinois at Oklahoma St. Texas A&M at Colorado at Baylor Kansas Nebraska at Kansas St. Missouri L. Hicks 3-2-5; 1-(-4) 3-0-3 3-0-3; 1-(-1) 2-0-2; 1-(-4) 1-0-1 Paris 1-3-4 5-2-7; 1-(-2) 9-2-11 6-0-6 1-6-7 Moser 3-0-3; 1-(-14) 6-3-9; 1-(-3) 7-4-11 7-2-9; 1-(-1) 5-1-6 Berg 1-1-2 1-0-1 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 Hobbs 1-1-2 6-1-7; 1-(-11) 5-3-8 4-2-6; 0.5-(-1) 4-0-4 Jackson 0-0-0 6-2-8 1-0-1 2-1-3 4-1-5 Poullard 0-0-0 0-2-2 2-0-2 0-0-0 2-1-3

Game-By-Game Misc. Defensive Stats Sacks No. Iowa at Iowa No. Illinois at Oklahoma St. Texas A&M at Colorado at Baylor Kansas Nebraska at Kansas St. Missouri L. Hicks 0.5-(-4) Curvey 1.5-(-6) Moorehead 1.0-(-4) Dobbins 0.5-(-4) Buchanan 0.5-(-3) Hobbs 1.0-(-11) N. Leaders 1.0-(-11) 0.5-(-3) T. Smith 2.0-(-15) TeBrink 0.5-(0) Robertson 0.5-(-3) Anderson 1.0-(-9)

Int. No. Iowa at Iowa No. Illinois at Oklahoma St. Texas A&M at Colorado at Baylor Kansas Nebraska at Kansas St. Missouri Robertson 1-3 1-20* Moser 2-30* Jackson 1-9 Hobbs 1-15

PBU No. Iowa at Iowa No. Illinois at Oklahoma St. Texas A&M at Colorado at Baylor Kansas Nebraska at Kansas St. Missouri L. Hicks 1 1 Moser 1 Jackson 2 1 1 T. Smith 1 Hobbs 1

FC No. Iowa at Iowa No. Illinois at Oklahoma St. Texas A&M at Colorado at Baylor Kansas Nebraska at Kansas St. Missouri

FR No. Iowa at Iowa No. Illinois at Oklahoma St. Texas A&M at Colorado at Baylor Kansas Nebraska at Kansas St. Missouri

Blocks No. Iowa at Iowa No. Illinois at Oklahoma St. Texas A&M at Colorado at Baylor Kansas Nebraska at Kansas St. Missouri N. Leaders FG Hobbs Punt Wright PAT

20 ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______www.cyclones.com 2004 Highs and Lows

Iowa State - Team High Low First Downs 27 vs. UNI 14 at Oklahoma State Rushing Attempts 56 vs. UNI 34 at Iowa Rushing Yards 202 vs. UNI 59 at Oklahoma State Pass Attempts 43 vs. Texas A&M 24 at Oklahoma State Pass Completions 18 vs. Texas A&M 13 at Oklahoma State Passing Yards 225 vs. N. Illinois 160 at Oklahoma State Total Offensive Plays 85 vs. Texas A&M 61 at Oklahoma State Total Offensive Yards 378 vs. UNI 219 at Oklahoma State Penalties 7 vs. N. Illinois 3 vs. Texas A&M Penalty Yardage 63 vs. N. Illinois 35 vs. Texas A&M Time of Possession 37:53 vs. UNI 24:31 at Oklahoma State

Opponent - Team High Low First Downs 24 by N. Illinois 7 by UNI Rushing Attempts 55 by Oklahoma State 32 by UNI Rushing Yards 189 by Oklahoma State 36 by UNI Pass Attempts 33 by N. Illinois 16 by Oklahoma State Pass Completions 20 by N. Illinois 8 by UNI Passing Yards 285 by N. Illinois 63 by UNI Total Offensive Plays 79 by N. Illinois 51 by UNI Total Offensive Yards 419 by Texas A&M 99 by UNI Penalties 10 by Texas A&M 3 by Oklahoma State Penalty Yardage 85 by Texas A&M 29 by Oklahoma State Time of Possession 35:29 by Oklahoma State 22:07 by UNI

Longest Plays of 2004 Iowa State - Individual Opponent - Individual Longest Touchdown Run 4, Austin Flynn vs. N. Illinois 21, Garrett Wolfe, N. Illinois Longest Touchdown Pass 47, Todd Blythe from Bret Meyer vs. N. Illinois 42, Dan Sheldon from Phil Horvath, N. Illinois Longest Run From Scrimmage 39, Stevie Hicks vs. UNI 34, Jermelle Lewis, Iowa Longest Pass 47, Todd Blythe from Bret Meyer vs. N. Illinois 45, D’Juan Woods from Donovan Woods, OSU Longest Kickoff Return 41, Ellis Hobbs at Iowa 36, Young, Iowa and Hickenbottom, N. Illinois Longest Punt Return 21, Todd Miller vs. UNI 36, Dan Sheldon, N. Illinois Longest Interception Return 30, Nik Moser vs. N. Illinois (TD) 15, Ray Smith, N. Illinois Longest Punt 53, Troy Blankenship at Oklahoma State 54, Anthony Gallagher, N. Illinois Most Punts 7, Troy Blankenship at Iowa/vs. N. Illinois 10, Cory Henke, UNI Highest Punting Average 42.0, Troy Blankenship vs. N. Illinois 42.0, Cory Henke, UNI Longest Field Goal 41, Brian Jansen at Iowa 39, Kyle Schlicher, Iowa; Jason Ricks, Okla. State Longest Field Goal Attempt 46, Brian Jansen at Iowa 44, Kyle Schlicher, Iowa; Jason Ricks, Okla. State Most Field Goal Attempts 4, Brian Jansen at Iowa 4, Jason Ricks, Oklahoma State Most Field Goals Made 1, Brian Jansen, three times 3, Jason Ricks, Oklahoma State Most Pass Attempts 24, B. Meyer vs. UNI; A. Flynn vs. A&M 33, Phil Horvath, N. Illinois Most Pass Completions 15, Bret Meyer vs. UNI 20, Phil Horvath, N. Illinois Most Yards Passing 149, Bret Meyer vs. N. Illinois 285, Phil Horvath, N. Illinois Most Passes Caught 6, Jon Davis at Iowa 6, Dan Sheldon, N. Illinois Most Yards Receiving 104, Todd Blythe vs. N. Illinois 107, Dan Sheldon, N. Illinois Most Rushing Attempts 24, Stevie Hicks vs. N. Illinois 30, Jermelle Lewis, Iowa Most Yards Rushing 111, Stevie Hicks vs. UNI 143, Vernand Morency, Oklahoma State Most Touchdowns 3, Todd Blythe vs. N. Illinois 2, Vernand Morency, Oklahoma State Most Touchdowns, Rushing 1, twice 2, Vernand Morency, Oklahoma State Most Touchdowns, Receiving 3, Todd Blythe vs. N. Illinois 1, 10 times Most Touchdowns, Passing 2, Bret Meyer vs. N. Illinois 4, Phil Horvath, N. Illinois Most Offensive Plays 36, Austin Flynn vs. Texas A&M 37, Phil Horvath, N. Illinois Most Total Offensive Yards 169, Bret Meyer vs. N. Illinois 275, Phil Horvath, N. Illinois www.cyclones.com ______2004 Cyclone Football Notes ______21