2015 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The 2015 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Playing as a member of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12), the team played its home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They were led by seventh-year head coach Paul Rhoads. They finished the season 3–9, 2–7 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place.
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
2015 record | 3–9 (2–7 Big 12) |
Head coach | Paul Rhoads (7th season) |
Offensive coordinator | Mark Mangino (2nd year, games 1–7) Todd Sturdy (interim) |
Offensive scheme | Spread |
Defensive coordinator | Wally Burnham (7th season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
MVP | Allen Lazard |
Home stadium | Jack Trice Stadium (Capacity: 61,500) |
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No. 20 Oklahoma State | 7 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 TCU | 7 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Baylor | 6 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 4 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 3 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 2 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | – | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On October 26, 2015, Mark Mangino was replaced as offensive coordinator with Todd Sturdy, formerly the passing game coordinator, on an interim basis.[1][2][3][4][5] On November 23, Rhoads was fired.[6] He stayed on to coach the final game of the season on November 28. He finished at Iowa State with a seven-year record of 32–55.
Previous season
The 2014 Iowa State Cyclones football team finished the regular season 2–10, with wins over only non conference play, Iowa and Toledo. The Cyclones became ineligible for a bowl game after losing its seventh game against Kansas on November 8.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 10 (FCS) Northern Iowa* | Cyclones.tv | W 31–7 | 61,500[7] | |
September 12 | 3:45 p.m. | Iowa* |
| FOX | L 17–31 | 61,500[8] |
September 19 | 7:00 p.m. | at Toledo* | ESPNews | L 23–30 2OT | 23,104[9] | |
October 3 | 11:00 a.m. | Kansas |
| FSN | W 38–13 | 55,837[10] |
October 10 | 2:30 p.m. | at Texas Tech | FSN | L 31–66 | 53,891[11] | |
October 17 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 3 TCU |
| ESPN2 | L 21–45 | 52,480[12] |
October 24 | 11:00 a.m. | at No. 2 Baylor | ESPN | L 27–45 | 45,512[13] | |
October 31 | 6:00 p.m. | Texas![]() |
| FS1 | W 24–0 | 53,616[14] |
November 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 14 Oklahoma | ESPNU | L 16–52 | 85,595[15] | |
November 14 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 5 Oklahoma State |
| ESPN | L 31–35 | 54,180[16] |
November 21 | 11:00 a.m. | at Kansas State | FS1 | L 35–38 | 53,297[17] | |
November 28 | 11:00 a.m. | at West Virginia |
| FS1 | L 6–30 | 42,446 |
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Personnel
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Game Summaries
Game 1: vs. Northern Iowa Panthers
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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20–5–3 | 2013 | L 20–28 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Panthers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Cyclones | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
at Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA
- Date: September 5
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 88° • Wind: S 5 • Weather: Hazy
- Game attendance: 61,500
- Referee: Referee: Cooper Castleberry • Umpire: Jim Adams • Linesman: Bill Scott • Line judge: Frank LeBlanc • Back judge: Joel Wetzel • Field judge: Randy Smith • Side judge: Fulton Carson • Center judge: Stacy Hardin
- TV announcers (Cyclones.tv): Brent Blum (Play-by-play)[20] & Sage Rosenfels (Color)[20]
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Game 2: vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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22–40 | 2014 | W 20–17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hawkeyes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
Cyclones | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA
- Date: September 12
- Game time: 3:51 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 67° • Wind: N 5 • Weather: Mostly Sunny
- Game attendance: 61,500
- Referee: Referee: Mike Cannon • Umpire: Ken Zelmanski • Linesman: Bruce Keeling • Line judge: Dan Gallagher • Back judge: Dennis Morris • Field judge: John Roggeman • Side judge: Grady Smith • Center judge: Mike Conlin
- TV announcers (FOX): Gus Johnson (Play-by-play),[22] Joel Klatt (Color)[22] & Molly McGrath (Sideline)[22]
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Game 3: at Toledo Rockets
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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2–1 | 2014 | W 37–30 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total | |
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Cyclones | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
