Breaking Down Bowman’s Performance in Ames after a Big Drought Between Full Games

Alan Bowman had gone 1,023 days between playing full games of football.

Bowman broke free from Oklahoma State’s three-quarterback system Saturday, playing the full 60 minutes in Oklahoma State’s 34-27 loss to Iowa State. His last full game of football came Dec. 5, 2020, when he led Texas Tech to a 16-13 win against Kansas in Lubbock.

He ended an even longer drought when he ran for a 12-yard touchdown to start Saturday’s scoring in Jack Trice Stadium. That was just the third rushing touchdown of Bowman’s college career and his first since the Red Raiders’ 2019 season-opening win against Montana State. It had been 1,485 days since Bowman crossed the goal line himself, and his 12-yard scamper on…