2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap AKRON in the FINAL 2009 MAC/NCAA STATS Mid-American Conference Standings (FINAL) TEAM No./Avg

2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap AKRON IN THE FINAL 2009 MAC/NCAA STATS Mid-American Conference Standings (FINAL) TEAM No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Rushing Offense...... 118.424 ypg...... 8...... 94 East Division Passing Offense...... 182.50 ypg...... 9...... 96 MAC RECORD OVERALL RECORD Total Offense...... 300.92 ypg...... 11...... 113 Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Scoring Offense...... 19.25 ppg...... 9...... 106-t Ohio 7 1 .875 9 5 .643 Rushing Defense...... 171.92 ypg...... 9...... 91 Temple 7 1 .875 9 4 .692 Pass Efficiency Defense...... 127.28 rating...... 7...... 56 Bowling Green 6 2 .750 7 6 .538 Total Defense...... 367.67 ypg...... 7...... 59 Kent State 4 4 .500 5 7 .417 Scoring Defense...... 28.75 ppg...... 10...... 87 Net Punting...... 31.92 avg...... 11...... 112 Buffalo 3 5 .375 5 7 .417 Punt Returns...... 6.42 avg...... 11...... 90 Akron 2 6 .250 3 9 .250 Kickoff Returns...... 22.02 avg...... 2...... 55 Miami 1 7 .125 1 11 .083 Turnover Margin...... -0.42/gm...... 8...... 87 Fumbles Recovered...... 6...... 12-t...... 108-t West Division Passes Intercepted...... 13...... 4...... 40-t MAC RECORD OVERALL RECORD Fewest Fumbles Lost...... 11...... 7-t...... 60-t Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Passes Had Intercepted...... 13...... 4-t...... 64-t Central Michigan 8 0 1.000 12 2 .857 Turnovers Gained...... 19...... 9-t...... 80-t Fewest Turnovers Lost...... 24...... 4-t...... 68-t Northern Illinois 5 3 .625 7 6 .538 Pass Defense...... 195.75 ypg...... 4...... 31 Western Michigan 4 4 .500 5 7 .417 Pass Efficiency Offense...... 113.37 rating...... 9...... 102 Toledo 3 5 .375 5 7 .417 Sacks By...... 0.92/gm...... 13...... 118 Ball State 2 6 .250 2 10 .167 Tackles for Loss...... 5.42/gm...... 6...... 75-t Eastern Michigan 0 8 .000 0 12 .000 Sacks Allowed...... 2.17/gm...... 9...... 71 Fewest Tackles for Loss Allowed...... 5.83 avg...... -...... 63-t 2009 Honors Fewest Penalties...... 5.83/gm...... 8...... 52-t Elliott Bates Academic All-Mid-American Conference Fewest Yards Penalized...... 50.83/gm...... 9...... 54 Third Team All-Mid-American Conference (Coaches) Punt Return Yardage Defense...... 11.00/return...... -...... 89-t Jalil Carter Kickoff Return Yardage Defense...... 19.51/ret...... 4...... 17 Miguel Graham Second Team All-Mid-American Conference (Coaches) 3rd Down Conversion Off...... 32.0% (48-150)...... 12...... 109 First Team All-Mid-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine) 3rd Down Conversion Def...... 49.1% (85-173)...... 13...... 115 Andre Jones Third Team All-Mid-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine) 4th Down Conversion Off...... 21.4% (3-14)...... 13...... 115 4th Down Conversion Def...... 40.0% (6-15)...... 6...... 26-t Dashan Miller Third Team All-Mid-American Conference (Coaches) Third Team All-Mid-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine) Time of Possession...... 27:12...... 13...... 113 Red Zone Offense...... 65.8% (25-38)...... 12...... 118 LeVon Morefield College Football Rudy Award Recipient Red Zone Defense...... 81.1% (43-53)...... 8...... 53-t Almondo Sewell Third Team All-Mid-American Conference (Coaches) Brian Wagner First Team Freshman All-American (Sporting News) INDIVIDUAL Second Team Freshman All-American (Phl Steele Magazine) Third Team Freshman All-American (CollegeFootballNews.com) WAYNE COBHAM No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Second Team All-Mid-American Conference (Coaches) Interceptions...... 0.18/gm (2 in 11 gms)...... 17...... -- First Team All-Mid-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine) Academic All-Mid-American Conference

