Toledo Notes- Bowl Game

game 5 - toledo 42, Central Michigan 28Toledo, OH – Sophomore Logan Woodside threw for a career-high339 yards and the Rocket defense contained Central Michigan’s ground attackas Toledo defeated the Chippewas, 42-28, at the Glass Bowl. The victoryput UT (3-2, 2-0 MAC) at the top of the MAC’s West Division. Central Michiganfell to 2-3, 0-1 in MAC play.Playing without starting running back Kareem Hunt, the Toledo offensedid not miss a beat, grinding out 543 yards of total offense. Woodsidecompleted 23-of-34 passes and threw two touchdowns, both to juniorAlonzo Russell. Russell had seven catches for 120 yards, while sophomoreCorey Jones had a game-high eight receptions for 106 yards. SophomoreDamion Jones-Moore started in place of Hunt and rushed for 51 yards andone touchdown on 11 carries. Freshman Terry Swanson gained a seasonhigh97 yards and just 11 attempts.Toledo’s defense held CMU to just 95 yards rushing on 26 attemptsand forced two turnovers. Junior Christian Dukes led UT with nine tackles,a fumble recovery and added a key on-side kick recovery in the second half.UT dominated the first half, outgaining CMU 338-89 in total yards, butfour Rocket fumbles (one lost) helped keep the score close. The Rocketsopened the scoring on their initial drive with a 32-yard field goal from JeremiahDetmer after a 15-play march stalled on the CMU 15-yard line. TheChippewas answered with an eight-play, 75-yard drive that ended with athree-yard corner fade pass from Rush to Jesse Kroll. Detmer’s second field,a 22-yarder, cut the lead to 7-6.Toledo regained the lead in the second quarter, thanks to a great catchand run by Jones who took it 41 yards to the CMU 20-yard line. Four playslater, Swanson took it in on third-and-goal from the three-yard line to make13-7 with 4:50 left in the half.Following a three-and-out by CMU, the Rockets drove down the fieldonce again. Russell took it the final six yards with 27 seconds left with asplendid one-hand reception on a Woodside pass.Central cut the lead to 20-14 on its first possession of the second halfbehind a 10-play, 75-yard drive. Rush finished it off with a four-yard completionto Kroll, almost identical to their first-half hook-up.Following a Toledo punt, senior safety Jordan Haden picked off Rush,giving UT great field position on CMU’s 35-yard line. Woodside hit Russell inthe corner for a 12-yard TD to make it 27-14.Toledo then pulled off a beautifully executed on-side kick, with ChristianDukes grabbing it on the fly at midfield. Five plays later Jones-Mooremade it 34-14 on a three-yard TD run.ROCKET ROUNDUP: The Rockets have started 2-0 in league play in fourof the last five seasons...Toledo improved to 13-3 at home under HeadCoach Matt Campbell. UT has won five-consecutive games against CMU,the Rockets’ second-longest win streak in the series which dates back to1928 and surpassed only by 10-straight victories from 1995-2004...TerrySwanson averaged a staggering 8.8 yards per carry...Damion Jones-Moore made his first career start in place of injured starter KareemHunt...Jeremiah Detmer was a perfect 2-of-2 on field-goal attempts,converting from 32 and 21 yards in the first quarter. Detmer has now recorded16 multi-field goal efforts in his collegiate career...Alonzo Russellfinished with a season-high seven catches for a season-best 120 yards andtwo touchdowns. Russell posted his fourth career multi-TD effort in his UTcareer and moved into sole possession of 11th place in school history incareer receptions (141)...Corey Jones hauled in a game-high eight passesfor a collegiate-best 106 yards...Alex Zmolik tied his career high withfour catches for 69 yards. Zmolik also had four receptions against vs. NewHampshire on Aug. 30, 2014...Jordan Haden registered his squad-bestsecond interception and finished with a career-tying best six tackles andone pass breakup...Chase Murdock made his first start of the season andfinished with four tackles...Orion Jones was credited with a team-tyingbest third sack...UT has rushed for at least 200 yards in each of the lastthree games...The Rockets were 5-of-10 on third-down conversions andare 36-of-72 on third-down plays this season, second-best in the MAC.SCORING 1 2 3 4 FCentral Michigan 7 0 14 7 — 28Toledo 6 14 14 8 — 421st Quarter10:09 UT DETMER 32 yd field goal 15-64/4:516:03 CMU Kroll 3 yd pass from Rush (Eavey kick) 8-75/4:060:42 UT DETMER 21 yd field goal 10-73/5:162nd Quarter4:50 UT SWANSON 3 yd run (DETMER kick) 6-72/2:570:27 UT RUSSELL 6 yd pass from WOODSIDE (DETMER kick) 7-85/2:183rd Quarter10:09 CMU Kroll 4 yd pass from Rush (Eavey kick) 10-75/4:515:43 UT RUSSELL 12 yd pass from WOODSIDE (DETMER kick) 5-35/2:263:44 UT JONES-MOORE 3 yd run (DETMER kick) 5-50/1:570:03 CMU Rawls 3 yd run (Eavey kick) 8-75/3:414th Quarter7:54 CMU Rawls 6 yd run (Eavey kick) 8-75/3:413:00 UT WOODSIDE 12 yd run (JONES-MOORE pass from WOODSIDE) 8-80/4:48Attendance: 18,087TEAM STATISTICS CMU TOLEDOFIRST DOWNS 20 29RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 26-95 38-204PASSING YDS (NET) 291 339Passes Comp-Att-Int 24-31-1 23-34-1TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 57-386 72-543Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-minus-3Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-43 5-124Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-11Punts (Number-Avg) 3-52.7 1-39.0Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-1Penalties-Yards 3-35 6-47Possession Time 27:42 32:18Third-Down Conversions 4 of 8 5 of 10Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 7-7Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 2-11RUSHING: CMU-Rawls, Thomas 17-65; Walker, Martez 5-21; Rice, Anthony 1-12;Rush, Cooper 3-minus 3. TOLEDO-SWANSON, Terry 11-97; JONES-MOORE, D.12-51; REMY, Marc 6-36; WOODSIDE, Logan 6-20; ROSENBAUER, Zac 1-2; TEAM2-minus 2.PASSING: CMU-Rush, Cooper 24-31-1-291; TOLEDO- WOODSIDE, Logan 23-34-1-339.RECEIVING: CMU-Kroll, Jesse 7-83; Davis, Titus 6-128; Rice, Anthony 5-41; Bacci,Joe 2-18; Butler, Deon 1-7; McCord, Ben 1-5; Kinville, Mike1-5; Rawls, Thomas1-4. TOLEDO--JONES, Corey 8-106; RUSSELL, Alonzo 7-120; ZMOLIK, Alex 4-69;OLACK, Justin 1-20; THOMPSON, Cody 1-15; WILCHER, Kishon 1-8; REMY, Marc1-1.TACKLE LEADERS: CMU-Wilson, Jason 4-6-10; King, Kevin 5-4-9; TOLEDO-DUKES, Christian 7-2-9; VOSS, Trent 3-4-7; SYLVESTRE, Junior 2-5-7.INTERCEPTIONS: CMU-Greer, Brandon 1-0; TOLEDO-HADEN, Jordan 1-11.