Toledo Notes- Bowl Game

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game 11 - toledo 27, Bowling Green 20Toledo, OH - – Kareem Hunt rushed for a career-high 265 yards tolead Toledo to a 27-20 victory over arch-rival Bowling Green at the GlassBowl. The victory, the Rockets’ fifth-straight over the Falcons, kept theBattle of I-75 Trophy in the Glass City.More importantly, it kept UT (7-4, 6-1 MAC) in the hunt for the Mid-American Conference West Division title. Played on a blustery eveningwith wind chills creeping down into the teens, the 79th meeting betweenthe two schools lived up to its billing.Toledo held a 13-10 halftime lead, saw the Falcons tie the game inthe fourth quarter, recaptured the lead, then stopped BGSU on its finalthree possessions.While there were numerous subplots to the contest, the headlinerwas Hunt, who battered the Falcons (7-4, 5-2 MAC) all night long and gaveUT a 20-10 lead in the third quarter with a 91-yard touchdown run, thethird-longest in school history.Hunt accounted for 273 of Toledo’s 389 total yards of offense, includingeight yards on one reception. His 265 rushing yards on 30 carries ranksas the fourth-most in Rocket history and the most since Morgan Williamsset the school mark with 330 in 2008.The Rockets used Logan Woodside and Dwight Macon at quarterback.Woodside completed 8-of-18 passes for 53 yards, while Maconrushed for 30 yards and two TDs.Toledo’s defense also played a big role in the victory, holding the Falconsto just 271 yards of total offense. BGSU connected on just 12-of-27passing and was held to 2.7 yards per attempt on the ground.UT struck the first blow of the night, a two-yard TD run by Hunt with3:57 left in the first quarter. The Rockets extended their lead to 13-3 on atwo-yard rush from Macon from the Wildcat formation.Toledo moved into Falcon territory on its next possession but aWoodside pass was intercepted by Nick Johnson and returned to the UT25-yard line. A penalty on the play moved it in even closer, and two playslater Ronnie Moore ran around the right end for a 10-yard TD, cutting thelead to 13-10 with 9:32 left in the half.After Hunt’s long scoring run put UT up 20-10, Bowling Green evenedthe score at 20-20 on a 17-yard pass from the Falcons’ backup quarterbackCody Callaway to Moore.Toledo regained the lead with a seven-play, 52-yard drive that featuredthe rushing of Hunt and Macon. Both had runs of 17 yards, whileMacon took it the final seven yards to make it a 27-20 game with 10:45 toplay.ROCKET ROUNDUP: Alonzo Russell has now caught a pass in 36 straightgames...Kareem Hunt became the 15th Rocket to rush for 1,000 yards ina season...Hunt became the third-fastest player in school history to reachthe mark, doing so in 27 quarters. He trailed only Wasean Tait (25 quarters)and Dwayne Harris (26 quarters)...Hunt’ 91-yard touchdown run was thethird-longest rush in Toledo history behind Ben Tombaugh (95 yards in1988) and Jalen Parmele (92 yards in 2006)...Hunt has now hit the centurymark in nine-consecutive games dating back to last season...ConnerySwift made the first start of his career in place of injured senior JordanHaden and finished with six stops...Keenen Gibbs forced Bowling Greeninto a punt in the third quarter with his second sack of the season...JeremiahDetmer had a 29-yard field goal blocked in the first play of thefourth quarter, snapping a streak of 11-straight field goals...Dwight Maconrushed for 30 yards on eight carries and two touchdowns, markingthe second-consecutive game with two rushing scores.SCORING 1 2 3 4 FBowling Green 3 7 3 7 — 20Toledo 6 7 7 7 — 271st Quarter3:57 UT HUNT 2 yd run (DETMER kick blocked) 10-71/4:041:56 BG Tate 23 yd field goal 10-63/1:552nd Quarter12:19 UT MACON 