Final
Iowa State beats Kent State 34-14
Sep 20, 2009 - 3:25 AM KENT, Ohio(AP) -- Austen Arnaud ran for two touchdowns and threw for another, helping Iowa State break its 17-game road losing streak in a 34-14 win over Kent State on Saturday night.The victory was the Cyclones' first road win since defeating Texas A&M 42-14 in 2005.
Alexander Robinson scored on a 15-yard run in the third quarter, and rushed for 143 yards on 23 carries for the fifth 100-yard rushing game of his career.
Arnaud, who threw four interceptions and was benched in last week's loss to Iowa, was 13-for-21 for 144 yards. He also ran for 42 yards on nine carries.
Trailing 7-3 in the first quarter, Iowa State (2-1) scored two touchdowns in a span of 2:02 to pull away from the Golden Flashes (1-2).
Kent State took its only lead when quarterback Spencer Keith, making his first collegiate start, hit running back Dri Archer down the left sideline for a 44-yard touchdown that put Kent State up 7-3 midway through the first quarter.
Iowa State took control of the game from there.
Arnaud threw a 22-yard scoring pass to Jake Williams at the 4:57 mark of the first quarter and then ran 9 yards for another score with 2:52 left. He scored on a 3-yard run early in the second quarter. Mahoney added a 37-yard field goal late in the quarter.
Iowa State scored on a nine-play, 81-yard drive on its first possession of the second half, capped by Robinson's run.
Kent State was playing without star running back Eugene Jarvis, who suffered a lacerated kidney last week against Boston College and will miss the rest of the season.
Keith, a freshman, started in place of Giorgio Morgan, who has a sprained left ankle.
Keith threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Derek McBryde in the fourth quarter.
TD KENT ST DEREK MCBRYDE 8 YD PASS FROM SPENCER KEITH (FREDDY CORTEZ KICK)
Iowa State 34, Kent State 14 4th - 6:43Sep 19 9:39 PM
TD KENT ST DEREK MCBRYDE 8 YD PASS FROM SPENCER KEITH (FREDDY CORTEZ KICK)
Iowa State 34, Kent State 14 4th - 6:43Sep 19 9:39 PM
TD KENT ST DEREK MCBRYDE 8 YD PASS FROM SPENCER KEITH (FREDDY CORTEZ KICK)
Iowa State 34, Kent State 14 4th - 6:43Sep 19 9:39 PM- NCAAF FINAL
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
IOWAST 17 10 7 0 34
KENTST 7 0 0 7 14 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: IOWA ST - FG, GRANT MAHONEY 21 YD, 3:04.
IOWAST 3-0
KENT ST - TD, DRI ARCHER 44 YD PASS FROM
SPENCER KEITH (FREDDY CORTEZ
KICK), 6:15. KENTST 7-3
IOWA ST - TD, JAKE WILLIAMS 22 YD
Sep 19 8:56 PM - NCAAF
IOWAST 34
KENTST 14 0:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Sep 19 8:56 PM - NCAAF
IOWAST 34
KENTST 7 0:00 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Sep 19 8:17 PM - NCAAF
IOWAST 27
KENTST 7 0:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Sep 19 7:20 PM - NCAAF
IOWAST 17
KENTST 7 0:00 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Sep 19 6:40 PM
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