NO. 19/22 CLEMSON (9-3, 6-2 ACC) vs. IOWA STATE (7-5, 5-4 BIG 12)
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 29 • 5:45 P.M. ET • CAMPING WORLD STADIUM • ORLANDO, FLA.
Clemson Tigers Notes
CLEMSON TO FACE IOWA STATE IN
2021 CHEEZ-IT BOWL
Clemson will attempt to close its resilient 2021 campaign on a winning note on Wednesday, Dec. 29, when the Tigers face the Iowa State Cyclones in the 2021 Cheez-It Bowl. Kickoff at Camping World Stadium is set for 5:45 p.m. ET.
Clemson enters the contest at 9-3 and in search of its 10th win of the 2021 season. A win would give Clemson 11 consecutive 10-win seasons, placing the Tigers alongside Florida State (14 from 1987-2000) and Alabama (14 from 2008-21) as the only programs ever to reach double-digit wins in 11 straight seasons. Clemson’s shot at another 10-win season was salvaged by a committed Tiger team that overcame adversity by going on a 7-1 run after a 2-2 start through September. Entering October, 28 different Power Five teams including Clemson had two or more losses. Of that group, only Utah (10-3) and Clemson (9-3) rebounded to enter bowl season with at least nine wins.
The Cheez-It Bowl will be Clemson’s first bowl game in Orlando since 2014, and the circumstances come with a multitude of historical parallels. That year, Offensive Coordinator Chad Morris left to become the head coach at SMU in advance of Clemson’s Russell Athletic Bowl date with Oklahoma. Clemson promoted Tony Elliott and Jeff Scott into co-offensive coordinator roles and hired Brandon Streeter as its quarterbacks coach, and the group led a masterful performance in a dominating 40-6 win against the Sooners.
This year, following the departures of Elliott and Defensive Coordinator Brent Venables for head coaching jobs at Virginia and Oklahoma, respectively, the bowl game in Orlando will represent the coordinator debuts of Streeter (offensive coordinator), Wes Goodwin (defensive coordinator) and Mickey Conn (co-defensive coordinator). The game will feature two head coaches with immense
mutual respect. In the spring of 2019, Dabo Swinney tabbed Iowa State’s Matt Campbell to be a keynote presenter at Clemson’s high school coaching clinic.
“You are always searching for people in our profession that are doing it the right way and they’re leading from the heart,” Campbell said. “What I saw when I got to Clemson and the kindness and the care and the love and the passion that [Swinney] led with and continues to lead with, I think that was a huge eye-opening experience of, ‘Man, you can lead a football program the right way.'”
WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK
– Clemson attempting to win 10 games for a school-record 11th consecutive season. Clemson would become only the third program in history ever to post 11 consecutive 10-win seasons, joining Florida State (14 from 1987-2000) and Alabama (14 from 2008-21). Clemson would be the first school to win 10 games in 11 straight seasons as a member of the ACC, as only the final nine of Florida State’s 14-straight 10-win seasons came during the Seminoles’ tenure in the ACC.
– Clemson attempting to win 10 games in a season in which it started 2-2 or worse for the second time in school history, joining the 2014 Tigers that rebounded from a 2-2 start through four games (and a 1-2 start through three games) to finish 10-3 with a bowl win in Orlando. Beyond the 2014 team, the only other Clemson team to reach even nine wins after starting .500 or worse through four games was its 2009 team, which started 2-2 and finished 9-5.
– Clemson attempting to improve to 3-1 all-time in the Cheez-It Bowl across the game’s various monikers. Clemson lost to Texas Tech in the Tangerine Bowl in 2002 but defeated Colorado in the Champs Sports Bowl in 2005 and beat Oklahoma in the Russell Athletic Bowl
in 2014.
– Clemson facing Iowa State for the first time in school history.
– Clemson facing its 107th different opponent in program history. Clemson is 64-38-4 all-time in its first meeting with its 106 existing opponents, including a 15-1 mark in first meetings since 2003. Clemson has won 17 of its last 19 games when making its all-time debut against a new opponent.
– Clemson attempting to improve to 6-4 all-time against teams in the Big 12 Conference at the time of the game, including winning its two most recent meetings in 2014 and 2015, both against Oklahoma in postseason play. Six of Clemson’s nine previous games against the Big 12 have come against teams no longer in the conference (two against Missouri, two against Texas A&M and one each against Colorado and Nebraska).
