FORT WORTH, Texas — Breece Hall ran for 154 yards and three touchdowns, JaQuan Bailey had 3 1/2 sacks to become Iowa State’s career leader and the Cyclones opened Big 12 play with a 37-34 win at TCU on Saturday.
Bailey recovered a fumble on his sack just before halftime for the Cyclones (1-1) that set up Brock Purdy’s 17-yard touchdown pass to Darren Wilson.
Max Duggan threw three touchdowns after halftime for TCU, but linebacker Mike Rose made a diving interception – grabbing the ball only inches off the ground – with less than four minutes left. The pass went through the hands and off the knee of Taye Barber, who had an earlier touchdown catch.
That set up a 32-yard TD run by Hall on third-and-2 with 2:54 left that made it 37-28. The sophomore ran basically untouched 75 yards to open the scoring in the second quarter, and had a 1-yard score earlier in the fourth.
Kene Nwangwu had a 49-yard touchdown on his only carry for the Cyclones.
TCU announced an attendance of 11,852, just under the limited 25% capacity for the game in the stadium that can hold about 48,000 fans.
Iowa State is home next Saturday against five-time defending Big 12 champion No. 3 Oklahoma, which is coming off a 38-35 home loss to Kansas State.
TCU is at No. 8 Texas next Saturday. The Frogs have won five of the last six games in the series.
