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Struggling Texas looks to regain form at Iowa State

Oct 12, 2007 - 10:46 AM No. 23 Texas (4-2) at Iowa St (1-5), 12:30 pm EDT

AMES, Iowa (Ticker) -- Texas coach Mack Brown certainly is glad to be reuniting with Gene Chizik this week.

Brown's 23rd-ranked Longhorns look to right themselves Saturday when they visit struggling Iowa State - coached by former Texas assistant Chizik - in a Big 12 Conference contest.

Two weeks ago, Texas was blown out at home by Kansas State, 41-21, and the Longhorns followed with a 28-21 setback to Oklahoma in their annual "Red River Rivalry" game in Dallas last Saturday.

The Longhorns had tied the game, 21-21, on Vondrell McGee's one-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter.

But Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford countered with a 35-yard TD toss to Malcolm Kelly just over four minutes later and Texas was unable to score again.

Colt McCoy threw for 324 yards, two touchdowns and an interception for Texas (4-2, 0-2 Big 12 South), which was limited to 61 yards on 29 rushes.

Longhorns star wideout Limas Sweed aggravated a wrist injury in the game and will undergo season-ending surgery.

Iowa State (1-5, 0-2 North) is in its first season under Chizik, who served as Texas' co-defensive coordinator the previous two seasons.

The Cyclones dropped their third straight game with a 42-17 setback at Texas Tech last Saturday.

Quarterback Bret Meyer both ran and passed for a touchdown in the defeat.

The Longhorns beat Iowa State last year in Austin, 37-14, to improve their record to 6-0 in the series.