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Cubsfan

Cubsfan

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I just watched the Packers vs. Dolphins game, and it got me thinking: When is the last time Iowa State went on a game-winning drive late in the 4th quarter?

To add a caveat, I'm talking about a drive where we got the ball down by a few points, and went down and scored to WIN the game. So, the Iowa game this year kind of counts, but we were tied starting the drive. And the Steele Jantz vs. Iowa game kind of counts, but we scored to tie it and bring it to overtime rather than win it.

My buddy and I were trying to come up with an answer, and couldn't. I can think of a few times recently (KSU '12, Texas '13, KSU '14) where we got the ball late with a chance to win it, but couldn't score. Any ideas?
 
I'm not counting Iowa. Only games where we were losing when we got the ball (like the Packers were today). Jantz vs. UConn doesn't count because we scored that TD with 9 minutes left. Jantz vs. UNI does count.. I had forgotten about that.
 
theantiAIRBHG said:
How is being tied and winning any different than being behind and winning?
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Well, one, because I added that caveat in the original question.

But two, because when you are tied, you don't HAVE to score that drive to win. You still have an option to win in OT. When you are behind, you have to score. That's your last chance. Mentally, there's a lot more pressure on a team when they are losing.
 
Cubsfan said:
To add a caveat, I'm talking about a drive where we got the ball down by a few points, and went down and scored to WIN the game.
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Could say West Virginia last season, although we didn't have a drive down the field to win the game (we scored on a short field to force OT). The Iowa game from 2011 probably fails for the same reason (forcing OT).

We did drive down the field to score the winning points with under 5:00 to play vs. Kansas in 2011, but that was from a tied game and not losing.

We did have a 65-yard TD drive down 3 to go up 4 against UConn in 2011, but that drive ended with 9:00 left in the game, so maybe not late enough to count.

So I'd say the best answer is the UNI game in 2011. Jantz had just made a 4th down TD pass to Lenz in the corner of the end zone to go up 14-13. UNI responded with an 80-yard TD to David Johnson on their first play. We got the ball back at our own 40 with 4:17 left and drove 60 yards for a TD to go up with under a minute left in the game.

The last game-winning drive prior to that, where we got the ball losing and scored last to win the game, would be Iowa 2007 with Culbertson's fifth FG of the game.
 
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