MIGUEL GRAHAM No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Manley Waller Third Team All-Mid-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine) Passes Defended...... 1.25/gm (12 PBU/3 INT)...... 1...... 9-t Corey Woods Third Team All-Mid-American Conference (Coaches) Passes Broken Up...... 12...... 1...... 12-t Second Team All-Mid-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine) Interceptions...... 0.25/gm (3 in 12 gms)...... 10-t...... 96-t BRONKO ROGOVIC No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank HASAN HAZIME No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Field Goals...... 0.58/gm...... 13...... -- Tackles for Loss...... 0.67/gm...... 23-t...... -- Scoring...... 3.75 ppg...... 25...... -- Sacks...... 0.25/gm...... 24-t...... -- MIKE THOMAS No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank ANDRE JONES No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Interceptions...... 0.17/gm (2 in 12 gms)...... 18-t...... -- Receiving Yards...... 46.08 ypg...... 15...... -- No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank SHAWN LEMON No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank JOE TUZZE Rushing...... 27.11 ypp...... 21...... -- Sacks...... 0.27/gm...... 21-t...... -- BRIAN WAGNER No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank DASHAN MILLER No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Tackles...... 11.00 tpg...... 2...... 7 Kick Returns...... 25.74 ypr...... 2...... 29 Fumbles Recovered...... 0.17/gm (2 in 12 gms)...... 2...... 61-t All Purpose Yards...... 96.92 ypg...... 10...... -- Interceptions...... 0.17/gm (2 in 12 gms)...... 18-t...... --

JEREMY LaFRANCE No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank MANLEY WALLER No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Receiving Yards...... 43.33 ypg...... 17...... -- Interceptions...... 0.27/gm (3 in 11 gms)...... 9...... 90-t Receptions...... 3.58 rpg...... 19...... -- 2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap 2009 Akron Schedule/Results Date Opponent Score Overall MAC Time Attend Sept. 05 at #8/9 Penn State (Big Ten Network) 7-31 L 0-1 0-0 2:56 104,968 Sept. 12 MORGAN STATE • STADIUM GRAND OPENING • 41-0 W 1-1 0-0 2:45 27,881 Sept. 19 INDIANA (ESPNU) 21-38 L 1-2 0-0 2:55 18,340 Sept. 26 * at Central Michigan (FSN Ohio/ESPN Plus) 21-48 L 1-3 0-1 2:59 20,032 Oct. 10 * OHIO (Homecoming) 7-19 L 1-4 0-2 3:00 16,381 Oct. 17 * at Buffalo (Time Warner Cable/FSN Ohio/ESPN360) 17-21 L 1-5 0-3 3:18 13,750 Oct. 24 at Syracuse (Time Warner NY/SNY/ESPN Plus) 14-28 L 1-6 0-3 2:58 36,991 Oct. 31 * at Northern Illinois (MAC Network/ABC Cleveland) 10-27 L 1-7 0-4 3:11 10,148 Nov. 07 * KENT STATE (FSN Ohio) 28-20 W 2-7 1-4 3:30 20,802 Nov. 13 * TEMPLE (ESPNU) 17-56 L 2-8 1-5 3:25 10,927 Nov. 20 * at Bowling Green (ESPNU) 20-36 L 2-9 1-6 3:11 9,163 Nov. 27 * EASTERN MICHIGAN 28-21 W 3-9 2-6 2:45 9,962 * - Mid-American Conference Games Akron Overall Team Statistics Akron Overall Individual Statistics TEAM STATISTICS AKRON OPP RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G SCORING...... 