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2023 week 1 · postseason · Friday, December 29, 2023 at 2:30 PM CT · Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium · 📺 ESPN · 48,789 att · 39.4°F Light Rain, wind 5.6

Drive chart

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Q1
TD
3 pl · 75 yd · 1:19
0–6
14:30 1st & 10 OPP 25 Seth Henigan pass complete to Anthony Landphere for 4 yds to the MEM 29 +4 -0.04
14:00 2nd & 6 OPP 29 Blake Watson run for 1 yd to the MEM 30 +1 -0.52
13:41 3rd & 5 OPP 30 Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 70 yds for a TD (Tanner Gillis PAT MISSED) +70 3.60
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ON DOWNS
7 pl · 21 yd · 2:48
0–6
13:35 1st & 10 OPP 25 Iowa State Penalty, Offensive Holding (-10 Yards) to the ISU 15 -10
13:00 1st & 20 OPP 15 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jayden Higgins for 16 yds to the ISU 31 +16
12:45 2nd & 4 OPP 31 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Jaylin Noel 0 -0.75
12:03 3rd & 4 OPP 31 Rocco Becht run for 6 yds to the ISU 37 for a 1ST down +6 0.86
11:51 1st & 10 OPP 37 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Daniel Jackson 0 -0.75
11:46 2nd & 10 OPP 37 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Jaylin Noel 0 -0.97
11:21 3rd & 10 OPP 37 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 9 yds to the ISU 46 +9 0.90
10:53 4th & 1 OPP 46 Rocco Becht run for no gain to the ISU 46 0 -1.48
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TD
9 pl · 46 yd · 5:00
0–13
10:22 1st & 10 OWN 46 Blake Watson run for 14 yds to the ISU 32 for a 1ST down +14 1.00
10:12 1st & 10 OWN 32 Seth Henigan pass incomplete to Joseph Scates 0 -0.93
10:04 2nd & 10 OWN 32 Blake Watson run for 2 yds to the ISU 30 +2 -0.34
9:45 3rd & 8 OWN 30 Seth Henigan pass complete to Anthony Landphere for 9 yds to the ISU 21 for a 1ST down +9 2.07
9:00 1st & 10 OWN 21 Seth Henigan pass complete to Sutton Smith for a loss of 3 yards to the ISU 24 -3 -0.79
8:00 2nd & 13 OWN 24 Seth Henigan pass complete to Roc Taylor for 4 yds to the ISU 20 +4 -0.05
7:07 3rd & 9 OWN 20 Seth Henigan pass complete to Roc Taylor for 8 yds to the ISU 12 +8 0.20
6:42 4th & 1 OWN 12 Timeout Memphis, clock 06:42
6:30 4th & 1 OWN 12 Brandon Thomas run for 1 yd to the ISU 11 for a 1ST down +1 0.51
5:53 1st & 10 OWN 11 Seth Henigan run for 11 yds for a TD (Tanner Gillis KICK) +11 6.76
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PUNT
6 pl · 28 yd · 3:08
0–13
5:30 1st & 10 OPP 4 Abu Sama III run for a loss of 2 yards to the ISU 2 -2
5:00 2nd & 12 OPP 2 Rocco Becht run for 3 yds to the ISU 5 +3
4:30 3rd & 9 OPP 5 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 28 yds to the ISU 33 for a 1ST down +28
4:00 1st & 10 OPP 33 Abu Sama III run for a loss of 1 yard to the ISU 32 -1 -0.80
3:08 2nd & 11 OPP 32 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Daniel Jackson 0 -0.85
2:59 3rd & 11 OPP 32 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Carson Hansen 0 -1.01
2:45 4th & 11 OPP 32 Tyler Perkins punt for 52 yds, downed at the MEM 16
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TD
4 pl · 84 yd · 2:15
0–19
2:15 1st & 10 OPP 16 Seth Henigan pass complete to Blake Watson for 11 yds to the MEM 27 for a 1ST down +11 0.68
1:36 1st & 10 OPP 27 Seth Henigan pass complete to Roc Taylor for 18 yds to the MEM 45 for a 1ST down +18 0.32
1:00 1st & 10 OPP 45 Sutton Smith run for 4 yds to the MEM 49 +4 -0.12
0:30 2nd & 6 OPP 49 Seth Henigan pass complete to Joseph Scates for 51 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed) +51 4.25
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TD
7 pl · 75 yd · 4:05
7–19
