Iowa State head football coach Paul Rhoads made known his fury at Big 12 officials for what he believes was a missed call that changed the outcome of the game against Texas, ESPN reported.

Rhoads called into question the ruling of "down by contact" on a play late in the fourth quarter of Thursday night's Big 12 matchup with the Longhorns. He contends Texas running back Jonathan Gray actually fumbled, even though the referees reviewed the play and upheld the initial ruling.

"I've got pretty good eyesight," Rhoads said. "The view I had of that gigantic screen in the north end zone showed a player that was not down and our guy with the football."

On first-and-goal from the three-yard line, Texas ran the ball up the middle with Gray, but did not score. After gaining one yard, an Iowa State defender jarred the ball loose, picked it up and took it the other way. The refs said they did not have indisputable evidence to change the ruling on the field to a fumble and the call remained.

On the next play, Gray ran up the middle again, but tried to leap over the pile of offensive and defensive lineman to get the score, but again, an Iowa State defender knocked the ball loose. This time Gray recovered it. On third-and-goal from one yard out, quarterback Case McCoy dove into the end zone for a touchdown, giving Texas a 31-30 lead, the score by which the won.

"I've got the privilege as the head coach of this football program to face my players, win or lose, and look them in the eye and [tell them] how proud I am of the work they put forth, the effort they gave," Rhoads told reporters at his post-game appearance. "And to make a play on the 1-yard line, with their backs against the wall -- clear to everybody -- and have it taken away from them ... that's hard to express."

Rhoads was also unhappy about the penalties called both ways. Citing that his is "the least-penalized team in the league," he was upset Iowa State was called for ten penalties resulting in 118 yards, while Texas was penalized six times for 62 yards.

"The conference office reviews all things," he said. "I'm sure they will review this, and I'm sure they will come forward with what they feel the play should've been called."