MIKE GREEN Assistant Athletics Director Athletics Communications Iowa State Athletics FOOTBALL Jacobson Athletic Building Ames, Iowa 50011 8-2 OVERALL 8-1 BIG 12 5-1 HOME 3-1 AWAY 0-0 NEUTRAL (515) 460-5804 [email protected] IOWA STATE CYCLONES OKLAHOMA Sooners 8-2 overall (8-1 Big 12) 7-2 overall (6-2 Big 12) vs Rankings: (AP/C/CFP): 8/8/7 Overall: 69-42 (9th year) Rankings: (AP/C/CFP): 12/10/11 Overall: 43-8 (4th year) Head Coach: Matt Campbell ISU Record: 34-27 (5th year) Head Coach: Lincoln Riley OU Record: 43-8 (4th year) BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SAT., DEC. 19, 2020 / 11:00 AM Sean McDonough, pxp John Walters, pxp Live Stats Eric Heft, analyst at cyclonestats.com AT&T Stadium / Arlington, Texas Todd Blackledge, analyst T. McShay/A. Williams, reporters Ben Bruns, sideline THE LEAD 2020 SCHEDULE No. 8 Iowa State (8-2, 8-1 Big 12) will play in a Big 12 Championship game for the SEPTEMBER first time in school history vs. No. 12 Oklahoma (7-2, 6-2 Big 12). ISU hasn’t won 12 LOUISIANA (ESPN) L, 14-31 or shared a league title since 1912, but finished alone in first place in the final 26 *at TCU (FS1) W, 37-34 Big 12 regular-season standings for the first time in program history. ISU’s eight league wins is a school record and its five-game winning streak vs. league foes OCTOBER 3 *#18 OKLAHOMA (ABC) W, 37-30 ties a school mark. ISU’s record for wins in a season is nine (1906, 2000). 10 *TEXAS TECH (ABC) W, 31-15 24 *at #6 Oklahoma State (FOX) L, 21-24 KEY STORYLINES 31 *at Kansas (FS1) W, 52-22 J Iowa State and Oklahoma have split the J ISU boasts the NCAA’s leading rusher in NOVEMBER last four series meetings (2-2) with ISU Breece Hall (1,357), tallying 90+ rushing 7 *BAYLOR (FS1) W, 38-31 owning a +3 scoring advantage (143-140). yards and a rush TD in all 10 games. 21 *KANSAS STATE (FOX) W, 45-0 J Iowa State and Oklahoma are the only two J ISU is on pace to set a school record in 27 *at #20 Texas (ABC) W, 23-20 Big 12 teams to appear in the CFP playoff scoring offense (34.0) and leads the Big DECEMBER rankings in each of the last four seasons. 12 (league games only) in yards per play 5 *WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN) W, 42-6 at 6.8. J Iowa State is 24-12 in conference play in 19 $vs. #12 Oklahoma (ABC) 11 AM the last four seasons, second to OU for J ISU has scored 30+ points in seven of *Big 12 Conference Game $Big 12 Championship Game/AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas wins in the league during that span. nine Big 12 games for the first time in school history. J Iowa State’s senior class is the winningest in school history, compiling a 31-18 record J In its last 14 quarters, ISU has during their four years in Ames. outscored its opposition, 138-36. QUICK FACTS Location Ames, Iowa Founded 1848 Enrollment 31,825 5 24 7 Nickname Cyclones Mascot Cy Colors Cardinal & Gold Conference games in Big 12 victories by ISU Iowa State’s ranking Affiliation NCAA Division I a row Iowa State has since 2017, ranking in the third College Conference Big 12 won, tying the the second in the league Football Playoff poll, Facility MidAmerican Energy Field school record (2018). during that span: Iowa State’s highest at Jack Trice Stadium JUST THE JUST ISU has won seven- FACTS Oklahoma, 30, Iowa ranking in any poll in Capacity 61,500 straight league games State 24, Texas 22. school history. President Dr. Wendy Wintersteen at home, a school It’s the best four-year Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard record and the best conference winning active streak in the period in program history. league. FOLLOW THE CYCLONES Iowa State Football @CycloneFB @istateFB @CycloneATH cyclones.com COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH Name Position Year at ISU College, year Twitter Field Coaches MATT Matt Caponi Cornerbacks 2nd Mt. Union, ‘05 @Coach_horsepwr CAMPBELL Jon Heacock Def. Coordinator 5th Muskingum, ‘83 @Coach_Heacock 5th year at ISU Mick McCall Running Backs 1st So. Colorado, ‘78 @McCallMick Jeff Myers Offensive Line 5th Toledo, ‘14 @Coach_Myers Twitter: Eli Rasheed Defensive Line 5th Indiana, ‘95 @CoachRasheed @ISUMattCampbell Nate Scheelhaase Wide Receivers 3rd Illinois, ‘12 @CoachNateISU College: In the Press Box Mt. Union (Ohio), ‘02 Joel Gordon Pass Game Coord. 