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q2-TD-20251101-TH-001Team celebration; Football at Iowa State, November 1, 2025

Quick Hits

  • Jeff Sims is the first Big 12 player to have 200 rushing yards and 175 passing yards since Vince Young in the 2006 Rose Bowl vs. USC.

  • Sun Devil captains were Jordan Crook, Keyshaun Elliott and Myles Rowser.
  • ASU recorded its most first half points since it had 20 against Texas State in the third game (Sept. 13).
  • The Sun Devils finished with 467 total yards of offense, going over the 400-yard mark for the sixth time in nine games.
  • Linebacker Jordan Crook came through with a huge interception in the second half, the second of his Sun Devil career (also vs BYU, 2024)
  • ASU has held opponents to 30 points or less in 61 of 90 games since 2018 (67.8 percent). That total is notable as it DID allow 30+ in 32 of the 43 previous games (74.4 percent) in a span from 2013- 17. ASU has accomplished this 27 times in 35 games under Kenny Dillingham and Brian Ward. 
  • Since 2018, ASU has held opponents to the 400 or less mark for total offensive yards on 54 occasions over 90 games (60.0 percent of the time). For comparison, ASU accomplished the feat just 24 times in the 65 previous games (36.9 percent) from 2013-2017. The team has accomplished the feat 25 times in 35 games under Kenny Dillingham and Brian Ward.
  • ASU has won 14-straight games when leading at halftime, tied with West Virginia for the most among Big 12 teams. 

The ASU victory…

  • Kept ASU from losing back-to-back games for the first time since the end of the 2023 season
  • Handed Iowa State just its third loss at Jack Trice Stadium since the start of last season and marked the first time the Cyclones lost consecutive games in Ames in consecutive weeks since Oct. 29 and Nov. 3, 2016 against Kansas State and Oklahoma.
  • Moved ASU to 4-2 in Big 12 play to start the conference slate for the second-straight season
  • Made ASU bowl eligible for the second-consecutive season.

Second Half Shutdown

  • Iowa State scored only three points in the second half, the fewest by an ASU opponent since they shutout Cincinnati in the second half of the 2024 contest.
  • ASU did not allow a point in the fourth quarter for the second straight game and third time this season.
  • It is the first time the Sun Devils have shut out back-to-back opponents in the fourth quarter since the UCLA and Stanford matchups in 2021.

Ground and Pound

  • The Sun Devils rushed for 290 yards against the Cyclones, the most Iowa State had allowed all season. It is just the second time Iowa State has allowed 200+ yards on the ground. Iowa State had held seven of its eight opponents to under 160 yards rushing.
  • If you combine the stats from today and the meeting in the Big 12 Championship, ASU now has 85 carries for 535 yards and five touchdowns on the ground over the past two games against Iowa State.
  • The Sun Devils are 11-3 when rushing for over 200 yards in the Kenny Dillingham era. 

Living in the Sims-ulaton

  • Jeff Sims’ 228 rushing yards were the most for an ASU quarterback in a single game in program history, topping Mark Malone’s 1978 previous school record of 139 yards against USC. 
  • It is just the seventh 100-yard rushing game for an ASU quarterback in program history. Notably, the six previous instances came in Sun Devil home games played in Tempe. 
  • Sims’ 88-yard touchdown run was the second-longest rush for an ASU quarterback in program history behind Malone’s 97-yard rush against Utah State in 1979.
  • It was the longest run for a Sun Devil since Rachaad White’s 93-yard touchdown run at Arizona in 2020. 
  • Sims’ previous career high for rushing yards was 128 while at Nebraska against Minnesota in 2023. 
  • He became just the 40th FBS quarterback since 1996 to rush for 225 or more yards in a game. Of those 40, 16 were quarterbacks operating a triple option offense. Of those 40, only 13 occurrences occurred on the road (5 triple option offenses). Only seven of those road instances also happened against a FBS teams,
  • Sims’ 88-yard touchdown run was tied for the 16th-longest for a quarterback since 1996. It was tied for the fifth-longest against a power five school (at the time of the contest). 
  • The 228 rushing yards by Sims are the 8th most in program history regardless of position, as he joins an exclusive list of some of the program’s legendary players. He is just the sixth player in program history to go over 220 yards on 30 carries or less. It is the 23rd 200-yard rushing performance in program history.
  • Sims won his first game as a starting quarterback since defeating Duke in overtime on Oct. 8, 2022. 

Sun Devil 220-yard rushing games

312-Eno Benjamin vs. Oregon State (Sept. 29, 2018/30 carries, 3 TDs)

262-Cam Skattebo vs. Mississippi State (Sept. 7, 2024/33 carries)

251-Ben Malone at Oregon State (Oct. 27, 1973/24 carries, 5 TDs)

243-Leon Burton vs. Hardin-Simmons (Oct. 10, 1955/5 carries)

239-Art Malone vs. New Mexico (Nov. 2, 1968/29 carries)

236-Wilford White at Brigham Young (Sept. 23, 1950/30 carries)

232-Wilford White at Northern Arizona (Oct. 7, 1950/18 carries)

—--> 228 - Jeff Sims at Iowa State (Nov. 1, 2025/29 carries)

226-Delvon Flowers vs. Oregon State (Oct. 20, 2001/23 carries, 2 TDs)

221-Darryl Clack vs. Wichita State (Sept. 24, 1983/22 carries, 3 TDs)

220-Max Anderson at Wisconsin (Sept. 30, 1967/21 carries, 1 TD)

Rule of thirds

  • The Sun Devils held Iowa State to 2-of-14 (14.3%) on third down, their lowest conversion percentage of the season. It is the best third down defense by ASU since the season opener when they held NAU to 2-of-15 on third down. 
  • Since 2010, the 14.3% was tied for Iowa State’s third-worst conversion rate in a single game.
  • This is the first time ASU has held two opponents for two or fewer third down conversions on ten or more attempts since the 2010 season (vs NAU and Oregon). 

Rattling Rocco

  • Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht came into the game completing 63.7% of his passes (151-of-237). Arizona State held him to just a 50% completion rate (18-of-36) while also picking him off.
  • Becht was averaging 241.6 passing yards coming into the game and had eclipsed 200 yards in six of his eight games. ASU held him to just 186 passing yards.
  • In two games against ASU, Becht has just a 53.5 completion percentage (38-71) with three touchdowns and two interceptions and 400 total passing yards (200.0 per game). AS a starter NOT playing ASU, Becht is averaging 245 yards per game and a 64.8 completion percentage. 

Chamon-enal

  • Chamon Metayer has 14 catches for 189 yards with two touchdowns in the last three games alone. In the first six, he had just 12 catches for 160 yards and one touchdown.
  • He is only the third Sun Devil tight end since 1996 to have two seasons with 30 or more catches. He is joined by Jalin Conyers, Zach Miller (3x), and Todd Heap on the list.
  • Metayer now has eight touchdowns, which ties him with Kendrick Bates for the fifth-most by an ASU tight end since 1996.