Toledo Notes- Bowl Game

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