231 345 Joe Tuzze 9 55 251 7 244 4.4 2 17 27.1 Points Per Game...... 19.2 28.8 Broderick Alexander 5 59 217 19 198 3.4 0 22 39.6 Alex Allen 12 59 216 28 188 3.2 5 22 15.7 FIRST DOWNS...... 199 237 Dale Martin 8 25 167 0 167 6.7 0 22 20.9 Rushing...... 88 106 Matt Rodgers 5 40 226 70 156 3.9 3 28 31.2 Passing...... 92 111 DeVoe Torrence 7 30 160 14 146 4.9 0 31 20.9 Penalty...... 19 20 Dashan Miller 12 8 110 2 108 13.5 1 29 9.0 Norman Shuford 8 28 69 12 57 2.0 0 10 7.1 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 1421 2063 Nate Burney 5 14 52 5 47 3.4 0 13 9.4 Yards gained rushing...... 1726 2336 Patrick Nicely 8 42 149 103 46 1.1 0 29 5.8 Yards lost rushing...... 305 273 Andre Jones 12 6 34 0 34 5.7 1 18 2.8 Rushing Attempts...... 393 481 Jeremy Bruce 12 8 38 5 33 4.1 0 9 2.8 Chris Jacquemain 2 10 27 11 16 1.6 0 8 8.0 Average Per Rush...... 3.6 4.3 LeVon Morefield 5 2 8 0 8 4.0 0 7 1.6 Average Per Game...... 118.4 171.9 Jared Wackerly 3 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.7 TDs Rushing...... 13 23 Mike Ward 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 TEAM 6 6 0 29 -29 -4.8 0 0 -4.8 PASSING YARDAGE...... 2190 2349 AKRON ZIPS...... 12 393 1726 305 1421 3.6 13 31 118.4 Comp-Att-Int...... 190-342-13 214-352-13 Opponents...... 12 481 2336 273 2063 4.3 23 71 171.9 Average Per Pass...... 6.4 6.7 Average Per Catch...... 11.5 11.0 PASSING G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Average Per Game...... 182.5 195.8 Patrick Nicely 8 108.61 120-222-6 54.1 1349 6 59 168.6 TDs Passing...... 12 19 Matt Rodgers 5 93.22 39-69-6 56.5 405 1 49 81.0 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 3611 4412 Chris Jacquemain 2 145.64 26-44-1 59.1 320 4 40 160.0 Jared Wackerly 3 140.48 4-5-0 80.0 36 0 16 12.0 Total Plays...... 735 833 Alex Allen 12 1102.00 1-1-0 100.0 80 1 80 6.7 Average Per Play...... 4.9 5.3 Andre Jones 12 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Average Per Game...... 300.9 367.7 AKRON ZIPS...... 12 113.32 190-342-13 55.6 2190 12 80 182.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards...... 55-1211 43-839 Opponents...... 12 127.28 214-352-13 60.8 2349 19 63 195.8 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards...... 19-122 17-187 INT RETURNS: #-Yards...... 13-180 13-256 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Jeremy LaFrance 12 43 520 12.1 2 59 43.3 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 22.0 19.5 Andre Jones 12 33 553 16.8 4 80 46.1 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 6.4 11.0 Jeremy Bruce 12 29 219 7.6 1 20 18.2 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 13.8 19.7 Deryn Bowser 6 21 307 14.6 5 49 51.2 FUMBLES-LOST...... 16-11 20-6 Dashan Miller 12 16 257 16.1 0 27 21.4 Dale Martin 8 8 37 4.6 0 12 4.6 PENALTIES-Yards...... 70-610 67-600 Alex Allen 12 6 40 6.7 0 13 3.3 Average Per Game...... 50.8 50.0 Anthony Meriwether 12 5 67 13.4 0 36 5.6 PUNTS-Yards...... 60-2202 52-1847 Nadir Brown 9 5 64 12.8 0 34 7.1 Average Per Punt...... 36.7 35.5 Nate Burney 5 5 40 8.0 0 12 8.0 Joe Tuzze 9 5 29 5.8 0 11 3.2 Net punt average...... 31.9 32.0 DeVoe Torrence 7 5 8 1.6 0 4 1.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game...... 27:13 32:47 Kyle Weber 12 4 26 6.5 0 13 2.2 3RD-DOWN Conversions...... 