No. 8 BYU beat Iowa State 24-10 on Friday night at LaVell Edwards Stadium, improving to 5-0. Quarterback Bear Bachmeier threw for 329 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 109 more, with the lead staying close until the third quarter when he found Legend Glasker for a 75-yard touchdown that made it 21-3.
Iowa State (3-3) managed 200 total yards and held the ball for 27:17. Quarterback Jaylen Raynor threw for 98 yards on 16-of-29. Running back Aiden Flora led the Cyclones with 86 yards on 17 carries.
BYU vs. Iowa State Score
Journee Tonga scored on a 6-yard run with 8:52 left in the first quarter to put BYU up 7-0. Kyle Konrardy kicked a 40-yard field goal early in the second to cut it to 7-3, but Bachmeier found Kyler Kasper for a 5-yard touchdown with 1:51 left in the half, making it 14-3.
Bachmeier’s 75-yard strike to Glasker with 1:09 left in the third made it 21-3. Iowa State’s only touchdown came in the fourth on a 1-yard pass from Raynor to Christian Greenlaw, cutting it to 21-10 with 12:51 to play. Matthias Dunn’s 38-yard field goal with 1:51 left made it 24-10 final.
Top Performers
Bachmeier finished 22 of 30 for 329 yards and two touchdowns, adding 109 yards on nine carries. Glasker caught five passes for 99 yards and a touchdown. Walker Lyons added five catches for 61 yards.
For Iowa State, Raynor threw for 98 yards and a touchdown on 16-of-29. Flora rushed for 86 yards on 17 carries, and Ty Claiborne led receivers with three catches for 31 yards. Sullivan Schlimgen had 10 tackles. For BYU, Faletau Satuala recorded seven tackles, and Cade Uluave and Jake Clifton each had 0.5 sacks.
What It Means
BYU (5-0) outgained Iowa State 506-200 and won the possession battle 32:43 to 27:17. The Cougars converted 4 of 10 third downs while Iowa State went 2-for-13.
Iowa State (3-3) managed 3.4 yards per pass attempt in the loss.
What’s Next
Iowa State hosts West Virginia next. BYU will play its next game looking to stay unbeaten.
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