– Clemson attempting to even its all-time record against schools currently in the Big 12 Conference at 7-7.
– Clemson attempting to improve to 26-22 all-time in bowl contests. A 26th bowl win would tie Nebraska and Ohio State for 10th-most in FBS history.
– Clemson attempting to win at least one bowl game in eight of its last 10 seasons. A win would make Clemson 10-4 in bowl games since 2012, including College Football Playoff National Championship Games.
– Clemson attempting to win its 15th consecutive December game, dating to Clemson’s 2011 ACC Championship Game victory against Virginia Tech. Clemson (14-0) is one of three schools to be undefeated in December since 2011 with a minimum of five games played, a list that also includes Alabama (12-0) and Penn State (7-0).
– Clemson attempting to improve to 26-13 all-time in December games, including postseason play.
– Head Coach Dabo Swinney attempting to earn his 150th career win in his 14th season (including an interim stint in 2008) to move past Barry Switzer (149) for sole possession of the third-most wins through the first 15 seasons of a coaching career in FBS history.
– Swinney (149) attempting to join Urban Meyer (165) and Bob Stoops (160) as the only coaches in FBS history to win 150 games in the first 15 seasons of a head coaching career.
– Swinney attempting to earn his 150th career win in only his 186th career game as head coach. He would be the sixth-fastest coach in FBS history to 150 wins, trailing since 2019 against Louisville, Boston College, Wofford and NC State.
– Clemson attempting to average 6.0 or more yards per carry in three consecutive games for the first time since a five-game streak in 2019.
– Clemson (five) entering the game as one of two teams in the country not to allow an offensive touchdown in at least five games this season.
– Clemson attempting to record a sixth game this season without allowing an offensive touchdown to tie the 1959 Tigers for the second-most in a season since 1954.
– Clemson attempting to hold four straight opponents below 100 rushing yards for the first time since a five-game streak to end 2010.
– Clemson attempting to hold four straight opponents to 50 or fewer rushing yards for the first time on record back to 1954.
– Clemson attempting to secure multiple takeaways in a fourth consecutive game for the first since 2020 against Virginia, Miami (Fla.), Georgia Tech and Syracuse.
– Clemson entering the game having allowed 24 points off turnovers this season. However, 21 of those points have come off of two pick-sixes and a strip sack fumble return, so the Clemson defense has only surrendered three points on possessions following a
Clemson turnover this season. The only offense to score following a Clemson turnover this year was South Carolina State, which turned a Michel Dukes fumble at the Clemson 36 into a field goal.
– Clemson (one) attempting to score another defensive touchdown to give the Tigers multiple defensive touchdowns in 12 straight seasons. The last time Clemson had fewer than two defensive touchdowns in a season was 2009, Dabo Swinney’s first full season as head coach, when the Tigers supplemented a single defensive touchdown with six special teams touchdowns.
– Clemson attempting to hold three consecutive opponents without a sack for the first time since 2015, against Wake Forest, South Carolina and North Carolina.
– Four Tigers — OT Jordan McFadden, OL Walker Parks, LB James Skalski and QB DJ Uiagalelei — needing one more start to become the only four Clemson players to start every game this season on offense or defense. Every other Clemson offensive or defensive starter has missed time or played as a reserve at some point this season.
– Tight end Davis Allen (seven) needing three touchdown receptions to become the sixth tight end in Clemson history with at least 10 career touchdown catches, joining Jordan Leggett (18 from 2013-16), John McMakin (12 from 1969-71), Dwayne Allen (12 from 2009-11), Brandon Ford (12 from 2009-12) and Bennie Cunningham (10 from 1972-75).
– Cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. attempting to become the first Clemson player with multiple games with two interceptions in a single season since DeAndre McDaniel against Georgia Tech and Miami (Fla.) in 2009. McDaniel is now a defensive analyst on Clemson’s staff.
– Defensive end K.J. Henry attempting to record at least a half-sack in four straight games for the first time in his career. His 3.5 sacks this season are tied for his single-season career high from 2020.
– Safety Andrew Mukuba, the ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year, entering the game credited by the Clemson coaching staff with nine pass breakups this year. He needs one more to take sole possession of the Clemson single-season true-freshman record presently shared with Robert O’Neal (1989) and Justin Miller (2002).
