Cyclone Notebook X 2007 Records: No. 4/4 Oklahoma (6-1, 2-1) at Iowa State (1-6, 0-3) X Television: LIVE: Fox Sports Net (Bill Land, Dave Lapham, Jim Knox); TAPED Iowa State Replay Show (John Walters, Eric Heft) on cyclones.com and Mediacom Con- nections Channel (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 p.m. CDT). X Internet: LIVESTATS in Clone Zone at cyclones.com X Radio: Cyclone Radio Network (John Walters and Eric Heft) … 30 affiliates through- out Iowa, including KDRB (100.3 FM) in Des Moines and KASI/KCCQ (1430 AM/105.1 FM) in Ames. X Coaches: Iowa State’s Gene Chizik (first year, 1-6) and Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops (Ninth year at OU and overall, 92-20). Stoops is 4-0 against Iowa State. X Series: Oklahoma leads the series, 66-5-2 overall and 32-2-1 in Ames ... the Cyclones last beat OU 33-31 in Norman in 1990 ... the Cyclones’ last win in Ames was a 10-6 vic- tory in 1960. X Last Meeting (10-14-06 in Norman): Iowa State held No. 22 Oklahoma to just a field goal on the Sooners’ first six possessions of the second half, and tallied a safety, but OU still prevailed 34-9 ... it was a costly game for both teams as Iowa State co-captain and cornerback De Andre Jackson suffered a career-ending knee injury on a kickoff return and OU TB and Heisman Trophy hopeful Adrian Peterson broke his collarbone on a TD run. ISU FACES OU FOR HOMECOMING Iowa State faces No. 4/4 Oklahoma a week after losing 56-3 to the Sooners’ Red River rival, Texas last week in Ames ... it is Home- coming at Iowa State ... Iowa State is 36- 52-6 in Homecoming games ... Iowa State quarterback Bret Meyer will make his 44th straight start ... Meyer is the all-time Iowa State leader in passing (8,738) and total of- fense (9,466), ranking third among all-time Big 12 signal callers ... after being sacked 105 times in his first three seasons, Meyer has been sacked just 10 times in seven games ... 2006 first-team all-Big 12 line- backer Alvin “Ace” Bowen has 249 career tackles heading into Saturday’s game ... the last time Iowa State played Oklahoma on Homecoming was in 1984 ... the game ended with a 12-10 OU victory that went down to the wire before a nationally tele- vised ESPN audience in the first night game in Jack Trice Stadium history. 6-1 OKLAHOMA IS RANKED NO. 4 Oklahoma running back Chris Brown ran for three second-half touchdowns, Curtis Lof- ton returned a fumble for a score and the Sooners knocked No. 11 Missouri from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 41-31 win in Norman last weekend ... the win improved Oklahoma’s record to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in Big 12 play ... Missouri could generate only 57 yards rushing against OU after the Tigers had posted at least 195 rushing yards in their previous four games ... Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford leads the nation in passing ef- ficiency, completing 128-of-181 passes for 1,689 yards and 20 TDs with just four inter- ceptions ... the Sooners rank fourth nation- ally in scoring offense (48.43) and in rushing defense at 65.14 yards per game. IOWA STATE Football Release Oct. 15, 2007 Athletics Communications • Contact: Tom Kroeschell Office: (515) 294-3404 • Cell: (515) 460-5834 E-mail: [email protected]CYCLONES ON THE WEB Replays of all Iowa State football games will be made available for on-demand view- ing at the Clone Zone, the athletics depart- ment’s premium audio/video site. Fans can purchase monthly memberships for $8.95 or annual memberships for $79.95. Memberships also allow fans to view live and archived media conferences, player in- terviews, classic games and other features from inside Cyclone football. THIS WEEK IN ISU FOOTBALL > Game 8: No. 4/4 Oklahoma > Sat., Oct. 20, 11:30 a.m. CDT > Jack Trice Stadium (55,000) > Live TV: Fox Sports Net IOWA STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Polls* Live TV Time/Score A 30 KENT STATE NR/NR ISU Internet L, 14-23 ISU TB J.J. Bass rushes for 133 yards on 22 carries and a TD, 1st ISU 100-yd. debut since 1989 S 8 NORTHERN IOWA NR/7 None L, 13-24 ISU QB Bret Meyer tallies 305 total yards; ISU outgains UNI 399-327; 4 costly ISU turnovers S 15 IOWA NR/NR VERSUS W, 15-13 Cyclone PK Bret Culbertson 5-6 FGs, including game-winner with 1 second left from 28 yards S 22 at Toledo NR/NR ISU Internet L, 35-36 Iowa State leads 35-24 with 5:25 left; QB Bret Meyer throws 3 TD pass; RB J.J. Bass 134 yds S 29 at Nebraska 25/22 None L, 17-35 Iowa State rolls up 415 total yards on a school-record 102 plays; Cyclones led 10-0 early 0 6 at Texas Tech NR/NR None L, 17-42 ISU defense holds Texas Tech to season lows in points/yards; Blythe gets ISU rec. yds. record 0 13 TEXAS (F) 22/23 FSN L, 3-56 ISU RB Jason Scales nets 77 yards on 19 carries; Texas outgains Iowa State 514-228 0 20 OKLAHOMA (H) 4/4 FSN 11:30 a.m. It is Homecoming in Ames; Cyclones last beat Oklahoma in Ames in 1960 O 27 at Missouri NR/NR TBA TBA N 3 Kansas State NR/NR TBA TBA N 10 Colorado NR/NR TBA TBA N 17 at Kansas NR/NR TBA TBA All times Central *AP & USA Today Football STAT OF THE WEEK 159 Iowa State WR Todd Blythe needs just five catches to pass Lane Danielsen (163, 2000-03) as the all-time ISU career receptions leader ... Blythe is already the all-time ISU receiving yards leader with 2,773 career yards. 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2-1) at Iowa State (1-6, 0-3) Television: LIVE: Fox Sports Net (Bill
Land, Dave Lapham, Jim Knox); TAPED Iowa State Replay Show (John Walters, Eric Heft) on cyclones.com and Mediacom Con-nections Channel (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 p.m. CDT). Internet: LIVESTATS in Clone Zone at cyclones.com Radio: Cyclone Radio Network (John Walters and Eric Heft) … 30 affi liates through-
out Iowa, including KDRB (100.3 FM) in Des Moines and KASI/KCCQ (1430 AM/105.1 FM) in Ames. Coaches: Iowa State’s Gene Chizik (fi rst year, 1-6) and Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops (Ninth
year at OU and overall, 92-20). Stoops is 4-0 against Iowa State. Series: Oklahoma leads the series, 66-5-2 overall and 32-2-1 in Ames ... the Cyclones
last beat OU 33-31 in Norman in 1990 ... the Cyclones’ last win in Ames was a 10-6 vic-tory in 1960. Last Meeting (10-14-06 in Norman): Iowa State held No. 22 Oklahoma to just a fi eld
goal on the Sooners’ fi rst six possessions of the second half, and tallied a safety, but OU still prevailed 34-9 ... it was a costly game for both teams as Iowa State co-captain and cornerback De Andre Jackson suffered a career-ending knee injury on a kickoff return and OU TB and Heisman Trophy hopeful Adrian Peterson broke his collarbone on a TD run.
ISU FACES OU FOR HOMECOMINGIowa State faces No. 4/4 Oklahoma a week after losing 56-3 to the Sooners’ Red River rival, Texas last week in Ames ... it is Home-coming at Iowa State ... Iowa State is 36-52-6 in Homecoming games ... Iowa State quarterback Bret Meyer will make his 44th straight start ... Meyer is the all-time Iowa State leader in passing (8,738) and total of-fense (9,466), ranking third among all-time Big 12 signal callers ... after being sacked 105 times in his fi rst three seasons, Meyer has been sacked just 10 times in seven games ... 2006 fi rst-team all-Big 12 line-backer Alvin “Ace” Bowen has 249 career tackles heading into Saturday’s game ... the last time Iowa State played Oklahoma on Homecoming was in 1984 ... the game ended with a 12-10 OU victory that went down to the wire before a nationally tele-vised ESPN audience in the fi rst night game in Jack Trice Stadium history.
6-1 OKLAHOMA IS RANKED NO. 4Oklahoma running back Chris Brown ran for three second-half touchdowns, Curtis Lof-ton returned a fumble for a score and the Sooners knocked No. 11 Missouri from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 41-31 win in Norman last weekend ... the win improved Oklahoma’s record to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in Big 12 play ... Missouri could generate only 57 yards rushing against OU after the Tigers had posted at least 195 rushing yards in their previous four games ... Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford leads the nation in passing ef-fi ciency, completing 128-of-181 passes for 1,689 yards and 20 TDs with just four inter-ceptions ... the Sooners rank fourth nation-ally in scoring offense (48.43) and in rushing defense at 65.14 yards per game.
CYCLONES ON THE WEBReplays of all Iowa State football games will be made available for on-demand view-ing at the Clone Zone, the athletics depart-ment’s premium audio/video site. Fans can purchase monthly memberships for $8.95 or annual memberships for $79.95. Memberships also allow fans to view live and archived media conferences, player in-terviews, classic games and other features from inside Cyclone football.
THIS WEEK IN ISU FOOTBALL> Game 8: No. 4/4 Oklahoma> Sat., Oct. 20, 11:30 a.m. CDT > Jack Trice Stadium (55,000)> Live TV: Fox Sports Net
IOWA STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTSDate Opponent Polls* Live TV Time/ScoreA 30 KENT STATE NR/NR ISU Internet L, 14-23ISU TB J.J. Bass rushes for 133 yards on 22 carries and a TD, 1st ISU 100-yd. debut since 1989S 8 NORTHERN IOWA NR/7 None L, 13-24ISU QB Bret Meyer tallies 305 total yards; ISU outgains UNI 399-327; 4 costly ISU turnoversS 15 IOWA NR/NR VERSUS W, 15-13Cyclone PK Bret Culbertson 5-6 FGs, including game-winner with 1 second left from 28 yardsS 22 at Toledo NR/NR ISU Internet L, 35-36Iowa State leads 35-24 with 5:25 left; QB Bret Meyer throws 3 TD pass; RB J.J. Bass 134 ydsS 29 at Nebraska 25/22 None L, 17-35Iowa State rolls up 415 total yards on a school-record 102 plays; Cyclones led 10-0 early0 6 at Texas Tech NR/NR None L, 17-42ISU defense holds Texas Tech to season lows in points/yards; Blythe gets ISU rec. yds. record0 13 TEXAS (F) 22/23 FSN L, 3-56ISU RB Jason Scales nets 77 yards on 19 carries; Texas outgains Iowa State 514-2280 20 OKLAHOMA (H) 4/4 FSN 11:30 a.m.It is Homecoming in Ames; Cyclones last beat Oklahoma in Ames in 1960O 27 at Missouri NR/NR TBA TBA
N 3 Kansas State NR/NR TBA TBA
N 10 Colorado NR/NR TBA TBA
N 17 at Kansas NR/NR TBA TBAAll times Central*AP & USA Today
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STATOF THEWEEK
159 Iowa State WR Todd Blythe needs just fi ve catches to pass Lane Danielsen (163, 2000-03) as the all-time ISU career receptions leader ... Blythe is already the all-time ISU receiving yards leader with 2,773 career yards.
