The history of the Iowa State vs. Iowa football series is long and framed with black-and-gold victories. Iowa leads the overall series 33-14. The Hawkeyes lead in games played at Jack Trice Stadium 8-2 and Kinnick Stadium 10-5. The past fifteen years have seen good and bad times for the Cyclones. Iowa State has had an adequate dose of defeat and humiliation handed to them by the Hawks. The hardest blow for Iowa State and their fans to shoulder may have come in 1985. Chuck Long and the 3rd-ranked Hawkeyes rumbled into Ames, fresh off a 2-0 start, and vying for the coveted No. 1 ranking in all the land. The only thing that slowed the Hawks on this day was the rain-drenched field. The first quarter was innocent enough. The Cyclone defense held the potent black-and-gold offense in check. Seven points was all Iowa could muster, while holding Iowa State scoreless. But then, the flood gates opened. Approximately 53,202 fans witnessed the opening kickoff. About 25,000 remained to greet the start of the second half. Some 28,000 people had seen enough when Iowa ran into the locker rooms with a 41-0 half-time advantage. In a little over eight minutes, Iowa scored 31 points. Chuck Long, the Iowa quarterback, threw for three first-half touchdowns. Long finished the game with four touchdowns. For the day, Iowa threw for 357 yards, while rushing for 138 more. The Hawkeye defense stifled the Cyclone offense to 227 total yards. The Hawkeye’s domination of every facet of the game paved the way to a 57-3 victory. Iowa head coach Hayden Fry had predicted a close game. “I was wrong,” Fry would later say. This loss marked the worst for a Cyclone team since Oklahoma drubbed Iowa State in 1946, 63-0. By 1991, Iowa had accumulated an eight-game winning streak. Iowa State was unsuccessful in snapping it. Chris Pederson, senior quarterback for Iowa State, stood under center for just the second time as a starter when he faced the Hawkeyes. After the Cyclones went three-and-out, it took only two plays for the Iowa offense to strike. Dana Hughes was on the receiving end of a 46-yard touchdown pass from Iowa quarterback Matt Rodgers. After an Iowa field goal, Hawkeye fullback Paul Kujawa plunged in from the two-yard line with 7:16 left in the first quarter. Iowa 17, Iowa State 0. After taking a 20-3 lead into halftime, Iowa’s Matt Hilliard blocked a Jon Schnoor punt out of the endzone for a 22-3 early third quarter lead. 163 total yards was all the Cyclones were capable of as they succumbed to Iowa, 29-10. Iowa State’s lone touchdown came when Pederson connected with current Barnstormer Chris Spencer early in the fourth quarter. 1997 was more of the same for the Cyclones. Iowa extended their winning-streak to 15, as they rolled to a 63-20 victory at Jack Trice Stadium. Todd Bandhauer attempted a school-record 51 passes, completing 26 of them for 375 yards and three touchdowns, but it was all for not as the No. 11-ranked Hawkeyes proved to once more, be too much. 1998 seemed to be no different from any other year of the past 15. But Darren Davis rushed for 244 yards while eating up a large chunk of the clock. Fullback Joe Parmentier scored on a pair of 1-yard runs. And Iowa State held Iowa to 42 yards rushing. The end result: A 27-9 Iowa State victory. The Cyclone defensive line and linebackers greeted Iowa quarterback Kyle McCann often; sacking him seven times. Defensive end Reggie Hayward’s play would later give him Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors. He finished with five tackles, a sack and a forced fumble. Iowa State out-gained Iowa 379-27. Iowa could only muster three rushing first downs. The win snapped a 15-game losing streak for the Cyclones. Darren Davis rushed for another 200+ yard game last year and propelled Iowa State to a 17-10 victory over the Hawkeyes. The latter Davis brother rushed for 235 yards on 38 carries and the game’s opening score. The win marked the first victory for the Cyclones at home since 1981. Iowa State lit up the scoreboard for 444 total yards, while putting a choke-hold on the Iowa offense. Iowa was 0-for-12 on third down conversions. The cardinal-and-gold went home the victors for the second-straight time.