Some facts about the 2009 Iowa State Cyclones:
FOUNDED: 1858
ENROLLMENT: 26,856
LOCATED: Ames, Iowa
COACH: Paul Rhoads, first season at Iowa State, first season overall
2007 RECORD: 2-10, (0-8, last in Big 12 North)
LAST BOWL: 2005 Houston Bowl, lost to TCU 27-24
STADIUM: Trice Stadium (55,000)
RETURNING STARTERS: 15 (9 offense, 6 defense)
KEY PLAYERS: QB Austen Arnaud, RB Alexander Robinson, WR Darius Darks, LB Jesse Smith, FS James Smith.
KEY RECRUITS: WR Darius Reynolds, RB Beau Blankenship, OL Ethan Tuftee, LB A.J. Klein
KEY DEPARTURES: WR Marquis Hamilton, WR R.J. Sumrall, DE Kurtis Taylor, CB Chris Singleton
COACHSPEAK: “My vision is developing a championship program and developing a team of winning football and winning players and quality young men. I think that vision takes place one day at a time and one season at a time.”—Rhoads
2008 SCHEDULE:
Sept. 3— North Dakota St.
Sept. 12— Iowa
Sept. 19— at Kent St.
Sept. 26— Army
Oct. 3— Kansas St. (Kansas City)
Oct. 10— at Kansas
Oct. 17— Baylor
Oct. 24— at Nebraska
Oct. 31—at Texas A&M
Nov. 7— Oklahoma St.
Nov. 14— Colorado
Nov. 21— at Missouri
