Tuesday's Football Results
Western Michigan 35, Northern Illinois 19
Ohio 42, UMass 14
Akron 19, Bowling Green 16
Stories Courtesy of the Associated Press
Western Michigan 35, Northern Illinois 19
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DeKalb, Illinois (AP) — Jalen Buckley ran for 133 yards and two touchdowns, quarterback Broc Lowry ran for three touchdowns and Western Michigan rallied from an early deficit to beat Northern Illinois 35-19 on Tuesday night.
Buckley amassed his yardage total on 24 carries, Lowry ran 13 times for 100 yards and Devin Miles went over 100 yards for the first time in his career at 105.
Chavon Wright ran 21 times for 92 yards for Northern Illinois.
Lowry’s 18-yard scoring run a little past the midway point of the second quarter brought the Broncos (7-4, 6-1 Mid-American Conference) within 13-7.
Northern Illinois (3-8, 2-5) turned the ball over on downs after running six plays and gaining 20 yards. The Broncos followed that with a seven-play, 39-yard drive that ended when Buckley ran it in from the 8 with 40 seconds left before halftime for a 14-13 advantage.
Lowry ran it in from the 8 midway through the third to make it 21-13. Buckley and Lowry each added 1-yard TD runs in the fourth to seal it.
On the opening drive, Northern Illinois scored on a 43-yard touchdown run by Telly Johnson to give the Huskies a 7-0 lead. Two minutes later, Andrew Glass kicked a 39-yard field goal for a 10-0 lead.
Western Michigan snapped a three-game losing streak in the series. It was the final MAC match-up between the teams as NIU departs for the Mountain West Conference next season
Ohio 42, UMass 14
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ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Sieh Bangura dashed for a career-high 196 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns, and Ohio took down UMass 42-14 on Tuesday night.
Duncan Brune also ran for 84 yards and two touchdowns, and quarterback Parker Navarro added 81 yards and two scores to round out a 363-yard night on the ground for the Bobcats (7-4, 5-2 Mid-American Conference). Ohio entered ranked 19th in the FBS in rushing offense, averaging 202.7 yards per game.
The Bobcats threw just eight passes against 57 rushing plays.
The Minutemen scored first thanks to Owen Anderson’s 10-yard touchdown grab, but Ohio would score on three of their first four drives for a 21-7 halftime lead.
Elijah Pedro also had a 9-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter for UMass (0-11, 0-7). Grant Jordan and Brandon Rose each threw one touchdown pass and one interception.
Ohio holds the edge in the series, 5-0 since 2012.
Akron 19, Bowling Green 16
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Matthew Schramm kicked four field goals, including a career-long 48-yarder, and Jordan Gant rushed for 86 yards to lead Akron over Bowling Green 19-16 in the final game of the season for both teams on Tuesday night.
Gant finished with 1,032 on the season. Gant entered the game as the 13th-leading rusher (946 yards) in FBS football.
After either side exchanged field goals in the first and second quarters, Schramm made his career best to open the third for the Zips (5-7, 4-4 Mid-American).
The Falcons had the first touchdown when Hunter Najm found Jacob Harris for 21-yard strike at the 3:53 mark of the third.
The Zips responded with a 75-yard touchdown strike on the next play from scrimmage with Ben Finley finding Israel Polk.
The Falcons (3-8, 1-6) defense forced a stop on three downs with 2:12 remaining. A 15-yard return from Brennan Ridley set up the Falcons at the Akron 42-yard line, but Najm threw an interception to Bruno Dall with a minute remaining.
Gant broke free for an 18-yard carry to seal the result.
Bowling Green finished with 272 yards of offense. The Falcons entered averaging 300.3 yards per game, 128th in FBS football.
Both quarterbacks finished 9-of-26 passing with one touchdown. Finley had an interception. Najm threw two.
It was a second-to-last-place MAC finish in a debut season for Bowling Green’s Heisman Trophy-winning head coach, Eddie George. It’s a fourth consecutive losing season for Akron head coach Joe Moorhead.
