West Virginia Mountaineers

12thin Big 12 · 3-2

Ugh, no.

West Virginia Mountaineers lost to the Iowa State Cyclones

3-2 42 – 45

3-2

Final · Sat, Oct 3

Game Details

Jack Trice Stadium (Ames) · 52,724 fans · TNT

Recap

Aiden Flora accounts for 5 TDs as Iowa State outlasts West Virginia in a wild 45-42 victory

Aiden Flora accounted for five touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 1:57 left, and Iowa State held off West Virginia 45-42 Saturday in a wild game in which the teams combined for over 1,000 yards of offense.

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Jack Trice Stadium · Ames

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
WVU	7	7	14	14	42
ISU	7	14	7	17	45

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Game Leaders

West Virginia Mountaineers

Michael Hawkins Jr. · 11/23, 227 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Michael Hawkins Jr. · 20 CAR, 149 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
DJ Epps · 4 REC, 114 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Ben Cutter · 1Sacks
Cam Torbor · 10Tackles

Iowa State Cyclones

Jaylen Raynor · 19/27, 264 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Aiden Flora · 22 CAR, 212 YDS, 3 TDRushing Yards
Cody Jackson · 6 REC, 160 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Keyon Washington · 1Sacks
Sullivan Schlimgen · 11Tackles

2026 Big 12 Conference Standings

Team
Texas Tech
BYU
Baylor
Utah
Oklahoma State
Arizona
Houston
Cincinnati
Iowa State
UCF
Arizona State
Kansas State
Kansas
West Virginia
Colorado
TCU

Scoring

Q4 1:57

TD Aiden Flora 2 Yd Run (Kyle Konrardy Kick)42–45

Q4 5:04

TD DJ Epps 47 Yd pass from Michael Hawkins Jr. (Jack Cassidy Kick)42–38

Q4 6:08

TD Aiden Flora 63 Yd Run (Kyle Konrardy Kick)35–38

Q4 7:34

TD Cam Cook 8 Yd Run (Jack Cassidy Kick)35–31

Q4 10:45

FG Kyle Konrardy 35 Yd Field Goal 28–31

Q3 1:07

TD Cam Cook 9 Yd Run (Jack Cassidy Kick)28–28

Q3 5:43

TD Michael Hawkins Jr. 7 Yd Run (Jack Cassidy Kick)21–28

Q3 12:15

TD Aiden Flora 24 Yd Run (Kyle Konrardy Kick)14–28

Q2 0:05

TD Vince Benetti 2 Yd pass from Aiden Flora (Kyle Konrardy Kick)14–21

Q2 6:12

TD Michael Hawkins Jr. 8 Yd Run (Jack Cassidy Kick)14–14

Q2 11:04

TD Cody Jackson 46 Yd pass from Aiden Flora (Kyle Konrardy Kick)7–14

Q1 2:31

TD Omari Hayes 20 Yd pass from Jaylen Raynor (Kyle Konrardy Kick)7–7

Q1 6:53

TD Cyrus Traugh 33 Yd pass from Michael Hawkins Jr. (Jack Cassidy Kick)7–0

Team Stats

West Virginia MountaineersIowa State Cyclones

Offense

518 Total Yards 577

227 Passing Yards 312

291 Rushing Yards 265

19 First Downs 29

Efficiency

5-13 3rd Down 5-11

1-1 4th Down 0-0

11/23 Completions 21/29

Turnovers & Clock

2 Turnovers 1

10-86 Penalties 7-60

21:46 Possession 38:14

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Michael Hawkins Jr.	11/23	227	9.9	2	0	91.8
Team	11/23	227	9.9	2	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Michael Hawkins Jr.	20	149	7.5	2	32
Cam Cook	20	142	7.1	2	37
Team	40	291	7.3	4	37

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
DJ Epps	4	114	28.5	1	47
Prince Strachan	3	41	13.7	0	26
Jaden Bray	1	34	34.0	0	34
Cyrus Traugh	1	33	33.0	1	33
Cam Cook	2	5	2.5	0	3
Team	11	227	20.6	2	47