– Defensive end Myles Murphy (7.0) needing three more sacks to become the first Clemson player with double-digit sacks in a season since Clelin Ferrell in 2018 (11.5).
– Murphy (five) needing two forced fumbles to tie Levon Kirkland, Keith Adams and Vic Beasley (seven each) for seventh-most forced fumbles in a career in Clemson history. Murphy has two forced fumbles this season and needs one more to tie his career high set as
a freshman in 2020.
– Running back Kobe Pace attempting to rush for a touchdown in three straight games for the first time in his career.
– Placekicker B.T. Potter (336 career points) needing 14 points to join Travis Etienne (468 from 2017-20), Chandler Catanzaro (404 from 2010-13) and Greg Huegel (379 from 2015-18) as the only players in school history to reach 350 career points.
– Potter (51) chasing No. 6 Greg Huegel (54 from 2015-18) and No. 5 Aaron Hunt (55 from 2000-03) on Clemson’s leaderboard for career field goals made.
– Potter attempting to kick multiple field goals in five consecutive games for the first time in his career. Potter went 3-of-3 against Louisville, UConn and South Carolina and 2-for-2 against Wake Forest.
– Potter entering the game having converted his last 11 field goal attempts, the longest streak of his career. If he were to hit his next three field goals, he would tie Obed Ariri (14 straight in 1980) for the third-longest streak of consecutive field goals made in school history, trailing Chandler Catanzaro’s school-record 20-field-goal streak from 2011-12 and Greg Huegel’s 16-field-goal streak in
2015.
– Potter entering the game having scored in 41 consecutive contests. Potter has scored in every game since earning the starting placekicking job prior to the 2019 season. He served as the team’s kickoff specialist in 2018.
– Potter (93 points in 2021) needing seven points to become the first player in Clemson history to score 100 points in three consecutive seasons. Potter scored 118 points in 2019 and 115 points in 2020.
– Potter (19-of-23) needing one more field goal to post only the 11th 20-field-goal season in school history and the first since 2015 (Greg Huegel, 27).
– Potter attempting to add to his Clemson record (six) for career field goals of 50 yards or more.
– Potter attempting to add to his single-season (11) and career (25) school records for field goals of 40- plus yards.
– Running back Will Shipley (10) needing one more rushing touchdown to pass C.J. Spiller (10 in 2006) for sole possession of the second-most rushing touchdowns by a Clemson true freshman since 1972. He needs three rushing touchdowns to tie Travis Etienne (13 in 2017) for the Clemson class record.
– Shipley attempting to become the first Clemson player to rush for 100 yards in three straight games since Travis Etienne’s school-record six-game streak in 2019.
– Shipley attempting to become the first Clemson true freshman with four 100-yard rushing games in a true freshman season since 2006 (C.J. Spiller, school-record five).
– Shipley (four) attempting to rush for multiple touchdowns in a fifth game this season to pass Travis Etienne (four in 2017) for the most games with multiple rushing touchdowns by a Clemson true freshman since 2000.
– Shipley attempting to become the first Clemson true freshman with three consecutive 100-yard rushing games since the NCAA established permanent freshman eligibility for the 1972 football season.
– Shipley (27.1) entering the game on pace for Clemson’s highest kickoff return average in a season among qualified players since C.J. Spiller in 2009 (32.8).
– Linebacker Trenton Simpson (6.0) needing two sacks to become the first Clemson linebacker with eight sacks since Isaiah Simmons recorded 8.0 sacks in his Butkus Award-winning campaign in 2019.
– Punter Will Spiers, wide receiver/holder Will Swinney and linebacker James Skalski each playing in their 69th career games to extend their school record for most career games played. Among accessible data and responses from FBS Sports Information Directors, the 69 games played by each member of the trio is believed to be a modern FBS record.
– Spiers starting his 69th game to add to his school and national record for career starts. Swinney’s career total as Clemson’s primary holder parallels Spiers’ run as starting punter.
– Spiers (24) sitting four qualifying punts shy of Bradley Pinion’s school record for punts downed inside the 20 in a single season (28 in 2014). With 105 career punts downed inside the 20, Spiers already holds Clemson’s career record by a wide margin, leading No. 2 Dale Hatcher’s 69 from 1981-84.
– Quarterback DJ Uiagalelei (four) needing one more rushing touchdown to surpass his single-season career high (four in both 2020 and 2021).
