Texas and Iowa State play on Saturday, Oct. 15. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial).

No. 22 Texas doesn’t expect offensive production to come as easily as it did last week when Iowa State visits Saturday.

Texas (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) produced nearly 600 yards while pounding Oklahoma 49-0 in the Red River Rivalry. But that was against a reeling Sooners defense that ranks 117th nationally.

The Cyclones (3-3, 0-3) are eighth in scoring defense, at 13.7 points per game, and 11th in total defense, at 277.5 yards per game. Both marks lead the Big 12.

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers will be playing his second game since returning from a left shoulder injury that sidelined him a month. The Ohio State transfer threw for 289 yards and four touchdowns in three quarters against Oklahoma.

Bijan Robinson ran for 130 yards and two touchdowns, and tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders and receivers Jordan Whittington and Xavier Worthy combined for 13 receptions, 197 yards and three TDs.

Offense has been a struggle for the Cyclones, whose 23.2 points per game rank last in the Big 12 and 103rd nationally. Xavier Hutchinson leads the nation with 9.5 catches per game but first-year starting quarterback Hunter Dekkers has cooled off since conference play began and the run game has suffered with Jirehl Brock injured the last two weeks.

Iowa State scored only 11 points against Kansas and nine against Kansas State the last two weeks and went 16 straight possessions spanning those games without a touchdown.

When is Texas-Iowa State?

Texas plays Iowa State at 11 a.m. (noon ET) Saturday, Oct. 15.

Live stream

FuboTV

The game will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo standard” package, which comprises 121-plus channels for $69.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

Will it be televised?

Texas and Iowa State will be televised on ABC.

Preview

MORE HELP FOR TEXAS: Texas tight end Jahleel Billingsley is available after missing the first six games while serving an NCAA suspension for an undisclosed violation while playing at Alabama last season, Sarkisian said. Billingsley caught 17 passes, three for touchdowns, in 2021.

CLOSING IN: Iowa State defensive end Will McDonald IV needs two sacks to become the Big 12 career leader. Aaron Hunt of Texas Tech set the record with 34 in 2002. McDonald has 32.5., including two last week against Kansas State.

McDonald lines up in different spots — left, right and even in the middle. When McDonald comes from the right, he’ll be matched against first-year freshman and five-star recruit Kelvin Banks Jr.

IMPROVED DEFENSE: The Longhorns have improved defensively, going from 99th to 23rd in points allowed and from 100th to 35th in yards allowed. They’ve had one bad half, allowing 23 points during a 37-34 loss at Texas Tech.

“I love the way we’ve played complementary football,” Sarkisian said. “I feel like it’s been that way for two weeks where we’re kind of feeding off of one another. Whether it’s getting a fourth-down stop and then converting that into points offensively, whether it’s going down and scoring and then getting a stop defensively so we’re not trading points with people.”

RUNNING BACK ISSUES: Iowa State’s Brock was hurt on the fourth play from scrimmage at Kansas on Oct. 1. He returned last week to carry 13 times for 33 yards against Kansas State but couldn’t finish the game. Cartevious Norton has been out since the opener. Deon Silas has gotten most of the carries in Brock’s absence with Eli Sanders filling in.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.