Iowa State Hosts No. 5 Oklahoma In Big 12 Opener

Oklahoma

IOWA STATE (0-1, 0-0 Big 12)
vs. No. 5 Oklahoma (2-0, 0-0 Big 12)
Sat., Sept. 15 | 11 A.M. CST | Ames Iowa
MidAmerican Energy Field At Jack Trice Stadium (61,500)

Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters, Eric Heft, Ben Bruns
TV: ABC
Talent: Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill
Live Stats: cyclonestats.com

Quick Hits
-Iowa State (0-1, 0-0 Big 12) plays host to No. 5 Oklahoma (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) Saturday on ABC.
-OU leads the all-time series vs. ISU at 74-6-2. The Sooners are 36-2-1 vs. the Cyclones in games played in Ames. ISU's last win over Oklahoma in Ames was a 10-6 victory in 1960, as the -Sooners have won 23-straight games in Ames.
-Iowa State ended an 18-game losing streak to Oklahoma with a 38-31 win in Norman last season. It also ended a 20-game losing streak to ranked opponents and halted OU's 14-game overall winning streak, the NCAA's best overall winning streak at the time.
-ISU is 5-17 all-time in Big 12 season-openers. Its last season-opening Big 12 win was in 2015 (Kansas, 38-13).
-Iowa State is 3-1 in its last four games vs. ranked opponents (Oklahoma, TCU, Memphis).
-Iowa State will induct seven former athletes into its Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend, including former All-Big Eight LB Dennis Gibson (1983-86). Gibson went onto a nine-year NFL career, starting 120 of his 121 games played. He is remembered for his "Immaculate Deflection," the tipped pass on the final play of the 1995 AFC Championship Game vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers to send the San Diego Chargers to the Super Bowl.
-ISU has had over 50,000 fans attend a game at MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium for a school-record 45-straight games.
-The Cyclones had their first game of the season vs. South Dakota State cancelled due to severe weather. It marked the first time Iowa State had a game cancelled since 1963 when its final game of the season vs. Drake was cancelled due to the JFK assassination.
-Iowa State fell to Iowa on the road in its season-opener, 13-3. The Cyclones held Iowa to just 271 yards of total offense, but couldn't get much going on offense with just 188 yards. It marked the first time the Cyclones opened a season with a road game since 1987 (at Tulane).
-Only one team (Oklahoma State) has scored more then 20 points vs. Iowa State in its last nine games, giving up an average of 17.2 points during that span.
-In its last nine games, ISU's defense is allowing 7.9 points offensive points in the second half.
-LB Mike Rose, who became the first Cyclone true freshman defender to start a season-opener since 2006, led the Cyclones with 11 tackles against Iowa. He also had a TFL and a PBU in his outstanding debut. He is currently the nation's leading freshman tackler at 11.0 tpg.
-QB Kyle Kempt has a string of 151-straight passes without an interception, five shy from the school record held by Bret Meyer at 155 in 2005. Kempt, who completed 15-of-21 passes vs. Iowa, is ISU's career leader in completion percentage (66.9) and passing efficiency (144.2).
-CB Brian Peavy has 37 career passes defended in his career, ranking No. 1 among active FBS players. He had two pass breakups vs. Iowa.
-WR Hakeem Butler had three catches for 35 yards vs. Iowa. He increased his team-high streak of consecutive games with a reception to 16.
-Iowa State had four receptions from its tight end crew vs. Iowa (Chase Allen- 3 for 18 yards; Dylan Soehner- 1 for 0 yards). ISU had only five catches from its tight ends in 2017.
-LB Willie Harvey tallied nine tackles and 0.5 TFL on Saturday vs. Iowa. He is ISU's active leader in TFL with 22.5.
-ISU has just two lost fumbles in its last 978 offensive plays from scrimmage.
-Iowa State had just five seniors start in its season-opener vs. Iowa: 10 juniors, 6 sophomores, 1 freshman.
-In the Matt Campbell era, ISU is 10-2 when winning the turnover margin and 1-13 when losing or tying the turnover margin in a game.

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Players Mentioned

Chase Allen

Hakeem Butler

Willie Harvey

Kyle Kempt

Brian Peavy

Mike Rose

Dylan Soehner

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