Kyle Konrardy kicked a 54-yard field goal with 1:52 remaining to give No. 16 Iowa State a 16-13 victory over visiting Iowa on Saturday afternoon in the Cy-Hawk rivalry in Ames, Iowa.
It marked the second straight season that Konrardy provided the winning points. He also was good from 54 yards last season with six seconds left to give the Cyclones a 20-19 win over the Hawkeyes in Iowa City.
Konrardy kicked three field goals with the final boot ending Iowa State’s six-game home losing streak in the series.
Rocco Becht completed 18 of 27 passes for 134 and one touchdown for the Cyclones (3-0). Benjamin Brahmer caught the scoring pass.
Mark Gronowski was just 13-of-24 passing for 83 yards and one interception for the Hawkeyes (1-1). The South Dakota State transfer also had 37 yards and a score on the ground.
The Cyclones held a 238-214 edge in total offense in a contest controlled by the defenses.
Iowa State took over with 8:21 left in the game and moved 55 yards on 13 plays to set up Konrardy, who booted the ball through the uprights for the Cyclones’ first home win in the series since 2011.
The Hawkeyes had one last chance but Iowa State’s Tamatoa McDonough recorded back-to-back sacks of Gronowski to set up fourth-and-15 from the Iowa 19-yard line. Gronowski then had to scramble around on the last play before his toss for Hayden Large was incomplete with 49 seconds left.
Becht took two kneel downs to close out the victory.
Iowa trailed by 10 before putting together 16-play drives on both sides of halftime.
On the first one, the Hawkeyes traveled 85 yards and scored on Gronowski’s 2-yard keeper with 27 seconds left in the first half. It allowed Iowa to trail 13-10 at the break.
Then on their first second-half possession, the Hawkeyes moved 77 yards over nine minutes, 28 seconds, before settling for a tying 36-yard field goal by Matt Stevens.
Iowa State received first-quarter field goals of 44 and 27 yards by Konrardy for a 6-0 edge.
The Hawkeyes got on the board when Stevens kicked a 31-yard field goal with 12:53 left in the first half.
Jeremiah Cooper’s interception and 24-yard return gave the Cyclones the ball at the Iowa 18-yard line in the second quarter. Iowa State cashed in with Becht’s 2-yard touchdown throw to Brahmer to make it 13-3 with 4:50 left in the half.
–Field Level Media
