Preview: #20 Iowa State Set to Take on Arkansas State | Sports

AMES, Iowa – No. 20 Iowa State wraps up its nonconference schedule Saturday when it hosts Arkansas State at Jack Trice Stadium. Head coach Matt Campbell can match the varsity file for profession victories (56) with a win in opposition to the Red Wolves. 

Who: No. 20 Iowa State (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Arkansas State (2-1, 0-0 Sun Belt)
Where: MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium (61,500) – Ames, Iowa
When: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024 – 1 p.m. CT
PURCHASE TICKETS | PURCHASE PARKING

The Links
WATCH: ESPN+
PxP: ERichard Cross; Analyst: Taylor McHargue; Sideline: Tori Petry
LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App, TuneIn Radio or Radio Affiliates
PxP: John Walters; Analyst: Eric Heft; Sideline: Ryan Harklau
LIVE STATS
IOWA STATE GAME NOTES
2024 FOOTBALL YEARBOOK
GAME PROGRAM
MEDIA CENTER

INSIDE THE SERIES
First Meeting
Overall: 0-0
Home: 0-0
Road: 0-0
Campbell vs. Arkansas State: 2-0

50 SEASONS AT JACK TRICE STADIUM

Iowa State's is in its 50^th season of play at Jack Trice Stadium. Learn extra in regards to the stadium's historical past by clicking right here.

NUMBERS OF NOTE
2 – Defensive again Darien Porter had a popping out get together in Iowa State's 20-19 win at No. 21 Iowa. The senior nabbed two interceptions within the sport and had a key go breakup on a Hawkeye 2-point conversion, which finally allowed ISU to win the sport by a degree. It marked ISU's first multi-takeaway sport in opposition to Iowa since David Sims had two picks in 2009.

12 – Iowa State has 12 wins since 2017 the place the sport was tied or ISU trailed within the fourth quarter.

26 – Matt Campbell will coach the Cyclones as a ranked workforce for a school-record twenty sixth time, proudly owning a 14-11 mark in these video games. 

34 – Jaylin Noel has a reception in 34-straight video games, the fifth-longest energetic streak in FBS and fourth-longest in class historical past.

RED ZONE DEFENSE

Iowa State has allowed just one landing in its opponents' 5 journeys to the purple zone this season.

JAY-SQUARED

• Iowa State boasts one of many nation's high receiving tandems in Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel. The duo makes the Cyclones one in all six groups to have a number of gamers on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List.
• This season, the pair have mixed for 26 receptions for 411 yards and 4 touchdowns.
• Noel is averaging 134.0 receiving yards per sport which ranks No. 5 nationally.
• Jaylin Noel and Jayden Higgins each have TD receptions in four-straight video games, making them one in all 5 duos to have each receivers catch a TD go in four-straight video games courting again to 2019.

OTHER KEY STORYLINES

• Iowa State is 2-0 for the second time within the final three seasons and appears to begin 3-0 for the fourth time since 2010.
• Campbell is in his ninth season main the Cyclone program, the third-longest tenured coach in program historical past and tied for the third-longest energetic tenure within the Big 12 Conference. Campbell has led the Cyclones to 55 wins, second solely to McCarney's 56 victories. Among Big 12 coaches at their present colleges, Campbell's 55 wins are the fourth-most.
• Last trip, the Cyclones earned a 20-19 win in opposition to then-No. 21 Iowa as they claimed victory within the rivalry sport for the second time in three seasons. ISU trailed the Hawkeyes 13-0 on the half however received the sport on a 54-yard discipline aim by redshirt freshman Kyle Konrardy. Konrardy earned Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 9) for his efforts.
• Rocco Becht has had a strong begin to the season, finishing 70.5 p.c of his passes with 4 landing passes and a mean of 12.5 yards per completion. His 70.5 completion share ranks No. 18 amongst FBS quarterbacks.

HONORING OSEMELE

Iowa State will induct former Cyclone offensive lineman Kelechi Osemele into its Hall of Fame on Friday night. A two-time Pro Bowl choice, Osemele performed for the Cyclones from 2008-11 after which within the NFL for 9 seasons, profitable a Super Bowl with Baltimore in 2013 and being named First Team All-Pro in 2016. He will be acknowledged at halftime of Saturday's sport.
​

CYCAST WITH THE CYCLONE RADIO CREW

John Walters, Eric Heft and Ryan Harklau sit down to preview the Iowa State-Arkansas State sport, contemporary off a bye week for the Cyclones. The podcast is offered by Van Wall Equipment.

To pay attention, CLICK HERE.

WEEKLY MEDIA AVAILABILITY
Matt Campbell, Jon Heacock, Rocco Becht, Jontez Williams, Tyler Miller and Kooper Ebel met with the media on Tuesday. Watch their interviews beneath.