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Michael Hawkins Jr.	1	1
DJ Epps	1	1
Team	2	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Cam Torbor	10	3	0	2	0	0
Ben Cutter	9	5	1	1	0	0
Matt Sieg	8	6	0	0	0	0
Andrew Powdrell	7	3	0	0	0	0
Zeke Durham-Campbell	7	2	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Patterson	7	1	0	0	0	0
JaCorey Thomas	4	3	0	0	0	0
Corey McIntyre Jr.	4	3	0	1.5	0	0
Jason Chambers	4	2	0	0	0	0
Nate Gabriel	4	1	1	1	0	0
Harper Holloman	3	3	0	0	0	1
Kamari Wilson	3	1	0	0	0	0
KJ Henson	3	1	0	0.5	0	0
Chams Diagne	2	2	0	0	1	0
Keyshawn Robinson	2	2	0	0	0	0
David Afogho	2	1	0	0	0	0
Wes King	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jason Hall Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kameron Reddic	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yendor Mack	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	83	41	2	6	1	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Isaiah Patterson	1	2	0
Team	1	2	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Matt Sieg	2	30	15.0	22	0
Team	2	30	15.0	22	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jack Cassidy	0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6
Team	0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Bryan Hansen	5	215	43.0	0	3	52
Team	5	215	43.0	0	3	52

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Jaylen Raynor	19/27	264	9.8	1	1	53.9
Aiden Flora	2/2	48	24.0	2	0	--
Team	21/29	312	10.8	3	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Aiden Flora	22	212	9.6	3	63
Ryver Peppers	8	29	3.6	0	15
Jaylen Raynor	11	15	1.4	0	9
Cameron Pettaway	3	8	2.7	0	7
Arnold Barnes III	2	2	1.0	0	2
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	47	265	5.6	3	63

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cody Jackson	6	160	26.7	1	46
Dominic Overby	3	70	23.3	0	31
Omari Hayes	3	34	11.3	1	20
Ty Claiborne	3	24	8.0	0	12
Jamal Polite Jr.	2	12	6.0	0	6
Vince Benetti	2	8	4.0	1	6
Cameron Pettaway	1	4	4.0	0	4
Ryver Peppers	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	21	312	14.9	3	46

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Malaki Ta'ase	0	0	1
Seth Johnson	0	0	1
Team	0	0	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Sullivan Schlimgen	11	5	0	0	0	0
Carson Willich	7	5	0	1	0	1
Willie Breland III	5	0	0	0	0	0
Seth Johnson	4	3	0	0	1	0
Bryson Lamb	4	1	0	1	0	0
Drew Surges	3	2	0	1	0	0
Micah Harper	3	1	0	0.5	0	0
Isaac Terrell	3	1	0	0	0	0
Zaimir Hawk	3	0	0	0.5	0	0
David Coffey	2	2	0	0	1	0
Brody Miller	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jace Gilbert	2	0	0	0	0	0
Keyon Washington	1	1	1	1	0	0
Malaki Ta'ase	1	1	1	1	0	0
Beni Ngoyi	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jaylen Raynor	1	1	0	0	0	0
Eddie Lemos	1	1	0	0	0	0
Caden Matson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Vince Benetti	1	1	0	0	0	0
Trey Verdon	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bradley Esser	1	1	0	0	0	0
Max Baloun	1	0	0	0	0	0
Montreze Smith Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Hawkins	1	0	0	0	0	0
Duhron Goodman	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	61	31	2	6	3	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Cameron Pettaway	2	33	16.5	23	0
Team	2	33	16.5	23	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Kyle Konrardy	1/1	100.0	35	6/6	9
Team	1/1	100.0	35	6/6	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	LONG
Jonah DuPont	4	173	43.3	0	54
Ethan Gurney	1	50	50.0	1	50
Team	5	223	44.6	1	54

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