BOWL STREAKS
With a berth in the Cheez-It Bowl this season, Clemson extended its school-record bowl streak to 17 years. Clemson’s 17-year bowl streak is the longest in the ACC and the fifth-longest in the country
Clemson’s 17-year streak dates back to a 19-10 Champs Sports Bowl win against Colorado to close the 2005 season. At 17 years, the streak more than doubles Clemson’s previous longest streak, which covered seven seasons from 1985-91.
Though Clemson did not make a bowl appearance in 2004, Clemson has been bowl eligible in 23 consecutive seasons, dating back to a 1999 appearance in the Peach Bowl.
BOWL SUCCESS UNDER SWINNEY
Clemson has posted a 10-7 bowl record under Head Coach Dabo Swinney, including a 9-4 mark in its last 13 bowl games dating back to the 2012 season. Clemson’s nine bowl wins since 2012 have not come against run-of-the-mill opponents. Eight of Swinney’s nine bowl victories in that span have come against head coaches with national championship victories to their credit at various levels of NCAA play, including two wins each against Nick Saban, Urban Meyer and Bob Stoops, as well as single victories against Les Miles and Brian Kelly. Four of those coaches have won FBS titles, while Kelly was a two-time champion at the Division II level
SERIES HISTORY VS. IOWA STATE
The 2021 Cheez-It Bowl will represent the first all-time meeting between Clemson and Iowa State. A tale of the tape of the 2021 teams that will represent their schools in the programs’ first meeting is included below.
CLEMSON VS. NEW OPPONENTS
Iowa State will be the 107th different opponent faced by Clemson all-time. Clemson holds a 64-38-4 all-time record when facing an opponent for the first time.
Including first meetings with UConn and Iowa State, the 2021 season marks the fourth time in five years in which the Tigers will face an opponent for the first time in school history. It marks the first time since 2014 that Clemson has faced two different schools for the first
time in a single year.
Clemson has won 15 of its last 16 games when making its all-time debut against a new opponent, dating back to 2003. The team’s lone debut loss in that time frame came against South Florida in the 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, N.C., the last game before Clemson embarked upon its active streak of 10 consecutive 10-win seasons.
Included below is a list of Clemson’s first meeting with all 106 opponents in school history in chronological order.
Iowa State Cyclones Notes
THE LEAD
Iowa State (7-5, 5-4 Big 12) will battle No. 19 Clemson (9-3, 6-2 ACC) in the CheezIt Bowl, as the Cyclones play in a school-record fifth-straight bowl game. ISU recorded its fifth-straight above-.500 record in league play. From 1996-2016, ISU tallied just one winning conference season (2000). ISU was undefeated at home vs. Big 12 teams (4-0) for the second year in a row, and its 11-game homefield winning streak vs. league foes is the Big 12’s longest active streak.
KEY STORYLINES
Iowa State will play in its 17th bowl game in school history. ISU is 5-11 all-time in bowl games and will play in the Cheez-It Bowl for the second time (2019 vs. Notre Dame in the Camping World Bowl).
All four of ISU’s 2021 Big 12 losses were one-score defeats that went down to the final possession.
All-America RB Breece Hall is the nation’s leader in scoring (138) and touchdowns (23). Hall announced his intention to enter the NFL Draft on Dec. 18 and forgo his final season of eligibility.
QB Brock Purdy owns/shares 32 school records. He ranks fourth nationally in compl. pct. (73.1) and led the Big 12 in both passing (248.7) & total offense (267.3).
ISU’s only three-time All-American Charlie Kolar won the 2021 William V. Campbell Trophy. He has ISU season TE records for receptions (58) and receiving yards (723) this season.
ISU ranks 10th nationally in total defense (310.1) and 34th nationally in total offense (437.4). ISU’s total offense margin (+127.3) is ninth nationally
22 – Sacks by Will McDonald IV in the last two seasons, the second-most nationally during that span. The All-American has 11.5 sacks, ranking 7th nationally and breaking the ISU school record he set a year ago.
2 – Teams this season who have recorded over 350 yards of total offense vs. the Cyclone defense (West Virginia, Texas Tech). Excluding non-offensive scores, ISU’s defense is allowing 18.8 points per game.
24 – Consecutive games two-time consensus All-American Breece Hall has rushed for a TD, setting a new NCAA FBS record. Hall has the most career TDs in Iowa State history (56) and is the school’s all-time leading scorer (336).
