Cyclones Drop 38-35 Heartbreaker at Kansas State

MANHATTAN, Kansas – Iowa State fell 38-35 to Kansas State on Saturday afternoon, as K-State kicker Jack Cantele converted a 42-yard field goal with three seconds left in the game.

The Cyclones got on the board first with a Trever Ryen 21-yard TD catch from Joel Lanning, as the Cyclones tallied the first points for the fifth time in the last six games.

After KSU evened the score at 7-7, the Cyclones took the lead again after a key forced fumble by Brian Mills deep in KSU territory. Lanning scored moments later on a 4^th-and-goal run at the 1-yard line to put ISU up 14-7

With ISU leading 21-14, the Cyclones tallied two 2^nd quarter TDs to go into the half with a 35-14 lead. Mike Warren busted out with a career-long 76-yard TD rush. Lanning then hit Lazard for a TD for the second time in the opening period on a 16-yard toss.

It was all Kansas State in the second half, however. The Wildcats had the ball first to start the third quarter and put together a 12-play 67-yard touchdown drive, culminating in an 8-yard Charles Jones touchdown run. The Wildcats would tack on two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter, including another touchdown run for Jones with 42 seconds left in the game to knot the score at 35-35.

Attempting to put together one final drive in regulation, Lanning was forced from the pocket and fumbled with 10 seconds remaining. K-State recovered, setting up Cantele's game-winner to seal the Wildcat comeback.

Keys of the Game
The Cyclones fumbled the ball eight times on Saturday, with Kansas State recovering four of the miscues. Iowa State fumbles set up Kansas State's last two scores of the game.

Players of Note...
Mike Warren rushed for 195 yards on 22 carries en route to his sixth 100-yard game of the season to tie for eighth on ISU's season list. Warren broke free on a 76-yard TD rush, tying for the 12^th-longest rush in school history.

Lanning was also a bright spot, tossing three TD passes. He also rushed for a TD, his third TD run in the last two games. He was 15-of-20 for 210 yards through the air.

Cyclone Quick Hits
*Iowa State's 35 points in the first half was the highest total this year and the most by a Cyclone team since scoring 38 in the opening period at Kansas in 2012.
*Allen Lazard recorded his first multi-TD catch game with 2 TDs on 4 catches for 77 yards.
*Trever Ryen scored his first TD reception of his career. He now has a TD rush, TD catch and TD punt return this year.
*ISU rushed for over 200 yards (238) for the seventh time in its last nine games. The last time ISU had seven games with 200+ yards was 2009.
*Gained over 400 yards (448) of total offense for the seventh time this season.

Next Up
Iowa State travels to West Virginia next Saturday for an 11 a.m. kickoff. The game will be televised by FS1.

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Players Mentioned

Joel Lanning

Allen Lazard

Brian Mills

Trever Ryen

Mike Warren

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