Brock Purdy threw four touchdown passes in the first quarter and Breece Hall rushed for the results of the second and third periods as the state of Iowa vigorously recovered from a loss in its Big 12 Conference opener and Kansas 59-7 in on Saturday night Ames stormed.
When they defeated the Jayhawks (1-4, 0-2 Big 12) for the seventh time in a row, the Cyclones reached (3-2,) and passed (274).
The 59 points were Iowa State’s most since a 72:20 shot by Louisiana-Monroe in the third game of the 2019 season.
Purdy has made most of Iowa State’s passing games, 17 out of 22 for 245 yards. His TD passes – all in the first 14:12 of the game – covered 36 yards to Xavier Hutchinson, 6 yards to Charlie Kolar, 44 yards to Joe Scates, and 7 yards to Jirehl Brock.
Hutchinson finished the game as the lead receiver with seven catches for 96 yards.
At 28-0 after a quarter, the Cyclones turned mostly to their running game, with Hall bringing out 123 yards on 17 carries a day. His scores came from 9 yards in the second quarter and 1 yard in the third.
Hunter Dekkers added a 41-yard TD run in the third quarter and Connor Assalley added a 26-yard field goal in the final game of the first half when Iowa State scored 52 points after a tough 31:29 defeat at Baylor in the first 43 minutes of the game.
Deon Silas crowned the scoring with a 16-yard TD run with 3:13 left.
Torry Locklin stormed from 12 yards into Kansas ‘first possession in the third quarter and scored the visitors’ only goal.
Devin Neal stormed 15 carries for 83 yards and Trevor Wilson took three passes for 55 yards for the Jayhawks, who totaled 302 yards.
Kansas starting quarterback Jason Bean went 10 for 20 for 120 yards. He was intercepted once by cornerback Kym-Mani King.
The Jayhawks also lost a fumble in the game. Iowa State had no sales.
–Field-level media
