Arizona State Takes 45-19 Win Over Iowa State in 2024 Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship

Soccer
12/7/2024 3:08:37 PM

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cam Skattebo ran for 170 yards and two scores whereas including a landing catch as Twelfth-ranked Arizona State beat No. 16 Iowa State 45-19 within the 2024 Dr Pepper Large 12 Soccer Championship. 

The Solar Devils (11-2, No. 15 CFP), with their 34-year-old head coach Kenny Dillingham, gained the league within the Solar Devils’ first season within the Large 12. They’ve a six-game profitable streak.

Iowa State (10-3, No. 16 CFP), which already had the primary 10-win season in this system’s 133-year historical past, trailed 24-10 earlier than turnovers in its personal territory on its first three drives after halftime. Arizona State capitalized with freshman Sam Leavitt throwing touchdowns every time.

Xavier Guillory had TD catches of 8 and 21 yards in a 71-second span, and Skattebo turned a third-down swing cross right into a 33-yard rating for a 45-10 lead that he punctuated together with his second Heisman Trophy pose of the day. Leavitt completed 12 of 17 passing for 219 yards.

Skattebo had a 28-yard run on the primary offensive snap of the sport. His TD runs have been solely 3 and a couple of yards, however he had lengthy, tackle-evading runs to open each of these drives. His 2,074 yards from scrimmage (1,568 dashing and 506 receiving) are a single-season college file.

There was a 47-yard run when he spun away on the line from defenders, then shrugged off one other. Then proper earlier than halftime, he had a 53-yard run, once more after contact on the line earlier than twisting and turning previous chasing Cyclones.

Rocco Becht threw a landing in his seventeenth consecutive sport for the Cyclones, together with a 3-yarder to Carson Hansen on their opening drive for his or her solely lead at 7-3. Becht accomplished 21 of 35 cross for 214 yards and two TDs.

Large Performs

Even with out injured main receiver Jordyn Tyson, the Solar Devils had loads of large performs. Leavitt’s first cross was a 22-yarder to Melquan Stovall, who later had a 63-yard catch to transform a fourth-and-1.

Arizona State had six performs of greater than 20 yards — all within the first half, when the longest play by Iowa State was 19 yards. The Cyclones’ acquired Becht’s 25-yard TD late to Jaylin Noel, certainly one of their two 1,000-yard receivers.

Most Excellent Participant
Cam Skattebo, Arizona State