MAC Jacobs' blitz sinks Ohio; Hill hits 4 TDs for Marshall
Omar Jacobs threw for 389 yards and two TDs in Bowling Green's 41-16 win.
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ATHENS -- Omar Jacobs passed for 389 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score to lead Bowling Green to a 41-16 win over Ohio on Saturday. Jacobs completed 28 of 44 passes with touchdowns of 3 yards to Charles Sharon and 16 yards to Cole Magner. He also scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter for the Falcons, who never trailed.
Steve Sanders caught nine passes for 185 yards for the Falcons (5-2, 3-1 Mid-American Conference).
Bowling Green's offense rolled up 481 yards behind Jacobs, who directed scoring drives of 71, 80, 78 and 99 yards. The red-shirt sophomore, in his first year as the starter, has 20 touchdown passes this season against only two interceptions.
Bowling Green held Ohio (3-5, 1-4) to 65 yards rushing on 30 carries and didn't allow a touchdown until the fourth quarter, when Justin Riley caught a 14-yard scoring pass from Austen Everson to make it 34-16.
Stafford Owens scored the Bobcats' other touchdown when he ran back a blocked punt 44 yards in the second quarter.
Akron 35, Ball St. 23
AKRON -- Brett Biggs rushed for 195 yards and scored three touchdowns, and Domenik Hixon scored twice to lead Akron (4-4, 4-1 MAC). Adell Givens led Ball State (1-7, 1-4) with 141 yards rushing and three touchdowns.
Toledo 27, Cent. Michigan 22
TOLEDO -- Lance Moore caught a 43-yard touchdown pass and returned a punt 89 yards for a score to lead Toledo. Moore finished with nine catches for 110 yards. Bruce Gradkowski completed 28 of 41 passes for 329 yards, including the touchdown to Moore, and ran 7 yards for a score for the Rockets.
Miami 43, UCF 7
OXFORD -- Josh Betts passed for 288 yards and a score, and Brandon Murphy and Luke Clemens rushed for two touchdowns apiece to lead Miami.Betts threw a 34-yard TD pass to Ryne Robinson and Murphy scored on runs of 51 and 4 yards in the fourth quarter, when the RedHawks (5-3, 4-1 MAC) scored 23 points to break open a 20-7 game.
N. Illinois 59, W. Michigan 38
KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Josh Haldi threw for a career-high 333 yards and six touchdowns to lead Northern Illinois. Haldi fell short of a school record by just one touchdown. Dan Sheldon caught six passes for 213 yards and three touchdowns -- the fourth-highest receiving total in Northern's history.
Northern Illinois (6-2, 5-0 MAC) had three scoring plays covering more than 50 yards, and rolled up 652 total yards of offense. The Huskies averaged 9.9 yards per play, and scored on their first four possessions, including the first play of the game, when running back Garrett Wolfe scampered 78 yards for a touchdown.
Marshall 48, Buffalo 14
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Stan Hill threw four touchdown passes for Marshall, and Josh Davis had 132 yards receiving and tied a personal best with 12 catches. Davis moved within eight of the conference career mark of 272 set last year by former teammate Darius Watts. Hill threw TD passes to four different receivers andwent 19-of-26 for a season-high 269 yards.
Marshall's Ivan Clark blocked two punts. One of them was recovered in the end zone by teammate Dennis Thornton for a 42-7 lead.
Buffalo (1-7, 1-5) is 0-24 in MAC road games since joining the conference in 1999 and went 0-6 overall against Marshall, which leaves for Conference USA next season.
The only offensive highlights for Buffalo were Dave Dawson's 83-yard TD run in the first quarter and P.J. Piskorik's 61-yard scoring pass to Matt Knueven in the fourth.