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Saturday, October 21
*Western Michigan at Ohio, 12:00 pm ET (CBSSN)
*Akron at Bowling Green, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
*Central Michigan at Ball State, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
*Buffalo at Kent State, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
*Eastern Michigan at NIU, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
*Toledo at Miami, 4:00 pm ET (ESPNU)
Two Minute Drill
• Brett Gabbert threw for 223 yards and two touchdowns and added a career-best two rushing scores as the Miami University football team captured its sixth-straight win, downing Western Michigan 34-21 on Saturday. The RedHawks (6-1, 3-0 MAC) are off to their best start since 2003. With the win, Miami is bowl eligible for the seventh time in the past eight years.
• Junior Peny Boone’s three-yard touchdown run with 1:31 remaining lifted Toledo to a 13-6 Mid-American Conference win over Ball State at a rain-soaked Scheumann Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The victory moved the Rockets’ record to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in league play and extended their winning streak to six games. Toledo also earned bowl eligibility for the 14th consecutive season, the eighth-longest streak in the country.
• Central Michigan held Akron to under 200 yards in total offense as CMU defeated the Zips, 17-10, on Saturday afternoon. The Chippewas intercepted two passes while Tristan Mattson set a new program record with a 58-yard field goal to help Central Michigan earn its fourth win of the season and move to 2-1 in MAC play.
• Eastern Michigan improved to 4-3 on the year and 2-1 in conference competition with a 28-14 victory over Kent State at The Factory on Saturday. Samson Evansfound the end zone twice on the ground and passed the 2,000-yard mark for his career with 47 yards.
• Northern Illinois scored the final 16 points of its MAC showdown against Ohio to post a 23-13 Homecoming victory in DeKalb last Saturday. The Huskies found the end zone on two plays of 50-plus yards to post its second-straight MAC win.
• Bowling Green forced five Buffalo turnovers, highlighted by four interceptions, and scored 24 unanswered points to pick up a 24-14 road win last Saturday. The Falcon 24-0 run was capped off by a blocked punt returned for a touchdown by PaSean Wimberly.