Rockets | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30 |
at Glass Bowl, Toledo, OH
- Date: September 19
- Game time: 8:02 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 68° • Wind: NW 9 • Weather: Partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 23,104
- Referee: Referee: Reggie Smith • Umpire: Joel Bellinger • Linesman: Mike Moeller • Line judge: Mark Stewart • Back judge: Lyndon Nixon • Field judge: Matt Mills • Side judge: Tim Murray • Center judge: Dan Scanlan
- TV announcers (ESPNews): Eamon McAnaney (Play-by-play)[24] & Rocky Boiman (Color)[24]
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Game 4: vs. Kansas Jayhawks
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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38–50–6 | 2014 | L 14–34 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Jayhawks | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
Cyclones | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
at Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA
- Date: October 3
- Game time: 11:05 a.m. CDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 51° • Wind: E 5–10 • Weather: Sunny
- Game attendance: 55,837
- Referee: Referee: Brad Van Vark • Umpire: Michael Cooper • Linesman: George Gusman • Line judge: Jerod Phillips • Back judge: Brian Ernest • Field judge: Jason Ledet • Side judge: Gene Semko • Center judge: Brian Alos
- TV announcers (FSN): Mark Followill (Play-by-play),[26] Brian Baldinger (Color)[26] & Lesley McCaslin (Sideline)[26]
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Game 5: at Texas Tech Red Raiders
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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3–10 | 2014 | L 31–34 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cyclones | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
Red Raiders | 17 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 66 |
at Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TX
- Date: October 10
- Game time: 2:35 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 76° • Wind: SW 18 • Weather: Mostly cloudy
- Game attendance: 53,891
- Referee: Referee: Dan Romeo • Umpire: Scott Teifer • Linesman: Andy Warner • Line judge: Marc Bovos • Back judge: Chris Alston • Field judge: Ed Vinzant • Side judge: Craig Faulkner • Alternate: Ken Ray
- TV announcers (FSN): Mark Followill (Play-by-play),[28] Brian Baldinger (Color)[28] & Lesley McCaslin (Sideline)[28]
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Game 6: vs. TCU Horned Frogs
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–5 | 2014 | L 3–55 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Horned Frogs | 14 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
Cyclones | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
at Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA
- Date: October 17
- Game time: 6:05 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 54° • Wind: S 0–5 • Weather: Clear skies
- Game attendance: 52,480
- Referee: Referee: Mike Defee • Umpire: Robert Richeson • Linesman: Al Green • Line judge: Kelly Deterding • Back judge: Terry Jones • Field judge: Joe Blubaugh • Side judge: Lo Van Pham • Center judge: Mike Cuttone
- TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins (Play-by-play),[30] Anthony Becht (Color)[30] & Paul Carcaterra (Sideline)[30]
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Game 7: at Baylor Bears
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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6–7 | 2014 | L 28–49 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cyclones | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
Bears | 21 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 45 |
- Date: October 24
- Game time: 11:02 a.m. CDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 68° • Wind: NE 10 • Weather: Cloudy
- Game attendance: 45,512
- Referee: Referee: Brad Van Vark • Umpire: Michael Cooper • Linesman: George Gusman • Line judge: Jerod Phillips • Back judge: Brian Ernest • Field judge: Jason Ledet • Side judge: Gene Semko • Center judge: Brian Alos
- TV announcers (ESPN): Bob Wischusen (Play-by-play),[32] Brock Huard (Color)[32] & Shannon Spake (Sideline)[32]
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Game 8: vs. Texas Longhorns
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–11 | 2014 | L 45–48 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Longhorns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cyclones | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
at Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA
- Date: October 31
- Game time: 6:10 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 51° • Wind: SE 0–5 • Weather: Partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 53,616
- Referee: Referee: Dan Romeo • Umpire: Scott Teifer • Linesman: Andy Warner • Line judge: Marc Bovos • Back judge: Chris Alston • Field judge: Ed Vinzant • Side judge: Craig Faulkner • Center judge: Ken Ray
- TV announcers (FS1): Tim Brando (Play-by-play)[34] & Spencer Tillman (Color)[34]
