The Hawks did just enough to beat Iowa State in Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday hanging on to beat Iowa State 20 to 13. Honestly this game really went about how it was expected to go for the most part the defenses dominated. Iowa did do some good things offensively but also missed some chances to really put the game out of reach.
The biggest surprise on Saturday was Jazuin Patterson having a breakout performance with 10 carries for 86 yards 1 TD. His numbers included a 59-yard run to set up a field goal to give Iowa an early 3 to 0 lead. Kaleb Johnson had 15 carries but only for 28 yards he just seemed a step slow for some reason. QB Cade McNamara had an up and down game completing 12/22 passes for 123 yards 1 Interception. Coming into the game we knew Iowa State had a terrific secondary. Iowa was very aggressive on 3rd and short which I loved running multiple play-action passes. The first big completion came on a 3rd and 2 to set up Iowa's First touchdown as McNamara connected with TE Luke Lachey for 35 yards. Another big completion came on 3rd and 1 with a little over 8 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter as McNamara connected with Erik All for 23 yards into Iowa State territory. McNamara did miss what probably would have been a 91 yard TD pass to Seth Anderson has he made the corner fall down on a double move but didn't put enough air under the ball. The Wide receivers still need to have some more production on Saturday Anderson had 1 Catch for 14 yards, Nico Ragaini 2 Catches 8 Yards, Diante Vines one Reception for 7 Yards. Iowa State has a good defense but unfortunately, we did see some of the same things that have hurt the offense in the past. This week will tell us a lot because they really need to put a big offensive performance together vs Western Michigan.
Defensively they absolutely dominated at times on Saturday. The Defense scored another touchdown with the pick 6 by Sebastian Castro. The Defense completely neutralized the run game allowing just 87 yards on 31 carries. The Pass defense also played extremely well Deshaun Lee was tested a lot again on Saturday he had a couple of nice pass breakups and 9 tackles. Hawkeyes had 5 tackles for loss and put a ton of pressure on Iowa State QB Rocco Becht, now they didn't get a lot of sacks but put some hits on the young quarterback. Joe Evans was all over the field, every drop back it seemed like he was putting some heat on the QB. Other than the first drive of the game where Iowa State went 57 yards on 15 plays. The Cyclones next 5 drives they went punt, punt, punt and Interception for a TD. The only drive Iowa State turned into a TD was a 14-play drive which went 80 yards. The defense ended the game forcing Iowa State to turn it over on downs with a 1:23 to play in the game.
Special teams were solid they blocked a field goal early in the game that would have given Iowa State a 3-0 lead. Drew Stevens was 2-2 on Field Goals. Tory Taylor punted 6 times for an average of 46.9 Yards. Iowa's Punt coverage was outstanding too as Iowa State punt returner Jaylin Noel had 3 Returns for -4 yards.
Whenever you play a rival like Iowa State you are just happy to get out with a win and the Hawks did that, so mission accomplished. Now they play Western Michigan before the big game at Penn State in two weeks. It would be nice to see the offense have a breakout performance on Saturday, but we will have to wait and see what happens.
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