Yet more riots occurred during the 1997 Homecoming. The Cyclones battled Baylor’s football team in an attempt to end a 13-game losing streak. 

End it they did.

Iowa State defeated Baylor 24-17 to end the streak. Hundreds of Cyclone fans rushed the field, bringing down goal post in the process. The goal post was then carried to Lake LaVerne, where the mob of people tossed the goal post into the lake.

Along with the goal post, the excited crowd tossed in a stop sign, the swan crossing sign, a dumpster, a light post and several barricades.

By the end of the riot, a dozen people were arrested. A few people were also injured in the process.

It required special equipment to get the various objects out of Lake LaVerne, and the cost of replacing the goal post in Jack Trice Stadium totaled thousands of dollars.