BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- Jaret Patterson carried it 31 times for a school-record 301 yards and four touchdowns, and Buffalo beat Bowling Green 42-17 on Tuesday night.

Patterson capped the opening drive of the game with a 17-yard touchdown run, and he added a short scoring run at the end of the first half for a 21-3 lead. He had scoring runs of 15 and 57 yards in the second half. Patterson entered the game needing 81 yards for third in program history and 118 for second, passing James Starks at 3,140. Branden Oliver holds the Buffalo record at 4,049.

Kevin Marks Jr. added 90 yards on the ground and one TD for Buffalo (3-0, 3-0 Mid-American Conference), which has outscored its opponents 49-0 in the third quarter this season. Kyle Vantrease completed 7 of 12 passes for 74 yards. Antonio Nunn made the first six receptions for Buffalo.

Last season, Patterson rushed for a school-record 298 yards and a MAC-record six touchdowns against BGSU.

Matt McDonald threw for 219 yards with one interception for Bowling Green (0-3, 0-3). Andrew Clair rushed for 85 yards and freshman Terion Stewart, who ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns last week, had nine carries for 42 yards and two scores.

KENT, Ohio -- The Kent State football team (3-0, 3-0 MAC) secured the Wagon Wheel for the second straight season after topping Akron, 69-35. The Golden Flashes are 3-0 for the first time since 1958.

The Flashes tied school records for most points in a single game (69) and most total yards in a single game (750) as well as broke the school record for yards per play (9.62). It is the first time in school history that the Flashes have scored 60+ points in back-to-back games, becoming just the third Mid-American Conference school to do so since 1970.

It was the Dustin Crum show inside Dix Stadium on a chilly November evening. The Grafton, Ohio, native became the first player in Kent State history to throw for three touchdowns and rush for two scores in a game. Crum became only the fifth player in school history to score at least five touchdowns in a game.

The senior team captain finished 22-for-25 for 348 yards through the air and ran the ball 13 times for 104 yards. His 454 total yards are good for third all-time among Golden Flashes. Crum was also the first Kent State player since Julian Edelman in 2008 to have two touchdowns both passing and rushing.

Freshman Marquez Cooper had his second-straight two touchdown game. He finished with a team-high 107 rushing yards and three touchdowns. He is the first Kent State running back to rush for three scores in a game since Jo-El Shaw did so against Howard in 2018.

Junior Isaiah McKoy caught six passes for 140 yards and a touchdown all in the opening half. He secured a 75-yard touchdown from Crum, his 10th 20+ yard touchdown since the start of the 2019 season. Sophomore Ja'Shaun Poke also grabbed six passes for 82 yards and his third receiving touchdown this year.

Both teams lit up the scoreboard in the first half, scoring the most first-half points in a MAC game since 2012 (63) as the Flashes held a 35-28 lead at the break. The Flashes would outscore Akron 34-7 in the second half on their way to the Wagon Wheel victory.

Crum and Cooper led a balanced ground attack that dominated the Zips down the stretch. The Flashes rushed for 390 yards, the most since 2012 against Miami. Redshirt junior Xavier Williams nearly gave Kent State three 100+ yard rushers, finishing with 97 yards on the ground and a score. Williams has scored a touchdown in six of the last seven games.

On the defensive side of the ball, junior Khalib Johns led the team with 10 tackles. The Flashes totaled 8.0 sacks in the contest, led by junior Zayin West.

The Flashes head to the Empire State to take on undefeated Buffalo on Saturday, Nov. 28, before traveling to Oxford to face Miami Dec. 5. Kent State is looking to start 4-0 for the fourth time in school history and the first since 1948.