Mid-American Conference

MAC Football Final Scoreboard:
Thursday, October 26:
Toledo 58, Ball State 17
NIU 30, Eastern Michigan 27 (OT)
 
Saturday, October 28:
Buffalo at Akron, 11:30 am ET (CBS Sports Network)
 
Game stories courtesy of MAC Athletic Communication Departments

Toledo 58, Ball State 17
Box Score
MUNCIE, Ind. -- Toledo sophomore wide receiver Diontae Johnson scored three touchdowns and senior quarterback Logan Woodside threw for 267 yards and three scores as Toledo rolled to a 58-17 victory over Ball State in Muncie on Thursday. It was the most points for the Rockets since a 63-20 victory over Eastern Michigan on Oct. 17, 2015.

Johnson caught TD passes of 88 and 67 yards, adding a score on an 87-yard punt return. He had a career-high 170 yards receiving on just four receptions. Woodside also connected on a 35-yard TD pass to sophomore Desmond Phillips. His 27 yards came on just eight completions, an average of 33.4 yards per completion. Senior Terry Swansonled the ground attack with 105 yards and one touchdown, while redshirt freshmen Shakif Seymour (69 yards and two scores) and Nevone McCrimmon (73 yards) carried the load in the second half. For the game, Toledo piled up 602 yards of total offense in just 52 plays, 267 in the air and 335 on the ground, for an average of 11.6 yards per play.

Toledo's defense contained the Cardinals throughout most of the game, holding BSU to 309 total yards. Junior defensive end Olasunkanmi Adeniyi dominated the line, tying his career high with three tackles for loss. The victory moves to Toledo to 7-1 on the season, 4-0 in Mid-American Conference play. It also sets up as showdown with West Division rival Northern Illinois in the Glass Bowl next Thursday. Ball State falls to 2-6, 0-4 in league play.  Full Story...

Northern Illinois 30, Eastern Michigan 27 (OT)
Box Score
DeKALB, Ill. -- Trailing Eastern Michigan by two touchdowns with less than a quarter of football to play, the Northern Illinois University Huskies staged a furious comeback to claim a 30-27 overtime victory over the Eagles at Huskie Stadium Thursday night. 
 
Tailback Marcus Jones scored on a nine-yard touchdown run to give the Huskies the win, after the NIU defense held EMU to a 35-yard field goal on its overtime possession.   
 
With its sixth win of the season, NIU attained bowl eligibility for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons and improved to 6-2 overall and 4-0 in the Mid-American Conference.  Eastern Michigan lost for the sixth time in eight games with all six of its losses coming by a total of 23 points, including three in overtime.  Full Story...