Tuesday’s Football Results
Buffalo 43, Kent State 7
Akron 21, Toledo 14 (OT)
Stories Courtesy of the Associated Press
Buffalo 43, Kent State 7
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — C.J. Ogbonna accounted for five touchdowns, Al-Jay Henderson had 185 yards rushing and a score and Buffalo beat winless Kent State 43-7 on Tuesday night in a regular-season finale.
Buffalo (8-4, 6-2 Mid-American Conference) has won four straight for the first time since 1986 to end its regular season and have six MAC wins for just the third time in program history. The Bulls went 7-1 in 2018 and 6-2 in 2013.
Ogbonna was 14-of-22 passing with three touchdowns, scored on runs of 12 and 11 yards and finished with 51 yards on the ground on nine carries.
Henderson carried the ball 30 times and his 20-yard touchdown run stretched the Bulls’ lead to 26-0 late in the second quarter.
Victor Snow, Tadd Barr and Javien Cuff each had a touchdown catch for the Bulls, who finished with 446 yards of offense and were 9 of 15 on third-down conversions. Snow finished with eight receptions for 99 yards while six others had one catch apiece.
Tommy Ulatowski threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Luke Floriea early in the third quarter for Kent State (0-12, 0—8), which has lost 21 straight games, the longest active streak in the FBS.
Akron 21, Toledo 14 (OT)
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — CJ Nunnally IV sacked quarterback Tucker Gleason on the final play of the game and Akron beat Toledo 21-14 in overtime on Tuesday night to end the Mid-American Conference regular season for both teams.
It was Akron’s first win over Toledo since the Zips beat the Rockets 31-29 on Nov. 29, 2013.
Akron (4-8, 3-5) ended the season with a two-game win streak which was its only one of the year. The bowl eligible Rockets (7-5, 4-4) lost their last two games of the regular season.
Down 21-14 and facing fourth-and-goal at Akron’s 4, Nunnally came off the left edge as Gleason rolled right and he proceeded to roll him to the turf to end the game.
Akron went up 21-14 on the first play of overtime when quarterback Ben Finley rolled right and appeared ready to tuck and run, but he pulled up and threw it to Charles Kellom who ran it in for the go-ahead score.
Toledo’s Dylan Cunanan missed a 29-yard field attempt as time expired at the end of regulation for the chance to win it. Cunanan earlier missed from 45 and 26 yards.
The Rockets knotted it at 14 in the fourth quarter when Gleason threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Torres and a 19-yarder to Jerjuan Newton at the end of a seven-play, 92-yard drive with 3:26 left in overtime.
Akron started the scoring when Finley threw a 72-yard touchdown to Ahmarian Green in the first quarter, and Tahj Bullock ran it in from the 1 to start the fourth.
