Cowboys Trail Cyclones After Three Quarters
Oklahoma State's football team trails Iowa State 27-20 after three quarters at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa, on Saturday.
Both teams had to punt on their first two possessions, then OSU got a two play drive for a touchdown.
Ollie Gordon gained 71 yards on a run around the left side, then Alan Bowman kept for a 12-yard touchdown to put OSU up 7-0 with 5:40 to play in the first quarter.
Iowa State got into Cowboy territory, then facing a 4th and 4 from the OSU 38, Rocco Becht passed to a wide open Jaylin Noel for a 38-yard touchdown to tie the game at 7 with 3:23 to play in the first quarter.
Both teams had to punt on their next possessions to end the first quarter.
OSU went three-and-out and punted on their first possession of the second quarter.
Iowa State then took just three plays to score, getting a 32-yard pass from Becht to Noel, then two plays later, Becht passed to an open Daniel Jackson, who got behind the Cowboy secondary for a 29-yard touchdown to put the Cyclones up 14-7 with 12:55 left in the second quarter.
Oklahoma State answered with their own score, as Bowman passed deep to Jaden Nixon for a 60-yard touchdown to cap a four-play drive and tie the game at 14 with 11:01 left in the first half.
Iowa State regained the lead by getting a 51-yard field goal by Chase Contreraz to go up 17-14 with 7:12 to play in the second quarter.
OSU punted after three downs, and Iowa State got three more points on a 46-yard field goal by Contreraz and it was 20-14 with 43 seconds left in the first half.
The Cowboys were able to get into field goal range and Alex Hale kicked a 38-yarder as time expired in the first half, to make it 20-17 Cyclones at halftime.
Iowa State punted after three plays to start the second half.
OSU moved into Cyclone territory, but Bowman was intercepted by Beau Freyler, who returned it 18 yards to the ISU 35-yard line.
Both teams punted, and Iowa State took over on the OSU 47-yard line after just a 31-yard Cowboy punt.
It took the Cyclones just two plays to score, as Becht passed to Abu Sama for 21 yards, then found a wide open Daniel Jackson over the middle for a 26-yard touchdown to make it 27-17 Iowa State with 5:30 left in the third quarter.
OSU responded, getting a 17-yard gain on a pass from Bowman to Jaden Bray, which set up a 53-yard field goal by Alex Hale to cut ISU's lead to 27-20 with 2:54 to play in the third quarter.
The field goal was the longest of Hale's career.
Iowa State was driving and inside the OSU 10-yard line as third quarter ended.
OSU had won four straight games in Ames before a loss in 2021.