Cyclones Travel To K-State In Regular-Season Finale

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IOWA STATE (7-4, 5-3 Big 12)
At Kansas State (7-4, 4-4 Big 12)
Sat., Nov. 30 | 6:00 p.m. CT | Manhattan, Kan.
Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000)

Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters, Ben Bruns, Jack Whitver
TV: FS1
Talent: Brian Custer, Robert Smith
Radio: Sirius 121, XM 203, Tunein
Live Stats: cyclonestats.com

Cyclone Quick Hitters
-Iowa State (7-4, 5-3 Big 12), ranked 22nd in the College Football Playoff poll, wraps up its regular season traveling to Kansas State (7-4, 4-4 Big 12). ISU received 74 votes and was the first team out of the AP Top-25.
-Iowa State, bowl-eligible for the third-straight year, will finish above .500 in conference play for the third consecutive season and for only the fourth time in the Big 12 era (2000, 2017, 2018, 2019).
-Iowa State will finish above .500 overall for the third-straight season and has 23 wins over the last three seasons, one win shy from the school-record three-year winning stretch (24 wins) from 1976-78.
-ISU has played in six one-score games this season. ISU's four losses are by a combined 11 points to teams ranked in the CFP poll: Iowa (18-17), Baylor (23-21), Oklahoma St. (34-27), Oklahoma (42-41).
-Iowa State has appeared in the College Football Playoff rankings in each of the last three seasons, joining Oklahoma as the only two Big 12 teams to do so. With a total of nine appearances in the CFP rankings since 2017, ISU is tied for second in the Big 12 (15- Oklahoma, 9- Iowa State, 9- Oklahoma State).
-Iowa State, Oklahoma and Washington are the only "power 5" schools to avoid a loss of over 14 points in the last three seasons. ISU's worst loss since 2017 was a 24-10 setback at Texas in 2018.
-Iowa State's offense has thrived in 2019, ranking in the top-20 nationally in passing offense (6th, 330.5), yards per play (12th, 6.7), total offense (12th, 478.9) and scoring (19th, 35.6).
-ISU has recorded over 400 yards of total offense in 10 of 11 games this season and outgained its opponents in eight games. ISU school season marks in scoring (33.5) and total offense (439.6) were set in 1976.
-In Big 12 action, Iowa State is second in the league in scoring (34.2) and third in total offense (459.1).
-The Cyclones are outgaining their opponents by an average of 110.0 yards per game.
-ISU leads the nation in fourth-quarter scoring (139) this season and ranks second nationally in fourth quarter scoring differential at +75 (Florida, +87). ISU is the only team nationally to have four 20-point outbursts in the final stanza: ULM (24), Baylor (21), Oklahoma (20) and Kansas (20).
-ISU is one of two teams nationally (Hawaii) with four players with 600 yards receiving: Deshaunte Jones (822), Charlie Kolar (649), Tarique Milton (611) and La'Michael Pettway (600).
-The Cyclones lead the Big 12 and rank 28th nationally in rushing defense (125.0) and have allowed just nine rushing TDs, tying for the 14th-fewest in the nation.
-Sophomore QB Brock Purdy is having the most prolific season by an Iowa State signal-caller, breaking or tying 18 school records (game, season, career). Purdy has already set season school records in passing yardage (3,575), passing TDs (26), completions (280), total offense (3,843) and 300-yard passing games (6)
-Purdy's incredible season places him in elite company, ranking fourth in the nation in passing yardage (325.0), fourth in total offense (349.4) and third in completions (280, 25.5).
-Purdy has also set or tied single-game ISU marks in passing TDs (5 vs. OU), total offense (510 vs. ULM), TDs responsible (6 vs. ULM, OU) and completions (39 vs. OSU).
-Purdy is one of three players nationally with at least 26 passing TDs and eight rushing TDs (Justin Fields, Jalen Hurts) and ranks fourth nationally with nine 300-yard games of total offense.
-Purdy, a semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien Award, is one of three players in FBS with two games with six or more TDs responsible. He is 11-4 vs. Big 12 teams in his career, tying for the most vs. league foes in ISU history.
-Sophomore TE Charlie Kolar is one of eight semifinalists for the John Mackey Award. Among FBS tight ends, Kolar is 5th nationally in receiving yards (59.0), 4th in receptions (47) and T5th in TD catches (7). Kolar broke ISU's season mark for receiving yards by a tight end (649) and is rated as the 2nd-best TE nationally by PFF.
-True freshman RB Breece Hall has broke out in the last six games, averaging 116.5 yards, 5.3 ypc with eight rushing TDs, ranking 7th in rushing among "power 5" backs during that span (116.5).

Cyclones Travel To K-State In Regular-Season Finale

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