Iowa State 51, Kansas 23
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 17, 2012
Where: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas
Temperature:
52°
Head Official:
Dan Romeo
Attendance:
41608
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Iowa State 51, Kansas 23: Redshirt freshman quarterback Sam Richardson came off the bench and went 23-of-27 for 250 yards and four touchdowns to guide the visiting Cyclones past the Jayhawks.
Richardson, who replaced senior starter Steele Jantz after the Cyclones' second series, led Iowa State (6-5, 3-5 Big 12) to 28 consecutive points after Tony Pierson put Kansas (1-10, 0-8) ahead 14-10 with a 55-yard touchdown run on a fake reverse with 14:50 left in the first half.
Iowa State's Jeff Woody rushed for 89 yards and a score on nine carries and Richardson added 43 yards and a touchdown run.
Josh Lenz had a game-high six catches for 78 yards and a touchdown for the Cyclones, who saw four different players catch touchdown passes.
Pierson rushed for 73 yards on seven carries for Kansas and added a 37-yard touchdown catch.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Richardson was not listed on the two-deep depth chart and had not attempted a pass before Saturday ... Iowa State senior Durrell Givens recovered his FBS-leading sixth fumble in the second quarter and has nine total takeaways. ... Kansas has lost 20 straight conference games dating to November 2010.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Iowa State |
|
Kansas |
Jeff Woody
|
Player |
James Sims
|
9 |
Attempts |
20 |
89 |
Yards |
81 |
9.9 |
Avg Yards |
4.0 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
Iowa State |
|
Kansas |
Josh Lenz
| Player |
Jimmay Mundine
|
6 |
Receptions |
3 |
78 |
Yards |
63 |
13.0 |
Avg Yards |
21.0 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Iowa State
|
548 |
241 |
307 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0.0 |
3 |
Kansas
|
441 |
252 |
189 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |