Big 12
The 2021 season's largest margin: Iowa State 59, Kansas 7. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.
Iowa State·Big 12
2021 — The 2021 Season
Iowa State's 2021 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Lost the Cheez-It Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Brock PurdyQB3,188 passing yards
- Breece HallRB1,472 rushing yards
- Johnnie LangRB263 rushing yards
- Xavier HutchinsonWR987 receiving yards
- Charlie KolarTE756 receiving yards
- Chase AllenTE284 receiving yards
- Jake HummelLB80 tackles
- Michael RoseLB73 tackles
- Greg EisworthDB60 tackles
- Will McDonaldDE11.5 sacks
- Eyioma UwazurikeDE9 sacks
- Blake PetersonDE2 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa State 17, Iowa 27. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa State fell to Clemson 13-20 in the postseason.
"Go Clones"
2021 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.