5th Shepherd, ‘03 @CoachJGordo Wife: Erica Tom Manning Off. Coordinator/TEs 4th Mt. Union, ‘05 @Coach_TomManning Children: Katie, Izzy, D.K. McDonald Safeties 5th Edinboro, ‘01 @DKMcDonald1 Rudy and Rocco Tyson Veidt Asst. HC/Linebackers 5th Muskingum, ‘96 @TysonVeidt Birthdate: Nov. 29, Football Support Staff 1979 (41 years old) Dave Andrews Dir. of FB Str. & Con. 1st Ohio State, ‘04 Greg Brabenec Dir. of Operations 5th Bowling Green, ‘11 @GregBrabenec COACH NOTES George Courides Asst. FB Str. & Con. 4th E. Stroudsburg, ‘08 @GeorgeCourides Erica Genise Executive Assistant 9th Iowa, ‘93 @egenise Rob Grande Executive Off. Analyst 1st Salisbury, ‘93 @CoachRobGrande J Owns best career winning pct. in ISU history at .557 (modern era; since 1928). Steve Hauser ST Analyst/QC 3rd Wesleyan, ‘11 @CoachHauserISU Jace Heacock Quality Control/Def. 1st Iowa State, ‘19 @CoachHeacock J Led ISU to a first-place finish in the final Kyle Highland Recruiting Oper. 5th Simpson, ‘16 @KHigh4Cy regular-season league standings (2020, Aaron Hillmann Dir. Player Develop. 4th Missouri, ‘91 @aaronhillmann 8-1) for the first time in school history. Derek Hoodjer Dir. Player Person. 9th Iowa State, ‘14 @CoachDHoodjer J Only coach in school history to defeat Kyle Kempt Graduate Assistant 2nd Iowa State, ‘18 @KyleKempt every league team in his career. Colby Kratch Asst. Dir. Scouting 3rd Toledo, ‘13 @Coach_Kratch Joel Lanning Graduate Assistant 2nd Iowa State, ‘17 @JFL_02 J Set school records for conference wins Dillon Minshall Dir. of Creative Media 1st Iowa State, ‘20 @Dillon_JM in a season (8-1) and highest ranking in Taylor Mouser Sr. Quality Control/Off. 5th Adams State, ‘13 @Coach_Mouser school history (No. 7). Natasha Novak Dir. On-Campus Rec. 2nd Iowa State, ‘18 @NatashMNovak J Owns 32.0 pct. of ISU’s all-time wins D’Andre Payne Graduate Assistant 1st Iowa State, ‘17 @realdpayne over ranked opponents. Campbell has Greg Pyszczynski Asst. FB Str. & Con. 5th St. John Fisher, ‘07 @coachG97 eight wins vs. rated foes at Iowa State. Xavier Quigley Graduate Assistant 1st Akron, ‘18 @CoachXQuig J Registered three of the program’s four Josh Rosenthal Asst. Dir. Scouting 2nd Concordia, ‘11 @RosieISU wins against top-six-ranked opponents. Trever Ryen Asst. FB Str. & Con. 1st Iowa State, ‘17 @TrevRyen19 Mike Saltus Dir. of New Media 4th West Virginia, ‘16 @waytoosalty J Only coach in school history with four- Tyler Scudder Sr. Quality Control/Def. 3rd West Virginia, ‘09 @CoachScud straight winning seasons (2017-20). Rachel Voet Dir. of Sports Nutrition 1st Iowa State, ‘17 @rachellukowski J Owns four of ISU’s five winning Freddie Walker Asst. FB Str. & Con. 1st Bowling Green, ‘09 @C_FJWalker29 conference records in Big 12 history. J His 26 wins vs. Big 12 teams is already CAMPBELL’S YEARLY RECORD 2nd all-time in ISU history for coaching wins vs. league opponents. Year School W-L Con. Bowl Year School W-L Con. Bowl J Member of five Division III national 2011 Toledo 1-0 0-0 Military 2016 Iowa St. 3-9 2-7 ----- championships as a player and coach at 2012 Toledo 9-4 6-2 Potato 2017 Iowa St. 8-5 5-4 Liberty perennial power Mt. Union (Ohio). 2013 Toledo 7-5 5-3 ----- 2018 Iowa St. 8-5 6-3 Alamo 2014 Toledo 9-4 7-1 GoDaddy 2019 Iowa St. 7-6 5-4 Camp. World J Two-time All-American on d-line and 2015 Toledo 9-2 6-2 Boca Raton 2020 Iowa St. 8-2 8-1 Academic All-American at Mt. Union. HONORS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Connor Assalley UH-sally Jared Rus Rhymes with bus Arnold Azunna ah-ZOO-nah Derek Schweiger Shh-WHY-ger 2018 Big 12 Co-Coach of the Year Jirehl Brock JYE-rell Matt Seres Sears 2017 Big 12 Coach of the Year Dae’Shawn Davis DAY-Shawn Mason Skovgard Skoov-guard 2015 MAC Coach of the Year D’Shane James DUH-Shane Dylan Soehner SAY-ner Alex Kleinow KLINE-ow Dan Sichterman SICK-tur-man AS A HEAD COACH Charlie Kolar COE-lerr Jack Tiarks Tarks Kade Lynott Lie-not Micheal Tweten TWEET-in IOWA STATE (2016-present) 34-27 (.557) Kene Nwangwu kuh-NAY new-WAHN-goo Eyioma Uwazurike Ew-wha-zah-REE-kay TOLEDO (2011-2015) 35-15 (.700) Eddie Ogamba oh-GAUM-buh Gerry Vaughn Gary Conference Championships: Joey Ramos RAY-mos Datrone Young DAY-trone 2014 (MAC West), 2015 (MAC West) Sam Rengert RANG-ert Isheem Young EYE-sheem CAREER (9 years) 69-42 (.622) CONFERENCE (ISU) 26-19 (.578) NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year Hometown (High School/Prev. School) No. Name Pos. 1 Tarique Milton** WR 5-10 188 Jr.# Bradenton, Fla. (Manatee) 82 Landen Akers*** WR 1 Isheem Young DB 5-10 208 Fr.# Philadelphia, Pa. (Imhotep Charter) 11 Chase Allen*** TE 2 Sean Shaw Jr.* WR 6-6 212 So.# Jones, Okla. (Jones) 84 Ezeriah Anderson WR 2 Datrone Young** DB 5-9 170 Jr.# Delray Beach, Fla. (Atlantic) 14 Michal Antoine Jr.