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College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 24, Iowa State 21
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 15, 2022
Where: Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
Temperature: °
Head Official: Tuta Salaam
Attendance: 100119

Quinn Ewers passed for 172 yards and three touchdowns as No. 22 Texas outlasted Iowa State 24-21 Saturday afternoon in Austin, Texas.

The Longhorns (5-2, 3-1 in Big 12) made just enough plays down the stretch and won their third straight contest despite being outgained by Iowa State 403-363 and making several big mistakes. Texas snapped a three-game losing streak to the Cyclones.

Bijan Robinson ran for 135 yards on 28 carries and added 36 yards receiving for the Longhorns.

Texas took a three-point advantage it would not relinquish after a 3-yard touchdown pass from Ewers to Xavier Worthy with 4:43 to play.

Iowa State's Xavier Hutchinson then dropped a wide-open deep pass from Hunter Dekkers at the Texas 9-yard line with under 3 minutes remaining that would have put the Cyclones well within range for a tying field goal. Later on the drive, Dekkers fumbled while scrambling inside the Texas 30-yard line, and the Longhorns were able to run out the clock.

Dekkers passed for 329 yards and two TDs and ran for a third score for the Cyclones (3-4, 0-4). Hutchinson caught 10 passes for 154 yards while Jaylin Noel caught both of Dekkers' scoring tosses. Iowa State has started its Big 12 campaign 0-4 for the first time in coach Matt Campbell's tenure.

Those four losses, three of which have been to ranked teams, were by a combined 14 points.

The Cyclones lit the board first via a 5-yard touchdown pass from Dekkers to Noel with 57 seconds left in the first quarter. Texas answered on a 15-yard scoring hookup from Ewers to Worthy with 5:48 to play in the second quarter to tie the game at 7-7.

The Longhorns then took the lead on Ewers' 5-yard TD pass to Jordan Whittington with 13 seconds remaining until halftime. Texas added to its advantage with a 31-yard field goal by Bert Auburn on the initial possession of the third quarter.

Iowa State responded and cut its deficit to 17-14 with the second Dekkers-to-Noel TD pass of the game, this one from 54 yards away with 4:27 to play in the third quarter. Dekkers then put the Cyclones back on top with his 11-yard scoring scramble with 10:58 remaining that set the table for the furious finish.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Rushing
Iowa State   Texas
Hunter Dekkers Player Bijan Robinson
8 Attempts 28
30 Yards 135
3.8 Avg Yards 4.8
1 Touchdowns 0
0 Long 0
Receiving
Iowa State   Texas
Xavier Hutchinson Player Xavier Worthy
10 Receptions 8
154 Yards 72
15.4 Avg Yards 9.0
0 Touchdowns 2
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Iowa State 403 74 329 3 0 0 0.0 0
Texas 363 191 172 3 1 1 1.0 1