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1. WHEN IOWA STATE HEAD COACH GENE CHIZIK tasted victory for the fi rst time as a head coach Sept. 15, in a 15-13 win over intrastate rival Iowa, he became the fi rst Cyclone head coach to win his fi rst Iowa State-Iowa game since Clyde Williams in 1907.
2. ISU QUARTERBACK BRET MEYER makes his 44th straight start in this week’s game. Meyer is second among active NCAA signal-callers in total of-fense (9,572 yards) and his 1,746 ca-reer offensive plays make him, by far, the busiest collegiate football player of the last four years (second/Colt Bren-nan, Hawai’i 1,587). Despite this, and being sacked 115 times, he has never missed a game because of injury. He passed Vince Young of Texas (9,176, 2003-05) Sept. 29 to move into third place on the all-time Big 12 total of-fense list. The same day Meyer passed Major Applewhite of Texas (8,353 1998-2001) to move into third place on the all-time Big 12 passing yards list with 8,738.
3. UNDER ATHLETICS DIRECTOR JAMIE POLLARD, Iowa State has crushed previ-ous records, selling more than 36,000 season tickets. This, after the Cy-clones posted their previous two larg-est crowds in school history in 2006: 55,518 vs. Northern Iowa and 55,338 vs. Nebraska. On Sept. 8, ISU topped those crowds with an all-time record of 56,795 fans against Northern Iowa. Iowa State has averaged 51,421 fans for its fi rst four home games.
4. IOWA STATE WIDE RECEIVER TODD BLYTHE has averaged 17.4 yards per reception, third among active NCAA receivers with at least 100 career catches. At Texas Tech, he passed Lane Danielsen (2000-03/2,690), and is the school record-holder in receiv-ing yards with 2,773 yards. Blythe’s 29 touchdown catches are a school re-cord, second is Ed Williams (1994-97) and Keith Krepfl e (1971-73) with 15. His 29 TD receptions rank him fi fth on the all-time Big 12 Conference list. Texas Tech’s Jarrett Hicks (2003-06) is fourth with 30 TD receptions.
Where Do They Rank?Where Cyclone players stand in the 2007 NCAA and Big 12 rankings:
Player Category Stat NCAA Rank Big 12 Rank
J.J. Bass Rushing 73.83 ypg 71st 10thBret Meyer Total Offense 227.57 ypg 56th 11thTodd Blythe Rec. Per Game 5.0 T-67th T-11thR.J Sumrall Rec. Per Game 4.71 T-79th 15thMike Brandtner Punting 39.49 ypp 75th 7thR.J. Sumrall Kickoff Returns 22.15 ypr 90th 12th
Below is a look at where Iowa State stands among the NCAA and Big 12 leaders in 2007:
5. R.J. SUMRALL ISU’S NO. 2 RECEIVER The ju-nior has 33 catches for 322 yards. He has fi gured large in Iowa State’s plan to spread out the passing game. Sumrall caught a career-high seven passes against UNI and Iowa. He had a 41-yard kickoff return against Kent State and UNI. He is averag-ing 22.2 yards per kickoff return and is a Drake Relays champion hurdler.
6. HAMILTON GETTING IN THE WR ACTIONHamilton, a sophomore, has good size at 6-3, 217. He is third on the team with 23 receptions for 245 yards.
7. IOWA STATE PLACEKICKER BRET CULBERT-SON WAS BIG 12 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK after having the biggest day of his career against Iowa Sept. 15, hitting on fi eld-goal attempts of 21, 33, 42, 40 and 28 yards in six attempts. His last fi eld goal came with one second left in the game to give the Cyclones a 15-13 victory. Culb-ertson’s fi ve fi eld goals equalled the school record. The 42- and 40-yard fi eld goals were kicked into a stiff breeze. He had a 47-yard attempt that hit the left upright. He is among the most accurate placekick-ers in school history, hitting on 36-of-51 career fi eld-goal attempts. The former walk-on has made all of his 86 PAT tries. The Des Moines-Lincoln graduate is 29-of-35 inside 40 yards and had a career-long
52-yard three-pointer against Texas Tech last season. Culbertson ranks eighth in all-time ISU career scoring with 194 points. Tailback Blaise Bryant (1989-90) is seventh with 198 points. 8. LAST SECOND HEROICS RARE AT ISUCulbertson’s winning fi eld goal with one second left against Iowa marked only the second time in school history that Iowa State has won with a second or less remain-ing. Marc Bachrodt drilled a 47-yard fi eld goal as time expired to beat Kansas 38-35 on Oct. 8, 1983 in Ames.
9. LINEBACKER ALVIN “ACE” BOWEN led the nation with 12.91 tackles per game last sea-son. He began 2007 as a consensus fi rst-team all-Big 12 selection. He had his big-gest game at Texas Tech, making 15 tackles and forcing a fumble. He owns 249 career tackles in his third collegiate season.
10. TURNOVERS HURTING THE CYCLONESGene Chizik, a former defensive coordina-tor at Auburn and Texas, has put a premium on turnovers this season. It is easy to see why. In ISU’s 2005 Houston Bowl season (7-5), the Cyclones outscored opponents off turnovers, 119-57 (+62). Last season, opponents outscored Iowa State, 67-30, off turnovers in a 4-8 season. In the fi rst seven weeks of 2007, 19 ISU turnovers have cost the Cyclones dearly, leading to 79 oppo-
nent points. ISU has tallied 13 points on nine opponent turnovers (-66). ISU ranks 111th nationally and last in the Big 12 in turnover margin. Iowa State has yet to play a turnover-free game this fall.
11. IOWA STATE’S SMITH & SMITH ARE IO-WANS MAKING A DIFFERENCE Free safety James Smith has made 46 tack-les in seven games. He had earned a starting spot in fall camp in 2006 but the Council Bluffs (across the river from Omaha) native suffered a broken ankle that kept him from playing until the eighth game of last season. Middle linebacker Jesse Smith is a former walk on from Altoona, Iowa who played at Southeast Polk High School (same school as Chicago Bears QB Kyle Orton). He has 36 tackles.
12. IOWA STATE RB JASON SCALES has stepped up the last three weeks. When previous starter J.J. Bass could not play at Nebraska. Scales, who rushed for more than 6,000 yards in high school but had been hampered by injuries in his collegiate career, rushed 31 times for a career-high 115 yards and two touchdowns. At Texas Tech, he rushed for 82 yards on 22 carries and then tallied 77 yards on 19 carries last weekend against Texas.
13. IOWA STATE RB J.J. BASS rushed for a season-high 134 yards on 34 carries and two TDs at Toledo, his second game over 100 yards rushing. Bass’ 34 carries at To-ledo were the most rushing attempts by a Cyclone since Nov. 17, 2001.
14. TIME OF POSSESSIONIowa State has been able to sustain drives even if it does not all end up with points. Iowa State’s time of possession average of 32:29 leads the Big 12 Conference. The Cy-clones have held a time of possession edge in the last four games. ISU ran off a school-record 102 plays at Texas Tech. At Nebras-ka, the Cyclones held the ball for 39:12 to 20:48 for the Huskers.
15. PLAYING BY THE RULESThrough seven games, Iowa State is the least penalized team in the Big 12 Confer-ence, having been fl agged just 23 times for 200 yards -- both league lows.
This Week’s Big 12 GamesOklahoma State at Iowa State, (FSN ), 11:30 a.m.Texas at Baylor (VERSUS), 11:30 a.m.Texas Tech at Missouri, (ABC), 2:30 p.m. Kansas at Colorado, (ESPN), 4:45 p.m.Kansas State at Oklahoma State, TBATexas A&M at Nebraska, TBA
2008 Iowa State Football ScheduleA30 SOUTH DAKOTA STATES6 KENT STATES13 at IowaS20 at UNLVO4 KANSAS (Family Weekend)O11 at BaylorO18 NEBRASKAO25 TEXAS A&M (Homecoming)N1 at Oklahoma StateN8 at ColoradoN15 MISSOURIN22 at Kansas State
MEDIA INFORMATION Credentials Media Credentials and ParkingAll requests for credentials must be made on-line at cyclones.com.Questions should be directed to Kendra Smith in the ISU Athletics Communications Offi ce at [email protected] or (515) 294-3372. Parking passes should be requested when requesting credentials. Credentials will either be mailed to the address indicated on the request or may be picked up on game day at Media Will Call. Credentials will be granted to the media on assignment from daily newspapers, ISU network radio affi liates (as space permits), originat-ing radio stations and television stations. Misuse of these credentials will result in expulsion from the game and denial of credentials to future ISU athletic activities. Credentials are non-transferrable.
Photo CredentialsPhoto credentials must be requested in the same manner as media credentials. For sideline armbands, photo credentials must be presented prior to the game in the press box in accordance with Big 12 Conference rules. Misuse of photo credentials will result in expulsion from the game. An affi liation photo ID must be shown on gamedays to obtain an armband for fi eld admittance.
Radio OriginationsA radio booth is provided for the visiting team’s designated station. Additional originations may be arranged through Tom Kroeschell. Auxiliary booths (outside the press box) are used for additional sta-tions. Telephone arrangements should be made through Iowa State University Telecommunications at (515) 294-8556.
Telephones & EthernetIowa State provides four courtesy phone lines and one ethernet hub in the main press box area for media use on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis, as well as a wireless internet connection. Media requiring their own phone lines or ethernet should contact ISU Telecommunica-tions at (515) 294-8556.
Gameday Operations ParkingMedia parking is located in the South Lot (S-2) of Jack Trice Stadium. Parking passes should be requested when requesting credentials.
Press TowerThe Jack Trice Stadium press tower is located on the west side of the stadium and is accessed through the press tower elevator. Admission is by media credential only. The press tower is a three-level facility with separate donor, media and radio-television decks. As per the instructions of the State Fire Marshal, smoking is not permitted in the press tower. Athletics Communications personnel will staff the press box for three hours following the game.
ServicesComplete play-by-play copy, halftime stats, fi nal team and indi-vidual stats, tackle charts and quotes from coaches and players are provided.
Photo Deck A photo deck is located directly under the press tower directly below the donor (fi rst) level. Arrangements to secure a spot should be made with the Athletics Communications offi ce.
Interview PoliciesIn addition to weekly press conferences, interviews shall be conducted be-tween 6:30-9 p.m. CST on Sunday through Wednesday. MEDIA WISHING TO INTERVIEW IOWA STATE PLAYERS SHOULD CALL THE IOWA STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE BETWEEN 1-4 P.M. ON SUNDAYS WITH THEIR INTERVIEW REQUESTS. All player interviews must be coordinated through the Communications offi ce.
Post-game InterviewsISU’s locker room is closed. Following a “cooling off” period after the game, head coach Gene Chizik will conduct a press conference in the Jacobson Athletic Building’s Hunziker Auditorium (second fl oor). Media must enter the Jacobson Athletic Building through the facility’s northwest door. Iowa State players requested by media personnel will be escorted from the locker room to the auditorium after Coach Chizik is fi nished. Opposing media can attend the visitor’s press conference in the meeting room directly opposite the visiting locker room in the Olsen Building.
Chizik InterviewsMedia requesting interviews with Coach Chizik should contact Tom Kroeschell at (515) 294-3372.
Cyclones.comMedia can access the offi cial Iowa State University athletic department web site at cyclones.com for game stats, notes and quotes.
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT INFORMATIONOffi ce Phone: ..................................................................515-294-3372Offi ce Fax: ......................................................................515-294-0558Secretary: ................................... Kendra Smith ([email protected])Director: .................................... Tom Kroeschell ([email protected])Kroeschell’s Cell: .............................................................515-460-5834Associate: ...................................... Mike Green ([email protected])Green’s Cell: ...................................................................515-460-5804Associate: ........................................ Erin Smith ([email protected])Smith’s Cell: .................................................................... 515-520-1341Assistant: ................................... Matt Shoultz ([email protected])Shoultz’s Cell: ................................................................. 515-520-7642Offi ce Mailing Address: ..............................Jacobson Athletic Building..................................................................... 1800 South Fourth Street....................................................................................Ames, IA 50011
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Coordinators Big 12 Teleconference Assistant Coaches Coach Chizik No Interviews No Interviews Gameday Players ISU Press Conference 11:30 a.m. Players after practice after practice Olympic Interviews Noon after practice Player Interviews 12:15 p.m.
WEEKLY ISU FOOTBALL MEDIA AVAILABILITY
IOWA STATE ONE-LINERS (OFFENSE/RETURNERS)OffenseTight End41 ***Ben Barkema, 6-3, 252, Sr.# 28 career starts; 43 receptions for 509 yards and 4 career TDs99 Nick Howe, 6-3, 253, Sr.# Moved to TE from the defensive line this fall Left Tackle75 Doug Dedrick, 6-4, 282, So.# Transfer from Scottsdale CC; Has started all seven games67 Matt Hulbert, 6-7, 287, Fr.# Ankeny, Iowa, native; three-time all-staterLeft Guard73 *Reggie Stephens, 6-4, 320, So.# 10 straight starts66 Joe Blaes, 6-2, 289, Jr. Second-team JUCO All-American at Coffeyville (Kan.) CCCenter60 Brandon Johnson, 6-3, 305, Jr.# Seven career starts52 Mike Knapp, 6-3, 270, So.# Former high school teammate of ISU RB Jason ScalesRight Guard70 *Tom Schmeling, 6-3, 293, Jr.# Related to German boxer Max Schmeling; 15 career starts76 Lee Tibbs, 6-4, 306, Sr. Oklahoma City native; played both guard and tackle in junior collegeRight Tackle63 Ben Lamaak, 6-4, 306, Fr.# Former ISU TE; Played QB in HS; came to ISU at 240 pounds; 7 career starts 71 Trey Baysinger, 6-6, 292, Fr. Played at HS powerhouse Dallas-CarterQuarterback7 ***Bret Meyer, 6-3, 211, Sr.# 43 career starts; all-time ISU leader in passing yards and total yards4 Austen Arnaud, 6-3, 222, Fr.# Ames HS all-stater; made collegiate debut vs. Northern IowaRunning Back6 **Jason Scales, 5-9, 212, Jr.# 274 yds on 53 carries, 2 TDs in last three games; battled injuries last 2 years3 J.J. Bass, 6-1, 206, Jr. JUCO All-American; 133 yds. vs. Kent State; 134 yds. at Toledo; DNP vs. Neb. 33 Alexander Robinson, 5-10, 181, Fr.# Started against Kent State; notched 45 yards on eight carries vs. UNIFullback84 Derrick Catlett, 6-4, 241, So.# Also has played TE; 3 catches, 12 yds. vs. Iowa; caught fi rst TD pass at Toledo29 Brian Eklelundu, 5-11, 231, So.# ek-weh-LUN-do; From Corpus Christi, TexasWide Receiver1 ***Todd Blythe, 6-5, 214, Sr.# 29 career TD catches fi fth in Big 12 history; 2,773 career rec. yards/ISU rec9 Euseph Messiah, 5-10, 171, Jr.# Five career catches for 30 yards; former Off. Scout Team Player of the YearWide Receiver82 *Marquis Hamilton, 6-3, 220, So.# 23 rec. for 245 yds; career-high 7 catches for 97 yards vs. UNI5 **R.J. Sumrall, 6-1, 203, Jr.# Team’s 2nd-leading receiver this season; 78 career recp. for 948 yds-OR- 18 Wallace Franklin, 6-3, 169, Jr. Former JUCO made fi rst ISU career reception against Iowa
Special TeamsKickoff Returners7 *Drenard Williams, 5-11, 177, So. Has averaged 22.6 yards on seven returns12 Allen Bell, 6-2, 189, So.# Had 40-yard return vs. Kent State5 **R.J. Sumrall, 6-1, 203, Jr.# Had 41-yard KO returns vs. Kent State and UNI; 22.2 yds per returnPunt Returners7 *Drenard Williams, 5-11, 177, So. Has averaged 6.9 yards on seven returns12 Allen Bell, 6-2, 189, So.# Had 40-yard KO return vs. Kent State that set up ISU TD Deep Snapper48 *Matt Purvis, 6-2, 223, Sr. 2006 starter; started deep snapping in back yard at age eight49 David Wonders, 6-0, 255, Fr.# Waukee, Iowa, nativeHolder19 *Josh Griebahn, 5-8, 207, Sr.# Placekicker24 Derec Schmidgall, 6-1, 222, So.# Linebacker
BOLD denotes previous starting experience
IOWA STATE ONE-LINERS (DEFENSE/PUNTERS, PKS)DefenseWeak End29 *Rashawn Parker, 6-0, 252, So. 39 career tackles, four career sacks55 Christopher Lyle, 6-4, 248, So. Transfer from Butler (Kan.) CC; blocked Iowa fi eld goal attempt
Defensive Tackle93 *Bryce Braaksma, 6-3, 262, Sr.# 14 career starts/35 career tackles, two sacks at Texas Tech85 Bailey Johnson, 6-3, 266, Fr.# Seven tackles this season/Native of Homewood, Ill.56 Chris Weir, 6-3, 274, Jr. Three tackles this season/Miami, Fla. native
Nose Guard71 *Athyba Rubin, 6-3, 320, Sr. 16 career starts; had fi ve tackles, forced a fumble and 1 TFL at Nebraska62 Nate Frere, 6-2, 307, So. Played as true freshman
Defensive End47 *Kurtis Taylor, 6-2, 257, Jr.# Missed last season with knee injury; 24 tackles, leads ISU with 4 1/2 sacks in ‘0725 Nick Frere, 6-2, 248, Jr.# Brother Nate lettered on ISU D-Line last season; 8 tackles this season
SAM Linebacker16 **Jon Banks, 6-2, 227, Sr.# Former safety has 38 tackles w/ 6 TFL; 1-PBU; 19 career starts14 Michael Bibbs, 6-2, 225, Jr. 69 tackles at Copiah-Lincoln (Miss.) in ‘06; career high 6 tackles vs. TexasOR 24 Derec Schmidgall, 6-1, 222, So.# Nebraska native played in fi rst three games
Middle Linebacker54 *Jesse Smith, 6-0, 235, So.# Led Cyclones with 12 tackles against Kent State; 36 tackles, fourth on team43 Fred Garrin, 6-1, 219, So. 12 tackles this season
WILL Linebacker15 **Alvin “Ace” Bowen, 6-2, 218, Sr.# Led nation in tackles in ‘06, 12.9 tpg.; 15 tackles and FF at Texas Tech32 Josh Raven, 5-11, 218, So.# All-state HS from Ft. Meyers, Fla.; 10 tackles this seasonLeft Cornerback12 Allen Bell, 6-2, 189, So.# 1st team AA JC; 28 tackles in ‘07; 40 yd. kickoff return vs. Kent State17 Devin McDowell, 5-9, 183, Fr.# Garland, Texas native has six tackles this season
Right Cornerback11 **Chris Singleton, 5-10, 191, Jr. 26 tackles this season; four career interceptions leads team7 *Drenard Williams, 5-11, 177, So. Played as true freshman, six tackles, returns kicks
Strong safety21 ***Caleb Berg, 6-1, 199, Sr.# Missed fi rst four games; 101 career tackles, 3 PBU, 2 FR23 *Steve Johnson, 5-11, 201, So.# Totaled 11 tackles last season; 13 tackles in fi rst six games this season8 Chris Brown, 5-10, 177, Jr.# 19 tackles this season
Free safety2 *James Smith, 5-8, 192, So.# No. 2 on team with 37 tackles, one sack, 3.5 TFL, 2 int., 2 forced fumble20 **Brandon Hunley, 5-11, 205, Jr.# Played in all 12 games in ‘06
Special TeamsPlacekicker37 ***Bret Culbertson, 6-6, 185, Sr. Hero of IA game with school record-tying fi ve FGs, one with 1 second left19 *Josh Griebahn, 5-8, 207, Sr.# Culbertson’s holderPunter13 *Mike Brandtner, 6-1, 208, So.# Has averaged 40.6 yds on 91 career punts w/long of 7319 *Josh Griebahn, 5-8, 207, Sr.# Holder; backup placekicker
HEAD COACH GENE CHIZIK Gene Chizik was the man. From the moment Iowa State athletics director Jamie Pollard began a search for a new head football coach, Chizik was at the top of Pollard’s list of potential candidates. He wasn’t alone. Everyone wanted Gene Chizik. It was easy to see why. Chizik had the perfect résumé.
