NCAAF Game Recap - Iowa State at TCU
Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:30 PM EDT

Bama
38
MIZ
19
F
K St
38
Okla
35
F
UGA
37
Ark
10
F
Fla
51
Miss
35
F
MissSt
44
LSU
34
F
KY
13
Aub
29
F
Tex
63
TxTch
56
F OT
Vand
12
TxAM
17
F
FlaSt
10
MiaFL
52
F
UCF
51
ECU
28
F
Army
10
Cin
24
F
WVU
13
OkSt
27
F
Tenn
31
SCar
27
F
Troy
7
BYU
48
F
GaSo
18
ULLaf
20
F
NCSt
24
VaTec
45
F
Lou
20
Pitt
23
F
UAB
42
SoAl
10
F
MidTN
35
UTSA
37
F
Camp
21
App
52
F
GATec
20
Syr
37
F
FLInt
34
Lib
36
F
IASt
37
TCU
34
F
Tul
66
SMiss
24
F
UTEP
31
ULMon
6
F
Duke
20
UVA
38
F
TxSt
21
BC
24
F
HBU
38
LT
66
F
SFA
7
SMU
50
F
Kans
14
Bayl
47
F

Iowa State 37, TCU 34

Sep 26, 2020, 1:30 PM EDT

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Iowa State (1-1)

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16

7

14

37

TCU (0-1)

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7

14

13

34

Hall 154 yards rushing, 3 TDs as Iowa State beats TCU 37-34
Sat Sep 26, 2020 6:46 PM

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Breece Hall ran for 154 yards and three touchdowns, JaQuan Bailey had 3 1/2 sacks to become Iowa State's career leader and the Cyclones opened Big 12 play with a 37-34 win at TCU on Saturday.

Bailey's strip sack and recovered fumble just before halftime set up Brock Purdy's 17-yard touchdown pass to Darren Wilson for the Cyclones (1-1), who bounced back from a 17-point home loss to Louisiana-Lafayette in their opener two weeks ago.

"The biggest thing that you saw ... we played in a really good rhythm," Iowa State coach Matt Campbell said. "Now unfortunately, there's still a lot out there for this team to continue to grow. We left a lot out there again in terms of putting the nail in the coffin, finishing the game and doing some things we need to do to be better. But I thought there it was a warrior's effort from our kids."

Max Duggan threw three touchdowns after halftime for TCU, but linebacker Mike Rose made a diving interception - grabbing the ball only inches off the ground - with less than four minutes left. The pass went through the hands and off the knee of Taye Barber, who had an earlier touchdown catch.

That set up a 32-yard TD run by Hall on third-and-2 with 2:54 left that made it 37-28. The sophomore ran basically untouched 75 yards to open the scoring in the second quarter, and had a 1-yard score earlier in the fourth when he leaped high in the air over the line and came down on his feet in the end zone.

"Well, I felt like it was a huge statement win, it gave us a lot of confidence. We really wanted to come and kind of bounce back," Hall said.

Kene Nwangwu had a 49-yard touchdown on his only carry for the Cyclones.

"You can't play our defense if you're not going to be accountable with what you do. We were not accountable," TCU coach Gary Patterson said. "We missed tackles, had the ball thrown over our head."

The Horned Frogs played their opener in Patterson's 20th season as head coach. Their scheduled nonconference game against SMU two weeks ago wasn't played after a cluster of TCU players and support staff tested positive for COVID-19.

"It's definitely different going straight into Big 12 play," running back Emari Demercado said. "You don't have your games to get your kinks out."

ABOUT QUARTER FULL

TCU announced an attendance of 11,852, just under the limited 25% capacity for the game in the stadium that can hold about 48,000 fans. It was also the first game some donors could utilize the new luxury boxes and club seats that weren't completed in the middle of last season, as had been planned.

SOLE SACK LEADER

Bailey, limited to four games last season because of a leg injury, broke a tie with Shawn Moorehead for the most sacks in Iowa State history. Bailey now has 22. "You're seeing a guy building," Campbell said. "A senior year, an opportunity of the work ethic that he's put in. ... He's showing just how talented he truly is."

