Iowa State Scores 55 with 365 Rushing Yards and a Punt Return
Bowling Green tied this game at 7-7. It took 13 seconds for that to stop mattering, because Iowa State took the next kickoff back 100 yards, and the final was 55-7.
The Cyclones opened with a 34-yard Jaylen Raynor touchdown pass to Jamal Polite Jr. Jay Kastantin answered with a 59-yard pass to Winn Sharp, the one and only highlight of the day for the Falcons. Then Cameron Pettaway returned the kickoff for a touchdown, Aiden Flora ripped off a 61-yard run before the quarter was out, and it was 21-7. Arnold Barnes III added a 3-yard score, Flora broke a 42-yarder, and by halftime it was 35-7. Kyle Konrardy kicked a 39-yard field goal, Flora took a punt back 66 yards for a touchdown a minute later, and Barnes and Konrardy finished it with an 8-yard run and a 40-yard field goal.
Take away the two returns, Pettaway's and Flora's, and Iowa State still wins 41-7. That is the part I enjoy. Iowa State ran 46 times for 365 yards and 507 total, while Bowling Green had 188 total yards, an interception and a lost fumble.
Iowa State is 2-1. Bowling Green is 0-3 and had a tie at 7-7 to show for its trouble.
If you had Flora, you had a very good Saturday: 34.4 points on 194 rushing yards and three touchdowns, two on the ground and one on a punt return.