0:01 1st & 10 OPP 25 Rocco Becht pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 14 yds to the ISU 39 for a 1ST down +14 0.18
0:00 OPP 25 End of 1st Quarter
14:45 1st & 10 OPP 39 Abu Sama III run for 1 yd to the ISU 40 +1 -0.62
13:52 2nd & 9 OPP 40 Rocco Becht run for 10 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down +10 1.10
13:30 1st & 10 50 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jayden Higgins for 12 yds to the MEM 38 for a 1ST down +12 0.75
12:32 1st & 10 OWN 38 Abu Sama III run for a loss of 2 yards to the MEM 40 -2 -1.43
12:00 2nd & 12 OWN 40 Rocco Becht pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 11 yds to the MEM 29 +11 1.49
11:25 3rd & 1 OWN 29 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jayden Higgins for 29 yds for a TD (Chase Contreraz KICK) +29 6.39
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Q2
PUNT
3 pl · 0 yd · 1:03
7–19
11:00 1st & 10 OPP 28 Blake Watson run for no gain to the MEM 28 0 -0.51
10:36 2nd & 10 OPP 28 Seth Henigan pass incomplete to Blake Watson 0 -0.70
10:30 3rd & 10 OPP 28 Seth Henigan pass incomplete to Demeer Blankumsee 0 -0.95
10:22 4th & 10 OPP 28 Reid Bauer punt for 43 yds, fair catch by Jaylin Noel at the ISU 29
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FG
7 pl · 67 yd · 4:03
10–19
9:55 1st & 10 OPP 29 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 4 yds to the ISU 33 +4 -0.05
9:31 2nd & 6 OPP 33 Abu Sama III run for 3 yds to the ISU 36 +3 -0.25
8:34 3rd & 3 OPP 36 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jayden Higgins for 53 yds to the MEM 11 for a 1ST down +53
8:02 1st & 10 OWN 11 Abu Sama III run for 7 yds to the MEM 4 +7 0.39
7:11 2nd & 3 OWN 4 Abu Sama III run for a loss of 2 yards to the MEM 6 -2 -0.45
6:55 3rd & 5 OWN 6 Rocco Becht run for 2 yds to the MEM 4 +2 -0.08
6:19 4th & 3 OWN 4 Chase Contreraz 22 Yd Field Goal
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ON DOWNS
8 pl · 36 yd · 4:35
10–19
5:42 1st & 10 OPP 27 Seth Henigan pass complete to Roc Taylor for 14 yds to the MEM 41 for a 1ST down +14 0.20
5:05 1st & 10 OPP 41 Blake Watson run for 3 yds to the MEM 44 +3 -0.28
4:18 2nd & 7 OPP 44 Seth Henigan pass complete to Blake Watson for 6 yds to the 50 yard line +6 0.33
3:41 3rd & 1 50 Brandon Thomas run for 4 yds to the ISU 46 for a 1ST down +4 1.17
2:45 1st & 10 OWN 46 Seth Henigan pass complete to Roc Taylor for 7 yds to the ISU 39 +7 0.65
2:32 2nd & 3 OWN 39 Seth Henigan pass incomplete 0 -1.20
2:00 3rd & 3 OWN 39 Blake Watson run for 1 yd to the ISU 38 +1 -0.60
1:44 4th & 2 OWN 38 Blake Watson run for 1 yd to the ISU 37 +1 -0.28
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FG
8 pl · 42 yd · 1:09
13–19
1:16 1st & 10 OPP 37 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jayden Higgins for 30 yds to the MEM 33 for a 1ST down +30 0.85
1:12 1st & 10 OWN 33 Rocco Becht run for a loss of 5 yards to the MEM 38 -5 -1.52
1:12 2nd & 15 OWN 38 Timeout Iowa State, clock 01:12
1:07 2nd & 15 OWN 38 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Benjamin Brahmer 0 -0.47
1:07 3rd & 15 OWN 38 Timeout Memphis, clock 01:07
0:55 3rd & 15 OWN 38 Rocco Becht pass complete to Benjamin Brahmer for 17 yds to the MEM 21 for a 1ST down +17 3.51
0:49 1st & 10 OWN 21 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Benjamin Brahmer 0 -0.59
0:45 2nd & 10 OWN 21 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Benjamin Brahmer 0 -0.28
0:39 3rd & 10 OWN 21 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Jayden Higgins 0 -0.12
0:35 4th & 10 OWN 21 Chase Contreraz 39 yd FG GOOD
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END OF HALF
4 pl · 44 yd · 0:35
13–22
0:22 1st & 10 OPP 25 Blake Watson run for 21 yds to the MEM 46 for a 1ST down +21 1.01
