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Iowa State University Athletics
Saturday, November 22
Ames, Iowa
11:00 AM
Iowa State
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Kansas
PRIMER: Iowa State Hosts Kansas for Senior Day
11.19.2025 | Football
AMES, Iowa -Â Iowa State plays its final home game of the 2025 season Saturday when it hosts Kansas. The Cyclones will recognize 16 seniors before the game.
Who: Iowa State (6-4, 3-4 Big 12) vs. Kansas (5-5, 3-4 Big 12)
Where: MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium (61,500) – Ames, Iowa
When: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 – 11 a.m. (CT)
PURCHASE TICKETSÂ |Â PURCHASE PARKING
The Links
WATCH: FS1
PxP: Noah Reed; Analyst: Robert Smith
LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App, TuneIn Radio or Radio Affiliates
PxP:Â John Walters; Analyst: Eric Heft; Sideline: Ryan Harklau
GAME NOTES:Â ISUÂ // KU
LIVE STATS
2025Â FOOTBALL YEARBOOK
MEDIA CENTER
INSIDE THE SERIES
106th Meeting
Overall:Â 45-54-6
Home:Â 25-23-3
Road:Â 20-30-3
Neutral:Â 0-0
Campbell vs. KU:Â 6-3
Last Meeting:Â 11/9/2024 (ISU 36, KU 45)
CYCLONES vs. JAYHAWKS
The Cyclones tangle with the Jayhawks for the 106th time in a series that has been dominated by runs since 2005. Kansas won five-straight from 2005-09. ISU then won 11 of 12 games from 2010-2021 but the Jayhawks have won the last three meetings.
Iowa State and Kansas won't meet in 2026 for the first time since the 1931 season when George Veenker, whom the university golf course is named after, was coaching the Cyclones.
Last time they met...
Last year's meeting was a home game for the Jayhawks, but was played in Kansas City, Missouri, at Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas won a shootout, 45-36.
Kansas had 532 yards of total offense while the Cyclones had 383 passing yards from Rocco Becht, who finished 24-for-37 and tossed three touchdowns. Jaylin Noel had eight receptions for 167 yards and two TDs who combined with Jayden Higgins to make 15 receptions in the game.
SENIOR DAY
Iowa State will recognize 16 seniors prior to Saturday's game. Fans are encouraged to get to their seats by 10:45 a.m. for the senior recognition.
BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN
Last time out, Iowa State snapped a four-game losing streak, the longest for the program since 2022, with a fourth-quarter comeback as it defeated TCU, 20-17, in Fort Worth on Nov. 8. The win marked the sixth-largest fourth-quarter comeback (since 1960) for ISU as it erased an 11-point TCU lead.
Aiden Flora scored the game-winning TD for the Cyclones with 6:32 left, returning a punt 79 yards to put ISU in front. It was Iowa State's first punt return for a TD since 2017.
The Cyclones were outgained, 432-272, in the win. It was the largest negative total offense margin for ISU in a win since defeating Baylor in 2004 with a -193 yard difference. ISU had three takeaways, two interceptions and one fumble recovery, that helped end TCU drives. Tre Bell had an INT and a forced fumble while Josh Patterson, in his second career start, intercepted his first pass. Drew Surges also recovered the second fumble of his career.
KEY STORYLINES
- Iowa State has 24 wins since the start of 2023, matching its record for wins over a three-year period (1976-78 and 2018-20).
- Since the start of the 2024 season, ISU owns a .708 winning percentage (17-7).
- The Cyclones are bowl eligible for the eighth time in Matt Campbell's 10 seasons. Eight of ISU's 20 bowl appearances all-time have come under Campbell's guidance.
- ISU has rushed for at least 150 yards in five-straight games, its longest streak since 2020.
- Rocco Becht needs just 80 passing yards to eclipse 9,000 in his career. He'd be the third QB in program history to top the mark. In Big 12 history, only nine players have passed for 9,000 yards with 60 passing touchdowns and at least 19 rushing touchdowns. Kansas' QB Jalon Daniels needs just 86 yards to also join the club.
- Becht has led the Cyclones to 24 wins in his career, including eight in which they were tied or trailed in the fourth quarter.
- Becht's next rushing TD will break Brock Purdy's school record (19) for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback.
- In the last seven games, ISU has had a player post either 100 rushing or receiving yards in each game. Running back Carson Hansen has tallied 100 rushing yards in three-straight games, the first Cyclone to do so since Breece Hall in 2021.
- Iowa State is closing in on having two players top 600 rushing yards in the same season for the first time since 1982 (Tommy Davis, Harold Brown). Hansen (721) and Abu Sama III (588) are both averaging more than 5.0 yards per carry, making ISU one of four teams nationally with two backs over that threshold with at least 100 carries each.
- Sophomore defensive back Marcus Neal Jr. has compiled 9.0 tackles for loss this season, the most since O'Rien Vance had 10.0 in 2022. He's second among Big 12 defensive backs in tackles for loss. Neal has been in on a TFL in seven of 10 games this season.
| STAT COMPARISON | ||
| ISU | KU | |
| 27.1 | Scoring (PPG) | 30.2 |
| 164.2 | Rush Yards Per Game | 159.7 |
| 4.3 | Yards Per Carry | 4.5 |
| 20 | Rush TDs | 14 |
| 230.3 | Passing Yards Per Game | 228.9 |
| 183-305-9 | Comp-Att-Int | 185-289-4 |
| 12 | Passing TDs | 21 |
| 394.5 | Total Yards Per Game | 388.6 |
| 10-4 | Fumbles-Lost | 17-5 |
| 47-296 | Penalties-Yards | 52-420 |
WEEKLY MEDIA AVAILABILITY
Head coach Matt Campbell, Taylor Mouser, Domonique Orange, Tamatoa McDonough, Tyler Miller and Tyler Perkins spoke with the media this week. Watch their interviews below.
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Wednesday, November 19
Tyler Perkins 11_18_25 interview
Tuesday, November 18
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Tuesday, November 18
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