2 yd run (DETMER kick) 5-58/1:519:32 BG Moore 10 yd run (Tate kick) 2-13/0:213rd Quarter4:36 UT HUNT 91 yd run (DETMER kick) 1-91/0:142:05 BG Tate 31 yd field goal 4-2/0:424th Quarter13:17 BG Moore 17 yd pass from Callaway (Tate kick) 6-86/1:3610:45 UT MACON 7 yd run (DETMER kick) 7-52/2:26Attendance: 17,486TEAM STATISTICS BG TOLEDOFIRST DOWNS 17 19RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 38-104 53-325PASSING YDS (NET) 167 63Passes Comp-Att-Int 37-12-0 20-9-2TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 75-271 73-388Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-8Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-88 5-167Interception Returns-Yards 2-81 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 8-37.0 6-37.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1Penalties-Yards 9-61 8-59Possession Time 25:39 34:21Third-Down Conversions 6 of 18 6 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 3 0 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 3-4Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-22 4-23RUSHING: Bowling Green-Moore, Ronnie 12-64; Givens, Andre 19-55; Knapke,James 2-0; Callaway, Cody 5-minus 15. TOLEDO-HUNT, Kareem 30-265; MA-CON, Dwight 8-30; SWANSON, Terry 6-14; Wilcher, Kishon 1-5; TEAM 1-minus 1;WOODSIDE, Logan 4-minus 10.PASSING: Bowling Green-Knapke, James 7-24-0-71; Callaway, Cody 5-13-0-96.TOLEDO-WOODSIDE, Logan 8-18-2-53; MACON, Dwight 1-2-0-10.RECEIVING: Bowling Green-Dieter, Gehrig 5-68; Moore, Ronnie 3-46; Lewis,Roger 2-16; Burbring, Ryan 1-30; Givens, Andre 1-7. TOLEDO-RUSSELL, Alonzo2-19; JONES, Corey 2-14; OLACK, Justin 1-9; WILCHER, Kishon 1-8; THOMPSON,Cody 1-8; HUNT, Kareem 1-8; SWANSON, Terry 1-minus 3.TACKLE LEADERS: Bowling Green-Martin, Gabe 7-5-12; Sutton, Brian 5-4-9.TOLEDO-BUSH, Ray 5-6-11; SYLVESTRE, Junior 4-3-7.INTERCEPTIONS: Bowling Green-Johnson, Nick 1-41; Stephens, Clint 1-40.TOLEDO-None.FUMBLES: Bowling Green-None. TOLEDO-MACON, Dwight 1-1.

game 12 - toledo 52, Eastern Michigan 16Ypsilanti, MI - Logan Woodside threw for 323 yards and a career-highfive touchdowns as Toledo cruised to a 52-16 victory over Eastern Michigan.With the victory, Toledo (8-4, 7-1 MAC) earned a co-West Division championship,sharing the crown with Northern Illinois.Woodside, who completed 14-of-18 passes, threw scoring passes to fivedifferent receivers. Four of his scoring throws came in the first half, whichgave Toledo a 42-9 edge at the break. Kareem Hunt rushed for 110 yards anda TD on 22 carries, moving his streak of games with 100 or more yards to 10.Toledo’s defense kept Eastern Michigan under wraps, holding the Eaglesto 215 yards of total offense, including just 119 yards in the first half. UTalso picked off two EMU passes in the first half.The Rocket D got off to a great start when Christian Dukes picked off aReginald Bell pass at EMU’s 42-yard line on the first drive of the game. Twoplays later, Jones took a sideline screen pass from Woodside 41 yards for thescore. Following an EMU three-and-out, Dwight Macon returned a shortpunt 23 yards to the Eagles’ 48-yard line. Woodside hit Justin Olack on thedrive’s second play across the middle for a 22-yard score.Woodside struck again late in the first quarter, hitting Kishon Wilcherover the middle for an 89-yard TD to put UT ahead, 21-0, with 1:28 left in thefirst quarter. It was a career-long pass for both Woodside and Wilcher.EMU scored its first points early in the second quarter on a 10-yard TDpass from Bell to Kris Strange but missed the extra point. Toledo extendedthe lead to 28-6 with 5:53 left in the first half on a one-yard run by Hunt. Thedrive was set up by Jones’ 50-yard punt return.An interception by Chaz Whittaker on EMU’s