LAST TIME OUT
ISU sent off its incredible senior class in style with a 48-14 win over TCU in its regular-season finale at Jack Trice Stadium.
The win was ISU’s 16th in its last 17 Big 12 home games and secured its fifth-straight overall and conference winning season.
The offense and defense clicked. ISU recorded over 500 yards of total offense (541) for the second time this season and held an opponent to below 350 total yards (348) for the 10th time on the year.
Head coach Matt Campbell picked up his 42nd career victory at Iowa State, tying for second on ISU’s coaching win list.
RB Breece Hall was sensational, recording career highs in rushing (242), total TDs (4) and rushing TDs (3). His 281 yards from scrimmage was the sixth-best single-game effort in ISU history, also a career high.
Hall broke the NCAA FBS record by rushing for a TD in his 24th consecutive game and tied a Big 12 record by tallying his 20th career multi-TD game.
Hall had an 80-yard TD rush, the longest run of his career and tying for the sixth-longest rush in ISU history. It was his 10th 50+ yard play from scrimmage in his career, tying a school record.
WR Xavier Hutchinson caught seven passes and recorded his fourth 100-yard receiving game (107) of the season.
QB Brock Purdy played in his final home game, securing a 16-1 record as ISU’s starting QB vs. Big 12 teams in Jack Trice Stadium.
Purdy threw for 262 yards and a pair of TDs and broke ISU’s career passing attempts record (1,428), his 32nd career school record.
TE Chase Allen had three catches for 55 yards, including a career-long 35-yard TD catch from Purdy.
TE Charlie Kolar recorded five catches for 65 yards, breaking ISU’s single-season TE marks in both catches (58) and yards (723).
DE Will McDonald IV had three tackles and a sack, breaking his own single-season record for sacks (11.5).
S Greg Eisworth II tallied his fifth career interception and a game-high six tackles.
IOWA STATE-CLEMSON TIDBITS
This will be the first meeting between Iowa State and Clemson.
Iowa State is 2-5-1 all-time vs. current ACC teams.
Iowa State is 1-2 vs. ACC teams in bowl games (Georgia Tech, L, 31-30 in 1972 Liberty Bowl; N.C. State, L, 24-14 in 1977 Peach Bowl; Pittsburgh, W, 37-29 in 2000 Insight.com Bowl).
Iowa State DB Michal Antoine Jr. and Clemson WR Troy Stellato were teammates at Cardinal Gibbons H.S. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Clemson offensive analyst Andrew Zow was the QB at Alabama when the Cyclones played the Crimson Tide in the 2001 Independence Bowl.
Clemson is Iowa State’s second opponent from the state of South Carolina. The Cyclones lost at South Carolina in 1967 (34-3).
Shack Shealy was the head coach at Clemson in 1904. He played football at both Clemson and Iowa State, earning his ISU Vet Med degree in 1903.
Iowa State three-year letterman Larry Van Der Heyden, who was a starter on the 1959 Dirty Thirty team, was an assistant at Clemson from 1979-92.
IOWA STATE BOWL NOTES
Iowa State earned its 17th bowl bid in school history and its fifth in a row, marking the first time in school history ISU has competed in five-straight bowl games.
Current Cyclones Chase Allen, Jake Hummel and Enyi Uwazurike have all played in four bowl games and can be the first Cyclones to compete in five.
Iowa State is 5-11 all-time in bowl games, winning the 2000 Insight.com Bowl (37-29 vs. Pittsburgh), the 2004 Independence Bowl (17-13 vs. Miami of Ohio), the 2009 Insight Bowl (14-13 vs. Minnesota), the 2017 Liberty Bowl (21-20 vs. Memphis) and the 2021 Fiesta Bowl (34-17 vs. Oregon).
Matt Campbell will compete in the 12th bowl game of his coaching career.
Iowa State has played just two previous games in the state of Florida, defeating Florida State in Tallahassee (10-6) in 1975 and falling to Notre Dame in Orlando (33-9) at the 2019 Camping World Bowl.
Iowa State’s last five opponents in bowl games were ranked at kickoff (#19 Memphis, #12 Washington State, #14 Notre Dame, #25 Oregon, #19, Clemson).
The Cyclones have seven Floridians on their roster.
