The Troy State defense entered the game ranked No. 22 in the nation in total defense. After quarterback Seneca Wallace and the ISU offense had their turn at the Trojans, that ranking will likely slip.

Wallace dropped back, rolled out and scrambled to find eight different receivers for 295 yards and three scores, also adding a rushing touchdown.

Head coach Dan McCarney praised his team’s effort but emphasized Troy State stacking players up front, forcing the Cyclones to throw the ball.

“They had real good players in their front seven,” McCarney said. “When they do that, you have to throw the ball. We threw for almost 300 yards and three touchdowns, and won the game by 30 .”

Jack Whitver was Wallace’s main man for the second week in a row.

Whitver caught five passes for 101 yards, after his eight receptions for 132 yards last week against Iowa.

“There are no calls in the huddle for Seneca to throw to Jack, but it is reading the defense, reading the coverage and then you throw it,” McCarney said.

Whitver said he and his fellow receivers had a hunch they were going to get plenty of chances to catch the ball this weekend.

“All week we knew that their game plan was gonna be to stop the run, and as receivers, that’s what we like to see,” Whitver said. “We knew we were going to get the ball thrown to us a lot. I thought as a group we played good today. One or two drops at the most.”

Wallace chose to downplay his role in Saturday’s game. He said the receivers are the guys who are making the plays. He said he and the receivers have a great relationship on and off the field.

“We are real close; we do things outside of football,” Wallace said. “We just have fun.”

Lance Young scored both of Iowa State’s touchdowns in the third quarter. He executed fade routes to both corners of the north end zone. His first touchdown was a 20-yard strike where he outjumped the defensive back for the ball.

“I think we both kind of jumped at the same time, and I don’t know if the [deep back] tried to do a rip drill and take it out of my hands,” Young said of his touchdown grab. “I was fortunate enough to catch it high enough where he couldn’t get his hands in there and rip it out.”

Young seconds the fact that the receiving corps is a very cohesive group.

“There is never any confusion about who is in or who is out,” he said. “Whoever is in knows that they can get the job done. We have a great rotation going right now, and I hope we just keep making plays.”