0:11 1st & 10 OPP 46 Seth Henigan pass complete to Roc Taylor for 17 yds to the ISU 37 for a 1ST down +17 0.75
0:11 1st & 10 OWN 37 Timeout Memphis, clock 00:11
0:04 1st & 10 OWN 37 Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 6 yds to the ISU 31 +6 0.40
0:04 2nd & 4 OWN 31 Timeout Iowa State, clock 00:04
0:00 2nd & 4 OWN 31 Tanner Gillis 49 yd FG GOOD
0:00 OWN 31 End of 2nd Quarter
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Q3
PUNT
3 pl · 0 yd · 1:08
13–22
14:50 1st & 10 OPP 20 Abu Sama III run for no gain to the ISU 20 0 -0.37
14:06 2nd & 10 OPP 20 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Jayden Higgins 0 -0.47
14:02 3rd & 10 OPP 20 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Benjamin Brahmer 0 -0.73
13:52 4th & 10 OPP 20 Tyler Perkins punt for 45 yds, fair catch by Koby Drake at the MEM 35
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TD
4 pl · 65 yd · 2:14
13–29
13:25 1st & 10 OPP 35 Seth Henigan pass complete to Blake Watson for 5 yds to the MEM 40 +5 0.08
12:43 2nd & 5 OPP 40 Blake Watson run for 55 yds to the ISU 5 for a 1ST down +55
12:06 1st & goal OWN 5 Blake Watson run for no gain to the ISU 5 0
11:38 2nd & goal OWN 5 Seth Henigan pass complete to Anthony Landphere for 5 yds for a TD (Tanner Gillis KICK) +5
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PUNT
3 pl · -5 yd · 2:38
13–29
11:00 1st & 10 OPP 30 Abu Sama III run for 1 yd to the ISU 31 +1 -0.42
10:40 2nd & 9 OPP 31 Iowa State Penalty, False Start (-5 Yards) to the ISU 26 -5
10:00 2nd & 14 OPP 26 Rocco Becht sacked by Chandler Martin for a loss of 6 yards to the ISU 20 -6 -1.97
9:26 3rd & 20 OPP 20 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 5 yds to the ISU 25 +5 0.04
9:00 4th & 15 OPP 25 Tyler Perkins punt for 34 yds , Koby Drake returns for 9 yds to the 50 yard line
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TD
3 pl · 50 yd · 1:01
13–36
8:54 1st & 10 50 Seth Henigan pass incomplete 0 -1.11
8:23 2nd & 10 50 Seth Henigan pass complete to Koby Drake for 2 yds to the ISU 48 +2 -0.62
7:59 3rd & 8 OWN 48 Seth Henigan pass complete to Sutton Smith for 48 yds for a TD (Tanner Gillis KICK) +48 5.93
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TD
7 pl · 85 yd · 3:58
20–36
7:17 1st & 10 OPP 15 Abu Sama III run for 1 yd to the ISU 16 +1 -0.25
6:40 2nd & 9 OPP 16 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 10 yds to the ISU 26 for a 1ST down +10 0.79
6:10 1st & 10 OPP 26 Abu Sama III run for a loss of 2 yards to the ISU 24 -2 -0.71
5:45 2nd & 12 OPP 24 Rocco Becht sacked by William Whitlow Jr. for a loss of 14 yards to the ISU 10 -14 -3.24
4:48 3rd & 26 OPP 10 Rocco Becht pass complete to Carson Hansen for 35 yds to the ISU 45 for a 1ST down +35
4:15 1st & 10 OPP 45 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jayden Higgins for 40 yds to the MEM 15 for a 1ST down +40 1.59
4:01 1st & 10 OWN 15 Rocco Becht pass complete to Easton Dean for 15 yds for a TD (Chase Contreraz KICK) +15 6.62
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MISSED FG
13 pl · 57 yd · 7:09
20–36
3:33 1st & 10 OPP 30 Blake Watson run for no gain to the MEM 30 0 -0.56
3:03 2nd & 10 OPP 30 Seth Henigan pass complete to Roc Taylor for 24 yds to the ISU 46 for a 1ST down +24 1.32
2:30 1st & 10 OWN 46 Sutton Smith run for 3 yds to the ISU 43 +3 -0.42
2:00 2nd & 7 OWN 43 Seth Henigan run for a loss of 3 yards to the ISU 46 -3 -1.45
0:35 3rd & 10 OWN 46 Seth Henigan pass complete to Joseph Scates for 17 yds to the ISU 29 for a 1ST down +17 3.23
0:01 1st & 10 OWN 29 Seth Henigan run for 9 yds to the ISU 20 +9 1.34
0:00 OWN 29 End of 3rd Quarter
14:30 2nd & 1 OWN 20 Blake Watson run for no gain to the ISU 20 0 -0.84
