Kent State 28, Iowa State 48

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KENT (0-2)7140728
ISU (2-0)217101048

Final

7:00 PM ET, September 6, 2008
Jack Trice Stadium
AMES, IA

Iowa State gets revenge, topping Kent State

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Team Stat Comparison
 
1st Downs2014
Total Yards410374
Passing167214
Rushing243160
Penalties5-346-65
3rd Down Conversions4-126-14
4th Down Conversions0-10-1
Turnovers41
Possession27:3832:22
Air/Ground Leaders
Kent State Passing
 C/ATTYDSTDINT
Edelman10/2217130
Magazu1/2-400
Iowa State Passing
 C/ATTYDSTDINT
Arnaud12/1516610
Bates3/64810
Kent State Rushing
 CARYDSTDLG
Jarvis24139142
Edelman1365021
Iowa State Rushing
 CARYDSTDLG
Bates883056
Scales193125
Kent State Receiving
 RECYDSTDLG
Jarvis460129
Bayes255136
Iowa State Receiving
 RECYDSTDLG
Sumrall4104249
Jones350019
Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTERKENTISU
TD11:15Eugene Jarvis 23 Yd Run (Nate Reed Kick) 70
TD05:32Jason Scales 1 Yd Run (Grant Mahoney Kick) 77
TD01:59R.J. Sumrall 24 Yd Pass From Phillip Bates (Grant Mahoney Kick) 714
TD00:37Jamicah Bass 3 Yd Run (Grant Mahoney Kick) 721
SECOND QUARTERKENTISU
TD14:04Eugene Jarvis 29 Yd Pass From Julian Edelman (Nate Reed Kick) 1421
TD10:06R.J. Sumrall 49 Yd Pass From Austen Arnaud (Grant Mahoney Kick) 1428
TD01:07Jonathan Simpson 11 Yd Pass From Julian Edelman (Nate Reed Kick) 2128
THIRD QUARTERKENTISU
FG06:34Grant Mahoney 30 Yd 2131
TD00:16Austen Arnaud 5 Yd Run (Grant Mahoney Kick) 2138
FOURTH QUARTERKENTISU
TD12:17Shawn Bayes 36 Yd Pass From Julian Edelman (Nate Reed Kick) 2838
FG09:58Grant Mahoney 48 Yd 2841
TD00:47Jason Scales 4 Yd Run (Grant Mahoney Kick) 2848
Associated Press

AMES, Iowa -- Austen Arnaud and Phillip Bates each threw a touchdown pass to R.J. Sumrall and Iowa State turned a blocked punt and two fumble recoveries into 21 points in a 48-28 victory over Kent State on Saturday night.

Arnaud also ran for a touchdown to help the Cyclones (2-0) overcome a Kent State team that beat them last year in Gene Chizik's first game as coach at Iowa State.

This time Chizik saw his team hold on after taking a 28-14 lead with a three-touchdown flurry late in the first quarter. The Cyclones recovered four fumbles in all and blocked a second punt.

They needed all of those defensive plays because just as they did for the Golden Flashes (0-2) in their 23-14 victory last year, quarterback Justin Edelman and running back Eugene Jarvis gave Iowa State fits all night.

Edelman constantly avoided trouble with his scrambling while passing for 171 yards and three touchdowns. But he lost two fumbles, the most critical when he was stripped after a nice run on a scramble late in the game. Chris Brown recovered for Iowa State at his own 5.

Jarvis carried 24 times for 139 yards and a touchdown and added 60 yards on four catches and another TD.

Arnaud, the starter, completed 12 of 15 passes for 166 yards and scored on a 5-yard run to give ISU a 38-21 lead with 16 seconds left in the third quarter. He took it in one play after Kent State's Josh Pleasant muffed a punt and Leonard Johnson recovered for the Cyclones.

Bates, who alternated with Arnaud throughout the game, was 3-for-6 for 48 yards and added 83 yards rushing, including a 56-yard scamper to set up a touchdown in the final minute.

Grant Mahoney kicked second-half field goals of 30 and 48 yards to give Iowa State some breathing room. The second came after Edelman's 36-yard touchdown pass to Shawn Boyes cut the lead to 38-28.

Down 7-0, Iowa State scored three touchdowns in a span of 4:55 late in the first quarter, helped by a blocked punt and a fumble.

Jason Scales raced in untouched from the right side to block Matt Rinehart's punt and the ball rolled out of bounds at the Kent State 1. Scales squeezed into the end zone on the next play.

After Kent State went three-and-out, Iowa State needed only five plays to go up 14-7, Bates hitting Sumrall on a perfectly thrown 24-yard touchdown pass. It was the 104th reception of Sumrall's career, but his first touchdown.

Iowa State got the ball back when Josh Raven jarred it loose from Leneris Muldrow and recovered at the Kent State 20. Bates hit Houston Jones for 17 yards and J.J. Bass swept right end for a touchdown on the next play.

Edelman's 29-yard TD pass to Jarvis drew Kent State to 21-14, but Iowa State came right back, Arnaud hitting Sumrall on the fly on a 49-yard scoring play.

College Football Scores

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Saturday, September 6th
Cincinnati 26 Final
4 Oklahoma 52
Southeast Missouri State 3 Final
6 Missouri 52
10 Texas 42 Final
UTEP 13
12 Texas Tech 35 Final
Nevada 19
Louisiana Tech 0 Final
14 Kansas 29
San Jose State 12 Final
Nebraska 35
Eastern Washington 24 Final
Colorado 31
Texas A&M 28 Final
New Mexico 22
Kent State 28 Final
Iowa State 48
Northwestern State 6 Final
Baylor 51
Houston 37 Final
Oklahoma State 56
Montana State 10 Final
Kansas State 69