AMES, Iowa – A lively Halloween night crowd welcomed the Iowa State football team home after two straight road losses and the Cyclones responded with a rousing upset victory on Kyle Konrardy’s walk-off field goal.
Konrardy connected from 34 yards out as time expired to lift Iowa State past No. 24 Oklahoma State 51-49 on a wild Saturday night on MidAmerica Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium.
The two teams suited up for the occasion with Iowa State (4-4 overall, 2-3 Big 12) in all black and the Cowboys (5-3, 3-2) in all orange and they treated fans to a classic that produced 100 points, 1,114 yards and a succession of long scoring drives. Thirty-four of those points came in the fourth quarter, which began with ISU leading 38-28.
It was the most combined points in the 60-year series between the two rivals.
Oklahoma State had taken just its second lead of the night on Drew Mestermaker’s underhanded shovel pass to Wyatt Young, who scored from 7 yards out to put the Cowboys up 49-48. Only 53 seconds remained, but that was enough for Iowa State, which put up huge offensive numbers after managing only 13 points and 412 total yards in successive road losses to BYU and Arizona.
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