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2005 Cyclone Football 2004 Big 12 North Division co-Champion 2004 Independence Bowl Champion 2004 Big 12 Coach of the Year Dan McCarney 2004 Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year Tim Dobbins Game 10: No. 22/21 Colorado (7-2, 5-1) at IOWA STATE (6-3, 3-3) Radio: Cyclone Radio Network John Walters (PBP), Eric Heft (color) Saturday, Nov. 12 • 6 p.m. CST Ben Bruns (sideline) Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa SIRIUS Satellite Radio (ch. 123) Cyclones Bowl Eligible for Fifth Time in Six Years Iowa State holds K-State rushing attack to 12 yards TV: Fox Sports Net (national) Joel Meyers (PBP) Cyclone Rushing Defense Mark Nearly 40 Yards Below ISU Record Dave Lapham (color) WR Todd Blythe tied for fi rst on school’s all-time TD reception list (15) Jim Knox (sideline) ISU Sets School Mark with 37+ Pts. in Three Consec. Big 12 Games 2004 Big 12 North Co-Champs Again Locked in Battle for Trophy Iowa State Cyclones THE BASICS (6-3, 3-3 Big 12) Bowl-eligible Iowa State (6-3, 3-3), coming off a 45-17 win against Kansas State, S3 ILLINOIS STATE ..........................W, 32-21 takes on Big 12 North leader Colorado (7-2, 5-1) under the lights at Jack Trice S10 IOWA (ABC) ..................................W, 23-3 Stadium ... an Iowa State win would keep its hopes alive for a second-straight Big S23 at Army (ESPN2) .........................W, 28-21 12 North championship trophy and mark the Cyclones’ fi rst win in Ames over the O1 *at Nebraska (ABC) ............ L, 20-27 (2OT) Buffaloes since 1983 ... this will be Iowa State’s fi fth of six scheduled television O8 *BAYLOR (F) ................................ L, 13-23 appearances of the season, with the Kansas game (Nov. 26) also slated for FSN ... O15 *at Missouri ......................... L, 24-27 (OT) O22 *OKLAHOMA STATE (H) ............W, 37-10 ISU and CU have played at night in November recently, in 2001 and 2002 ... after O29 *at Texas A&M (ABC) .................W, 42-14 a slow start to the conference season, the Cyclones have won three consecutive N5 *KANSAS STATE .........................W, 45-17 games by a combined score of 124-41 ... this is the fi rst time in school history N12 *COLORADO (FSN) .......................6 p.m. that ISU has scored 37 or more points in three consecutive league games, and N26 *at Kansas (FSN) ...................... 11:30 a.m. the fi rst time over 40 points in back-to-back conference tilts since 2002 ... Iowa Home games in CAPS; all times Central State RB Stevie Hicks earned Big 12 offensive player of the week honors, as he (F) Family Weekend; (H) Homecoming; tallied a season-high 149 yards against KSU, including a 37-yard touchdown in *Big 12 Conference Game the fourth quarter ... the story was not so much the ISU offense, but rather the Colorado Buffaloes defense ... the Cyclones limited Kansas State to 12 rushing yards, the second- lowest opponent rushing total ever in a conference game by an ISU squad (-16 (7-2, 5-1 Big 12) by Colorado in 1984) and eighth-best in school history ... ISU converted three S3 COLORADO STATE ....................W, 31-28 Wildcat turnovers into 17 points ... ISU’s secondary of LaMarcus Hicks, DeAn- S10 NEW MEXICO STATE ...................W, 39-0 S24 at Miami (Fla.) ................................ L, 3-23 dre Jackson, Nik Moser and Steve Paris have combined for 14 of the Cyclones’ O1 *at Oklahoma State ......................W, 34-0 league-leading 16 interceptions ... ISU is allowing 99.4 rushing yards per game O8 *TEXAS A&M ..............................W, 41-20 this season ... that mark is nearly 40 yards per game better than the school record O15 *at Texas ...................................... L, 17-42 (139.2 ypg in 2004) ... ISU QB Bret Meyer became the sixth Cyclone to reach O22 *KANSAS ....................................W, 44-13 4,000 career passing yards (4,040) ... Meyer is currently second all-time in passing O29 *at Kansas State .........................W, 23-20 effi ciency (127.89 rating) behind Bret Oberg (130.91 in 1988-89) ... Meyer’s 23 N5 *MISSOURI ................................W, 41-12 career touchdown passes rank sixth ... Meyer’s 318 career completions are fi fth N12 *at Iowa State ...............................6 p.m. all-time ... WR Todd Blythe tied for ISU’s career lead in touchdown receptions N25 *NEBRASKA .............................. 