Eastern Michigan Athletics
Friday, November 28
Rynearson Stadium
1 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University
2-10 , 1-7
16
vs
52
Toledo
8-4 , 7-1
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Toledo
21
21
10
0
52
Eastern Michigan
0
9
7
0
16
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Eastern Michigan University's football team ended its 123rd season on the gridiron with a 52-16 setback to Mid-American Conference foe the University of Toledo, Nov. 28. The Eagles wrapped up the 2014 campaign with a 2-10 (1-7 MAC) record, while the Rockets improved to 8-4 (7-1 MAC).
Friday's contest marked the final game in the careers of 18 senior Eagles, including: Tyler Allen (Lansing, Mich.-Eastern), Campbell Allison (Kagawong, Ontario-Ogdensburg Free Academy), Rob Bolden (Orchard Lake, Mich.-Orchard Lake St. Mary's (Penn State-LSU)), Ryan Brumfield (Chester Springs, Pa.-Owen J. Robert), Pudge Cotton (Maywood, Ill.-Walther Lutheran), Willie Creear (Seattle, Wash-Lindbergh (Butte JC)), Owen Dubiel (East Jackson, Mich.-East Jackson), Jordan Erbes (Kettering, Ohio-Fairmont), David Gibson (Cleveland, Ohio-Solon), Lincoln Hansen (Omaha, Neb.-Millard North), Bronson Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.-Catholic Central), Kevin Johnson (McKeesport, Pa.-McKeesport), Oliver Kathalay (Mississauga, Ontario-Avondale (Ga.)),Travis Linser (Glendale, Ariz.-Phoenix Northwest Christian (Phoenix C.C.)), Robert McFadden (Flint, Mich.-Carman-Ainsworth),Garrett Parker (Tinley Park, Ill.-Andrew), Tyreese Russell (Melrose Park, Ill.-Walter Lutheran), and Gary White Jr. (Raleigh, N.C.-Southeast Raleigh (Grossmont)).
Allen saw his name etched into both EMU and MAC record books, becoming the leader in career kick returns with 131, surpassing former Eagle Trumaine Riley for the top spot on both charts. Allen ends his career as not only the career kick return leader, but also the EMU career kick return yardage leader with 2,664 yards, which also ranks second in the conference all-time.
Eastern was led offensively by Reginald Bell Jr. (Los Angeles, Calif.-Susan Miller Dorsey), who was 8-for-23 with two touchdown passes for a total 119 yards through the air. The two Green and White touchdowns came from Brumfield and Kris Strange(Pickerington, Ohio-Central), the latter of whom had a career day with 55 yards receiving, including a career-best 45-yard catch for a touchdown. Hill led the ground attack, running 50 yards on six carries, including a season-best 38-yard trip downfield.
Defensively, the Eagles were paced by Great Ibe (Hanover, Md.-Meade (Concordia)) and Pat O'Connor (Chicago, Ill.-St. Rita) with 12 tackles apiece, while Anthony Zappone (Westlake, Ohio-Westlake) and Jeremiah Harris (Lambertville, Mich.-Bedford Senior) picked up 11 and 10, respectively.
Logan Woodside, who went 14-for-18 for 323 yards and five touchdowns, led Toledo's passing game. The receiving offense was fanned out, with four Rockets hauling in 40-or-more yards and five different receivers recording a touchdown. On the ground, reigning MAC West Offensive Player of the Week Kareem Hunt led all players with 110 yards and one touchdown on 22 carries. The Rockets played a wide array of defensive linemen, and three Rockets led the team with six tackles apiece.
Though the Eagles started out with the opportunity to score first in the contest, Christian Dukes quickly picked off Bell. The Rockets would not waste any time in finding pay dirt, as Woodside found Corey Jones 41 yards downfield to put the Eagles in the hole, 7-0, with 13:21 remaining in the first quarter. Another Toledo touchdown required just a 10-yard scamper by Hunt to set Woodside up for a pass to Justin Olack in the end zone at the 10:56 mark. Needing just four plays and less than a minute of possession time to notch a pair of scores, the Rockets put the Eagles on the wrong side of a 14-0score.
The Green and White started to get its defense working after Toledo's second touchdown, keeping the Rockets from moving the chains before Harris sacked Woodside forceda fumble that would be recovered by Toledo but in turn led Nick Ellis to punt from inside the UT end zone.
Woodside notched his third touchdown pass of the quarter when he found Kishon Wilcher open for an 89-yard catch. The reception was good for the second-longest touchdown catch in Rynearson Stadium history, falling only behind a 94-yard strike by Ball State's Toriel Gibson out of the arm of Keith Wenning on Nov. 5, 2011. With 1:28 remaining in the opening quarter, the Eagles trailed 21-0.
