MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE | Saturday’s games

Central Michigan 41, Kent State 32

KENT — Dan LeFevour passed for 359 yards and three touchdown. LeFevour completed 33-of-43 passes and had one interception. His touchdowns went to Antonio Brown for 31 yards, Bryan Anderson for 33 and Joe Bockheim for 23 yards. The Chippewas (5-4, 4-0 Mid-American Conference) led 38-19 after Justin Hoskins ran for his second touchdown of the game early in the third quarter. Hoskins carried 24 times for 151 yards and scored on runs of 4 and 7 yards. Eugene Jarvis, who came in fifth in the nation in rushing at 138 yards a game, ran for 156 yards on 19 carries, scoring on a 14-yard run for the Golden Flashes (3-6, 1-4).

Buffalo 26, Akron 10

AMHERST, N.Y. — Drew Willy tied a career high with three touchdown passes. Buffalo (4-5, 4-1 MAC) broke an eight-game losing streak to the Zips. Willy connected for touchdowns with Ernest Jackson for 11 yards, Naaman Roosevelt for 9 and Chris Scharon for his first career touchdown reception from 3 yards out. Willy threw for 125 yards, completing 11 of 14 attempts as wind and rain grounded the Buffalo’s passing game. The Bulls ran 51 of 65 plays, and James Starks rushed for 91 yards on 24 carries. Akron (3-5, 2-2) has dropped three of its last four and struggled offensively against the Bulls. The Zips managed 327 yards as Bryan Williams ran for 87 yards on 21 carries. But Akron committed three turnovers, converted 7 of 17 third-down opportunities and went 0-for-4 on fourth down.

Eastern Michigan 19, Western Michigan 2

YPSILANTI, Mich. — Zach Johnson kicked two field goals and the Eastern Michigan defense forced six turnovers. The Eagles (3-6, 2-2 MAC) took a 9-2 lead into the fourth quarter before Johnson connected on a 50-yard field goal with 12:56 remaining. Jacory Stone put the game out of reach 31⁄2 minutes later, scoring on a 19-yard pass from Kyle McMahon.

Vanderbilt 24, Miami (Ohio) 13

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Becoming the top pass catcher in Southeastern Conference history is special. Celebrating with a victory is even better. Ask Earl Bennett. The junior caught a 7-yard pass in the first quarter that tied him with former Kentucky receiver Craig Yeast for most career catches in league history, then he passed Yeast with his second reception for No. 209.

Ohio 38, Bowling Green 27

BOWLING GREEN — Kalvin McRae rushed for 200 yards and three touchdowns and Kris Luchsinger returned an interception 58 yards for a pivotal second-half score. McRae carried 42 times out of the Bobcats’ 70 plays and scored on runs of 3, 1 and 9 yards — all in the opening half. His last TD helped Ohio (4-5, 2-3 MAC) take a 21-10 lead. Bowling Green (4-4, 2-2) pulled to within a point on a field goal by Sinisa Vrvilo and Anthony Turner’s 12-yard touchdown run. But with 2 minutes left in the third quarter, Luchsinger, a 250-pound defensive end, stepped in front of a pass by Tyler Sheehan and returned it 58 yards for the touchdown to give the Bobcats some breathing room. Taylor Price then scored on a 26-yard pass from Theo Scott and Nic Braunstein added a last-minute field goal as Ohio held off the Falcons. Sheehan was 19-of-41 passing for 249 yards with the one interception. He threw touchdown passes of 30 yards to Freddie Barnes and 43 yards to Dan Macon. Willie Geter added 90 yards on 14 rushing attempts.

Toledo 70, N. Illinois 21

TOLEDO — Aaron Opelt threw four touchdown passes, Gordon Warner ran for three more and Toledo piled up a school-record 812 yards of offense. It was the most yards by a Bowl Subdivision team this season. The Rockets (4-5, 2-3 Mid-American Conference) threw for 430 yards and ran for 382, amassed 35 first downs and averaged almost 9 yards per play. Opelt completed 22 of 28 passes for 387 yards and touchdowns of 33, 29 and 33 yards to Nick Moore and 5 yards to Stephen Williams.

DaJuane Collins rushed for 132 yards on 15 carries with a touchdown, Jalen Parmele had 106 yards on 16 carries and another touchdown and Warner rushed for 56 yards on 16 carries with touchdown runs of 9, 2 and 11 yards. Moore had seven catches for 145 yards and the three scores. For Northern Illinois (1-8, 0-5), Justin Anderson rushed for 116 yards on 24 carries and scored on a 6-yard run. The Rockets only had to punt once, forced three turnovers and had two of their own.

Associated Press