Toledo Notes- Bowl Game

game 3 - cincinnati 58, toledo 34Cincinnati, OH – Toledo staged a furious second-half comeback thaterased much of a 34-point deficit but it wasn’t quite enough as the Rocketsfell to Cincinnati, 58-34, at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati.Cincinnati (1-0) scored touchdowns on its first six possessions, buildingleads of 34-0 and 41-7 in the first half. Toledo did not quit, though,cutting the lead to 41-34 early in the fourth quarter. But the Bearcats putthe game away with a touchdown and a field goal midway through thefourth quarter.Both teams rolled up more than 500 yards of offense, with the Rocketstotaling 563 yards and Cincinnati putting up 584.The Rockets (1-2) were led by sophomore QB Logan Woodside, whoconnected on 27-of-40 passes for 322 yards and three touchdowns. SophomoreKareem Hunt paced the rushing attack with 101 yards, all in thefirst half, while sophomore Corey Jones caught 11 passes for 93 yards andone touchdown.UC sophomore quarterback Gunner Kiel completed 25-of-37 passesfor 418 yards and six scores.Cincinnati set the tone on the game’s first play, a 52-yard pass playfrom Kiel to Mekale McKay. Two plays later, Kiel hit McKay for a 17-yard TDalong the left edge of the end zone.Toledo’s first drive stalled at midfield, and Cincinnati responded withan eight-play, 81-yard drive that was capped by a 22-yard TD pass fromKiel to Max Morrison. UC extended the lead to 20-0 on an 80-yard drive,then got the ball right back on the UT 14-yard line following a Toledofumble on the kickoff. Two plays later and four seconds into the secondquarter, Kiel found Chris Moore in the end zone to put UC up, 27-0. Themargin ballooned to 34-0 when Rod Moore capped a three-play drivewith a two-yard run.Toledo cracked the scoreboard on its first possession of the secondquarter on a three-yard rush by Hunt. Hunt also had 19, 21 and 13 yardson the nine-play, 85-yard drive. The Rockets made it 41-14 with 2:07 left inthe first half when Russell caught a short pass from Woodside and took it38 yards to the house.Toledo narrowed its deficit to as close as 41-34 early in the fourthquarter but couldn’t come any closer.ROCKET ROUNDUP: Rockets are now 4-9 all-time in games played inNFL stadiums...Sophomore QB Logan Woodside made his second careerstart under center and completed 27-of-40 passes for 322 yards and threetouchdowns. Woodside posted career highs in all four categories andcompleted passes to eight different receivers...Junior WR Alonzo Russellcaught five passes for a team-high 114 yards and two scores. Russell wascredited with a 38-yard TD reception in the second quarter and a 54-yarderTD catch in the third. He recorded his third career multi-TD effort andtopped the century mark for the first time this season and sixth time in hiscareer...Russell moved into 10th place in school history in career receivingyards (1,969), tied for 10th in TD catches (13) and 12th in receptions (132)...Sophomore RB Kareem Hunt carried the ball 12 times for a team-high101 yards and one touchdown, all in the first half. He has now rushed forat least 100 yards all three games this season and on eight occasions in hisUT career...Sophomore WR Corey Jones reeled in a career-high 11 passesfor 93 yards, including a 13-yard TD reception in the third quarter...Jones’11 receptions are the most by a Rocket since Bernard Reedy finished with13 against Ball State on Sept. 28, 2013...Sophomore RB Marc Remy ranthe ball 11 times for 80 yards...Junior DE Allen Covington recorded hisfirst sack of the season on an important third-down stop in the third period.Covington finished with four stops...Sophomore DB DeJuan Rogersled the Rockets with a career-high seven tackles. It marked the secondstraight contest Rogers has led or tied for the team lead in defensivestops...Senior PK Jeremiah Detmer moved into sole possession of thirdplace in school history with his 51st career field goal.SCORING 1 2 3 4 FToledo 0 14 17 3 — 34Cincinnati 20 21 0 17 — 581st Quarter14:14 UC McKay 17 yd pass from KIEL (Gantz kick) 3-69/0:468:45 UC Morrison 22 yd pass from KIEL (Gantz kick failed) 8-81/2:580:37 UC Green 4 yd run (Gantz kick) 8-80/3:122nd Quarter14:56 UC Moore 8 yd pass from Kiel (Gantz kick) 2-14/0:3610:14 UC Moore 2 yd run (Gantz kick) 3-67/0:516:55 UT HUNT 3 yd run (DETMER kick) 9-85/3:132:17 UC COLE 11 yd pass from Kiel (Gantz kick) 12-86/4:271:13 UT RUSSELL 38 yd pass from WOODSIDE (DETMER kick)3-75/1:043rd Quarter12:19 UT RUSSELL 54 yd pass from WOODSIDE (DETMER kick)7-75/2:417:38 UT JONES, C. 13 yd pass from WOODSIDE (DETMER) 7-23/3:064:33 UT DETMER 23 yd field goal 6-40/2:044th Quarter14:48 UT DETMER 36 yd field goal 10-76/3:3411:59 UC Chisum 18 yd pass from Kiel (Gantz kick) 8-75/2:498:57 UC Gantz 34 yd field goal 6-27/1:091:36 UC Washington 22 yd pass from Kiel (Gantz kick) 8-69/2:52Attendance: 31,192TEAM STATISTICS TOLEDO CINCINNATIFIRST DOWNS 27 28RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 39-240 30-148PASSING YDS (NET) 323 436Passes Comp-Att-Int 28-43-0 29-42-0TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 82-563 72-584Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-5Punt Returns-Yards 1-21 1-11Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-150 6-141Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 2-30.0 4-38.2Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0Penalties-Yards 7-65 2-30Possession Time 35:12 24:48Third-Down Conversions 8 of 17 7 of 12Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-6 7-7Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-8 3-22RUSHING: TOLEDO-HUNT, Kareem 12-101; REMY, Marc 11-80; JONES-MOORE,D. 9-41; JONES, Corey, 2-36; JULIAN, Michigan 1-minus 7; WOODSIDE, Logan4-minus 11. Cincinnati-Williams, Hosey 14-103; Kiel, Gunner 4-24; Green, Tion7-14; Evans, Jared 2-5; Legaux, Munchie 1-5; Moore, Rod 1-2; Abernathy, RD1-minus 5.PASSING: TOLEDO-WOODSIDE, Logan 27-40-0-322; JULIAN, Michael 1-2-0-1;Cincinnati-Kiel, Gunner 25-37-0-418; Legaux, Munchie 4-5-0-18.RECEIVING: TOLEDO-JONES, Corey 11-93; RUSSELL, Alonzo 5-114; OLACK,Justin 5-64; JONES-MOORE, Damion 2-13; WILCHER, Kishon 1-16; REMY,Marc 1-11; ROGERS, Zach 1-6; MACON, Dwight 1-5; JOHNSON, Jon’Vea 1-1.Cincinnati-McKay, Mekale 9-175; Washington, Shaq 4-54; Morrison, Max 4-51;Holton, Johnny 3-68; Chisum, Alex 3-39; Moore, Chris 2-23; Dowdy, DJ 1-13;Cole, Nate 1-11; Abernathy, RD 1-4; Green, Tion 1-minus 2.TACKLE LEADERS: TOLEDO-ROGERS, DeJuan 3-4-7; DUKES, Christian 4-2-6; VOSS, Trent 3-3-6; HESTER, Treyvon 2-4-6; Cincinnati-Luc, Jeff 5-7-12; Edwards,Jeff 4-7-11.