next drive set up Toledo’sfifth touchdown. Sophomore Damion Jones-Moore took it 28 yards to giveToledo a 29-point lead, 35-6. Toledo wasn’t finished, as Woodside hit AlonzoRussell for a 59-yard TD with 1:18 remaining.Toledo padded its lead to 45-9 on its first possession of the second halfon Jeremiah Detmer’s 21-yard field goal. The Rockets’ final score came whenWoodside threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Michael Roberts with 0:29left in the third quarter.ROCKET ROUNDUP: Toledo has won its last eight meetings vs. EasternMichigan and leads the all-time series by a 31-11 margin...The victory wasthe Rockets’ 14th in the last 15 matchups between the two schools...UThas captured at least a share of the Mid-American Conference West Divisiontitle in nine of 18 years since the conference was split into divisions....The Rockets have won outright titles on two occasions in 1997 and 1998...UT finished with a 7-1 league mark for the third time in the last five seasonsand possesses a 32-8 win-loss ledger in league play during that timeperiod...The Rockets are unbeaten (15-0) over the last five years againstMAC opponents from the state of Michigan...Toledo’s 42 points in the firsthalf tied for third most in school history. The last time UT scored 42 pointsin a half was in a 70-21 victory over Northern Illinois on Oct. 27, 2007...TheRockets have topped the 50-point mark against Eastern Michigan each ofthe last four seasons...Kareem Hunt gained 100 yards on the ground fora 10th-straight game as well as the 14th time in his last 15 outings. Hisnine 100-yard efforts this season are third most in school history behindWasean Tait (12 in 1995) and Chester Taylor (10 in 2000)...Hunt finishedthe day with 110 yards on 22 carries and moved into 14th place on UT’scareer rushing yardage list with 2,226 yards...Hunt’s 1,360 rushing yardsthis season are the seventh most ever by a Rocket...Logan Woodside’sfive touchdown passes were one shy of the school record set by BruceGradkowski on two occasions...The last Rocket to throw five touchdownpasses in a season was Austin Dantin vs. Akron in 2012...Kishon Wilcher’s89-yard touchdown reception was the second-longest TD catch in RynearsonStadium history and also his second TD catch of the season...AlonzoRussell moved into a tie for sixth place with Steve Odom (2003-06) onUT’s all-time touchdown reception list with 19 touchdown passes...Russellhas caught a pass in all 37 games he has played as a collegian and his59-yard TD reception was his longest catch of the season...Corey Jones’50-yard punt return in the second quarter was a career best.SCORING 1 2 3 4 FToledo 21 21 10 0 — 52Eastern Michigan 0 9 7 0 — 161st Quarter13:21 UT JONES 41 yd pass from WOODSIDE (DETMER kick) 2-42/0:3110:56 UT OLACK 22 yd pass from WOODSIDE (DETMER kick) 2-32/0:261:28 UT WILCHER 89 yd pass from WOODSIDE (DETMER kick)2-92/0:422nd Quarter13:41 EMU Strange 10 yd pass from Bell (Mulder kick failed) 7-80/2:405:53 UT HUNT 1 yd run (DETMER kick) 4-8/2:104:26 UT JONES 28 yd run (DETMER kick) 3-50/0:541:18 UT RUSSELL 59 yd pass from WOODSIDE (DETMER kick) 5-70/1:330:00 EMU Mulder 42 yd field goal 4-60/1:093rd Quarter8:32 UT DETMER 21 yd field goal 14-71/6:284:45 EMU Brumfield 34 yd pass from Bell (Mulder kick) 7-65/3:400:29 UT ROBERTS 11 yd pass from WOODSIDE (DETMER kick) 9-79/4:104th QuarterNo scoring.Attendance: 15,226.TEAM STATISTICS TOLEDO EMUFIRST DOWNS 23 12RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 47-172 34-96PASSING YDS (NET) 341 119Passes Comp-Att-Int 16-20-0 8-23-2TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 67-513 57-215Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 4-63 1-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-41 