Rocco Becht scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak on fourth down with 56 seconds left and No. 18 Iowa State edged No. 13 Miami 42-41 on Saturday in the Pop-Tarts Bowl at Orlando, Fla. Becht also passed for 270 yards and three touchdowns as the Cyclones (11-3) overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half to secure their first 11-win season in school history.

QB Rocco Becht engineered a fourth-quarter go-ahead scoring drive as the No. 18 Cyclones knocked off No. 13 Miami 42-41 after trailing 31-28 at halftime.

It came down to the Miami Hurricanes defense needing to make a goal-line stand. The Iowa State Cyclones were at the Miami 2-yard line, 6 feet away from taking the lead in the final minutes of the Pop-Tarts Bowl. First and goal, 1:41 left on the clock, direct snap to running back Carson Hansen. No gain.

The quarterback from Wesley Chapel leads a 15-play, 84-yard drive, capped by his 1-yard touchdown, to put away the Hurricanes.

The game featured some oddities and irregularities, but Iowa State football has now won 11 games for the first time in program history.

No. 13 UM (10-2) wraps up Year 3 of the Mario Cristobal era on Saturday in the Pop-Tarts Bowl against the No. 18 Iowa State Cyclones. Kickoff from Orlando’s Camping World Stadium is slated for 3:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ABC.

In a game that aired LIVE on WFTV Channel 9, No. 18 Iowa State outlasted No. 13 Miami 42-41 in Saturday night’s Pop-Tarts Bowl thriller at Camping World Stadium. Cyclones quarterback Rocco Becht was named the game’s MVP. The Florida native accounted for four total touchdowns, including the game-winner with under one minute left.

It was a season of Iowa State comebacks. And fittingly, that’s how it ended for the Cyclones. Game MVP Rocco Becht scored from a yard out on fourth-and-goal with 56 seconds remaining and No. 18 Iowa State capped the best season in school history by rallying past No.

Becht finished with 270 passing yards and three touchdowns for Iowa State, a program that entered this season — the 133rd year of Cyclone football — never having won more than nine games in a year.