AMES, Iowa -- Kyle Konrardy made a 34-yard field goal as time expired to give Iowa State a 51-49 victory over No. 24 Oklahoma State on Saturday night.
It was a game of big plays for the Cyclones (4-4, 2-3 Big 12), who snapped a two-game losing streak in which they had scored just 13 points.
Jaylen Raynor threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for a score. Aiden Flora rushed for 221 yards and two touchdowns.
Oklahoma State (5-3, 3-2) took a 49-48 lead with 53 seconds left hen quarterback Drew Mestemaker faked a handoff and flipped a pass to Wyatt Young, who went 7 yards for the touchdown. But Young was called for unsportsmanlike conduct after the play and the penalty was assessed on the kickoff, giving the Cyclones better field position.
Iowa State then went 47 yards in five plays, including a 33-yard pass from Raynor to Jamal Polite on the first play, setting up Konrardy's winner.
The two teams combined for 1,114 yards of offense. Six scoring plays went for 40 yards or more.
Mestemaker threw for 323 yards and five touchdowns. Oklahoma State running back Caleb Hawkins had 194 rushing yards. Polite had 171 receiving yards.
The Cowboys had a chance to keep pace with the Big 12 leaders, but squandered it with the inability to stop an Iowa State offense that was ranked 90th nationally in scoring offense and 110th in total offense.
For Iowa State, Raynor was replaced in the second half of last Saturday's 39-3 loss at Arizona, but coach Jimmy Rogers said this week he would remain as the starter. Raynor rewarded his coach's optimism with one of his best games of the season, completing 18 of 28 passes.
