Big 12
The 2017 season's largest margin: Iowa State 45, Kansas 0. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
Iowa State·Big 12
2017 — The Winning Chapter
Iowa State's 2017 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Won the Liberty Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Kyle KemptQB1,787 passing yards
- Jacob ParkQB1,181 passing yards
- David MontgomeryRB1,146 rushing yards
- Allen LazardWR941 receiving yards
- Hakeem ButlerWR697 receiving yards
- Marchie MurdockWR513 receiving yards
- Joel LanningLB114 tackles
- Marcel Spears Jr.LB107 tackles
- Brian PeavyDB88 tackles
- JaQuan BaileyDE7 sacks
- JD WaggonerDE4.5 sacks
- Willie HarveyLB4 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa State 7, Texas 17. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa State beat Memphis 21-20 in the postseason.
"Go Clones"
2017 is a middle chapter for Iowa State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.