The Iowa State Cyclones handled the South Dakota Coyotes, winning by a final score of 55-7 on Saturday in Jack Trice Stadium.
After Iowa State scored quickly, USD would recover for a 75-yard drive, their only successful one on the day. Apart from that one drive, to say it was all Cyclones would be a gross understatement.
For the game, Iowa State would put up 306 yards passing to go with 223 yards rushing, totaling an impressive 529 yards on the day.
Much like last year, Rocco started the game with a big
play, hitting Bret Esklidsen for a 66 yard gain before Rocco found Brahmer for a touchdown.
Iowa State moved it down the field methodically before Abu Sama punched it in via the wildcat from 15 yards out, making it 14-7. A USD interception followed, resulting in yet another touchdown, going to Brahmer again. The tight ends featured prominately in this one, if you couldn’t tell.
The highlight of the game may have occurred before halftime when Kyle Konrardy lined up for a program and Jack Trice record 63 yard field goal and proceeded to nail it with a kick that would have been good from 70.
The second half was all Cyclones, and the game quickly turned into a snooze fest.
To run through the stats, Iowa State had over 500 yards and Rocco was excellent, going 19/20 for 278 and 3 touchdowns before giving way to Alex Manske, who also had a nice quarter.
Dylan Lee led the Cyclones in yards with 81, followed by Manske, Abu Sama, and Easton Miller. Gabe Burkle led the home team with 84 yards receiving and 1 TD and Brahmer added 47 and 2 TDs. Brett Eskildsen really stared again, catching 2 balls for 77 yards.
It was truly a dominating performance, capped by Aiden Flora returning several kicks for big distances, few penalties, and stellar play across the board.
