NEW YORK CITY — A change at quarterback from Jared Barnett to Steele Jantz wasn’t enough to spark a stagnant ISU offense, as Rutgers downed Iowa State 27-13 in the Pinstripe Bowl on Friday.

The lowdown

Iowa State attacked Rutgers on the ground to open up the game, kicking off its first drive with runs of 23 and eight yards by running back James White and a 10-yard gain for quarterback Jared Barnett.

Three incomplete passes would stall the drive, but kicker Zach Guyer came on and split the uprights with a 40-yard field goal to put Iowa State ahead 3-0 1:19 into the game. Sophomore quarterback Chas Dodd was unable to get the Scarlet Knights to move the sticks on their first drive, forcing a Rutgers punt.

The Cyclones went back to the ground game after completions of six yards to Jarvis West and 17 to Josh Lenz, moving the ball from the Rutgers 39 down to the 25-yard line on six running plays.

Barnett was sacked for a loss of three yards by defensive back Brandon Jones and the Cyclones settled for another field goal, which Guyer nailed from a career-long 46 yards.

The Scarlet Knights took over with 7:27 remaining in the opening quarter and quickly got into ISU territory after a pair of first down runs from running back Jawan Jamison. The Cyclones held Rutgers at the 30-yard line and kept them off the scoreboard as kicker San San Te missed a 47-yard field goal wide right.

Rutgers would respond on their next drive following an ISU punt, as Dodd would connect with Tim Wright on a 25-yard completion and with Mohamed Sanu on a 22-yarder to put the Scarlet Knights inside the ISU 20. Dodd was stuffed on a quarterback keeper at the 1-yard line on third down, but the offense stayed on the field for fourth down and Jamison punched it in to give the Scarlet Knights a 7-6 lead.

After a pair of White runs that netted three yards, Barnett dropped back to pass on a third-and-5 from the ISU 30. Barnett was swarmed by Greene and Wayne Warren in the backfield and had the ball stripped from his grasp. Defensive tackle Scott Vallone recovered the fumble and returned it to the ISU 4-yard line. Rutgers was unable to find the end zone after three incomplete passes, but Te came on and booted a 21-yard field goal.

That fumble would be Barnett’s final play, as he was replaced by Jantz for the remainder of the game. Jantz started strong for the Cyclones, scrambling for gains of 12 and 28 to put Iowa State in Rutgers territory.

The drive fell short and Guyer trotted on the field for another field goal, this time from 51 yards out. Guyer’s kick fell short of the uprights as the Scarlet Knights held onto their 10-6 lead with just more than two minutes remaining in the half.

Rutgers added seven points to that advantage six minutes later as Jamison capped a 10-play, 56-yard drive with a 12-yard run through the middle of the ISU defense. Four different players carried the ball on eight of the 10 plays on the drive.

The Cyclones got the ball back with 2:15 remaining in the half and crossed the 50-yard line on their first third-down conversion of the day, a 22-yard reception by tight end Kurt Hammerschmidt. Iowa State reached the 26, but a third-and-5 pass from Jantz to Darius Darks fell incomplete.

Guyer came on for his fourth field goal attempt of the half and this time a pesky field goal block unit that had eight blocks on the season coming into the game got its ninth as the Scarlet Knights went to the locker room ahead 17-6 at the break.

Both offenses struggled to start the second half as Iowa State managed only three first downs and Rutgers only one throughout the entire third quarter. Jantz was intercepted by Rutgers linebacker Steve Beauharnaias at the Rutgers 46 with a minute and a half left in the third as the Scarlet Knights closed the quarter, feeding the ball to Jamison on four straight plays for 37 yards on the ground.

Te tacked on another field goal from 29 yards on the third play of the fourth quarter to give Rutgers a two-touchdown lead. Needing a score with 13 minutes left in the game, Jantz led the Cyclones down the field with a third-down completion to Lenz and another third down via a defensive holding call on a third-and-24. On the eighth play of the drive, running back Jeff Woody took a carry behind the left side of the line, evaded a tackler and crossed the goal line on a 20-yard touchdown scamper to cut the Rutgers lead to one score.

The Scarlet Knights answered quickly and in a big way. On the second play of their next drive, Dodd lofted a ball down the left sideline for 6-foot-6-inch Brandon Coleman, who leaped over 5-foot-7-inch Jeremy Reeves to snag the pass and sprinted the rest of the way for an 86-yard score.

The Cyclones got the ball back with 5:47 to play on the Rutgers 49, but Reynolds was unable to haul in a fourth-and-10 ball in the end zone and Iowa State turned the ball over on downs.

Jantz and the ISU offense would get one final crack at cutting the Rutgers lead, but an interception by Logan Ryan thwarted Iowa State’s chances and the Scarlet Knights ran out the clock for the victory.

Turning point

After seeing its lead cut to single digits for the first time in the second half, Rutgers started with the ball at its own 13-yard line with less than seven minutes remaining in the game. A one-yard carry by Jamison got the ball to the 14 and then offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti split 6-foot-6-inch wide receiver Brandon Coleman out on the left sideline to be matched up with 5-foot-7-inch defensive back Jeremy Reeves.

Dodd took a quick glance to the right and then flung the ball 40 yards down the left sideline, giving Coleman a chance to outjump the diminutive Reeves.

Coleman and Reeves went up, Coleman briefly juggled the ball but came down with it and after avoiding a tackle by Reeves, ran his way into the ISU end zone to bring Rutgers’ lead back to 14. The Cyclones would get two more chances to trim the deficit, but a failed fourth-down conversion and interception would seal the deal for the Scarlet Knights.

X factor

Rutgers running back Jawan Jamison

The freshman from Starke, Fla., was the workhorse of the Rutgers offense, carrying 27 times for 131 yards and two touchdowns. Jamison, who also had a catch for three yards, averaged 4.9 yards per carry as he outgained the ISU rushing attack 131 to 98.

By the numbers

0: third-down conversions for both teams on their first 10 attempts combined. The Cyclones started off 0-6 while the Scarlet Knights failed to convert on their first four third-downs.

3-8: Iowa State’s all-time bowl record following Friday’s loss.

15.3: third down conversion percentage for both teams as they each converted on only two of their 13 third-down attempts.

16: tackles for ISU linebacker A.J. Klein, tying a ISU bowl record set by Matt Blair in the 1971 Sun Bowl.

46: yardage on Guyer’s second first quarter field goal, a career long for him and the longest ever by an ISU kicker in a bowl game.

246: days until Iowa State and Tulsa kick off the 2012 season.

38,323: announced attendance at Yankee Stadium, which holds roughly 44,000 fans for college football games.

Up next for Iowa State

The Cyclones will begin spring ball in April in preparation for the 2012 season, which will begin with a home game against Tulsa on Sept. 1, 2012. The Golden Hurricanes also wrapped up their 2011 season on Friday with a 24-21 loss to BYU in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl.

Tulsa finished the season 8-5 with its four regular-season losses all coming against teams ranked eighth or higher nationally. Iowa State and Tulsa have played only once in the series, a 27-6 ISU victory back in 1961.