Iowa St. beats N. Dakota St. 34-17

By LUKE MEREDITH, AP Sports Writer Sep 3, 11:38 pm EDT

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AMES, Iowa (AP)—Austen Arnaud threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns, both to Marquis Hamilton, and Iowa State beat North Dakota State 34-17 to make coach Paul Rhoads a winner in his debut.

Alexander Robinson added 83 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Cyclones (1-0), who snapped a 10-game losing streak.

North Dakota State (0-1) got as close as 24-17 midway through the third quarter before Iowa State pulled away.

Grant Mahoney hit a career-long 50-yard field goal and Arnaud found Hamilton for a 42-yard touchdown pass with 9:58 left to make it 34-17.

Pat Paschall rushed for a career-high 146 yards and a touchdown for North Dakota State, an FCS program that fell to 3-3 against FBS opponents since 2006.

Updated Sep 3, 11:38 pm EDT
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Head to Head - Week 1

Team Total Yds Pass Yds Rush Yds First Downs 3rdD% Pen./Yds Turnovers Time of Poss.
North Dakota State 388 178 210 16 35.7% 8/60 2 33:18
Iowa State 442 238 204 26 50.0% 1/10 2 26:42
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  1. Dan G
    5. Posted by Dan G Sat Sep 5 2:24pm EDT

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    NDSU sucks!!!
  2. coach rod
    4. Posted by coach rod Sat Sep 5 12:29pm EDT

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    Did Jeremy Reeves play. I coached him in basketball when he was in the 4th and 6th grade. Great kid. He is from Allen, Tx.
  3. John
    3. Posted by John Fri Sep 4 7:23pm EDT

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    Clones will be lucky to win another game this year.
  4. CraigS
    2. Posted by CraigS Fri Sep 4 10:30am EDT

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    Go Clones, beat the hawks!!
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Top Performers

 Top Performers
 North Dakota St.
P. Paschall P. Paschall, RB
21 Rush, 146 yds
1 TD
 Iowa St.
A. Arnaud A. Arnaud, QB
16-28, 227 yds
2 TDs
17 Rush, 78 yds, 1 TD

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