6-74Interception Returns-Yards 2-2 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 4-37.8 9-38.2Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 7-63 2-14Possession Time 32:18 27:42Third-Down Conversions 4 of 11 4 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 1-1Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-22 2-26RUSHING: TOLEDO-HUNT, Kareem 22-110; JONES-MOORE, Damion 6-49;PRINGLE, Ricky 7-30; SWANSON, Terry 2-16; MACON, Dwight 2-3; WILCHER, Kishon1-1; ROSENBAUER, Zac 1-0; TEAM 3-minus 6; JULIAN, Michael 2-minus 11;WOODSIDE, Logan 1-minus 20. Eastern Michigan-Hill, Bronson 6-50; Jackson,Darius 5-33; Brumfield, Ryan 11-20; Bell, Reginald 12-minus 7.PASSING: TOLEDO-WOODSIDE, Logan 14-18-0-323; JULIAN, Michael 2-2-0-18.Eastern Michigan-Bell, Reginald 8-23-2-119.RECEIVING: TOLEDO-JONES, Corey 4-54; MACON, Dwight 3-40; RUSSELL,Alonzo 2-93; ROGERS, Zach 2-18; ROBERTS, Michael 2-15; WILCHER, Kishon 1-89;OLACK, Justin 1-22; ZMOLIK, Alex 1-10. Eastern Michigan-Strange, Kris 2-55;Russell, Tyreese 2-17; Brumfield, Ryan 1-34; Jackson, Darius 1-9; Gardner, Cole1-3; Creel, Dustin 1-1.TACKLE LEADERS: TOLEDO-SYLVESTRE, Junior 3-3-6; HESTER, Treyvon 3-3-6;BUSH, Ray 1-5-6. Eastern Michigan-Ibe, Great 7-5-12; O’Connor, Pat 4-8-12.INTERCEPTIONS: TOLEDO-DUKES, Christian 1-2; WHITTAKER, Chaz 1-0. EasternMichigan-None.FUMBLES: TOLEDO-WOODSIDE, Logan 1-0. Eastern Michigan-Bell, Reginald

game 11 - toledo 27, <strong>Bowl</strong>ing Green 20<strong>Toledo</strong>, OH - – Kareem Hunt rushed for a career-high 265 yards tolead <strong>Toledo</strong> to a 27-20 victory over arch-rival <strong>Bowl</strong>ing Green at the Glass<strong>Bowl</strong>. The victory, the Rockets’ fifth-straight over the Falcons, kept theBattle of I-75 Trophy in the Glass City.More importantly, it kept UT (7-4, 6-1 MAC) in the hunt for the Mid-American Conference West Division title. Played on a blustery eveningwith wind chills creeping down into the teens, the 79th meeting betweenthe two schools lived up to its billing.<strong>Toledo</strong> held a 13-10 halftime lead, saw the Falcons tie the game inthe fourth quarter, recaptured the lead, then stopped BGSU on its finalthree possessions.While there were numerous subplots to the contest, the headlinerwas Hunt, who battered the Falcons (7-4, 5-2 MAC) all night long and gaveUT a 20-10 lead in the third quarter with a 91-yard touchdown run, thethird-longest in school history.Hunt accounted for 273 of <strong>Toledo</strong>’s 389 total yards of offense, includingeight yards on one reception. His 265 rushing yards on 30 carries ranksas the fourth-most in Rocket history and the most since Morgan Williamsset the school mark with 330 in 2008.The Rockets used Logan Woodside and Dwight Macon at quarterback.Woodside completed 8-of-18 passes for 53 yards, while Maconrushed for 30 yards and two TDs.<strong>Toledo</strong>’s defense also played a big role in the victory, holding the Falconsto just 271 yards of total offense. BGSU connected on just 12-of-27passing and was held to 2.7 yards per attempt on the ground.UT struck the first blow of the night, a two-yard TD run by Hunt with3:57 left in the first quarter. The Rockets extended their lead to 13-3 on atwo-yard rush from Macon from the Wildcat formation.<strong>Toledo</strong> moved into Falcon territory on its next possession but aWoodside pass was intercepted by Nick Johnson and returned to the UT25-yard line. A penalty on the play moved it in even closer, and two playslater Ronnie Moore ran around the right end for a 10-yard TD, cutting thelead to 13-10 with 9:32 left in the half.After Hunt’s long scoring run put UT up 20-10, <strong>Bowl</strong>ing Green evenedthe score at 20-20 on a 17-yard pass from the Falcons’ backup quarterbackCody Callaway to Moore.