IOWA CITY, Iowa – Make that five in a row.

Iowa State’s Seneca Wallace threw for a career high 361 yards and the Cyclones took advantage of three Iowa turnovers to defeat the Hawkeyes, 36-31 at Kinnick Stadium Saturday night.

It was the fifth straight victory for the Cyclones (3-1, 1-0 Big 12) in the annual intrastate rivalry.

The Hawkeyes (2-1) got out of the gate early, scoring on the second play from scrimmage with Fred Russell’s 46-yard touchdown.

On Iowa State’s only scoring drive of the first half, Wallace found Lane Danielsen behind the defense for a 60-yard gain. Three plays later it was Hiawatha Rutland up the middle for a six-yard touchdown with 7:51 remaining in the first quarter.

Russell staked his claim to keep his starting job at running back by gaining 133 yards on 15 carries in the first half, but left shortly into the second half with a shoulder injury and didn’t return. Aaron Greving, who was named the starter before spraining his ankle before the season-opener, saw his first action of the season, but was held in check by the ISU defense with just 37 yards.

Adam Benike’s field goal attempt from 46 yards was wide right on Iowa State’s first posession of the second quarter. Then it was Nate Kaeding connecting from 40 yards to put Iowa on top, 10-7.

Iowa scored quickly again when Iowa quarterack Brad Banks found Maurice Brown streaking down the middle for a 50-yard score. Brown finished with 89 yards and two touchdowns on the day.

The momentum was with the Hawkeyes at halftime, who led 24-7.

Then came the explosion.

Iowa State sustained its first real drive on its opening posession of the second half. The Cyclones all but abandoned the running game, favoring a mixture of passing plays and option rollouts. Wallace found Danielsen for a gain of 14, then threw a bullet to Jack Whitver near the right sideline for a pickup of 18 to the Iowa 17-yard line.

On second-and-goal, Wallace went left, faked the option pitch and took it himself for a score, making it 24-14 Hawkeyes.

Banks had the ball slip out of his hands on Iowa’s next posession and JaMaine Billups pounced on it, giving the Cyclones the ball again, and the momentum.

Iowa State fed Rutland on four straight running plays, getting to the Iowa 7-yard line. Then it was Wallace finding Montgomery on the slant route for the score, trimming the Hawkeye lead to three.

On Iowa’s next drive, it was defensive end Tim TeBrink who came up big for the Cyclones. The sophomore got to Banks, forcing a fumble and then recovered it, giving Iowa State the ball again deep in Iowa territory.

The Cyclones converted the turnover into a touchdown two plays later with Joe Woodley’s dive over the top for a one-yard score. The touchdown was Iowa State’s first lead of the game at 28-24.ÿÿÿÿ

As if it couldn’t get any worse for the Hawkeyes, Tony Yelk’s kickoff was dropped and kicked out of bounds by Jermelle Lewis at the Iowa five-yard line. On the following play, Jeremy Loyd broke through to get to Greving in his own end zone for a safety.

After an Iowa punt with 11:32 left in the game, the Cyclones hung on the ball to run down the clock, making big plays along the way to keep the drive alive. Backed up in their own end, Wallace rolled out to the left and threw against his body to find Whitver on a crucial third-down conversion. Having some breathing room, the Cyclones found themselves in a similar situation three plays later, but Wallace found Whitver again for an 11-yard gain with just under eight minutes left in the game.

The ISU offense stalled with 6:13 remaining, but Benike’s 36-yard field goal made it 33-24 Cyclones.

Iowa turned the ball over again when receiver Ed Hinkel fumbled with just over five minutes remaining and Iowa State’s Harold Clewis recovered. Benike then put the nail in the coffin, connecting on a 38-yard field goal.

The Hawkeyes quickly drove down the field on their next possession and Banks found Brown for a 20-yard touchdown, but it was all for naught as their subsequent onside kick attempt was recovered by Danielsen.