Cyclones Fall to No. 15 Missouri, 14-0

AMES, Iowa- No. 15 Missouri held the Iowa State offense in check, shutting out the Cyclones, 14-0 Saturday night in Jack Trice Stadium. The loss ends the Cyclones season at 5-7 overall and 3-5 in the Big 12, while the Tigers improve to 9-2 overall and 5-2 in the league.

It was a tough ending for the Cyclones, who had 18 seniors play in their final home game. Junior Jerome Tiller played the entire game at quarterback, filling in for Iowa State's injured senior leader Austen Arnaud, who had his career come to an end with a knee injury last week. The Cyclones sustained three long drives deep into MU territory, but all three ended with zero points, two from missed field goals and one by a fumble.

The Cyclone defense did all it could, holding the Tigers to 306 yards of total offense and to just 14 points, their lowest total of the season.

Iowa State outgained Missouri 332-306 in total offense.

The first half ended with Missouri taking a 7-0 lead at the break. The Tigers scored on an 8-play, 80-yard drive culminating with an 11-yard touchdown catch by Michael Egnew from the arm of Blaine Gabbert.

The Cyclones' only scoring threat in the first half came on a 47-yard drive, but it ended when Grant Mahoney was wide left on a 38-yard field goal try.

Iowa State stopped Missouri on its first drive of the second half and then mounted a solid march after the Tigers pinned the Cyclones at the five-yard line. Iowa State drove to the Tiger nine-yard line behind a 39-yard catch by Jake Williams from Jerome Tiller, the longest pass play of the season. However, the Cyclones came up empty when Mahoney missed on a 27-yard field goal.

It appeared the Cyclones stopped the Tigers on their next drive, but punter MU Matt Grabner tucked the ball and rushed 15 yards to pick up the first down on a fake to keep the MU drive alive. The Tigers eventually scored a touchdown on the drive, as De'Vion Moore went in from one yard out to make it 14-0 Tigers with 14:09 left in the game.

Alexander Robinson finished the game with 98 yards rushing to lead the Cyclone offense. Robinson moved past Dexter Green to No. 3 on Iowa State's career all-purpose yards list at 4,103. Jake Williams ended the game with a career-high 102 yards receiving on six catches.

Collin Franklin, who caught three passes for 28 yards, ended the season with 54 catches, tying for ninth all-time on the school's single-season charts. It's the most catches in a season ever by a Cyclone tight end.

Players Mentioned

Austen Arnaud

Austen Arnaud

Collin Franklin

Collin Franklin

Grant Mahoney

Grant Mahoney

Alexander Robinson

Alexander Robinson

Jerome Tiller

Jerome Tiller

Jake Williams

Jake Williams

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