<strong>Toledo</strong> regained the lead with a seven-play, 52-yard drive that featuredthe rushing of Hunt and Macon. Both had runs of 17 yards, whileMacon took it the final seven yards to make it a 27-20 game with 10:45 toplay.ROCKET ROUNDUP: Alonzo Russell has now caught a pass in 36 straightgames...Kareem Hunt became the 15th Rocket to rush for 1,000 yards ina season...Hunt became the third-fastest player in school history to reachthe mark, doing so in 27 quarters. He trailed only Wasean Tait (25 quarters)and Dwayne Harris (26 quarters)...Hunt’ 91-yard touchdown run was thethird-longest rush in <strong>Toledo</strong> history behind Ben Tombaugh (95 yards in1988) and Jalen Parmele (92 yards in 2006)...Hunt has now hit the centurymark in nine-consecutive games dating back to last season...ConnerySwift made the first start of his career in place of injured senior JordanHaden and finished with six stops...Keenen Gibbs forced <strong>Bowl</strong>ing Greeninto a punt in the third quarter with his second sack of the season...JeremiahDetmer had a 29-yard field goal blocked in the first play of thefourth quarter, snapping a streak of 11-straight field goals...Dwight Maconrushed for 30 yards on eight carries and two touchdowns, markingthe second-consecutive game with two rushing scores.SCORING 1 2 3 4 F<strong>Bowl</strong>ing Green 3 7 3 7 — 20<strong>Toledo</strong> 6 7 7 7 — 271st Quarter3:57 UT HUNT 2 yd run (DETMER kick blocked) 10-71/4:041:56 BG Tate 23 yd field goal 10-63/1:552nd Quarter12:19 UT MACON 2 yd run (DETMER kick) 5-58/1:519:32 BG Moore 10 yd run (Tate kick) 2-13/0:213rd Quarter4:36 UT HUNT 91 yd run (DETMER kick) 1-91/0:142:05 BG Tate 31 yd field goal 4-2/0:424th Quarter13:17 BG Moore 17 yd pass from Callaway (Tate kick) 6-86/1:3610:45 UT MACON 7 yd run (DETMER kick) 7-52/2:26Attendance: 17,486TEAM STATISTICS BG TOLEDOFIRST DOWNS 17 19RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 38-104 53-325PASSING YDS (NET) 167 63Passes Comp-Att-Int 37-12-0 20-9-2TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 75-271 73-388Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-8Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-88 5-167Interception Returns-Yards 2-81 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 8-37.0 6-37.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1Penalties-Yards 9-61 8-59Possession Time 25:39 34:21Third-Down Conversions 6 of 18 6 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 3 0 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 3-4Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-22 4-23RUSHING: <strong>Bowl</strong>ing Green-Moore, Ronnie 12-64; Givens, Andre 19-55; Knapke,James 2-0; Callaway, Cody 5-minus 15. TOLEDO-HUNT, Kareem 30-265; MA-CON, Dwight 8-30; SWANSON, Terry 6-14; Wilcher, Kishon 1-5; TEAM 1-minus 1;WOODSIDE, Logan 4-minus 10.PASSING: <strong>Bowl</strong>ing Green-Knapke, James 7-24-0-71; Callaway, Cody 5-13-0-96.TOLEDO-WOODSIDE, Logan 8-18-2-53; MACON, Dwight 1-2-0-10.RECEIVING: <strong>Bowl</strong>ing Green-Dieter, Gehrig 5-68; Moore, Ronnie 3-46; Lewis,Roger 2-16; Burbring, Ryan 1-30; Givens, Andre 1-7. TOLEDO-RUSSELL, Alonzo2-19; JONES, Corey 2-14; OLACK, Justin 1-9; WILCHER, Kishon 1-8; THOMPSON,Cody 1-8; HUNT, Kareem 1-8; SWANSON, Terry 1-minus 3.TACKLE LEADERS: <strong>Bowl</strong>ing Green-Martin, Gabe 7-5-12; Sutton, Brian 5-4-9.TOLEDO-BUSH, Ray 5-6-11; SYLVESTRE, Junior 4-3-7.INTERCEPTIONS: <strong>Bowl</strong>ing Green-Johnson, Nick 1-41; Stephens, Clint 1-40.TOLEDO-None.FUMBLES: <strong>Bowl</strong>ing Green-None. TOLEDO-MACON, Dwight 1-1.

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