Iowa State Falls At Texas, 27-6

AUSTIN, Texas – Powered by a 21-point third quarter, Texas defeated Iowa State 27-6 Saturday night at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The loss drops ISU to 1-6 on the year and 0-4 in Big 12 competition, while Texas moves up to 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the league.

Iowa State got the first six points of the game on the board via a pair of Cole Netten field goals, but the Longhorn defense stepped up to restrict the Cyclones to 280 yards of total offense while posting eight sacks.

Keys of the Game
ISU kept its first scoring drive alive with Joel Lanning finding Allen Lazard for a 30-yard pass-and-catch, which eventually led to a Cole Netten 39-yard field goal and a 3-0 ISU lead. The Cyclones quickly got the ball back via a Willie Harvey fumble recovery, and tacked on another Netten three-pointer, this one from 25 yards to double the advantage to 6-0.

The defensive struggle continued into the second quarter, with both teams struggling to sustain drives. Texas was able to cut the ISU lead in half heading into the break with a 21-yard field goal from Trent Domingue. A 47-yard Kene Nwangwu kickoff return and a quick 20-yard connection between Jacob Park and Deshaunte Jones gave ISU one more chance to get on the board, but Netten's 50-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left.

The Texas offense rode the end-of-half momentum to begin the third, as Shane Buechele found a wide-open Jerrod Heard for a 37-yard TD catch to give Texas a 10-6 lead. The UT defense stuffed the Cyclones on fourth down, and four plays later made it 17-6 when Buechele found Devin Duvernay for a 75-yard score. UT got its third touchdown of the third quarter with 53 seconds left when D'Onta Foreman powered in from 18 yards out.

Players of Note
Allen Lazard led the Iowa State receiving corps with seven catches for 65 yards. The effort helped move him into ISU's all-time top five in a pair of categories. He now ranks fifth in school history with 1,849 receiving yards and fifth with 135 catches.

Deshaunte Jones had another strong day, recording career-bests for catches (five) and receiving yards (87).

Though Cole Netten saw his streak of consecutive made field goals end at 15, he still managed to drain field goals from 39 and 25 yards in the game.

Colin Downing had another impressive day punting for the Cyclones, with his seven punts averaging 46.3 yards, including two pinning UT inside its own 10-yard line.

Kane Seeley led the Cyclone defense with 11 tackles, tying his season-high also attained against San Jose State, and got his first career interception in the fourth quarter.

Cyclone Quick Hits
*Allen Lazard now has a reception in a school-record 30-consecutive games.
*Lazard is now in ISU's all-time top-five for receiving yards (fourth, 1,8xx) and receptions (fifth, 13x).
*Cole Netten saw his streak of consecutive field goals made end at 15, a streak which dated back to the 2015 season.
*Netten now ranks second in ISU history for career field goals made at 45.
*Deshaunte Jones set career-highs in catches (five) and receiving yards (87).

Up Next
Iowa State will have a bye next week before returning to Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 29 against Kansas State. The time and TV network designation for the Homecoming game will be announced at a later date.

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Team Stats

Joel Lanning

Jacob Park

Players Mentioned

Colin Downing

Willie Harvey

Deshaunte Jones

Joel Lanning

Allen Lazard

Cole Netten

Kene Nwangwu

Jacob Park

Kane Seeley

Players Mentioned

Colin Downing

Willie Harvey

Deshaunte Jones

Joel Lanning

Allen Lazard

Cole Netten

Kene Nwangwu

Jacob Park

Kane Seeley

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