Unbeaten BYU Outgains Iowa State 508 to 200
BYU is 5-0, and the yardage in this one explains why nobody is surprised. The Cougars piled up 508 total yards to Iowa State's 200, a gap of 308, and they turned that into a 24-10 win that was never really in doubt.
BYU scored first and never gave the lead back. Journee Tonga ran it in from six yards in the first quarter, Iowa State answered with a 40-yard field goal to make it 7-3, and that was the closest the Cyclones got until late. Bear Bachmeier found Kyler Kasper from five yards with 1:51 left in the half, and then Legend Glasker caught a 75-yard touchdown pass with 1:09 left in the third. That made it 21-3 heading into the fourth quarter.
Iowa State did get a score when Jaylen Raynor hit Christian Greenlaw from a yard out at 12:51 of the fourth, cutting it to 21-10. The Cougars answered with a Matthias Dunn field goal from 38 yards with 1:51 to go for the final margin of 14. BYU lost a fumble, its only turnover, and the Cyclones did not have a giveaway at all, which is a tough way to lose by two scores. They passed for 98 yards and ran for 102 on 27 carries.
The records tell the rest. BYU stays perfect at 5-0, and Iowa State drops to 3-3.
Bachmeier was the fantasy story with 36.1 points, only 0.3 short of his season best. He threw for 329 yards and ran for 109 more, which is the kind of line that makes a quarterback a weekly lock.