He had been assistant head coach and defensive coordinator on Texas’ 2005 national championship team. Before that, three years as defensive coordinator at Auburn, where in the midst of 30 wins in three seasons he earned the Frank Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant coach. Because of his experience as a defensive coordinator on conference title teams in three different BCS conferences, Chizik was mentioned as a candidate for the most high profi le head coaching jobs.
Chizik’s track record of preparing players for college football and beyond is unassailable. Amazingly, the new ISU head coach has tutored the last three winners of the Jim Thorpe Award (Carlos Rogers, Michael Huff, Aaron Ross). The honor is given annually to the nation’s top collegiate defensive back.
As defensive coordinator, Chizik learned from the best head coaches in the nation’s top collegiate programs while making tremendous contributions toward the enhancement of their national head coaching reputations. The national championship won by Texas in 2005 was the school’s fi rst since 1970. When Auburn won the 2004 SEC Championship game, it was the Tigers’ fi rst league crown since 1989.
Chizik’s defense loomed large in Texas’ 2005 national championship season under head coach Mack Brown. The Longhorns ranked eighth nationally in scoring defense, 10th in total defense and fourth in pass effi ciency defense. UT allowed opponents to reach 300 yards of total offense only fi ve times in 2005 and held the remaining eight opponents to less than 267 yards. Ten UT defenders were all-Big 12 Conference selections.
At Auburn, Chizik’s defenses were unforgiving and set a standard for the rest of the country. In 2004, the Tigers gave up a national low 11.3 points per game en route to an undefeated season. Overall, the Tigers gave up an average of just 277.62 yards of total offense per contest, ranking fi fth nationally for the second straight season. The 2003 Auburn defense was fi fth nationally in total defense, allowing just 281.6 yards per game, the best total by a Tiger defense in more than a decade.
Chizik was also defensive coordinator for four seasons (1998-2001) at Central Florida. He improved a unit that ranked 81st nationally in total defense before his arrival to one that rated 16th in 2001. Chizik coached both linebackers (1998) and the secondary (1999-2001) at UCF. During his tenure with the Golden Knights, Chizik made frequent trips from Orlando to Tampa to study defensive concepts with Buccaneers head coach Tony Dungy and defensive coordinator Monte Kiffi n.
Chizik also coached at Stephen F. Austin University, tutoring linebackers (1992-94) and the secondary (1995-97). He was SFA’s defensive coordinator in 1996 and 1997. Phila-delphia Eagle Jeremiah Trotter was his star with the Lumberjacks.
He stepped into college coaching at Clemson University (1988-89) as a graduate assis-tant for a pair of 10-win teams and then worked at Middle Tennessee State (1990-91) as a full-time assistant. The Blue Raiders made the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs in both of his seasons and were conference champions in 1990.
Chizik, a native of Clearwater, Fla., and his wife (Jonna) have identical twin daughters (Landry Grace and Kennedy Danielle) and one son, Cally.
CHIZIK UP CLOSE
Born in Tarpon Springs, Fla. Family moved to Clearwater, Fla. when Gene was six years old. Clearwater is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area.
Chizik taught third grade for two years at Bauder Elementary School in Seminole, Fla. After school, he walked across the street to help coach football at Seminole HS.
Gene has three older sisters.
Gene was a Miami Dolphins fan until the Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise was formed. He backed the Bucs even when the team lost its fi rst 26 games in 1976-77.
Gene was a high school linebacker at Clear-water High School. He was also a member of the chess club.
His fi rst job was washing cars.
His father, Gene, earned a bronze star on Okinawa during the battle of Sugar Loaf Hill in May 1945. Gene Chizik Sr., coached high school football while getting a graduate de-gree and went on to be principal at Tarpon High School and Largo High School. The best advice Iowa State’s head coach got from his father was “don’t tell me, show me.”
Gene’s favorite hobbies include fi shing and chess. He loves chess because of the all the different strategy that is involved. His fi sh-ing highlight came two years ago when his son, Cally, caught his fi rst fi sh, a bass, while on vacation.
He has an eclectic love of music. Likes country and ABBA.
BRET MEYER, TODD BLYTHE CLIMBING BIG 12 ALL-TIME LISTS
Total OffenseYards Gained Name School Years 13,088 Brad Smith Missouri 2002-05 12,263 Kliff Kingsbury Texas Tech 1999-02 9,572 Bret Meyer Iowa State 2004-07 9,167 Vince Young Texas 2003-05 Total Plays Name School Years 2,283 Brad Smith Missouri 2002-05 2,156 Kliff Kingsbury Texas Tech 1999-02 1,746 Bret Meyer Iowa State 2004-07
Passing Yards Name School Years 12,429 Kliff Kingsbury Texas Tech 1999-02 8,799 Brad Smith Missouri 2002-05 8,738 Bret Meyer Iowa State 2004-07 ` 8,353 Major Applewhite Texas 1998-01 Touchdown Catches Name School Years 42 Rashaun Woods Oklahoma State 2000-03 36 Roy Williams Texas 2000-03 31 Mark Clayton Oklahoma 2001-04 30 Jarrett Hicks Texas Tech 2003-06 29 Todd Blythe Iowa State 2004-07
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ISU SesquicentennialNov. 5, 1960Iowa State 10, Oklahoma 6Ames, Iowa (Clyde Williams Field/18,000)
With just three days to go before the U.S. presidential election pitting John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon, Iowa State fans directed their attention to All-American quarterback Dave Hoppmann and his teammates who were trying to do something that an ISU football team hadn’t done since its fi rst ever game against Oklahoma in 1928, beat the Sooners in Ames ... Oklahoma led 6-0 at halftime ... Hoppmann then got the Cyclones going ... a third-quarter 38-yard fi eld goal by Larry Schreiber put Iowa State on the board ... Hoppmann then took over the game, rushing for a total of 152 yards on 29 carries ... ISU took advantage of three Sooner turnovers on a total of fi ve OU fumbles ... Oklahoma back Ronnie Hartline rushed for 144 yards on 22 carries but the Sooners could not get into the endzone in the second half, despite outgaining Iowa State, 231-206 ... ISU actually fumbled the ball six times but lost only one loose ball to Oklahoma.
2007 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 Todd Blythe*** WR 6-5 214 Sr.# Indianola, Iowa (Indianola)2 Derron Montgomery WR 6-1 176 Fr.# Garland, Texas (South Garland)2 James Smith* DB 5-8 192 So.# Council Bluffs, Iowa (Jefferson)3 Jamicah “J.J.” Bass RB 6-1 206 Jr. Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Lyman/El Camino)4 Austen Arnaud QB 6-3 222 Fr.# Ames, Iowa (Ames)4 Zac Sandvig DB 5-10 184 Fr.# West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley)5 R.J. Sumrall** WR 6-1 203 Jr.# Orlando, Fla. (Winter Park)6 Jason Scales** RB 5-9 212 Jr.# West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley)7 Bret Meyer*** QB 6-3 211 Sr.# Atlantic, Iowa (Atlantic)7 Drenard Williams* DB 5-11 177 So. Beaumont, Texas (Westbrook)8 Phillip Bates QB 6-2 209 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Omaha North)8 Chris Brown DB 5-10 177 Jr.# Gainesville, Texas (Gainesville)9 Euseph Messiah WR 5-10 171 Jr.# Bettendorf, Iowa (Bettendorf)10 Cameron Bell LB 6-1 233 Fr. Round Rock, Texas (Stony Point)11 Chris Mahoski PK 5-10 178 So.# Bettendorf, Iowa (Bettendorf)11 Chris Singleton** DB 5-10 195 Jr. Fort Myers, Fla. (Dunbar)12 Allen Bell DB 6-2 189 So.# Tallahassee, Fla. (James Rickards/Independence CC)12 Taylor Bennett QB 6-5 200 Fr. West Des Moines, Iowa (Dowling)13 Mike Brandtner* P 6-1 208 So.# Bettendorf, Iowa (Davenport Assumption)14 Michael Bibbs LB 6-2 225 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. (Booker T. Washington/Copiah-Lincoln CC)15 Alvin Bowen** LB 6-2 218 Sr.# East Orange, N.J.(Montclair/Garden City CC)16 Jon Banks** LB 6-2 227 Sr.# East Moline, Ill. (East Moline/Iowa Central CC)16 Grady Derheim P 5-11 189 Fr. Edina, Minn. (Edina)17 Devin McDowell DB 5-9 183 Fr.# Garland, Texas (Garland)17 Joel Zitek WR 6-2 200 So.# Ulysses, Neb. (East Butler) 18 Wallace Franklin WR 6-3 169 Jr. Beaumont, Texas (Ozen/Butler CC)18 Nate Mechaelsen QB 6-2 206 Sr.# Kamrar, Iowa (Northeast Hamilton)19 Josh Griebahn* PK 5-8 207 Sr.# Iowa City, Iowa (West Branch)19 A.J. Matthews DB/LB 6-3 201 Fr. Clearwater, Fla. (Countryside)20 Brandon Hunley** DB 5-11 205 Jr.# Grandview, Mo. (Grandview)21 Caleb Berg*** DB 6-1 199 Sr.# York, Neb. (Heartland Community)22 Jason Harris* RB 5-11 208 Jr. Clearwater, Fla. (Clearwater)23 Steve Johnson* DB 5-11 201 So.# Denver, Colo. (Montbello)24 Derec Schmidgall LB 6-1 222 So.# Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln)25 Nick Frere DL 6-2 248 Jr.# Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine)26 Taylor Mansfi eld FB 6-1 261 Fr.# Decorah, Iowa (Decorah)26 Seth Moser DB 6-2 200 Fr. Alvord, Iowa (West Lyon)27 John Tipton DB 5-11 180 Fr. Lawson, Mo. (Lawson)27 Mike Romey K 6-6 180 Fr. Carroll, Iowa (Keumper)29 Brian Ekwelundu FB 5-11 231 So.# Corpus Christi, Texas (Corpus Christi)29 Rashawn Parker* DL 6-0 252 So. Ponca City, Okla. (Ponca City)31 Justin Rumple DB 6-3 208 Fr.# Casey, Iowa (Adair-Casey)32 Milan Moses*** WR 6-1 203 Sr.# Waterloo, Iowa (East)32 Josh Raven LB 5-11 218 So.# Fort Myers, Fla. (Mariner)33 Zach Hunt DB 6-3 205 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Academy of Holy Angels)33 Alexander Robinson RB 5-10 181 Fr.# Minneapolis, Minn. (De La Salle)34 Nick Harklau DB 6-0 187 So.# Humboldt, Iowa (Humboldt)35 Chris Mehring LB 5-10 213 Sr.# Oak Lawn, Ill. (Richards)36 Kyle Walker DB 5-9 185 So.# Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Jefferson)37 Bret Culbertson*** PK 6-6 185 Sr. Des Moines, Iowa (Lincoln)38 Brady Ervin DB 6-2 205 Fr.# Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie)39 Rickey Thompson Jr. RB 5-9 200 Jr.# Ames, Iowa (Ames/Nebraska-Omaha)39 Todd Tuetken DB 5-11 180 Fr. Monticello, Iowa (Monticello) 40 Kris Means FB 6-0 233 Fr.# Grand Junction, Colo. (Grand Junction)