14:14 3rd & 1 OWN 20 Seth Henigan pass incomplete to Anthony Landphere 0 -0.38
14:00 4th & 1 OWN 20 Brandon Thomas run for 2 yds to the ISU 18 for a 1ST down +2 0.85
13:04 1st & 10 OWN 18 Blake Watson run for 3 yds to the ISU 15 +3 -0.22
12:17 2nd & 7 OWN 15 Seth Henigan pass complete to Jamauri Chislom for 2 yds to the ISU 13 +2 -0.19
11:56 3rd & 5 OWN 13 Seth Henigan pass incomplete 0 -0.16
11:52 4th & 5 OWN 13 Tanner Gillis 31 yd FG MISSED
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Q4
TD
6 pl · 80 yd · 1:57
26–36
11:45 1st & 10 OPP 20 Jaylin Noel pass incomplete to Jayden Higgins 0 -0.37
11:30 2nd & 10 OPP 20 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jayden Higgins for 11 yds to the ISU 31 for a 1ST down +11 0.57
11:16 1st & 10 OPP 31 Rocco Becht pass incomplete 0 -0.58
10:52 2nd & 10 OPP 31 Rocco Becht pass complete to Beni Ngoyi for 46 yds to the MEM 23 for a 1ST down +46
10:05 1st & 10 OWN 23 Abu Sama III run for no gain to the MEM 23 0 -0.64
9:55 2nd & 10 OWN 23 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 23 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed) +23 6.85
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ON DOWNS
17 pl · 73 yd · 9:13
26–36
9:52 1st & 10 OPP 25 Seth Henigan pass incomplete to Sutton Smith 0 -0.45
9:45 2nd & 10 OPP 25 Seth Henigan pass incomplete to Joseph Scates 0 -0.61
9:00 3rd & 10 OPP 25 Seth Henigan pass complete to Roc Taylor for 10 yds to the MEM 35 for a 1ST down +10 1.20
8:25 1st & 10 OPP 35 Sutton Smith run for 12 yds to the MEM 47 for a 1ST down +12 0.31
8:00 1st & 10 OPP 47 Sutton Smith run for 3 yds to the 50 yard line +3 -0.35
7:30 2nd & 7 50 Seth Henigan pass complete to Koby Drake for 22 yds to the ISU 28 for a 1ST down +22 1.74
6:33 1st & 10 OWN 28 Blake Watson run for 2 yds to the ISU 26 +2 -0.51
5:30 2nd & 8 OWN 26 Blake Watson run for 4 yds to the ISU 22 +4 -0.08
4:30 3rd & 4 OWN 22 Seth Henigan pass complete to Joseph Scates for 7 yds to the ISU 15 for a 1ST down +7 1.15
4:00 1st & 10 OWN 15 Seth Henigan run for a loss of 3 yards to the ISU 18 Seth Henigan fumbled, recovered by MEM -3 -0.59
3:00 2nd & 13 OWN 18 Seth Henigan run for 11 yds to the ISU 7 +11 0.61
2:37 3rd & 2 OWN 7 Brandon Thomas run for 1 yd to the ISU 6 +1 -0.17
2:37 4th & 1 OWN 6 Timeout Iowa State, clock 02:37
2:24 4th & 1 OWN 6 Seth Henigan run for 2 yds to the ISU 4 for a 1ST down +2 0.39
2:24 1st & goal OWN 4 Timeout Iowa State, clock 02:24
2:19 1st & goal OWN 4 Brandon Thomas run for no gain to the ISU 4 0
2:19 2nd & goal OWN 4 Timeout Iowa State, clock 02:19
2:05 2nd & goal OWN 4 Brandon Thomas run for 1 yd to the ISU 3 +1
1:20 3rd & goal OWN 3 Brandon Thomas run for 1 yd to the ISU 2 +1
0:42 4th & goal OWN 2 Seth Henigan pass incomplete to Jamauri Chislom 0
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8 pl · 38 yd · 0:42
36–36
0:38 1st & 10 OPP 2 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jayden Higgins for 12 yds to the ISU 14 for a 1ST down +12
0:32 1st & 10 OPP 14 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Jayden Higgins 0 -0.31
0:24 2nd & 10 OPP 14 Rocco Becht pass complete to Benjamin Brahmer for 15 yds to the ISU 29 for a 1ST down +15
0:19 1st & 10 OPP 29 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Beni Ngoyi 0 -0.53
0:13 2nd & 10 OPP 29 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Easton Dean 0 -0.73
0:04 3rd & 10 OPP 29 Rocco Becht pass complete to Jayden Higgins for 11 yds to the ISU 40 for a 1ST down +11 1.46
0:01 1st & 10 OPP 40 TEAM pass incomplete 0 -0.85
0:00 2nd & 10 OPP 40 Rocco Becht pass incomplete to Jaylin Noel 0 -1.03
0:00 OPP 40 End of 4th Quarter
20 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

