Toledo Notes- Bowl Game

game 10 - Northern Illinois 27, toledo 24DeKalb, IL - Down to their fourth-string quarterback, Toledo foughtvaliantly but ultimately succumbed to Northern Illinois, 27-24, in a criticalMAC West Division game.Senior Dwight Macon, a wide receiver who began his career as aquarterback, came off the bench to complete 8-of-11 passes for 140 yardsand a touchdown, and nearly led the Rockets to their first victory overNorthern Illinois since 2009. Macon also rushed for 97 yards and two TD’s.The defeat moved Toledo (6-4, 5-1 MAC) into a tie with the Huskies(8-2, 5-1 MAC) for first place in the West with two games remaining in theregular season.Trailing 27-17 with 5:22 left, the Rockets stopped NIU on fourthand-2to regain possession of the ball. Macon went to work, driving Toledo79 yards down the field in eight plays, going the final three himselfto make the score 27-24 with 2:14 left. NIU recovered the ensuing onsideskick and ran off all but three seconds of the clock before turning the ballover on downs. A last-ditch Macon pass to Justin Olack ended with KareemHunt taking the lateral and being pushed out of bounds at the Toledo39-yard line.Hunt rushed for 119 yards on 18 attempts, his eighth straight 100-yard game. Toledo outgained the Huskies in total yards, 472-416.Toledo opened the game with third-stringer Michael Julian, a redshirtfreshman, at quarterback. Julian left the game on Toledo’s first driveof the second quarter with a concussion, completing 2-of-7 passes for49 yards. Julian was replaced by sophomore Logan Woodside, who hadstarted UT’s last seven games in place of the injured junior Phillip Ely beforesuffering an ankle injury at Kent State on Nov. 4. Woodside playedone series but was unable to move effectively. The Rockets finally settledon Macon, who was very effective both throwing and running in his firstextensive action at signal caller in his collegiate career.NIU scored the game’s first 10 points before Toledo answered with a21-yard field goal by Jeremiah Detmer and a 69-yard scoring pass fromMacon to Corey Jones.NIU recaptured the lead, 13-10, with 1:36 left in the first half on a 19-yard field goal by Christian Hagen. The Huskies extended the margin to20-10 on a four-yard TD run by Cameron Stingily.Toledo answered with a one-yard score by Macon that capped anine-play, 75-yard drive to cut the score to 20-17 with 6:36 left in the thirdquarter.NIU scored the game’s decisive points on an 11-play, 82-yard drivethat was capped by a Stingily two-yard TD run to make the score 27-17with 6:33 to play.ROCKET ROUNDUP: UT totaled 263 yards rushing to surpass the 200-yard barrier for the ninth time in 10 games...Corey Jones caught a teamhighfour passes for a game-high 102 yards, including a 69-yard TD receptionin the second quarter...Jones surpassed the century mark for thefourth time this season...Jeremiah Detmer has successfully converted 11straight field-goal attempts...Alonzo Russell reeled in three passes for 53yards and has caught at least one pass in every game of his Rocket career,a string of 35 straight...Storm Norton made his first collegiate startat left tackle in place of injured two-time All-MAC senior Greg Mancz...Kareem Hunt carried the ball a team-tying best 18 times for a game-high119 yards, topping the century mark for the eighth straight game...Hunt,who averaged 6.6 yards per carry, has run for at least 100 yards on 12 occasionsin 19 games as a collegian...Junior Sylvestre recorded a gamehigh11 stops, including a team-tying best 2.0 tackles-for-loss...Sylvestrehas recorded double-digit stops on three occasions this fall...Ray Bushrecorded his second sack of the season and finished with four stops and ateam-tying best 2.0 tackles-for-loss...Treyvon Hester was credited with aseason-high eight tackles... DeJuan Rogers tied his career high with eighttackles...Orion Jones totaled a season-tying best 1.5 tackles-for-loss andthree stops...Jones has now recorded at least 1.0 tackles-for-loss in each ofthe last three games.SCORING 1 2 3 4 FToledo 3 7 7 7 — 24Northern Illinois 10 3 7 7 — 271st Quarter7:46 NIU Hagan 37 yd field goal 5-26/1:445:24 NIU Brown 64 yd pass from Hare (Hagan kick) 2-65/0:371:05 UT DETMER 21 yd field goal 11-73/4:132nd Quarter5:22 UT JONES 69 yd pass from MACON (DETMER kick) 2-74/0:341:36 NIU Hagan 19 yd field goal 10-73/3:463rd Quarter9:18 NIU Stingily 4 yd run (Hagan kick) 5-87/1:576:36 UT MACON 1 yd run (DETMER kick) 9-75/2:424th Quarter6:33 NIU Stingily 2 yd run (Hagan kick) 11-82/3:542:14 UT MACON 3 yd run (DETMER kick) 8-79/2:01Attendance: 8,462TEAM STATISTICS TOLEDO NIUFIRST DOWNS 20 17RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 49-263 46-226PASSING YDS (NET) 209 190Passes Comp-Att-Int 23-12-0 22-14-0TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 72-472 68-416Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 4-2 1-7Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-41 3-28Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 7-32.0 8-35.1Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 3-20 5-34Possession Time 30:23 29:37Third-Down Conversions 4 of 15 3 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 1of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 4-4Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 3-19RUSHING: TOLEDO-HUNT, Kareem 18-119; MACON, Dwight 18-97; SWANSON,Terry 7-41; JULIAN, Michael 6-6. Northern Illinois-Stingily, Cameron 21-81;Hare, Drew 16-66; Brown, Da’Ron 2-64; Turner, Aregero 2-25; Bouagnon, Joel2-minus 2; Daniels, Akeem 3-minus 8.PASSING: TOLEDO-MACON, Dwight 8-11-0-140; JULIAN, Michael 2-7-0-49;WOODSIDE, Logan 2-5-0-20. Northern Illinois-Hare, Drew 14-22-0-190.RECEIVING: TOLEDO-JONES, Corey 4-102; RUSSELL, Alonzo 3-53; OLACK, Justin3-33; HUNT, Kareem 1-15; THOMPSON, Cody 1-6. Northern Illinois- Turner,Aregero 4-59; Brown, Da’Ron 3-73; Beebe, Chad 3-40; Brescacin, Juwan 2-17;Eakes, Luke 2-1.TACKLE LEADERS: TOLEDO-SYLVESTRE, Junior 9-2-11; HESTER, Treyvon 7-1-8;RODGERS, DeJuan 6-2-8. Northern Illinois-Durante, Dechan 8-0-8; Moore, Marlon6-2-8; Lemon, Rasheen 6-1-7.INTERCEPTIONS: TOLEDO-None. Northern Illinois-None.FUMBLES: TOLEDO-JULIAN, Michael 1-0. Northern Illinois-None.