After taking #1 Florida State to the wire, losing just 31-38, the 2002 Iowa State Cyclones went on to win 6 straight games. In the midst of their best start to a season since the 1930s, Iowa State surprisingly found itself in a defensive battle with the high-octane Texas Tech offense. The Red Raider passing attack, led by QB Kliff Kingsbury, was averaging over 48 points over their past 3 games. But here in Ames, it was all defense as the Heisman candidates were deadlocked at 3-3 in the third quarter. With the ball in the red zone, Seneca Wallace gave us one of the best runs the sport has seen:
This play is one of the most memorable in Iowa State Football history, and for good reason. Wallace starts at the Tech 12 yard line, takes his drop, pump fakes, rolls left, then retreats 20 yards across the field to the other sideline. He breaks a tackle, turns the corner, tightropes the sideline for 15 yards, cuts back again across the field, picks up a massive block by Michael Wagner, and then coasts into the left corner endzone. He covers roughly 140 yards to go 12, and 18 seconds later gives #11 ISU a lead it wouldn't relinquish.
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