2:30 p.m. with his 15th last week ... of Blythe’s 15 TD grabs, 12 have come from Meyer, Home games in CAPS; all times Central *Big 12 Conference Game also an ISU record for touchdown passing tandems ... Blythe is also fi fth all-time in receiving yards (1,549) ... FB Ryan Kock has 12 rushing touchdowns this year, an ISU fullback record ... Kock is also ninth on the single-season list for all posi- Iowa State University Athletic Media Relations tions ... Colorado comes in with a two-game lead in the Big 12 North and will Tom Kroeschell, Director (Football Contact) try to cement the division title ... the Buffaloes’ only two losses in 2005 were at [email protected] top-10 foes Miami (Fla.) and Texas ... CU has topped 40 points in three league Offi ce: (515) 294-3372 wins ... this week’s game marks Dan McCarney’s 127th contest as the Cyclone Fax: (515) 294-0558 head coach, the longest tenure of any head football coach in ISU history ... he is Mailing Address: Jacobson Athletic Bldg. 1800 S. 4th St. in his 11th season as Cyclone head coach, currently the second-longest mark in Ames, IA 50010 the Big 12 ... Colorado placekicker Mason Crosby hit on fi eld goals attempts of 33-, 54- and 60-yards in the Buffaloes’ 19-14 win in Boulder last season ... Iowa State’s fi ve trips into the Colorado redzone resulted in two fourth-down stops, missed fi eld goal attempts of 22- and 25-yards and a lost fumble. www.cyclones.com 2005 Cyclone Football 1 LAST WEEK: CYCLONES CONTINUE ONSLAUGHT WITH 45-17 WIN OVER KSU 2005 BIG 12 STANDINGS Iowa State scored three touchdowns in the fi rst seven minutes of the second half as the Cyclones purged the ghosts of past Wildcat encounters in Jack Conf All Trice Stadium with a 45-17 victory over Kansas State ... Kansas State had NORTH W L W L PF PA outscored Iowa State a combined 171-38 in its previous four meetings in Colorado 5 1 7 2 273 158 Ames, all KSU wins ... Iowa State led 17-10 at the break and drove 74 yards Missouri 3 3 5 4 272 267 IOWA STATE 3 3 6 3 264 163 in nine plays with FB Ryan Kock going over from the 1-yard line for a 24-10 Kansas 2 4 5 4 189 164 advantage to cap the fi rst posession of the second half ... on Kansas State’s Nebraska 2 4 5 4 207 196 next play from scrimmage, ISU FS Nik Moser literally grabbed a pass out Kansas State 1 5 4 5 228 250 of the arms of KSU WR Jeremy Moreira’s at the Wildcat 31-yard line ... ISU QB Bret Meyer hit WR Austin Flynn on a 9-yard TD pass on the ensuing Conf All possession for a 31-10 advantage ... Moreira fumbled the following kickoff SOUTH W L W L PF PA and Kock scored his ISU single season fullback record 12th TD from 1-yard Texas 6 0 9 0 435 129 out fi ve plays later as the Cyclones beat the Wildcats for the second straight Texas Tech 5 1 8 1 423 168 season for the fi rst time since the 1988-89 campaigns ... the game marked Oklahoma 4 1 5 3 207 196 the third straight conference game in which the Cyclones had scored at least Texas A&M 3 3 5 4 293 267 37 points, an Iowa State fi rst ... Stevie Hicks rushed for 149 yards, 130 in Baylor 1 5 4 5 176 226 Oklahoma State 0 5 3 5 150 241 the second half with a 37-yard TD dash to ice the game with 6:28 left ... the game was Hicks’ ninth career 100-yard effort ... Iowa State QB Bret Meyer UPCOMING GAMES passed the 4,000-yard career passing mark by hitting on 16-of-23 passes Saturday, Nov. 12 for 194 yards and three touchdowns ... the bigger story was the Iowa State *Texas A&M at Oklahoma, 11 a.m. (ABC) defense, which held Kansas State to 12 yards rushing on 29 attempts, the *Texas Tech at Oklahoma State, 1 p.m. second-best defensive effort on the ground against a conference foe in *Baylor at Missouri, 1 p.m. *Kansas State at Nebraska, 1 p.m. school history ... ISU DT Brent Curvey was dominant inside, making nine *Kansas at Texas, 2:30 p.m. (ABC) tackles, 2 1/2 behind the line of scrimmage for 20 yards in losses, a pair of *Colorado at Iowa State, 6 p.m. (FSN) sacks for 19 yards in losses and blocking a fi eld goal ... Iowa State outgained Saturday, Nov. 19 Kansas State, 415-233. *Oklahoma at Texas Tech *Missouri at Kansas State 2004 REVIEW: CYCLONES TAKE INDY BOWL TITLE, FINISH 7-5 *Oklahoma State at Baylor It was perhaps, the most extraordinary football season in Iowa State history ... Friday, Nov. 25 after going 2-10 in 2003 the Cyclones were picked for sixth in the Big 12 North *Texas at Texas A&M, 11 a.m. (ABC) Division because there was no seventh ... Iowa State started the season 2-4 *Nebraska at Colorado, 2:30 p.m.