2007 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown (High School/Previous School) 41 Ben Barkema*** TE 6-3 252 Sr.# Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine)41 Chase Hurtig DL 6-3 247 Fr.# Hull, Iowa (Rock Valley-Boyden)42 Justin Eastman LB 6-3 225 So. Grimes, Iowa (Dallas Center-Grimes) 43 Fred Garrin LB 6-1 219 So. Shepherd, Texas (Shepherd)44 Sean Smith OL 6-4 272 Fr.# Wildwood, Mo. (Lafayette)45 Steven Ebner FB 5-10 225 Sr.# Sioux City, Iowa (East)45 Curtiz Mathis LB 6-3 236 Fr. Harvey, Ill. (Thornton Township)46 Michael O’Connell DB 6-0 205 Fr.# Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Regina)47 Kurtis Taylor* DL 6-2 257 Jr.# Fort Dodge, Iowa (Fort Dodge)48 Matt Purvis* DS 6-2 223 Sr. Tempe, Ariz. (Corona Del Sol/Scottsdale CC)49 David Wonders DS 6-0 255 Fr.# Waukee, Iowa (Waukee)52 Anthony Green LB 6-0 239 Fr. Missouri City, Texas (Fort Bend Marshall)52 Mike Knapp OL 6-3 270 So.# West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley)53 Evan Vencil OL 6-3 249 So.# Ankeny, Iowa (Ankeny)54 Jesse Smith* LB 6-0 235 So.# Altoona, Iowa (Southeast Polk)55 Christopher Lyle DE 6-4 248 So. Waldorf, Md. (Westlake/Butler CC)55 Anthony Walker OL 6-2 296 Sr.# Spencer, Okla. (Northeast Academy)56 Chris Weir DT 6-3 274 Jr. Miami, Fla. (Miami Beach/Independence CC)57 Taylor Duren OL 6-4 310 Fr. Littleton, Colo. (Dakota Ridge)59 Preston Kaufman LB 5-11 230 Fr.# Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest)60 Brandon Johnson OL 6-3 305 Jr.# Rushville, Neb. (Rushville)61 Nick Slobidsky OL 6-2 299 Jr.# Naperville, Ill. (Waubonsie Valley/CWR/College of DuPage [Ill.])62 Nate Frere* DL 6-2 307 So. Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine)63 Ben Lamaak OL 6-4 306 Fr.# Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Kennedy)65 Randy Kellman DE 6-5 265 Fr. Kissimmee, Fla. (Celebration)65 Patrick Steinbach OL 6-8 306 Fr.# Albia, Iowa (Albia)66 Joe Blaes OL 6-2 289 Jr. Cherryvale, Kan. (Cherryvale/Coffeyville CC)66 Kyle Slifka DL 6-2 265 Fr.# Cresco, Iowa (Crestwood)67 Matt Hulbert OL 6-7 287 Fr.# Ankeny, Iowa (Ankeny)70 Tom Schmeling* OL 6-3 293 Jr.# Atlantic, Iowa (Atlantic)71 Trey Baysinger OL 6-6 292 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Carter)71 Athyba Rubin* DL 6-3 326 Sr. Pensacola, Fla. (Escambia/Trinity Valley [Texas])72 Kelechi Osemele OL 6-5 341 Fr. Houston, Texas (Langham Creek)73 Reggie Stephens* OL 6-3 323 So.# Rowlett, Texas (Jesuit College Prep)74 Joe Vanstrom OL 6-6 293 Jr.# Ham Lake, Minn. (Blaine)75 Doug Dedrick OL 6-4 282 Jr. Tempe, Ariz. (Corona Del Sol/Scottsdale CC)76 Lee Tibbs OL 6-4 306 Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Douglass/Northeast Oklahoma A&M)77 Alex Alvarez OL 6-2 282 So. League City, Texas (Clear Creek/Kilgore College)78 Joseph Klerekoper OL 6-6 295 Fr. Longview, Texas (Pine Tree)79 Luke Pinkelman OL 6-3 290 Fr. Cozad, Neb. (Cozad)80 Brandon Tinlin TE 6-4 254 Sr.# South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (Point Loma)81 Klayton Kirkpatrick WR 5-9 170 So. Humboldt, Iowa (Humboldt/Iowa Central CC)81 Michael Tate DT 6-5 294 Jr. Brenham, Texas (Washington/Arkansas/Blinn)82 Marquis Hamilton* WR 6-3 220 So.# Oklahoma City, Okla. (Edmond North) 83 Travis Ferguson DE 6-5 241 Jr.# Waterloo, Iowa (East)83 Jake Williams WR 6-2 202 Fr.# West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley)84 Derrick Catlett TE 6-4 241 So.# Fort Collins, Colo. (Fort Collins)85 Bailey Johnson DL 6-3 266 Fr.# Homewood, Ill. (Homewood-Flossmoor)85 Houston Jones WR 6-1 194 So.# Oklahoma City, Okla. (Northeast Academy)86 Justin Lillie WR 6-5 220 So.# Earlham, Iowa (Earlham)87 Alex Sandvig WR 6-0 184 Fr. West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley)88 Collin Franklin TE 6-6 231 So. Simi Valley, Calif. (Simi Valley/College of the Canyons)91 Patrick Neal DL 6-0 230 Fr.# West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley)92 Jerrod Black DT 6-2 290 Fr. Houston, Texas (Cypress Falls)93 Bryce Braaksma* DE 6-3 262 Sr.# Sheldon, Iowa (Sheldon)96 Austin Alburtis DL 6-2 284 Fr.# Dallas, Texas (Tyler Street Christian Academy)99 Nick Howe TE 6-3 253 Sr.# State Center, Iowa (West Marshall)*letters earned#has redshirted
AMES, Iowa -- Kent State quarterback Julian Edleman totalled 236 yards of total offense, throwing for one TD and running for another as the Golden Flashes controlled the tempo in the second half to beat Iowa State ... ISU was playing for the fi rst time under coach Gene Chizik ... Iowa State had gone ahead 7-6 after a 13-yard TD run by running back J.J. Bass with just 1:12 left in the fi rst half ... the junior college transfer rushed for 133 yards, 106 in the fi rst half for the best debut by an Iowa State tailback since Blaise Bryant rushed for 213 yards in the 1989 season opener ... Kent State’s Jack Williams returned the ensuing kickoff 57 yards to the Cyclone 32 ... Kent State drove quickly to the ISU 7-yard line before PK Nate Reed connected on a 24-yard fi eld goal with 2 seconds left for a 9-7 halftime advantage ... Iowa State came out smoking in the second half ... ISU’s Allen Bell returned the opening kickoff 40 yards to the Cyclone 42 ... Iowa State QB Bret Meyer drove the Cyclones 58 yards in fi ve plays, including three passes to WR Todd Blythe ... the last Meyer to Blythe pass was a 16-yard TD pass play that put Iowa State up 14-9 ... Kent State answered with a 12-play 56-yard drive with RB Eugene Jarvis scoring from 2 yards out for a 16-14 Kent State lead with 3:26 left in the third quarter ... Jarvis rushed for 113 yards on 25 carries as the Golden Flashes ran up 202 team rushing yards ... a Brian Lainhart interception of a Bret Meyer pass on Iowa State’s next possession gave Kent State fi rst-and-goal at the Iowa State 8-yard line ... Jarvis scored from 2 yards out moments later for a 23-14 lead that was never relinquished ... Kent State out gained ISU 179-89 in the second half ... Iowa State had a time of possession advantage of 17:26-12:34 in the fi rst half but Kent State had a 18:02-11:58 lead in the second half ... Iowa State sophomore MLB Jessie Smith, a former walk-on, led Cyclones in his fi rst start with 12 tackles and also forced a fumble ... Iowa State forced three turnovers in its redzone ... both Iowa State touchdowns were set up by long kickoff returns, including a 41-yard return by R.J. Sumrall in the second quarter.
Kent State 23Iowa State 14
Aug. 30 • Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, Iowa
GAME STATS
Score by Qtrs 1 2 3 4 FKent State 0 9 14 0 23Iowa State 0 7 7 0 14
AMES, Iowa -- The game was played before a record crowd of 56,795 but for Iowa State, turnovers were the big story on the fi eld as Northern Iowa ended a fi ve-game win streak for the Cyclones in the series ... Iowa State drove 45 yards in 10 plays on its opening drive but an interception led to a UNI fi eld goal ... ISU QB Bret Meyer’s TD on a 1-yard sneak gave the Cyclones a 6-3 lead ... Iowa State forced Northern Iowa to go three-and-out on its next drive but a fumbled punt gave the Panthers the football at the Iowa State 15-yard ... UNI QB Eric Sanders hit Johnny Gray with a 10-yard TD pass three plays later and the seventh-rated Panthers led 10-6 and never relinquished the lead ... UNI drove 69 yards on 18 plays after a missed ISU fi eld goal attempt to take a 17-6 halftime lead ... two Cyclone turnovers led to 10 Northern Iowa points ... UNI RB Corey Lewis had 19 carries for 130 yards ... Sanders completed 23-of-29 passes for 180 yards and two TDs ... Meyer hit on 27-of-43 passes for 255 yards with two interceptions .... Cyclone free safety James Smith led ISU with a career 12 tackles, two for loss with a sack ... Marquis Hamilton caught a career high seven passes for a career-high 97 yards ... R.J. Sumrall also caught seven passes for 71 yards.
