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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Iowa State’s defense forced Miami to punt just once in Saturday’s Pop-Tarts Bowl at Camping World Stadium. But it came at the perfect time — the one, final time the No. 18 Cyclones could furiously complete their 42-41 comeback win over the 13th-ranked Hurricanes.

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.