AMES, Iowa (AP) — Aiden Flora ran for 179 of his career-high 194 yards within the first half and returned a punt 66 yards for a landing, and Cameron Pettaway scored on a 100-yard kick return towards his outdated group as Iowa State rolled previous Bowling Inexperienced 55-7 on Saturday.
The Cyclones (2-1) amassed 507 yards of offense towards their overmatched opponent from the Mid-American Convention of their last tuneup earlier than they open Massive 12 play at dwelling subsequent week towards No. 17 Utah.
Not together with their five-game 2020 pandemic season, the Falcons (0-3) are out to their worst begin since shedding their first 5 video games in 2017.
Flora, who walked on in 2024 and was awarded a scholarship in January, completed with 296 all-purpose yards for essentially the most by an Iowa State participant since Leonard Johnson piled up 319 towards Oklahoma State in 2008.
Flora led a speeding assault that totaled 365 yards, most because the Cyclones ran for 368 towards Texas Tech in 2011.
Play stopped for about quarter-hour within the first quarter as medics tended to Iowa State cornerback Jaheim Singletary. He was taken off the sphere on a backboard after he collided with teammate Willie Breland III as they chased after Bowling Inexperienced’s Winn Sharp on a 59-yard scoring play. Breland was not injured.
Singletary confirmed motion in his extremities at an Ames hospital and was persevering with to be evaluated, the varsity introduced.
When play resumed, Pettaway busted by way of Bowling Inexperienced's kick protection, angled towards the suitable sideline and picked up a key block from Dominic Overby on his strategy to a 100-yard landing. Pettaway ran again a kick 98 yards for a landing final season whereas incomes Mid-American Convention freshman-of-the-year honors for Bowling Inexperienced.
Flora adopted with touchdowns of 61 and 42 yards because the Cyclones went to halftime main by 4 touchdowns, and his lengthy punt return in the course of the third quarter put them up 45-7.
The takeaway
Bowling Inexperienced: The Falcons' 27 factors by way of three video games are fewest in this system's Division I period that started in 1962. They ran two performs on Iowa State's aspect of the sphere within the first half and by no means received previous the ISU 35 aside from Sharp's 59-yard TD reception. The protection has allowed 295.7 yards speeding per recreation thus far.
Iowa State: The Cyclones had been in a position to blow out their offensive engine after shedding 16-13 at Iowa final week. Although the run recreation produced numbers not seen in 15 years, the going will get a lot harder when a Utah protection giving up 85 yards per recreation on the bottom involves Ames.
Up subsequent
Bowling Inexperienced: hosts South Florida subsequent Saturday.
Iowa State: hosts Utah subsequent Saturday.
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