Postgame Notes: Oklahoma State 49 - Iowa State 51

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October 31, 2026  |  Ames, Iowa  |  Jack Trice Stadium

Final Score: Iowa State 51, No. 24/RV Oklahoma State 49

Updated Records: Oklahoma State 5-3 overall; 3-2 Big 12  ///  Iowa State 4-4 overall; 2-3 Big 12

Attendance: 50,295

Game Flow

• Iowa State led for most of the game, but Oklahoma State erased a 10-point second-half deficit to take a 49-48 lead with 53 seconds remaining. Wyatt Young scored the go-ahead touchdown for OSU, but was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct on the play, which forced the Cowboys to kick off from their own 20-yard line. After one offensive play – a 33-yard completion from Jaylen Raynor to Jamal Polite – the Cyclones were immediately in field goal range. Three rushes up the middle allowed Iowa State to run the clock down to two seconds remaining. Kyle Konrardy converted a 34-yard field goal attempt with no time left to win the game.
• Injuries were an issue for the Oklahoma State defense Saturday, with defensive end Jaleel Johnson exiting the game early in the first quarter and not returning. Linebacker Tate Romney also exited the game early and did not return.

Key Stats

• Iowa State scored 10 points on a pair of stolen possessions in the second quarter.
• The Cyclones recovered an onside kick and recovered a muffed punt. The onside kick recovery led to a touchdown and the muffed punt recovery led to a field goal.
• Those two recoveries made it so Oklahoma State had only one offensive possession in the second quarter.
• Iowa State averaged 6.5 points and 210.5 yards of total offense in its last two contests. The Cyclones erupted for 51 points and 581 yards on Saturday. Iowa State averaged 8.1 yards per offensive snap.
• The two teams combined for 100 points and 1,114 yards of offense – making Saturday’s game one of the most explosive offensive showings in college football this season.
• The two teams combined for six offensive touchdowns of 40 yards or longer.

Game Notes - Team

• Oklahoma State trailed at halftime, 24-21, to mark the fifth consecutive game in which the Cowboys did not lead at the half.
• OSU trailed at half against West Virginia, Houston, Colorado and Iowa State. The Cowboys were tied at half against UCF.
• Oklahoma State has thrown for at least 300 yards and ran for at least 110 yards in all five of its conference games this season. The only team in Big 12 history to start a conference campaign with a longer such streak was TCU in 2015 (six straight).
• Including Saturday’s game, Oklahoma State has scored more than 30 points in seven consecutive games for the first time since an eight-game streak during the 2021-22 seasons.
• Each of the last 11 games between Oklahoma State and Iowa State have been decided by seven or fewer points. The only longer such streak in any FBS matchup since the DI split in 1978 was a 12 straight games between Arizona and Cal from 1987 to 1998.

Game Notes - Individual

• Oklahoma State quarterback Drew Mestemaker completed 27-of-42 passes for 323 yards with five touchdowns against one interception.
• Including Saturday’s performance, he has thrown for at least 300 yards with multiple pass TDs in seven straight games to tie the longest single-season streak in Big 12 history (done five other times: 2003 B.J. Symons, 2007 & 2008 Graham Harrell, 2013 Bryce Petty, 2017 Will Grier). 
• Mestemaker’s 300 passing yards in seven straight games matches Mason Rudolph's record streak of seven from 2016-17.
• Mestemaker’s seven 300-yard passing games this season improved his career total to 16.
• Mestemaker quarterbacked three touchdown drives in the fourth quarter, hitting Justin Bowick and Wyatt Young for touchdown passes and also spearheading a 12-play, 75-yard drive that resulted in a one-yard touchdown rush from Caleb Hawkins.
• Oklahoma State running back Caleb Hawkins rushed 25 times for 194 yards and two touchdowns and caught six passes for 81 yards and a touchdown.
• Saturday marked the fourth game of at least 100 rushing yards for Hawkins this season and the 10th such performance of his career.
• 194 rushing yards fell just shy of his career-high rushing output of 198 yards against San Diego State last season.
• Including the 81 receiving yards he had Saturday, Hawkins has averaged 92.7 receiving yards in his last three games (125 vs. Houston, 72 vs. Colorado, 81 vs. Iowa State).
• Hawkins entered the game leading all Power 4 running backs with an average of 38.9 receiving yards per game.
• Hawkins has totaled more than 100 yards from scrimmage in seven of OSU's eight games. The only game when he didn't hit the mark came against Murray State, when he left the game early with 88 yards due to the lopsided victory.
• Hawkins scored on a 59-yard reception in the first quarter. It was the fourth reception of 20 yards or longer this season for the running back. That was the second-longest reception of the season for Oklahoma State, trailing only Hawkins’ 66-yard touchdown reception against Houston.
• Hawkins has at least one catch in 20 of his past 21 games played.
• Hawkins added a 75-yard touchdown run in the third quarter to match Oklahoma State’s longest rush of the season.
• Receiver Justin Bowick had seven catches for 124 yards and two touchdowns.
• It was his third game with at least 100 receiving yards this season and the seventh such game of his career.
• In his last two games, Bowick has averaged six catches for 131 yards and 1.5 touchdowns per game.
• Cornerback LaDainian Fields intercepted a pass in the first quarter to bring his season total to five. It’s the most interceptions in a season for an Oklahoma State player since Jason Taylor II had six in 2022.
• Fields has four interceptions in the last three games – one against Houston, two against Colorado and one against Iowa State.
• AP Midseason first team All-America kicker Sam Keltner missed a 45-yard field goal attempt in the first quarter. It snapped his school-record run of 18 consecutive made field goals.
• Tight End Oscar Hammond made his first start for Oklahoma State.

Notable Streaks and Trends Through the Iowa State Game

• Oklahoma State has scored more than 30 points in seven consecutive games for the first time since an eight-game streak during the 2021-22 seasons. OSU's single-season streak record of nine was set in the final nine games of the 2011 season.
• Mestemaker has now passed for at least 200 yards in 23 straight games - the longest active streak in the FBS by a wide margin (the second-longest such streak is 13 games). He's passed for at least 250 yards in 12 of his past 13 games.
• Mestemaker has thrown at least one touchdown in 22 of his past 23 games.
• Wyatt Young has a touchdown reception in seven straight games. Justin Bowick has one in six straight games.
• OSU is 41-25 in its past 65 games decided by fewer than 10 points.
• Hawkins scored multiple touchdowns in seven of his past 15 games.
• Hawkins has rushed for at least 100 yards in eight of his past 14 games.
• Miles Coleman has at least one catch in each of his past 27 games played.
• Wyatt Young has at least one catch in each of his past 23 games played.
• Caleb Hawkins has at least one catch in 20 of his past 21 games played.
• Ethan Wesloski has made at least one tackle in 47 consecutive games, including every game he's played since the beginning of the 2023 season. He's had at least three tackles in 19 straight games.
• Isaiah Chisom has made at least two tackles in 33 of his past 34 games.
• Quinton Hammonds has made at least two tackles in 19 straight games.