MAC Football Scoreboard:
Tuesday, November 6
Buffalo 48, Kent State 14 Final
Wednesday, November 7
Miami 30, Ohio 28 Final
NIU 38, Toledo 15 Final
Saturday, November 10
Akron at Eastern Michigan, Noon ET (ESPN3)
Bowling Green at Central Michigan, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
Stories courtesy of MAC Athletic Communication Staffs
Miami 30, Ohio 28
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OXFORD, Ohio -- A 21-point second quarter and a second-half safety allowed the Miami football team to prevail 30-28 in a Battle of the Bricks showdown with Ohio on Wednesday. The victory is the RedHawks' (4-6, 4-2 MAC) first win over the Bobcats (6-4, 4-2 MAC) since 2012, snapping a five-game skid in the series.
The Bobcats scored six plays into the game with a ground attack that went 74 yards. A 58-yard carry by AJ Ouellette on and early 3rd-and-1 set OU up with 1st-and-goal at the seven and a three-yard touchdown rush by Maleek Irons made it 7-0 Ohio three plays later.
Miami followed suit with a scoring drive of its own after an Ohio personal foul allowed it to scrimmage from its own 42. Gus Ragland hit Andrew Homer for a 33-yard gain down the right sideline to get things started in the red zone and later converted a 3rd-and-11 with a 17-yard toss to Luke Mayock, which set up a three-yard touchdown rush by Alonzo Smith to tie things up with 8:16 to go in the first.
Both defenses settled down on the next few possessions, with the RedHawks forcing a couple of Bobcat punts, the second stop was punctuated by a Pasquale Calcagno sack.
Taking over late in the first quarter, Miami embarked on a 12-play, 71-yard scoring drive. Ragland found Jack Sorenson for 18-yards on 2nd-and-15 to get to the Ohio 16. Two plays later, Kenny Young scampered the rest of the way down the sideline for 16 yards to stake the Red & White to a 14-7 lead with 11:12 left in the half.
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NIU 38, Toledo 15
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DeKALB, Ill. -- Northern Illinois rushed for 296 yards as they cruised past Toledo, 38-15, on Wednesday night at Huskie Stadium to remain unbeaten (6-0) in the MAC. Sophomore Tre Harbison rushed for 139 yards and junior Marcus Jones gained 103 yards as the Huskies earned their sixth-straight win to improve to 7-3 overall.
NIU scored 28 of the final 34 points in the contest as the Huskies earned their fifth consecutive win over the Rockets in DeKalb and their seventh in the last nine overall meetings in the series. Sophomore Jack Heflin (Prophetstown, Ill./Erie-Prophetstown) had 3.5 tackles for loss, including 2.5 sacks, as the Huskie defense totaled 11 tackles for loss and five sacks.
The Huskies led 10-9 with just under two minutes to play in the first half when Toledo punter Bailey Flint rolled to his right to punt the ball back to the Huskies on fourth and two. Junior Sutton Smith (Saint Charles, Mo./Francis Howell) blocked the punt, picked it up and went 27 yards for a touchdown to give NIU a 17-9 lead at halftime.
On its first possession of the second half, NIU marched 82 yards in 11 plays, capped by a one-yard touchdown run by sophomore Marcus Childers (Adairsville, Ga./Adairsville). Harbison, Jones and Childers all had runs of 10 yards or longer on the drive as the Huskies picked up all 82 yards on the ground, taking a 24-9 lead.
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