The ISU football team’s 42-17 loss to Texas Tech will be replayed Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10 p.m. on the Mediacom Connections Channel (22).

The Red Raiders (5-1 overall, 1-1 Big 12) scored 21 points in the first quarter and led 42-3 before the Cyclones (1-5, 0-2) discovered the end zone twice in the last five minutes.

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“We didn’t run the football, we couldn’t run the football and we couldn’t make first downs,” said coach Gene Chizik in a press release. “We couldn’t stay on the field and we put our defense in a bind all night long, and you can’t do that with this [Tech] offense.”

Texas Tech went three-and-out in its first possession of the game. After that, the second-highest-scoring offense in the nation scored on three touchdowns on three four-play drives in the last seven-and-a-half minutes of the first quarter.

Meanwhile, Iowa State gained only two first downs in the first half and punted on seven of its nine first-half possessions. Running back J.J. Bass fumbled one of the other two possessions, and Texas Tech’s Darcel McBath ran it in for a touchdown.

Bass’ run was the first play after ISU nose tackle Ahtyba Rubin recovered a fumble forced by linebacker Alvin Bowen. Iowa State scored on a 30-yard field goal by Bret Culbertson with 26 seconds left in the first half, but started on Texas Tech’s 20-yard line after an interception and 29-yard return by ISU safety James Smith.

Iowa State went into halftime trailing 28-3, but was able to keep the Red Raiders out of the end zone and off the scoreboard in the third quarter.

Texas scored twice, however, in the first six minutes of the fourth quarter. Red Raider receiver Michael Crabtree broke the NCAA record for touchdown receptions for a freshman in the first quarter, reeling in his 15th touchdown of the season. He would go on to pull in his 16th and 17th scores later in the game, and finished with 10 catches for 154 yards.

Junior quarterback Graham Harrell was 36-for-43 for 425 yards and four touchdowns.

“We were just trying to keep everything in front of us and tackle,” Chizik said. “I thought we were poor at tackling [Saturday] on the screens. I think the screen gutted us three or four times with poor tackling. We were as below-average on defense as we were on offense, let’s put it that way.”

ISU senior wide receiver Todd Blythe set the school record for receiving yards late in the fourth quarter. Coming into the game, he needed 83 yards to break Lane Danielson’s mark of 2,690 yards.

Blythe finished the game with eight catches for 128 yards an a touchdown, and now is second on Iowa State’s career reception list with 156 catches. He needs eight more to break that mark, which is also held by Danielson (163).

“I think that [Blythe] had a good night tonight and that was one positive that he kept fighting and battling,” Chizik said. “During a night where there weren’t many positives, I would said he was one.”

Iowa State had a season-low 287 yards of total offense in the game. Quarterback Bret Meyer was 15-of-26 for 187 yards and two touchdowns – one rushing and one passing.

Jason Scales took most of the carries in the first half, finishing with 22 rushes for 87 yards. J.J. Bass returned after missing one game with an injury and took 12 carries for 49 yards.

Bowen led the team with 12.5 tackles – 10 solo and five assists.