Just before the close of the first quarter, Bell was able to find Russell open for a six-yard lob, just far enough for Russell to muscle his way to a first down. The previous play between Bell and Russell sparked Bell's passing precision, as he opened up the second half with a 45-yarder to Strange, putting the Eagles in the red zone. Bell and Strange connected once more, this time for a 10-yard pass for a touchdown at 13:41. The Green and White had to remain at a 21-6 disadvantage after missing the extra point.
Following a 50-yard punt return by Jones, Toledo had just eight yards to traverse to reach scoring territory. EMU's red zone defense was only able to protect the line for so long before Hunt made a reaching sprawl to drive the ball through the plane for the Rockets' first rushing touchdown of the game at 5:53. Less than 30 seconds later, Bell was intercepted once more, this time by Chaz Wittaker.
The Toledo rushing game continued to pick up its speed at a rampant pace with Hunt and Damion Jones-Moore carrying the ball down the middle of the field. Jones-Moore ran in a touchdown at the 4:26 mark and another long pass from Woodside landed in the hands of Alonzo Russell for a 59-yard touchdown haul with 1:18 to play to give Toledo a commanding lead over the Green and White, 42-6.
Eastern saw a season-best play from Hill, who rushed for 38 yards to get the Eagles into Rockets' territory, making the longest run by an EMU running back this season. The Green and White was able to put some points on the board courtesy of a 42-yard field goal by Dylan Mulder (Saline, Mich.-Saline) at the close of the first half, just one yard shy of his season-best 43-yarder against Old Dominion, Sept. 13. The successful field goal moved the junior kicker into the top-10 career points list in EMU laurels. Mulder now has 139 for his career after passing Bob Foster on the all-time chart.
Toledo relied more on its ground attack to open up the second half of play, racking up 38 yards rushing to go along with some chain-moving passes. The Rockets were unable to find a player in the end zone thanks in large part to an Ibe tackle-for-loss and instead had to settle for a 21-yard field goal.
Bell was able to keep the offense alive and move the team down the field, finding Brumfield on the right sideline for his longest reception of the season with a 34-yard catch. Brumfield saw an open route ahead of him and scampered in for a touchdown that cut the deficit to 45-16 with 4:45 to play. The catch was the second-longest touchdown reception that Brumfield has hauled in during his career, falling behind a 43-yard reception at Rutgers, Sept. 14, 2013.
The Rockets surpassed the 50-point barrier off a reception by Michael Roberts with 29 seconds remaining in the third quarter, pulling further away from EMU at 52-16 with 4:10 remaining in the contest to close out the scoring.
Team Stats
TOLEDO
EMU
Total Yards
513
215
Pass Yards
341
119
Rushing Yards
172
96
Penalty Yards
63
14
1st Downs
23
12
3rd Downs
4
4
4th Downs
1
0
TOP
32:18
27:42
1st Quarter
TOLEDO 7, EMU 0
TOLEDO - JONES, Corey 41 yd pass from WOODSIDE, Logan (DETMER,Jeremiah kick) 2 plays, 42 yards, TOP 0:31
TOLEDO 14, EMU 0
TOLEDO - OLACK, Justin 22 yd pass from WOODSIDE, Logan (DETMER,Jeremiah kick) 2 plays, 32 yards, TOP 0:26
TOLEDO 21, EMU 0
TOLEDO - WILCHER, Kishon 89 yd pass from WOODSIDE, Logan (DETMER,Jeremiah kick) 2 plays, 92 yards, TOP 0:42
2nd Quarter
TOLEDO 21, EMU 6
EMU - STRANGE, Kris 10 yd pass from BELL, Reginald (MULDER, Dylan kickfailed) 7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:40
TOLEDO 28, EMU 6
TOLEDO - HUNT, Kareem 1 yd run (DETMER,Jeremiah kick), 4 plays, 8 yards, TOP 2:10
TOLEDO 35, EMU 6
TOLEDO - JONES-MOORE, D. 28 yd run (DETMER,Jeremiah kick), 3 plays, 50 yards, TOP 0:54
TOLEDO 42, EMU 6
TOLEDO - RUSSELL, Alonzo 59 yd pass from WOODSIDE, Logan (DETMER,Jeremiah kick) 5 plays, 70 yards, TOP 1:33
TOLEDO 42, EMU 9
EMU - MULDER, Dylan 42 yd field goal 4 plays, 60 yards, TOP 1:09
3rd Quarter
TOLEDO 45, EMU 9
TOLEDO - DETMER,Jeremiah 21 yd field goal 14 plays, 71 yards, TOP 6:28
TOLEDO 45, EMU 16
EMU - BRUMFIELD, Ryan 34 yd pass from BELL, Reginald (MULDER, Dylan kick) 7 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:40
TOLEDO 52, EMU 16
TOLEDO - ROBERTS, M. 11 yd pass from WOODSIDE, Logan (DETMER,Jeremiah kick) 9 plays, 79 yards, TOP 4:10
Game Leaders
CMP
8
TD
2
YDS
119
INT
2
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