The 2020 season's largest margin: Iowa State 45, Kansas State 0. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2020 — The Top-10 Year
Iowa State finished 2020 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Brock PurdyQB2,750 passing yards
- Breece HallRB1,573 rushing yards
- Kene NwangwuRB339 rushing yards
- Xavier HutchinsonWR771 receiving yards
- Charlie KolarTE591 receiving yards
- Landen AkersWR269 receiving yards
- Michael RoseLB96 tackles
- Jake HummelLB77 tackles
- O'Rien VanceLB68 tackles
- Will McDonaldDE10 sacks
- JaQuan BaileyDE7 sacks
- Latrell BankstonDL3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2020.
The season's deepest loss: Iowa State 14, Louisiana 31. A 17-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Iowa State beat Oregon 34-17 in the postseason.
"Go Clones"
2020 is a middle chapter for Iowa State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.