PRIMER: Cy-Hawk Week In Iowa

AMES, Iowa - Iowa State meets No. 21 Iowa Saturday afternoon as the schools play for the 71st time in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series showdown at Kinnick Stadium.

Who: Iowa State (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) at No. 21 Iowa (1-0, 0-0 Big Ten)
Where: Kinnick Stadium (69,250) – Iowa City, Iowa
When: Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024 – 2:30 p.m. CT

The Links
WATCH: CBS
PxP: Brad Nessler; Analyst: Gary Danielson; Sideline: Jenny Dell
LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App, TuneIn Radio or Radio Affiliates
PxP: John Walters; Analyst: Eric Heft; Sideline: Ryan Harklau
LIVE STATS
IOWA STATE GAME NOTES
GAME PROGRAM
2024 FOOTBALL YEARBOOK
MEDIA CENTER

INSIDE THE SERIES vs. IOWA
71st Meeting
Overall: 23-47
Home: 8-22
Road: 15-25
Campbell vs. Iowa: 1-6

Series Note: ISU seeks back-to-back wins in Iowa City for the first time since the 2012 and 2014 seasons.

NUMBERS OF NOTE
2 - Two plays was all it took for Iowa State to score its first touchdown of the season. On the first play from scrimmage, Rocco Becht threw it up to Jaylin Noel, who was sandwiched between two defenders and somehow came down with the ball, for for a 54-yard connection before finding Jayden Higgins in the end zone from 21 yards out just one play later.

7.2 - Abu Sama III averaged 7.2 yards on five carries in the season opener, including bursts of 16, 13 and nine yards.

11 - In his second-career start, redshirt sophomore Jontez Williams led the team with a career-best 11 tackles against North Dakota.

33 - Jaylin Noel has a reception in 33-straight games, tied for the fourth-longest active streak in FBS and in school history.

CYCLONES ON CBS
Saturday's Cy-Hawk game will be televised on CBS, marking ISU's second time playing on the network with the other appearance being the school's first nationally televised contest in the 1971 Sun Bowl against LSU.

Iowa State vs. LSU - 1971 Sun Bowl

JAY SQUARED
Iowa State boasts one of the nation's top receiving tandems in Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel. The duo makes the Cyclones one of six teams to have multiple players on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List. In 2023, Between Noel (66 rec., 820 yds, 7 tds) and Higgins (53 rec., 983 yds, 6 tds) the duo combined for 119 catches, 1,803 yds and 13 tds.

In the season opener against North Dakota, the pair combined for 13 receptions, 210 yards and two touchdowns.

HUFFORD DOES IT ALL
Sixth-year senior Jarrod Hufford started at center in the season opener, marking his team-best 34th consecutive start. He has now started in four spots along the offensive line during his career.

Left Tackle - 9
Left Guard - 21
Center - 1
Right Guard - 3
Right Tackle - 0

Jarrod Hufford - 2024_UND

OTHER KEY STORYLINES

Iowa State is off to a 1-0 start for the sixth time in nine seasons under Matt Campbell. The Cyclones' last 2-0 start came in 2022 following its last win against Iowa.
ISU is just 4-8 in its last 12 against the Hawkeyes, but the Cyclones have won three of five games at Kinnick Stadium during that stretch.
Campbell is in his ninth season leading the Cyclone program, the third-longest tenured coach in program history and tied for the third-longest active coach in the Big 12 Conference. In school history, only Dan McCarney (1995-2006) and Clay Stapleton (1958-67) had longer tenures. Campbell has led the Cyclones to 54 wins, second only to McCarney's 56 victories.
Becht's 76.9 completion percentage in week one led all Big 12 quarterbacks.
Beau Freyler now has five career interceptions after a third quarter pickoff against UND. Freyler joins fellow safety Jeremiah Cooper with his five interceptions as the team's active career leaders.
Iowa State has won four of its last five road games with the only setback coming in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Memphis.

CYCAST WITH THE CYCLONE RADIO CREW
John Walters, Eric Heft and Ryan Harklau sit down to preview the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk matchup ahead of this weekend's game. The podcast is presented by Van Wall Equipment.

To listen, CLICK HERE.

WEEKLY MEDIA AVAILABILITY
Matt Campbell, Taylor Mouser, Rocco Becht, Jayden Higgins, J.R. Singleton, Jeremiah Cooper and Darien Porter met with the media on Tuesday. Watch their interviews below

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Players Mentioned

Rocco Becht

Jeremiah Cooper

Beau Freyler

Jayden Higgins

Jarrod Hufford

Jaylin Noel

Darien Porter

Abu Sama III

J.R. Singleton

Jontez Williams

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