Northern Iowa 24Iowa State 13
Sept. 8 • Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, Iowa
GAME STATS
Score by Qtrs 1 2 3 4 FUNI 3 14 7 0 24Iowa State 6 0 0 7 13
It was Shaggy’s day … Iowa State placekicker Bret Culbertson, whose nickname was founded in his resemblance to the Scooby-Doo cartoon character, kicked a school-record tying fi ve fi eld goals in six attempts, the last from 28 yards with one second left as ISU defeated heavily-favored and previously unbeaten Iowa, 15-13 in Jack Trice Stadium … Culbertson earned Big 12 Special Teams Player-of-the-Week honors for his performance ... Culbertson’s field goals of 21, 33, 42, 40 yards before hitting the game winner complemented a tenacious defensive effort that held Iowa to only 233 yards of total offense … Iowa State began the game with the wind at its back and the result was three touchbacks by Culbertson that forced Iowa to start its fi rst three drives at its own 20 … each time the Cyclone defense held, each time the ISU offense followed with drives of 53, 49 and 27 yards to set up Culbertson’s fi rst three fi eld goals … Culbertson’s 42- and 40-yard efforts were into a stiff wind … Iowa’s kickoffs with the wind did not produce a single touchback … up 12-0 at halftime, Iowa State started the second half with the ball … ISU QB Bret Meyer fumbled on the third play from scrimmage, Iowa recovered and Hawkeye QB Jay Christensen scored on a bootleg from 11 yards out to close the gap to 12-7 … Iowa’s fi rst fourth-quarter drive ended with the second-biggest non-scoring play of the day … Iowa’s Austin Signor’s 33-yard fi eld-goal attempt was blocked by ISU’s Christopher Lyle … but Iowa State went three-and-out on its ensuing drive and Signor responded with a 41-yard fi eld goal that put the Hawkeyes into the lead for the fi rst time, 13-12 with 3:38 left in the game … it was put-up or shut-up time for senior quarterback Bret Meyer and his team … Iowa State faced 2nd-and-13 at the ISU 46 with 1:30 to go … the Cyclones needed a big play and got one that was literally drawn up on the Iowa State sideline … Iowa State lined up true freshman quarterback Phillip Bates wide to the left side of the fi eld … seeing Hawk linebacker Mike Klinkenborg assigned to cover the speedy Bates, Meyer called the play as drawn and hit Bates with a 38-yard reception that set up Culbertson’s winning fi eld goal.
Iowa 13Iowa State 15
Sept. 15 • Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, Iowa
GAME STATS
Score by Qtrs 1 2 3 4 FIowa 0 0 10 3 13Iowa State 6 6 0 3 15
This one stung. When Iowa State tailback J.J. Bass scored on a 1-yard run, the Cyclones led Toledo 35-24 in the Glass Bowl ... the Cyclones had held the upper hand in the game, running 28 more plays and owning a decided advantage in time of possession ... it came undone quickly ... Toledo’s Jalen Parmele broke a host of Cyclone tackles, returning the ensuing kickoff after Bass’ score 82 yards for a touchdown and suddenly it was 35-30 after the Cyclones denied a two-point conversion try with 5:08 remaining ... Iowa State went three-and-out on its next series ... Cyclone punter Mike Brandtner, standing deep in his territory, couldn’t handle a low snap that bounced to him ... the mad dash was on and Toledo’s Greg Hay recovered the football in the ISU endzone for a touchdown that gave the Rockets a 36-35 lead with 3:22 remaining ... the Cyclones still had a chance after stopping another two-point conversions try ... Iowa State’s Drenard Williams returned the ensuing kickoff 30 yards to the ISU 48 yard line ... ISU QB Bret Meyer drove the Cyclones down the fi eld to the Toledo 21-yard line and called Iowa State’s fi nal timeout with 11 seconds left in preparation for the fi eld goal try to win the game ... Iowa State PK Bret Culbertson, who a week earlier had kicked fi ve fi eld goals to beat Iowa, lined up for a 38-yard attempt ... Hay again was a factor, getting a hand on Culbertson’s try and ending a bitter loss for the Cyclones ... Meyer had hit on 24-of-33 passes for 251 yards and three touchdowns, the fi rst time the Cyclone signal-caller had tossed a trio of scoring passes since the 2005 Houston Bowl ... Bass earned his second 100-yard game of the season, rushing for 134 yards on 34 carries and two touchdowns ... Iowa State outgained the Rockets 397-297 ... an Iowa State fumble led to Toledo’s second touchdown ... OLB Alvin Bowen led a solid ISU defensive effort with nine tackles, two for loss and an interception.
Iowa State 35Toledo 36
Sept. 22 • Glass Bowl Stadium • Toledo, Ohio
GAME STATS
Score by Qtrs 1 2 3 4 FIowa State 7 7 14 7 35Toledo 7 7 10 12 36
1st Quarter:7:30, Toledo: Parmele 13 run (Steigerwald kick); 0:31 ISU: Bass 10 run (Culbertson kick)
2nd Quarter: 12:04,Toledo: Opelt 1 run (Steigerwald kick); 3:16, ISU: Franklin 5 pass from Meyer (Culbertson kick)
3rd Quarter:13:50, Toledo: Steigerwald 35 FG; 12:31, ISU: Blythe 26 pass from Meyer (Culbertson kick); 6:19, Toledo: Williams 42 pass from Opelt (Steigerwald kick); 2:27, ISU: Catlett 2 pass from Meyer (Culbertson kick)
4th Quarter:5:25, ISU: Bass 1 run (Culbertson kick); 5:08, Toledo: Parmele 82 kickoff return (run failed); 3:22, Toledo: Hay 0 fumble recovery in end zone (pass failed)
Iowa State ran a school record 102 plays and tallied 415 total yards, the second-most total offensive yards ever by a Cy-clone team in Lincoln, Neb. ... ISU had the ball 39:12 to Nebraska’s 20:48 ... Iowa State TB Jason Scales rushed for a career-high 115 yards and two TDs ... but despite the num-bers, Nebraska won the game 35-17 in Memorial Stadium as the Huskers countered the Cy-clone effort by making the big plays at the right time ... it was not always a pretty game ... the teams committed a com-bined total of seven turnovers ... it was Nebraska turnovers that helped Iowa State take an early lead ... the Cyclones stopped Nebraska at the 1-yard line when ISU forced Nebraska’s RB Marlon Lucky to fumble midway through the fi rst quarter ... Iowa State DB Allen Bell scooped up the ball returned it 34 yards to the Cy-clone 35 ...when the ensuing Iowa State drive stalled, a Ne-braska defender was whistled for offsides on a 4th-and-4 punting situation ... with new life, the Cyclones drove to the Nebraska 13-yard line, where placekicker Bret Culbertson hit on a 30-yard fi eld goal at-tempt for a 3-0 ISU lead with 2:05 left in the fi rst quarter ... Scales tallied 63 yards on 18 fi rst-half car-ries, including several on a 48-yard, six-play drive that was capped by his 3-yard TD run to put the Cyclones up 10-0 with 7:47 left in the fi rst half ... Nebraska came back to take a 14-10 lead at halftime ... the Husk-ers scored on their fi rst possession of the second half when Lucky sliced around the left end and raced 41 yards for a touchdown to put No. 22 Nebraska ahead, 21-10, with just 59 seconds gone in the third quarter ... Iowa State was driving late in the third quarter before QB Bret Meyer’s pass was intercepted by Husker LB Bo Ruud and returned 93 yards for a touchdown that put Nebraska up 28-10 ... Meyer completed 22 of a career-high 51 pass attempts for 281 yards with three interceptions ... Nebraska outscored ISU off turnovers 14-3 ... Lucky rushed 16 times for 107 yards and the TD for Nebraska ... Nebraska QB Sam Keller hit on 18-of-28 pass-es for 219 yards and two touchdowns with one pass that was intercepted by Iowa State DB Chris Singleton.
Iowa State 17Nebraska 35
Sept. 29 • Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Neb.
GAME STATS
Score by Qtrs 1 2 3 4 FIowa State 3 7 0 7 17Nebraska 0 14 14 7 35
1st Quarter:2:50, ISU: Culbertson 30 FG
2nd Quarter: 7:47, ISU: Scales 3 run (Culbertson kick); 4:34, NE: Hill 20 pass from Lucky; (Henery kick); 1:08, NE: Lawson 6 pass from Keller (Henery kick)
The Iowa State defense did its job, “holding” Texas Tech to season lows in total offense (489) and points (42) despite being on the fi eld because the Cyclone offense struggled to get going ... it was the lack of offensive punch that repeat-edly pinned Iowa State in its own territory ... the Cyclone defense, led by 15 tackles from all-Big 12 linebacker Alvin “Ace” Bowen, stopped the Red Raiders on their fi rst drive, the fi rst time that Texas Tech had not scored a TD on its initial drive ... Texas Tech moved out to a 21-0 lead as Iowa State’s offense could muster only two fi rst downs in the fi rst half ... its was 28-3 at the break ... turnovers again were key ... after ISU recovered a fumble with 5:20 to go in the fi rst half, Cyclone RB J.J. Bass fumbled away the football on the next play and Red Raider Darcel McBath ran the ball in for a TD ... another Texas Tech score was set up by a high snap over Bret Mey-er’s head that was recovered by the Red Raiders deep in ISU territory ... the Cyclones notched their fi rst touchdown late in the game on a 5-yard keeper by Meyer to cap off an 11-play, 80-yard drive that cut the lead to 42-10 ... Meyer then hooked up with Todd Blythe for a 38-yard strike to make it a 42-17 game ... it was Blythe’s third TD catch of the season and his school-record 29th of his career ... Blythe fi nished the game with eight catches for 128 yards and became Iowa State’s all-time career leader with 2,736 receiving yards, passing Lane Danielsen (2,690/2000-03) ... Blythe also moved by Tracey Henderson into second place on the all-time career receptions list ... Meyer hooked up with Blythe for a 39-yard pass in the third quarter for ISU’s longest play of the career ... Iowa State RB Jason Scales rushed 22 times for 82 yards.