48/150 85/173 Norman Shuford 8 2 17 8.5 0 15 2.1 Broderick Alexander 5 2 3 1.5 0 2 0.6 3rd-Down Pct...... 32% 49% Curtis Brown 5 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.6 4TH-DOWN Conversions...... 3/14 6/15 AKRON ZIPS...... 12 190 2190 11.5 12 80 182.5 4th-Down Pct...... 21% 40% Opponents...... 12 214 2349 11.0 19 63 195.8 SACKS BY-Yards...... 11-63 26-165 MISC YARDS...... 2 14 INTS No. Yds Avg TD Long TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 30 46 Manley Waller 3 50 16.7 0 37 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 7-17 8-17 Miguel Graham 3 62 20.7 1 62 Wayne Cobham 2 24 12.0 0 24 ON-SIDE KICKS...... 0-2 0-0 Brian Wagner 2 33 16.5 1 32 RED-ZONE SCORES...... 25-38 66% 43-53 81% Mike Thomas 2 0 0.0 0 0 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS...... 19-38 50% 35-53 66% Jalil Carter 1 11 11.0 0 11 AKRON ZIPS...... 13 180 13.8 2 62 PAT-ATTEMPTS...... 30-30 100% 43-45 96% Opponents...... 13 256 19.7 0 55 ATTENDANCE...... 104293 195052 Games/Avg Per Game...... 6/17382 6/32509 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Neutral Site Games...... 0/0 Jeremy Bruce 9 24 2.7 0 13 Jeremy LaFrance 4 22 5.5 0 11 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Andre Jones 4 18 4.5 0 7 Akron 62 59 65 45 231 Diamond Weaver 1 20 20.0 0 20 Jalil Carter 1 38 38.0 0 0 Opponents 74 109 56 106 345 Aaron Williams 0 0 0.0 1 0 AKRON ZIPS...... 19 122 6.4 1 20 Opponents...... 17 187 11.0 2 66 2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Dashan Miller 31 798 25.7 1 98 Branko Rogovic 46 2658 57.8 3 2 Jalil Carter 13 246 18.9 0 42 Zack Campbell 1 47 47.0 0 0 Jeremy LaFrance 3 86 28.7 0 38 T.J. Marchese 1 38 38.0 0 0 Andre Jones 3 59 19.7 0 27 AKRON ZIPS...... 48 2743 57.1 3 2 839 38.4 31 Broderick Alexander 1 6 6.0 0 6 Opponents...... 66 3923 59.4 7 3 1211 39.0 31 Doug Richardson 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 Joe Tuzze 1 4 4.0 0 4 Tyler Campbell 1 6 6.0 0 6 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg Blk Jared Province 1 8 8.0 0 8 Branko Rogovic 7-15 46.7 0-0 1-4 5-6 1-4 0-1 45 0 AKRON ZIPS...... 55 1211 22.0 1 98 Igor Iveljic 0-2 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 Opponents...... 43 839 19.5 2 91 FG SEQUENCE Akron OPPONENTS FUMBLE RET. No. Yds Avg TD Long Penn State - 28,(29),49 Sean Fobbs 0 0 0.0 1 0 AKRON ZIPS...... 0 0 0.0 1 0 Morgan State 28,46,(31),(32) 40 Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Indiana - (25),38 Central Michigan 46 32 |------PATs ------| Ohio 39,43 (27),(27) SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Buffalo 40,(30) - Branko Rogovic 0 7-15 24-24 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 45 Syracuse 51,29 39 Alex Allen 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Northern Illinois 38,(34) 37,(22),(37) Deryn Bowser 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Kent State 27 (37),(19) Andre Jones 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Temple (45) 48 Matt Rodgers 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Bowling Green (27),(30) - Jeremy LaFrance 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Eastern Michigan - 41 Joe Tuzze 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Dashan Miller 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Aaron Williams 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Miguel Graham 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Dashan Miller 12 108 257 0 798 0 1163 96.9 Mike Ward 