Iowa State Falls to Texas 26-16

Photo by David Purdy/Getty ImagesIowa State couldn’t manage to send the Longhorns packing with one final loss in Ames tonight, as Texas prevailed by a final score of 26-16.

Line play was the story of the contest, with Texas dominating the line of scrimmage in this game, holding the Cyclones to a miserable 9 yards rushing for an average of 0.4 yards/attempt, while Texas rushed for 123 on the ground.

The game opened in a boring fashion, with teams trading punts until the Cyclones put together an 11 play 53-yard drive ending in a Chase Contreraz field goal. Texas would quickly counter with one of their own making it 3-3. Iowa State would then drive into Texas territory before stalling out and…