Iowa State Falls At Texas Tech, 66-31

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Iowa State Falls At Texas Tech, 66-31

10.10.2015 | Football

By: cyclones.com

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech (4-2, 1-2 Big 12) defeated Iowa State (2-3, 1-1 Big 12) by a score of 66-31 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas on Saturday. ISU freshman Mike Warren ran for 245 yards against the Red Raiders, the eighth-best single-game rushing effort in school history.

How It Happened
Texas Tech got off to a quick start, jumping out to a 10-0 lead following a field goal and DeAndre Washington touchdown run on TTU's first two drives of the game. Iowa State would respond with a 33-yard touchdown pass from Sam B. Richardson to Quenton Bundrage to cut the deficit to 10-7 with 7:03 left in the opening quarter.

The two teams would then trade touchdown drives, as the Red Raiders ended a high-scoring first quarter with a 75-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Patrick Mahomes to Jakeem Grant. Iowa State then put together a nine-play, 68-yard drive, culminating in a one-yard touchdown run by freshman Joshua Thomas to make the score 17-14 early in the second quarter.

The Red Raiders proceeded to score 21 unanswered points, all touchdown passes from Mahomes, as Texas Tech built a 38-14 lead with 2:42 remaining in the half. Thomas punched in his second touchdown of the game from one yard out to make the score 38-21 at the intermission.

Iowa State made it a two score game with a 20-yard field goal from Cole Netten to open the scoring in the second half, cutting the deficit to 38-24. However, the next four scores of the game would belong to the Red Raiders, as TTU built its lead to 66-24.

Joel Lanning found the end zone on a short touchdown run on the Cyclones' final possession of the game, the first score of the redshirt sophomore's career.

Players of Note...
Mike Warren put up his 245 rushing yards on 23 carries, making him the first Cyclone back to eclipse the 200-yard mark since Ennis Haywood rumbled for 219 vs. Ohio in 2001. Just five games into the season, Warren has set the school's single-season freshman rushing record, with 574 yards just five games into his career. The previous freshman record was 471, set by Stevie Hicks in 2001.

Cyclone Quick Hits
*RB Mike Warren is the first Cyclone (any class) with three straight 100-yard games since 2010 (Alexander Robinson; Texas, Kansas and Nebraska).
*Warren is one of two freshmen in FBS with three 100-yard games this season (Lamar Jackson, Louisville).
*Warren is the first Cyclone freshman to record three straight 100-yard games.
*Warren's 245 rushing yards are the most by a freshman in a single game in the NCAA this season.
*Warren is the first Cyclone (any class) with three straight 100-yard games since 2010 (Alexander Robinson; Texas, Kansas and Nebraska).
*WR Allen Lazard has caught a pass in 17-consecutive games.
*WR Quenton Bundrage caught his 13th career touchdown, good for sixth on the ISU career chart.
*Warren is one of two freshmen in FBS with three 100-yard games this season (Lamar Jackson, Louisville).
*Warren is the first Cyclone freshman to record three straight 100-yard games.
*DT Demond Tucker recorded a sack today; now has 2.5 on the season.
*P Colin Downing booted a career-long 61-yard punt.