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Andre Jones 12 34 553 18 59 0 664 55.3 Sean Fobbs 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Jeremy LaFrance 12 0 520 22 86 0 628 52.3 Brian Wagner 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Deryn Bowser 6 0 307 0 0 0 307 51.2 Igor Iveljic 0 0-2 6-6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Jalil Carter 12 0 0 38 246 11 295 24.6 Jeremy Bruce 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Joe Tuzze 9 244 29 0 4 0 277 30.8 AKRON ZIPS...... 30 7-17 30-30 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 231 Jeremy Bruce 12 33 219 24 0 0 276 23.0 Opponents...... 46 8-17 43-45 0-0 0 0-1 0 1 345 Alex Allen 12 188 40 0 0 0 228 19.0 Broderick Alexander 5 198 3 0 6 0 207 41.4 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Dale Martin 8 167 37 0 0 0 204 25.5 Patrick Nicely 8 264 46 1349 1395 174.4 Matt Rodgers 5 156 0 0 0 0 156 31.2 Matt Rodgers 5 109 156 405 561 112.2 DeVoe Torrence 7 146 8 0 0 0 154 22.0 Chris Jacquemain 2 54 16 320 336 168.0 Nate Burney 5 47 40 0 0 0 87 17.4 Alex Allen 12 60 188 80 268 22.3 Norman Shuford 8 57 17 0 0 0 74 9.2 Joe Tuzze 9 55 244 0 244 27.1 Anthony Meriwether 12 0 67 0 0 0 67 5.6 Broderick Alexander 5 59 198 0 198 39.6 Nadir Brown 9 0 64 0 0 0 64 7.1 Dale Martin 8 25 167 0 167 20.9 Miguel Graham 12 0 0 0 0 62 62 5.2 DeVoe Torrence 7 30 146 0 146 20.9 Manley Waller 11 0 0 0 0 50 50 4.5 Dashan Miller 12 8 108 0 108 9.0 Patrick Nicely 8 46 0 0 0 0 46 5.8 Norman Shuford 8 28 57 0 57 7.1 Brian Wagner 12 0 0 0 0 33 33 2.8 Nate Burney 5 14 47 0 47 9.4 Kyle Weber 12 0 26 0 0 0 26 2.2 Jared Wackerly 3 6 2 36 38 12.7 Wayne Cobham 11 0 0 0 0 24 24 2.2 Andre Jones 12 7 34 0 34 2.8 Diamond Weaver 2 0 0 20 0 0 20 10.0 Jeremy Bruce 12 8 33 0 33 2.8 Chris Jacquemain 2 16 0 0 0 0 16 8.0 LeVon Morefield 5 2 8 0 8 1.6 LeVon Morefield 5 8 0 0 0 0 8 1.6 TEAM 6 6 -29 0 -29 -4.8 Jared Province 4 0 0 0 8 0 8 2.0 AKRON ZIPS...... 12 735 1421 2190 3611 300.9 Tyler Campbell 11 0 0 0 6 0 6 0.5 Opponents...... 12 833 2063 2349 4412 367.7 Curtis Brown 5 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.6 Jared Wackerly 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.7 Doug Richardson 10 0 0 0 -2 0 -2 -0.2 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd TEAM 6 -29 0 0 0 0 -29 -4.8 John Stec 32 1168 36.5 49 3 10 4 0 AKRON ZIPS...... 12 1421 2190 122 1211 180 5124 427.0 Zack Campbell 27 1034 38.3 76 2 2 3 0 Opponents...... 12 2063 2349 187 839 256 5694 474.5 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 AKRON ZIPS...... 60 2202 36.7 76 5 12 7 1 Opponents...... 52 1847 35.5 61 3 19 19 1 2009 University of Akron Starting Lineups OFFENSE LT LG C RG RT WR WR WR WR QB RB at Penn State Woods Ward Bates Z. Anderson J. Anderson D. Miller LaFrance Bruce Bowser Jacquemain Shuford MORGAN STATE Woods Ward Bates Z. Anderson J. Anderson D. Miller LaFrance Bruce Bowser Jacquemain Allen INDIANA Woods Ward Bates Z. Anderson J. Anderson D. Miller LaFrance Bruce Bowser Rodgers Shuford at Central Michigan Woods Ward Bates Z. Anderson J. Anderson D. Miller LaFrance Tuzze (RB) Bowser Rodgers Torrence OHIO Woods Ward Bates Z. Anderson J. Anderson D. Miller LaFrance Weber (TE) Bowser Rodgers Tuzze at Buffalo Woods Ward Bates Z. Anderson J. Anderson D. Miller LaFrance Tuzze (RB) Bowser Nicely Torrence at Syracuse Woods Ward Bates Z. Anderson J. Anderson D. Miller LaFrance Weber (TE) Andre Jones