Our first meeting with Texas Tech was a 52-0 thrashing by Tech in Clay Stapleton's last year of coaching. (1967) We played once again in 1974, and Earle Bruce didn't have much luck either, losing 3-24 also in Lubbock.

2002: Iowa State was ranked #11 in the country and we won 31-17 over the Red Raiders. Seneca Wallace had a Tecmo Bowl-esque run in the 3rd quarter that put ISU up 10-3. Broadcast version of the run. Later in the 3rd, Lane Danielsen had a reverse for the ages.

2010: Riverboat Rhoads showed up in this game, having done the fake kick by Kirby Van Der Kamp as seen above on a 4th and 9 with 4:27 left in the first quarter. Iowa State scampered out to a 24-0 lead (stop me if you've heard this one) before Texas Tech clawed their way back. Austen Arnaud threw for four touchdowns, and both Alexander Robinson and Shontrelle Johnson both rushed for over 100 yards. A first for Iowa State since the 2004 Independence Bowl. Iowa State would win the game 52-38, with the "icing on the cake" being an onside attempt by Tech being returned by Jeremy Reeves for a touchdown. Highlights.

2011: Jared Barnett's first start as a Cyclone was a 41-7 victory at #19 Texas Tech. A week prior, Tech beat #3 Oklahoma 41-38. Meanwhile, this Jared (Larson) was a freshman at Ames High at a dance called "Fall Ball". It wasn't really dancing, and it wasn't really a ball, but I remember texting ChaCha (242242) and getting score updates. I was amazed that we kept scoring, but the bigger surprise of the 2011 season was soon coming. Barnett threw for a touchdown and ran for another. We outgained the Red Raiders 512-290. Also, this was Tech's fewest points scored in a home game since their 2000 game against Nebraska. Highlights and analysis.