Big 12
The 2023 season's largest margin: Iowa State 45, BYU 13. A 32-point win — the year's high-water mark.
Iowa State·Big 12
2023 — The 2023 Season
Iowa State's 2023 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Lost the Liberty Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Rocco BechtQB3,120 passing yards
- Abu Sama IIIRB614 rushing yards
- Eli SandersRB477 rushing yards
- Cartevious NortonRB343 rushing yards
- Jayden HigginsWR983 receiving yards
- Jaylin NoelWR820 receiving yards
- Benjamin BrahmerTE352 receiving yards
- Beau FreylerDB106 tackles
- Caleb BaconLB60 tackles
- Myles PurchaseDB56 tackles
- J.R. SingletonDL3.5 sacks
- Zach LovettLB3 sacks
- Trent Jones IIDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa State 20, Oklahoma 50. A 30-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa State fell to Memphis 26-36 in the postseason.
"Go Clones"
2023 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.