HOUSTON, TEXAS – #18 Iowa State defeated Houston, 20-0, Saturday night in Houston, Texas.
The game was played inside TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas, in front of 25,138 fans. The game was a low-scoring slugfest until Iowa State broke it open late.
Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell is now 57-48 at Iowa State and 92-63 overall as a head coach. Campbell’s 57 wins at Iowa State are the most in program history, passing Dan McCarney’s record of 56.
Campbell has coached Iowa State as a ranked team a school record 27 times with a 16-11 record.
Iowa State is 4-0 for the eighth time in school history and the first time since 2000.
The shutout of Houston was the first for Iowa State since a 45-0 win over Kansas State in 2020 and the first road conference shutout for the Cyclones since beating Kansas State 24-0 in 1971.
The Cyclones streak of 38 consecutive scores in the red zone came to an end with a missed field goal.
Iowa State has won the turnover battle in all four games this year and are 36-9 under Campbell when doing so.
The Cyclones have held back-to-back opponents scoreless in the first half for the first time since at least 2013.
Iowa State has won five-straight road Big 12 games.
Jaylon Jackson and Abu Sama each had runs of 50-yards, marking the first time since 2010 that two Cyclones had runs of 50-plus yards in the same
game.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Rocco Becht
*Tossed his 30th career touchdown pass, becoming the seventh player in program history to reach the mark.
*Surpassed 4,000 yards passing for his career, becoming the 11th player in school history to do so.
*Passed Sage Rosenfels (1997-2000 – 306) for 10th in school history with 309 career completions.
Abu Sama
*His 77-yard rushing touchdown was the sixth rushing touchdown of 50 yards or more.
*He’s now tied for fifth in school history in 50-yard plays, third in 50-yard rushes and third in 50-plus yard touchdown plays.
*Tallied his third career 100-yard rushing game.
Jaylon Jackson
*His 50-yard run was the longest by a Cyclone this season.
Jaylin Noel
*Made his 25th start as a Cyclone.
*Has caught a pass in 36-straight games, tied for the third-longest streak in school history and the fourth longest active streak in the country.
*Tied Deshaunte Jones (2016-18) for third in school history with 184 career receptions with four today.
*Became the ninth player in program history to surpass 2,000 yards receiving in a career.
Jayden Higgins
*Has caught a touchdown pass in six-straight games, breaking the school record previously held by Ty Watley and Todd Blythe.
J.R. Singleton
*Forced the third fumble of his career.
*Has tallied three sacks on the season.
Jacob Ellis
*Recovered the first fumble of his career.
Jontez Williams
*Picked off the first pass of his career.
Malik Verdon
*Forced his first career fumble.