Iowa State 17Texas Tech 42
Oct. 6 • Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas
GAME STATS
Score by Qtrs 1 2 3 4 FIowa State 0 3 0 14 17Texas Tech 21 7 0 14 42
1st Quarter:7:19, TT: Crabtree 32 pass from Harrell (Trlica kick); 2:42, TT: Harrell 1 run (Trlica kick); 0:21, TT: Crabtree 2 pass from Harrell (Trlica kick)
No. 22 Texas scored on fi ve of its fi rst six possessions and never looked back, dispatch-ing Iowa State 56-3 on Fam-ily Weekend in Ames ... Texas scored on a 58-yard pass from QB Colt McCoy to WR Jordan Shipley on the Longhorns’ fi rst play from scrimmage ... after a missed Iowa State fi eld goal attempt, McCoy drove Texas 80 yards in 10 plays with his 6-yard pass to Quan Crosby giving the Longhorns a 14-0 advantage with 26 seconds left in the fi rst quarter ... Bret Culbertson capped a 12-play, 67-yard Iowa State drive with a 25-yard fi eld goal that closed the gap to 14-3 with 11:15 re-maining in the fi rst half ... the Cyclones only crossed mid-fi eld once in the second half as turnovers again plagued the ISU effort ... a trio of turnovers led to two Texas touchdowns, including Brandon Foster’s 39-yard interception return of a Bret Meyer pass that gave the Longhorns a 42-3 advantage with 10:21 left in the third quarter ... the elusive McCoy hit on 23-of-30 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns ... he also scrambled away from several ISU defenders on a 44-yard touchdown run .... Iowa State’s Jason Scales rushed 19 times for 77 yards ... Meyer was 17-of-33 for 111 yards with two intercep-tions ... Iowa State’s biggest play was a fl ea fl icker in which WR Todd Blythe hit Meyer with a 21-yard pass on the Cyclones’ only scoring drive ... Texas’ 514 yards of total offense marked the fi rst time Iowa State had given up more than 500 yards in 45 games, ending the fi fth-longest streak nationally ... Blythe had three catches for 37 yards and WR Marquis Ham-ilton had three catches for 23 yards ... FS James Smith led the Cyclones with nine tackles and LB Alvin “Ace” Bowen and DB Allen Bell each had seven tackles ... Texas WR Nate Jones had seven receptions for 125 yards and one TD ... the game was played in intermittent drizzle on a cool day before 52,060 fans.
No. 22 Texas 56Iowa State 3
Oct. 13 • Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, Iowa
GAME STATS
Score by Qtrs 1 2 3 4 FTexas 14 14 21 7 56Iowa State 0 3 0 0 3 1st Quarter:11:54, TX: Shipley 58 pass from McCoy (Bailey kick); 0:26, TX Cosby 6 pass from McCoy (Bailey kick)
2nd Quarter: 11:54, ISU: Culbertson 30 FG; 5:31, TX: Charles 8 run (Bailey kick); 0:56, TX: Shipley 5 pass from McCoy (Bailey kick)
3rd Quarter:12:47, TX: Jones 20 pass from McCoy (Bailey kick); 10:21, TX: Foster 39 interception return (Bailey kick); 2:50, McCoy 44 run (Bailey kick)
Career Stats (10-15-07) Passing Attempts:1. Colt Brennan, Hawaii 1,3562. Bret Meyer, Iowa State 1,2703.. Chad Henne, Michigan 1,250
Completions:1. Colt Brennan, Hawaii 9522. Chad Henne, Michigan 7533. Bret Meyer, Iowa State 731
Passing Yards:1. Colt Brennan, Hawaii 12,2452. Brian Brohm, Louisville 9,5163. Alex Brink, Washington State 9,174 4. Chad Henne, Michigan 8.8345. Bret Meyer, Iowa State 8,738
Total Offense – Plays:1. Bret Meyer, Iowa State 1,7462. Colt Brennan, Hawaii 1,5873. Ales Brink, Washington State 1,4494. Chad Henne, Michigan 1,415
Total Offense – Yards:1. Colt Brennan, Hawaii 12,8032. Brian Brohm, Louisville 9,5923. Bret Meyer, Iowa State 9,5724. Alex Brink, Washington State 9,283
Receiving - Yards Per Catch: (min. 100 receptions)1. Adarius Bowman, Oklahoma St. 132-18.32. Mario Urrutia, Louisville 122-17.83. Todd Blythe 159-17.4
Receiving – Yards1. Jason Rivers, Hawaii 3,3702. Dorian Bryant, Purdue 3,1153 Davone Bess, Hawaii 2,9804. Todd Blythe, Iowa State 2,773
Receiving - Touchdowns1. Davone Bess, Hawaii 362. Jarrett Dillard, Rice 30 3. Todd Blythe 29 James Hardy, Indiana 29 Ryan Grice-Mullen, Hawaii 29
Consecutive Starts (10-1-07) 1. Bret Meyer, Iowa State University 432. Alex Brink, Washington State 353. Paul Smith, Tulsa 324. Andre Woodson, Kentucky 316. Brandon Cox, Auburn 287. Curtis Painter, Purdue 268. Rudy Carpenter, Arizona State 259. Caleb Hanie, Colorado State 2310. Adam Tafaralis, San Jose State 22
2007 DIVISION I ACTIVE QUARTERBACKS/RECEIVERS
2007 PASSING, RUSHING & RECEIVING Passing 7-Meyer 4-Arnaud 8-BatesKENT STATE 23-14-2-148-1 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0NORTHERN IOWA 43-27-2-255-0 4-2-0-15-0 0-0-0-0-0IOWA 29-21-1-157-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 at Toledo 33-24-1-251-3 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 at Nebraska 51-26-3-281-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 at Texas Tech 26-15-0-187-1 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0TEXAS 33-17-2-111-0 3-1-0-3-0 0-0-0-0-0OKLAHOMAat MissouriKANSAS STATECOLORADOat Kansas SEASON 238-144-10-1390-5 4-2-0-15-0 0-0-0-0-02006 374-211-12-2546-122005 368-227-10-2876-192004 290-149-6-1926-10 CAREER 1270-731-38-8738-46 4-2-0-15-0 0-0-0-0-0Legend: Att-Comp-Int-Yards-TD
Fumbles Forced No. GBG Ja. Smith 2 Kent (1), Nebraska (1)Je. Smith 1 Kent (1)St. Johnson 1 UNI (1)Bowen 2 Iowa (1); Texas Tech (1)Braaksma 1 Iowa (1)Rubin 1 Nebraska (1)
Fumbles Recovered No. Yards GBG A. Bell 1 34 Nebraska (1-34)Braaksma 1 0 Kent (1)Ja. Smith 1 0 Nebraska (1-0)Rubin 1 0 Texas Tech (1)
Blocks No. GBG Lyle 1 Iowa (FG)
Interceptions No. Yards GBG Ja. Smith 2 44 Kent (1); Texas Tech (1)Singleton 2 0 Kent (1), Nebraska (1)Bowen 1 0 Toledo (1)Banks 1 8 Texas Tech (1)TOTAL 6 52
Pass Break Ups No. GBGBanks 1 Kent (1)A. Bell 1 Kent (1)Bowen 1 UNI (1)Bibbs 1 UNI (1)Weir 1 UNI (1)Singleton 1 Iowa (1)Brown 2 Iowa (1); Texas Tech (1)Ja. Smith 1 Toledo (1)Je. Smith 2 Toledo (1); Texas (1)Raven 1 Nebraska (1)
LONGEST PLAYS OF 2007
Pass, 39, Meyer to Blythe at Texas TechPass, 38, Meyer to Blythe at Texas Tech*Pass, 38, Meyer to Bates vs. IowaPass, 28, Meyer to Blythe, at NebraskaPass, 29, Meyer to Barkema at ToledoPass 26, Meyer to Blythe at Toledo*Pass, 25, Meyer to Sumrall at ToledoPass, 25, Meyer to Blythe at NebraskaRush, 24, Scales at NebraskaPass, 24, Meyer to Sumrall at NebraskaPass, 24, Meyer to Blythe vs. TexasPass, 22, Meyer vs. UNIRush, 22, Bass vs. Kent StateRush, 21, Scales at NebraskaRush, 21, Bass vs. Kent StateRush, 20, Robinson vs. UNI
*TD
2007 ISU Scoring Drives
Opponent Qtr. Time Scoring Play, plays-yds., TOP V-HKent State 2nd 1:12 Bass 13 yd run (Culbertson kick), 7-56, 3:11 6-7Kent State 3rd 12:59 Blythe 16 yd pass from Meyer (Culbertson kick), 5-58, 1:53 9-14
UNI 1st 1:50 Meyer 1 yd run (Culbertson kick failed), 14-75, 5:06 3-6UNI 4th 7:24 Bass 1 yd run (Culbertson kick), 13-76, 3:19 24-13
Is all-time ISU Leader in passing (8,738) and total offense (9,572)3rd in Big 12 History, career passing yards and total offenseISU career record-holder with 46 TD passes
Meyer at ISU: 2007 ... Had best night of season at Toledo, hitting on 24-of-33 passes for 251 yards and three TDs with one interception ... 2006 ... Hit on 21-of-41 passes for 280 yards at Kansas State ... completed 24-of-29 passes for 323 with two TDs and interception against Nebraska ... his 323 yards passing marked his third-best single-game effort ... became all-time ISU career completions leader against Northern Iowa ... brought ISU back from a 21-7 halftime defi cit against Northern Iowa ... in second half against the Panthers, every play was a Meyer pass or run as the Cyclones came back to win ... led ISU to victory against Toledo, rushing for three touchdowns and passing for a pair of overtime scores to Todd Blythe ... 2005 ... Threw for 2,876 yards, second best effor in school history ... 2,999 yards of total offense ranked second all-time ISU ... threw for 300 yards three times ... threw for career-best 371 yards at Texas A&M, completing 20-of-32 passes and a career-high four touchdowns (all to Todd Blythe) ... set a school record by completing 155 straight passes without an interception ... completion pct. of .617 just off school record with .621 by Seneca Wallace ... 2004 ... Earned third-team freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News, rolling up 2,257 yards of total offense, passing for 1,926 yards, the 10th best mark in school history and best ever by a freshman ... threw 10 TDs with only six interceptions ... had big Independence Bowl, earning offensive MVP honors ... in ISU’s 17-13 victory, carried the ball a career-high 23 times for a career-high 122 yards and added 114 yards on 10-for-28 passing ... 2003 ... Redshirted initial collegiate season ... Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year ... offensive scout team player of the week four times.
Has ISU career TD receptions mark of 29/ yds mark of 2,773Offensive MVP of 2005 Houston BowlFirst-team all-Big 12 2005/Big 12 Coaches
Blythe at ISU: 2007 ... His school record 29 TD catches ranks fi fth in Big 12 Conference history ... became all-time ISU career receiving yards leader at Texas Tech, passing Lane Danielsen (2,690/2000-03) ... his eight receptions equalled a career high and his 128 reception yards were best performance since record-setting day at Texas A&M in 2005 (8-214-4) ... fi ve receptions for 84 yards at Nebraska ... catching seven passes for 77 yards, including a 26-yard TD reception at Toledo ... caught fi ve balls for 65 yards and a 16-yard TD pass against Kent State ... 2006 ... Missed Kansas State, Kansas and Colorado games, the fi rst DNPs of his career with Epstein-Barr Virus ... made TD receptions of 29- and 25-yards on consecutive plays in the second and third overtime against Toledo, respectively ... led ISU with fi ve receptions for 93 yards against Toledo ... equalled season high with six catches for season-high 96 yards against Nebraska ... had four receptions for 51 yards and a TD catch against UNI ... 2005 ... First in the Big 12 and second nationally, averaging 19.61 yards per catch among receivers with at least four receptions per game ... equalled his own school record with nine TD catches ... his 83.3 receiving yards per game ranked second in the Big 12 ... joined Lane Danielsen (2002) and Tracy Henderson as the only Cylone receivers to post a 1,000-yard season ... torched Texas A&M secondary for school-best four touchdowns and 214 receiving yards ranks second in ISU
history for a single game ... came back ready for the fi rst game after suffering ACL injury during winter workouts ... made fi ve catches for 76 yards against Iowa ... 2004 ... caught school-record nine touchdown passes ... 51-yard fourth-quarter catch against Kansas State set the tone for ISU’s comeback ... set career highs in catches (eight) and yardage (188) against Nebraska, with all the numbers coming in the fi rst half ... caught a touchdown pass in the second quarter, his ninth of the season, to set a new ISU single-season best ... blocked a Kansas punt in the fi rst quarter to set up an ISU fi eld goal ... was the fi rst Cyclone since Damien Groce (9/26/98) with three TD grabs in one game ... his fi rst career reception was a 23-yard touchdown from Austin Flynn ... 2003 ... Redshirted initial collegiate season ... offensive scout team MVP three times.
2006 First-team all-Big 12 Led the nation in tackles per game in 2006Leads team in tackles in 2007 and in TFL
Bowen at ISU: 2007 ... Had biggest game of season at Texas Tech, making a team-high 15 tackles, forcing a fumble and getting a tackle for loss ... made nine tackles in season opener, eight were solo stops ... led Iowa State with nine tackles, two for loss and an interception at Toledo ... 2006 ... Had as many tackles in fi rst two games as he had in the entire 2005 season ... career-high 20 tackles and recovered a fumble against Toledo ... had game-high 17 tackles against Nebraska and 18 stops vs. Kansas ... 2005 ... Played in all 12 games, making 33 tackles with a pair of tackles for loss and a sack ... three tackles in the Houston Bowl had season-high six tackles against Oklahoma State.
82-82 on PAT; school record;Drilled career-long 52 yard FG vs. Texas Tech in 2006Five fi eld goals led ISU over Iowa, 15-13Career 28-of-33 FGA inside 40 yards
Culbertson at ISU: 2007 ... Ranks eighth on the all-time ISU scoring list with 194 points ... put himself permanently into Iowa State football lore by hitting a school-record fi ve fi eld goals (21, 33, 42, 40, 28) in six attempts to lead the Cyclones to a 15-13 win over Iowa ... the last fi eld goal came with one second left in the game ... his 38-yard fi eld goal attempt in the fi nal seconds at Toledo to win the game was blocked ... opened season by missing fi eld goal attempts of 44, 47 and 49 yards ... 2006 ... Extended his school record streak to 74 straight sucessful extra-point attempts ... against Texas Tech, hit on both fi eld-goal attempts, including a personal best 52-yard three-pointer ... made his 39-yard fi eld goal attempt and all four of his PAT tries against Toledo ... 104-115 on all career kicks ... 2005 ... Nailed 12-of-16 fi eld-goal attempts and all 34 extra-point attempts ... missed the fi rst two games due to injury ... made three fi eld goals against Oklahoma State and Colorado ... his 45-yarder against Colorado is a career long ... 2004 ... A former walk-on who stabilized Iowa State’s kicking game over the last seven contests of the season ... scored ISU’s fi rst nine points at Kansas State, making 3-of-4 fi eld goals en route to Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors ... became the fi rst Cyclone since Adam Benike (2003 at N. Illinois) to hit three fi eld goals in a game ... also became the fi rst since Benike (2002 at Iowa/vs. Nebraska) to make fi ve consecutive fi eld goals ... hit two fi eld goals and four PATs against Nebraska ... made his fi rst two career fi eld-goal attempts (22, 34) against Kansas ... in his fi rst career ap-pearance (at Colorado), boomed the opening kickoff for a touchback, only the third touchback by ISU on the season ... also made a PAT in the fourth quarter at CU ... walked on to the squad in August.
High School Experience: First-team all-conference as a senior ... hit all 19 PAT attempts ... made fi ve fi eld goals, including a long of 52 ... the 52-yarder tied for the season-long in Iowa, and is a conference record ... third-team all-state selection by the Iowa Newspaper Association.
FIELD GOALS Att Good Long Blkd Att Good Long Blkd Pct.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Culbertson,Bret 14 8 42 1 ....................................... 51 36 52 1 70.6Total.......... 14 8 42 1Opponents...... 7 5 41 1
Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category
2007 Cyclone Football Iowa State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 13, 2007) All games
INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
Rushes.............. 34 Bass,J.J. at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Yards Rushing....... 134 Bass,J.J. at TOLEDO (09/22/07) TD Rushes........... 2 Bass,J.J. at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Scales,Jason at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Long Rush........... 24 Scales,Jason at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Pass attempts....... 51 Meyer,Bret at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Pass completions.... 27 Meyer,Bret vs Northern Iowa (Sep 08, 2007) Yards Passing....... 281 Meyer,Bret at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) TD Passes........... 3 Meyer,Bret at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Long Pass........... 39 Meyer,Bret at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Receptions.......... 8 Blythe,Todd at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Yards Receiving..... 128 Blythe,Todd at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) TD Receptions....... 1 Blythe,Todd vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Blythe,Todd at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Franklin,Wallac at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Catlett,Derrick at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Blythe,Todd at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Long Reception...... 39 Blythe,Todd at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Field Goals......... 5 Culbertson,Bret vs Iowa (Sep 15, 2007) Long Field Goal..... 42 Culbertson,Bret vs Iowa (Sep 15, 2007) Punts............... 9 Brandtner,Mike at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Punting Avg......... 44.5 Brandtner,Mike vs Northern Iowa (Sep 08, 2007) Long Punt........... 62 Brandtner,Mike at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Long Punt Return.... 14 Williams,Drenar vs Iowa (Sep 15, 2007) Long Kickoff Return. 41 Sumrall,R.J. vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Sumrall,R.J. vs Northern Iowa (Sep 08, 2007) Tackles............. 15 Bowen,Alvin at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Sacks............... 2.0 Braaksma,Bryce at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Tackles For Loss.... 2.0 Banks,Jon vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Smith,James vs Northern Iowa (Sep 08, 2007) Taylor,Kurtis vs Northern Iowa (Sep 08, 2007) Bowen,Alvin at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Bowen,Alvin at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Braaksma,Bryce at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Interceptions....... 1 Smith,James vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Singleton,Chris vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Bowen,Alvin at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Singleton,Chris at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Smith,James at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Banks,Jon at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007)
2007 Cyclone Football Iowa State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 13, 2007) All games
TEAM GAME HIGHS
Rushes.............. 52 at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Yards Rushing....... 158 vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Yards Per Rush...... 4.1 vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) TD Rushes........... 2 vs Northern Iowa (Sep 08, 2007) at TOLEDO (09/22/07) at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Pass attempts....... 51 at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Pass completions.... 29 vs Northern Iowa (Sep 08, 2007) Yards Passing....... 281 at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Yards Per Pass...... 7.6 at TOLEDO (09/22/07) TD Passes........... 3 at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Total Plays......... 102 at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Total Offense....... 415 at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Yards Per Play...... 4.9 vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Points.............. 35 at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Sacks By............ 4 vs Iowa (Sep 15, 2007) First Downs......... 28 at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Penalties........... 6 vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Penalty Yards....... 45 at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Turnovers........... 4 vs Northern Iowa (Sep 08, 2007) at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Interceptions By.... 2 vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007)
2007 Cyclone Football Iowa State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 13, 2007) All games
OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
Rushes.............. 25 JARVIS, Eugene, vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Yards Rushing....... 130 Lewis, Corey, vs Northern Iowa (Sep 08, 2007) TD Rushes........... 1 EDELMAN, Julian, vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) JARVIS, Eugene, vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Sanders, Eric, vs Northern Iowa (Sep 08, 2007) Christensen, J., vs Iowa (Sep 15, 2007) OPELT, Aaron, at TOLEDO (09/22/07) PARMELE, Jalen, at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Lucky, Marlon, at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Harrell, Graham, at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Chiles, John, vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) McCoy, Colt, vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) Charles, Jamaal, vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) Long Rush........... 44 McCoy, Colt, vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) Pass attempts....... 43 Harrell, Graham, at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Pass completions.... 36 Harrell, Graham, at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Yards Passing....... 425 Harrell, Graham, at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) TD Passes........... 4 Harrell, Graham, at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) McCoy, Colt, vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) Long Pass........... 60 Keller, Sam, at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Receptions.......... 10 Crabtree, M., at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Amendola, Danny, at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Yards Receiving..... 154 Crabtree, M., at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) TD Receptions....... 3 Crabtree, M., at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Long Reception...... 60 Hardy, Frantz, at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Field Goals......... 2 Signor, Austin, vs Iowa (Sep 15, 2007) Long Field Goal..... 41 Signor, Austin, vs Iowa (Sep 15, 2007) Punts............... 6 Donahue, Ryan, vs Iowa (Sep 15, 2007) Punting Avg......... 41.7 LaCour, J., at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Long Punt........... 54 LaCour, J., at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Long Punt Return.... 34 Morris, Eric, at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Long Kickoff Return. 82 PARMELE, Jalen, at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Tackles............. 19 CHURCH, Barry, at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Sacks............... 1.5 Turner, Barry, at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) Tackles For Loss.... 3.0 CHURCH, Barry, at TOLEDO (09/22/07) Interceptions....... 2 Grixby, Cortney, at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007)
2007 Cyclone Football Iowa State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 13, 2007) All games
OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS
Rushes.............. 51 vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Yards Rushing....... 216 vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) Yards Per Rush...... 5.5 vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) TD Rushes........... 3 vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) Pass attempts....... 49 at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Pass completions.... 40 at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Yards Passing....... 460 at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Yards Per Pass...... 9.6 vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) TD Passes........... 4 at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) Total Plays......... 77 vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Total Offense....... 514 vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) Yards Per Play...... 7.4 at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Points.............. 56 vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) Sacks By............ 3 at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) First Downs......... 28 vs Texas (Oct 13, 2007) Penalties........... 8 at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Penalty Yards....... 75 vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) Turnovers........... 3 vs Kent State (Aug 30, 2007) at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007) at Texas Tech (Oct 06, 2007) Interceptions By.... 3 at Nebraska (Sept.29,2007)
2007 Cyclone Football Iowa State Red-Zone Results (as of Oct 13, 2007) All games
Iowa State Inside Opponent Red-Zone
Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs ---- Failed to score inside RZ ----
Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game