The ISU football team closed out the regular season

in impressive fashion Saturday, as the Cyclones rolled

to a 38-17 victory over Kansas at Jack Trice Stadium.

The win allows the Cyclones to finish out their

schedule with an 8-3 record. Scouts from three

different bowl games were in attendance Saturday and

the Cyclones will find out in the next couple weeks

what their bowl destination is going to be.

Saturday’s victory was the final home game for 23

Cyclone seniors and ISU Head Football Coach Dan McCarney had plenty

of praise for his team’s foundation.

“I’m really proud of my football team, especially the

seniors,” McCarney said. “It’s been a long, long road,

and we’ve almost had to move a mountain but it’s been

one grain, one pebble at a time.”

“Eight wins is a major milestone. No matter what

program, conference or the part of the country you’re

in.”

The Cyclones offense had little trouble moving the

ball, putting up 506 yards in total offense. The

Cyclones rushed for 335 yards, as Ennis Haywood and

Michael Wagner both rushed for over 100 yards.

Haywood, the Big 12 conference’s leading rusher,

totaled 190 yards on 29 carries, while Wagner averaged

over 12 yards a carry on his way to 102 on just eight

attempts.

“You saw some of that last week at Colorado. Coach

Loney has done a good job of utilizing those guys,”

McCarney said. “We were getting some misdirection

mixed in there with some of our normal stuff. We’re

hard to stop when we can run the football.”

On the defensive side of the ball, the Cyclones were

just as effective. The Jayhawks struggled to get

anything going offensively and finished with just 296

yards of offense.

“I believe if we had played defense the entire season

like we did today, we’d be an undefeated team right

now,” ISU defensive lineman James Reed said. “There

was no real different schemes. We were just flying

around and did what we’ve done all season.”