MAC Football Final Scoreboard:
Saturday, October 14:
Army 28, Eastern Michigan 27
Akron at Western Michigan, 3:30 pm ET -- Game Postponed due to weather
Toledo 30, Central Michigan 10 Final
Kent State 17, Miami 14 Final
NIU 14, Buffalo 13 Final
Ohio 48, Bowling Green 30 Final
Game stories courtesy of MAC Athletic Communication Departments
Akron at Western Michigan -- Game Postponed
KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Akron at Western Michigan football game originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 14 at 3:30 pm ET at Waldo Stadium has been postponed due to extreme weather conditions in the Kalamazoo area with heavy rain and lightning. The game will be rescheduled for Sunday, Oct. 15 at 1:00 pm ET.
Army 28, Eastern Michigan 27
Box Score
WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Eastern Michigan dropped another heartbreaking one-possession contest, this time by one point, 28-27, to Army West Point Saturday afternoon, at Michie Stadium. The Eagles scored with less than a minute left to go down one, but the two-point conversion was stopped just an inch short to deal Eastern Michigan its fourth straight close loss of the season.
The Eagle offense highlighted the game for Eastern Michigan, as it put up 364 total yards, its second-highest output of the season, including a season-high 135 yards on the ground. Leading the ground attack was junior Ian Eriksen who tallied the first 100-yard game of the season for an Eastern Michigan back, finishing with 107 yards on 20 carries. It was the third 100-yard game of his career, and put him over the 1,000-yards milestone for his career.
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Toledo 30, Central Michigan 10
Box Score
MT. PLEASANT, Mich. -- Toledo senior running back Terry Swanson rushed for a career-high 177 yards and two touchdowns as Toledo dominated Central Michigan, 30-10, on a rainy afternoon in Mount Pleasant. A driving rain limited the passing games for both teams, forcing both teams to lean on the running game. Toledo was able to sustain a consistent attack on the ground despite missing three starters on the offensive line, while the Rocket defense bottled up the CMU runners and forced Chippewa quarterback Shane Morris into a sub-par performance.
Toledo (5-1, 2-0 MAC) gained 431 yards of total offense. Senior quarterback Logan Woodside managed the game well, completing 10-of-18 passes for 89 yards, as UT leaned on the running game more than at any time this season. Redshirt freshman Shakif Seymour added a career-best 119 rushing yards, all in the fourth quarter.
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Kent State 17, Miami 14
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KENT, Ohio -- A pair of third-quarter touchdown passes by George Bollas and second-half shutout by the Kent State defense highlighted a second-half comeback as the Golden Flashes edged Miami for a 17-14 win on Homecoming at Dix Stadium. Trailing 14-3 going into the break, Haynes challenged his players by reaching back to the morning's speeches. The Flashes trimmed the deficit to three points on a Bollas' 4-yard scoring throw to Justin Rankin with 8:43 to play in the third quarter. Bollas and Mike Carrigan then combined to give Kent State the lead for good with 37 seconds to play in the third as Carrigan pulled in a short throw and sprinted 84 yards to the end zone.
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Northern Illinois 14, Buffalo 13
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- NIU quarterback Childers accounted for both touchdowns in leading the Huskies to a 14-13 win at Buffalo. Childers threw for 224 yards and one touchdown and rushed for another 76 yards and another score. Saturday's win saw NIU score a pair of touchdowns on back-to-back possessions in the second quarter, and Buffalo record a first quarter field goal and 10 second quarter points.
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Ohio 48, Bowling Green 30
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- The defense forced four turnovers and sophomore quarterback Nathan Rourke scored a total of four touchdowns as the Ohio football team defeated Bowling Green 48-30 on Saturday afternoon at Doyt Perry Stadium. With three rushing touchdowns, Rourke moved to seventh all-time in single-season rushing touchdowns at Ohio. He's totaled 12 rushing touchdowns so far this season and finished the game with 143 rushing yards, leading the Bobcats, and completed seven passes for 105 yards.
Ohio took the lead for good when Rourke broke free for a 75-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter. The Bobcats finished the day with 335 rushing yards, a season-high. The last time Ohio eclipsed 300 rushing yards was at Kansas in 2016 (329).
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