MAC ROUNDUP

MAC ROUNDUP

Saturday’s games

Miami (Ohio) 20, Kent St. 13

KENT — Jake O’Connell caught a go-ahead 11-yard touchdown pass from Daniel Raudabaugh and Miami University’s defense forced three turnovers. With the score tied 10-10 at halftime, the RedHawks (3-3, 2-0 Mid-American Conference) took the second-half kickoff and drove 71 yards in seven plays, capped by Raudabaugh’s pass to O’Connell. Nathan Parseghian added the second of his two field goals and the RedHawks hung on behind their defense. Wendell Brunson and Jerrid Gaines each had interceptions and Ryan Kennedy recovered a fumble. Kent State (3-3, 1-2) fell despite having more first downs (25-16), twice as many rushing yards (203-101) and 52 more total yards. The Golden Flashes’ Eugene Jarvis, who came in third in the nation in rushing with 154 yards per game, was limited to 82 on 19 carries. He opened the scoring on a 3-yard run but Kent State was limited to two Nate Reed field goals the rest of the way.

Buffalo 31, Ohio 10

AMHERST, N.Y. — James Starks ran 36 times for a 183 yards and two touchdowns, including a 72 yard score. The Bulls (2-4, 2-1 MAC) racked up 397 yards of total offense, and also got rushing touchdowns from Brandon Thermilus and quarterback Drew Willy. Willy was 10-of-19 passing for 118 yards in the Bulls’ first win over a defending MAC East champion. Ohio (2-4, 0-2 MAC) never quite got its offense on track. Kalvin McRae rushed 24 times for 96 yards and a touchdown, but neither quarterbacks Brad Bower (12-for-24, 93 yards) nor Theo Scott (11-for-17, 93 yards) were effective. Both were intercepted once and sacked once. Buffalo led 14-7 at halftime. Starks had 71 yards on 18 carries in the first half. He scored the Bulls’ first points on a 1-yard dive in the first quarter, rushing nine times on a 10-play drive.

No. 7 Boston College 55,
Bowling Green 24

BOSTON — Matt Ryan threw four touchdown passes and Boston College pulled away with four interceptions late in the first half to overwhelm Bowling Green. The Eagles entered the game with their highest ranking in 23 years after two unimpressive wins over Army and Massachusetts. There was nothing questionable about Saturday’s rout as Boston College (6-0) scored 38 straight points after Tyler Sheehan’s 6-yard pass to Freddie Barnes with 8:55 left in the half cut BC’s lead to 14-10. Less than seven minutes later, it was 38-10 as the Falcons’ pass-happy offense backfired when BC picked off four passes in the last six minutes of the half. Two were returned for touchdowns — 65 yards by Jamie Silva and 7 yards by Nick Larkin — and another led to a career-long 45-yard field goal by Steve Aponavicius.

Temple 16, Northern Illinois 15

PHILADELPHIA — Jake Brownell’s third field goal of the game, a 39-yarder with nine seconds left. The win snapped an eight game losing streak for the Owls, who had lost 27 of their last 28 games. The Owls trailed 15-13 after Northern Illinois’ Justin Anderson’s 39-yard touchdown run with 7:08 remaining. After forcing a Huskies’ punt, Temple took over at its own 22-yard line with 3:30 remaining. Quarterback Adam DiMichele then sparked a 12-play, 56-yard drive to set up the game-winning kick. DiMichele completed 18 of 32 passes for 202 yards for Temple, while freshman tailback Daryl Robinson gained 71 yards on 14 carries. Anderson carried 29 times for 163 yards for NIU, and has now rushed for over 150 yards in four straight games.

Central Michigan 58, Ball State 38

MUNCIE, Ind. — Dan LeFevour passed for 360 yards and five touchdowns — and ran for 146 yards and another score — to lead Central Michigan. Justin Hoskins and Antonio Brown got things started for the Chippewas, each running for a touchdown in the first quarter. Ball State’s Dante Love scored on a 100-yard kickoff return to bring the score to 14-7. LeFevour threw a 21-yard pass to Brown for a touchdown in the second quarter. With three minutes left before the half, LeFevour completed a 2-yard pass to Taylor Bradley for another score. Ball State managed a 5-yard Frank Edmonds run for a touchdown and a field goal before the half.

Associated Press