THE TAKEAWAY

Iowa State: Purdy, 15-9 as a starter in Big 12 games, finished 18-of-23 passing for 211 yards and one touchdown. But he also had a huge mistake right after halftime, when he slung the ball in the air while in the grasp of a defender. La'Kendrick Van Zandt caught it and went 21 yards for a TCU touchdown. It was ruled a fumble and not an interception since it was behind the line. "That's like freshman me trying to make a play," Purdy said

TCU: Duggan started TCU's final 10 games last season, but was limited early in camp after a previously undetected heart issue was revealed in preseason testing. Matt Downing, who appeared in four games as a walk-on freshman at Georgia in 2018, made his TCU debut completing 11 of 21 passes for 159 yards a touchdown. But he had the lost fumble just before halftime. Duggan finished 16-of-19 for 241 yards, including a TD on the game's final play. Patterson said the Frogs needed to get "a guy who could take off and scramble more."

UP NEXT

Iowa State: Home next Saturday against five-time defending Big 12 champion No. 3 Oklahoma, which is coming off a 38-35 home loss to Kansas State.

TCU: At No. 8 Texas next Saturday. The Frogs have won five of the last six games in the series.

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Passing

IASt Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
B. Purdy 23 18 78.3 1 211 49 0 119.4
TCU Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
M. Duggan 19 16 84.2 3 241 48 1 136.4
M. Downing 21 11 52.4 1 158 37 0 93.0

Rushing

IASt Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
B. Hall 18 154 8.6 75 3
K. Nwangwu 1 49 49.0 49 1
TCU Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
E. Demercado 8 39 4.9 11 0
D. Barlow 3 21 7.0 16 0

Receiving

IASt Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
L. Akers 2 60 30.0 49 0
J. Scates 1 44 44.0 44 0
TCU Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
T. Barber 5 82 16.4 27 1
B. Conwright 3 74 24.7 31 1

Fumbles

IASt F FL
B. Purdy 1 1
TCU F FL
M. Duggan 1 0
M. Downing 1 1

Returning

IASt KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
K. Nwangwu 1 18.0 0 18 0 0 0
TCU KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
T. Wallace 4 18.8 0 24 0 0 0
J. Spielman 0 0 0 2 14.0 0 0

Punting

IASt Punt Yds Avg LgPu
J. Rivera 5 251 50.2 64
C. Dunn 2 88 44.0 49
TCU Punt Yds Avg LgPu
J. Sandy 6 238 39.7 49

Takeaways

IASt Int Yds InTD
M. Rose 1 0 0
J. Bailey 0 0 0
TCU Int Yds InTD
L. Van Zandt 0 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

IASt TCU
Points For 37 34
Total Yards 423 498
Rushing Yards 212 99
Passing Yards 211 399
Passing Completions / Attempts 18/23 27/40
Turnovers 1 2
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Fumbles - Lost 1/1 2/1
First Downs 14 27
Penalties - Yards 3/25 10/66
Time Of Possession 58:58 02:02
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 3/11 8/16
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 0/0 0/1
Punts - Average Yards 0/0 0/0

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter IASt TCU
No scores this quarter
2nd Quarter IASt TCU
IASt 05:10 TD Breece Hall 75 yd run (Connor Assalley kick) 7 0
TCU 08:23 TD Quentin Johnston 37 yd pass from Matthew Downing (Griffin Kell kick) 7 7
IASt 13:19 FG Connor Assalley 24 yd FG 10 7
IASt 14:07 TD Darren Wilson Jr. 17 yd pass from Brock Purdy (missed kick) 16 7
3rd Quarter IASt TCU
TCU 01:10 TD La'Kendrick Van Zandt 24 yd fumble return (Griffin Kell kick) 16 14
IASt 02:21 TD Kene Nwangwu 49 yd run (Connor Assalley kick) 23 14
TCU 14:37 TD Taye Barber 27 yd pass from Max Duggan (Griffin Kell kick) 23 21
4th Quarter IASt TCU
IASt 02:08 TD Breece Hall 1 yd run (Connor Assalley kick) 30 21
TCU 08:09 TD Artayvious Lynn 48 yd pass from Max Duggan (Griffin Kell kick) 30 28
IASt 12:06 TD Breece Hall 32 yd run (Connor Assalley kick) 37 28
TCU 15:00 TD Blair Conwright 31 yd pass from Max Duggan 37 34

Game Information

Stadium: Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas
Attendance: 11,852
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