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Game 9: at Oklahoma Sooners
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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5–72–2 | 2014 | L 14–59 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cyclones | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
Sooners | 21 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 52 |
at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, OK
- Date: November 7
- Game time: 6:02 p.m. CST
- Game weather: Temperature: 59° • Wind: NNE 12 • Weather: Clear
- Game attendance: 85,595
- Referee: Referee: Eddy Shelton • Umpire: Rick Podraza • Linesman: Rick Smith • Line judge: Kelly Detering • Back judge: Terry White • Field judge: Nick Lave • Side judge: Jim Murphy • Center judge: Steve Baron
- TV announcers (ESPNU): Roy Philpott (Play-by-play)[36] & Jay Walker (Color)[36]
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Game 10: vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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18–28–3 | 2014 | L 20–37 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Cyclones | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
at Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA
- Date: November 14
- Game time: 2:35 p.m. CST
- Game weather: Temperature: 60° • Wind: SSW 10 • Weather: Scattered clouds
- Game attendance: 54,180
- Referee: Referee: Cooper Castleberry • Umpire: Jim Adams • Linesman: Bill Scott • Line judge: Frank LeBlanc • Back judge: Joel Wetzel • Field judge: Randy Smith • Side judge: Fulton Carson • Center judge: Stacy Hardin
- TV announcers (ESPN): Adam Amin (Play-by-play),[38] Kelly Stouffer (Color)[38] & Olivia Harlan (Sideline)[38]
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Game 11: at Kansas State Wildcats
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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49–45–4 | 2014 | L 28–32 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cyclones | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 38 |
at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium, Manhattan, KS
- Date: November 21
- Game time: 11:05 a.m. CST
- Game weather: Temperature: 36° • Wind: N 11–15 • Weather: Mostly sunny
- Game attendance: 53,297
- Referee: Referee: Brad Van Vark • Umpire: Michael Cooper • Linesman: George Gusman • Line judge: Jerod Phillips • Back judge: Brian Ernest • Field judge: Jason Ledet • Side judge: Gene Semko • Center judge: Brian Alos
- TV announcers (FS1): Justin Kutcher (Play-by-play)[40] & Steve Hutchinson (Color)[40]
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Game 12: at West Virginia Mountaineers
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–2 | 2014 | L 24–37 |
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Cyclones | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Mountaineers | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 30 |
at Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV
- Date: November 28
- Game time: Noon EST
- TV announcers (FS1): Steve Physioc (Play-by-play) & Petros Papadakis (Color)
Awards
National Team of the Week
Following the 24–0 shutout of Texas on the weekend of October 31, the 2015 Iowa State football team received the AutoNation National Team of the Week by the FWAA.[41]
This was its third shutout over a Big 12 opponent in school history, the previous against Kansas 34–0 on November 23, 2013. The Cyclones gained 426 yards in total offensive while the defense allowed only 204 yards, which is the third-lowest total an ISU defense has allowed vs. a Big 12 opponent in school history. Also, this was the fewest yards allowed vs. a FBS team in the Paul Rhoads era. The dominating ISU defense held Texas to nine plays in ISU territory with seven of these on Texas's final drive.[42]
This was Texas’s first shutout loss against an unranked team since November 18, 1961, when TCU shutout #1 ranked Texas 6–0.
For Iowa State, Mike Warren, the nation’s best freshman rusher, picked up 157 yards on the ground on 32 carries and added the first ISU touchdown, the fourth-best rookie rushing effort in school history. Joel Lanning got his first career start at quarterback, rushing for 64 yards and completing 19 of 37 passes for 188 yards with a touchdown pass to Dondre Daley and no interceptions. Freshman Joshua Thomas punched in the third ISU touchdown, his sixth of the season, tying a Cyclone freshman record set by Alexander Robinson in 2007.[43][44][45][46][47]
This was the Cyclones first home win over the Longhorns in six tries
Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week
Jordan Harris was honored as the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week for games ending October 31, 2015. Harris's seven tackles and one interception led the Cyclones crushing shutout of Texas 24–0. Jordan is the third Cyclone to receive National Player of the Week honors: WR Todd Blythe on October 30, 2005, and LB Jesse Smith on October 25, 2009.[48][49]
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