2sacks0
8plays for loss3
0takeaways0
2three-and-outs forced1
10explosive plays allowed12
7.43yards allowed / play8.03
5 of 10scoring drives allowed5 of 10
Memphis
Chandler Martin 8 (7) 1 sk · 5 TFL
Geoff Cantin-Arku 7 (5) 1 TFL
An'Darius Coffey 5 (5)
DeAgo Brumfeld 4 (4)
Gregory Rubin 3 (3) 1 PD
Simeon Blair 2 (2) 1 TFL · 1 PD
Tyrin Taylor 2 (2)
Jamari Hawkins 2 (2)
Iowa State
Beau Freyler 11 (10)
Caleb Bacon 8 (5) 2 QH
Myles Purchase 6 (4) 2 PD
Will McLaughlin 5 (4) 1 TFL
Ben Nikkel 5 (5)
Jeremiah Cooper 4 (4) 1 PD
J.R. Singleton 3 (3)
Gerry Vaughn 2 (2)
Tackles with solo in parentheses. Sacks, plays for loss and explosive plays come from the play rows; takeaways and three-and-outs from how each drive ended.

Special teams

1 of 2field goals2 of 2
1punts3
43.0punt average43.7
0punts inside the 201
73return yards43
opp 27average drive startopp 21
Memphis
K Tanner Gillis 1/2 FG · long 49 · 3/4 XP
P Reid Bauer 1 punt · 43.0 avg
KR Sutton Smith 3 ret · 64 yds · long 22
PR Kobe Drake 1 ret · 9 yds · long 9
Iowa State
K Chase Contreraz 2/2 FG · long 39 · 2/2 XP
P Tyler Perkins 3 punts · 43.7 avg · 1 in 20
KR Jaylin Noel 4 ret · 43 yds · long 23
K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Team stats from play-by-play

66plays60
530yards446
10drives10
52%success rate37%
26.08total PPA8.65
Derived from 126 scrimmage plays. Interception return yardage is excluded from the offense.

Scoring

Q1Seth Henigan pass complete to Demeer Blankumsee for 70 yds for a TD (Tanner Gillis PAT MISSED) 0–6
Q1Seth Henigan run for 11 yds for a TD (Tanner Gillis KICK) 0–13
Q1Seth Henigan pass complete to Joseph Scates for 51 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed) 0–19
Q2Rocco Becht pass complete to Jayden Higgins for 29 yds for a TD (Chase Contreraz KICK) 19–7
Q2Chase Contreraz 22 Yd Field Goal 19–10
Q2Chase Contreraz 39 yd FG GOOD 19–13
Q2Tanner Gillis 49 yd FG GOOD 13–22
Q3Seth Henigan pass complete to Anthony Landphere for 5 yds for a TD (Tanner Gillis KICK) 13–29
Q3Seth Henigan pass complete to Sutton Smith for 48 yds for a TD (Tanner Gillis KICK) 13–36
Q3Rocco Becht pass complete to Easton Dean for 15 yds for a TD (Chase Contreraz KICK) 36–20
Q4Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 23 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed) 36–26

Biggest plays by PPA

Q4Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 23 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion… 6.85
Q1Seth Henigan run for 11 yds for a TD (Tanner Gillis KICK) 6.76
Q3Rocco Becht pass complete to Easton Dean for 15 yds for a TD (Chase Contreraz KICK) 6.62
Q2Rocco Becht pass complete to Jayden Higgins for 29 yds for a TD (Chase Contreraz KICK) 6.39
Q3Seth Henigan pass complete to Sutton Smith for 48 yds for a TD (Tanner Gillis KICK) 5.93
Q1Seth Henigan pass complete to Joseph Scates for 51 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion… 4.25

Series recent meetings

2017 Iowa State 21 – 20 Memphis
Last 1 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.
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