Texas Tech Athletics
4-3 , 1-3
Iowa State
5-2 , 3-1
Texas Tech Defeated By Iowa State, 31-13
October 21, 2017 | Football
Red Raiders jump to early lead, but fall to Cyclones
LUBBOCK, Texas -- The Cyclones slowed down the nation's seventh-most productive offense with a 31-13 win over Texas Tech at Jones AT&T Stadium on Saturday.
Iowa State (5-2, 3-1 in the Big 12) had 28 votes in the Top 25 poll entering the week and could squeak in considering it held the Red Raiders (4-3, 1-3) to 336 yards, well below Tech's six-game average of 543 yards. That would make next week's homecoming game against No. 4 TCU one of the nation's most intriguing games.
Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury bucked his passing trend through the first half and ran 22 rushing plays for 79 yards against 9 of 11 passing by Nic Shimonek for 18 yards.
Running backs Justin Stockton and Desmond Nisby fumbled on back-to-back offensive plays and on the wrong side of midfield in the first half. Iowa State converted the turnovers -- recovered by D'Andre Payne and Mike Warren -- into 10 points on a 22-yard field goal by Garrett Owens and a 4-yard touchdown grab by Matthew Eaton, who caught a 3-yard score later in the half for a 24-6 lead at the break.
Cyclones signal caller Kyle Kempt threw three touchdown passes with an interception and completed 22 of 32 attempts and the offense reached 400 yards.
Shimonek ultimately completed 31 of 40 passes for 207 yards with an interception as Texas Tech tried to claw back into the mix. The Red Raiders ran the ball 41 times for 129 yards.
"It was more the looks we were getting," Kingsbury said. "We felt like we could execute the run at a high level, and we didn't. Turned the ball over a couple of times got us off schedule."
Iowa State didn't score in the second half until the 9:07 mark of the fourth quarter, but Michael Spears' pick-6 of 61 yards was a backbreaker against a squad which dominated second-half time of possession and managed to get back within 11 points on Shimonek's 2-yard scramble.
Team Stats
ISU 0, TTU 6
TTU - Nisby, Desmond 4 yd run (Ewton, Michael kickfailed), 3 plays, 7 yards, TOP 1:08
ISU 7, TTU 6
ISU - Lazard, Allen 13 yd pass from Kempt, Kyle (Owens, Garrett kick) 14 plays, 75 yards, TOP 6:10
ISU 10, TTU 6
ISU - Owens, Garrett 22 yd field goal 6 plays, 30 yards, TOP 2:18
ISU 17, TTU 6
ISU - Eaton, Matthew 4 yd pass from Kempt, Kyle (Owens, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 25 yards, TOP 1:34
ISU 24, TTU 6
ISU - Eaton, Matthew 3 yd pass from Kempt, Kyle (Owens, Garrett kick) 10 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:52
ISU 24, TTU 13
TTU - Shimonek, Nic 2 yd run (Barden, Michael kick), 12 plays, 77 yards, TOP 3:53
ISU 31, TTU 13
ISU - Spears, Marcel 61 yd interception (Owens, Garrett kick)