IOWA STATE BOWL HISTORY
1971 Sun Bowl – Dec. 18 in El Paso, Texas
LSU 33, Iowa State 15
1972 Liberty Bowl – Dec. 18 in Memphis, Tenn.
Georgia Tech 31, Iowa State 30
1977 Peach Bowl – Dec. 31 in Atlanta, Ga.
N.C. State 24, Iowa State 14
1978 Hall of Fame Bowl – Dec. 20 in Birmingham, Ala.
Texas A&M 28, Iowa State 12
2000 Insight.com Bowl – Dec. 28 in Phoenix, Ariz.
Iowa State 37, Pittsburgh 29
2001 Independence Bowl – Dec. 27 in Shreveport, La.
Alabama 14, Iowa State 13
2002 Humanitarian Bowl – Dec. 31 in Boise, Idaho
Boise State 34, Iowa State 16
2004 Independence Bowl – Dec. 28 in Shreveport, La.
Iowa State 17, Miami (Ohio) 13
2005 Houston Bowl – Dec. 31 in Houston, Texas
TCU 27, Iowa State 24
2009 Insight Bowl – Dec. 31 in Tempe, Ariz.
Iowa State 14, Minnesota 13
2011 Pinstripe Bowl – Dec. 30 in New York, N.Y.
Rutgers 27, Iowa State 13
2012 Liberty Bowl – Dec. 31 in Memphis, Tenn.
Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17
2017 Liberty Bowl – Dec. 30 in Memphis, Tenn.
Iowa State 21, Memphis 20
2018 Alamo Bowl – Dec. 28 in San Antonio, Texas
Washington State 28, Iowa State 26
2019 Camping World Bowl – Dec. 28 in Orlando, Fla.
Notre Dame 33, Iowa State 9
2021 Fiesta Bowl – Jan. 2 in Glendale, Ariz.
Iowa State 34, Oregon 17
2021 Cheez-It Bowl – Dec. 29 in Orlando, Fla.
Iowa State vs. Clemson
ISU VS. RANKED OPPONENTS
Iowa State is 10-11 vs. ranked opponents since 2017.
ISU head coach Matt Campbell is 12-19 vs. ranked opponents in his head coaching career, including a 10-15 mark with the Cyclones.
Campbell owns 37.0 pct. (10-of-27) of ISU’s all-time wins over rated opponents, 40.0 pct. (4-of-10) of ISU’s all-time wins over ranked foes on the road and 75.0 pct. (3-of4) of the school’s all-time victories against Top 6 rated teams.
ISU is 1-2 vs. ranked teams this season.
Campbell is 4-4 vs. Top 10 opponents at ISU. The Cyclones were 8-98-2 vs. Top 10 opponents prior to his arrival.
CAMPBELL IS ISU’S GREATEST COACH
Head coach Matt Campbell, a three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year (2017, 2018, 2020) honoree, has turned Iowa State into a winner in his tenure.
Campbell has a 42-33 overall record for a .560 winning percentage, the best winning percentage by a Cyclone coach since the Big Six was formed (1928) and tying for the second-most wins in school history.
Campbell began his ISU career with a 1-8 mark, but is 41-25 since.
20 of Campbell’s 33 losses at Iowa State have been one-score games.
Campbell is the only coach in school history to defeat every league team during their tenure and is 31-16 in regular-season conference games in the last 47 games.
He has defeated every Big 12 school on the road and at home, both program firsts.
Campbell’s 31 league victories rank first in school history among Cyclone coaches.
Campbell owns 31 of ISU’s 75 all-time wins vs. Big 12 teams (41.3 pct.).
ISU’s Big 12 win season average from 1996-2015 (2.2). ISU’s Big 12 win season average from 2016-21 (5.2).
Campbell is 14-11 coaching the Cyclones as a ranked team. The 25 games coached as a ranked team are the most in school history.
First coach in school history to defeat Oklahoma and Texas in the same season (2020).
Led ISU to a first-place finish in the 2020 regular-season Big 12 standings at 8-1. It marked the first time in school history ISU ended the conference regular-season in sole possession of first place.
In Big 12 history (1996-2021), ISU has had only six winning conference seasons. Campbell has produced five of them (2017-21).
Posted two perfect home seasons vs. Big 12 competition (2020; 5-0; 2021; 4-0). ISU has had only four perfect home seasons vs.
league competition in school history (1931, 2002).
Won four conference coach of the year awards since 2015: 2015 (MAC-Toledo), 2017, 2018, 2020 (Big 12-Iowa State).