Nicely Torrence at Northern Illinois Woods Ward Bates Z. Anderson J. Anderson D. Miller LaFrance Weber (TE) Meriwether Nicely Alexander KENT STATE Woods Ward Bates Z. Anderson J. Anderson N. Brown LaFrance Weber (TE) Andre Jones Nicely Alexander TEMPLE Woods Ward Bates Z. Anderson J. Anderson D. Miller LaFrance Bruce Andre Jones Nicely Tuzze at Bowling Green Woods Ward Bates Z. Anderson J. Anderson D. Miller LaFrance Bruce Andre Jones Nicely Alexander EASTERN MICHIGAN Woods Ward Bates Z. Anderson J. Anderson D. Miller LaFrance Ladrach (TE) Andre Jones Nicely Allen DEFENSE DT NT DE SLB MLB BLB RUSH FCB FS SS BCB at Wisconsin Sewell Marcoux Harvey Williams Wagner Thomas Fobbs Waller Cobham Andre Jones Graham MORGAN STATE Sewell Marcoux Harvey Williams Wagner Thomas Fobbs Waller Cobham Andre Jones Graham INDIANA Sewell Marcoux Harvey Williams Wagner Thomas Fobbs Waller Cobham Andre Jones Graham at Central Michigan Sewell Marcoux Harvey Williams Wagner Thomas Fobbs Waller Cobham T. Campbell Andre Jones OHIO Sewell Marcoux Hazime Williams Wagner Thomas Fobbs Waller Cobham T. Campbell Graham at Buffalo Sewell Harvey Hazime Williams Wagner Thomas Fobbs Waller Cobham Carter Graham at Syracuse Sewell Harvey Hazime Kabir Wagner Thomas Fobbs Byrd Cobham Carter Graham at Northern Illinois Sewell Harvey Hazime Kabir Wagner Thomas Fobbs Waller K. Davis Carter Graham KENT STATE Sewell Harvey Hazime Kabir Wagner Thomas Fobbs Waller Cobham Carter Graham TEMPLE Sewell Harvey Hazime Kabir Wagner Thomas Fobbs Waller T. Campbell Carter Graham at Bowling Green Sewell Harvey Hazime Fleming Wagner Thomas Fobbs Waller Cobham Carter Graham EASTERN MICHIGAN Sewell Marcoux Hazime Kabir Wagner Thomas Fobbs Waller Cobham Carter Graham 2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap Akron Overall Individual Defensive Statistics |------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |------Pass Def------| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP-GS Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 34 Brian Wagner 12-12 72 60 132 7.0-18 1.0-4 2-33 3 2 2-0 2 . . 20 Mike Thomas 12-12 39 32 71 2.5-6 . 2-0 6 . 1-0 . . . 2 Jalil Carter 12-7 35 23 58 3.0-14 0.5-3 1-11 3 . . 1 1 . 56 Almondo Sewell 12-12 29 24 53 5.5-11 ...... 1 . 11 Miguel Graham 12-11 38 14 52 1.5-3 . 3-62 12 . 1-0 . . . 96 Hasan Hazime 12-8 29 20 49 8.0-24 3.0-15 . 2 1 . 1 1 . 27 Wayne Cobham 11-10 25 24 49 1.5-7 . 2-24 1 . . . . . 6 Manley Waller 11-11 34 13 47 1.5-2 . 3-50 6 . . 1 . . 23 Sean Fobbs 12-12 20 21 41 6.0-22 1.0-10 . . 1 1-0 . . . 24 Aaron Williams 6-6 18 16 34 4.0-9 . . 1 . . . . . 48 Tyler Campbell 11-3 21 10 31 0.5-0 . . 1 . . 1 . . 18 Will Fleming 11-1 12 14 26 1.0-1 ...... 8 Shawn Lemon 11-0 14 10 24 6.5-25 3.0-15 . . . . 1 . . 97 James Harvey 11-10 10 13 23 4.0-8 ...... 21 Andre Jones 12-9 10 11 21 ...... 58 Marcus Lemon 11-0 10 9 19 ...... 2 . . 28 Amin Kabir 10-5 12 6 18 . . . . 1 . . . . 67 Deni Odofin 12-0 5 10 15 6.0-22 1.5-11 ...... 60 Dan Marcoux 12-6 8 7 15 1.0-5 1.0-5 . 1 . . . . . 26 Kevin Davis 8-1 5 8 13 1.5-2 ...... 15 Marvase Byrd 12-1 9 4 13 . . . 1 . . . . . 49 Matt Little 10-0 6 3 9 2.0-4 . . 1 . . . . . 33 Josh Richmond 12-0 6 3 9 1.0-1 ...... 5 Troy Gilmer 7-0 2 4 6 ...... 9 Doug Richardson 10-0 1 5 6 ...... 55 Antoine Jones 11-0 1 5 6 ...... 4 Jared Province 4-0 4 1 5 1.0-2 . . . . . 1 . . 32 Joe Tuzze 9-4 . 4 4 ...... 45 Joe Rash 3-0 1 1 2 ...... 1 Diamond Weaver 2-0 1 1 2 ...... 5 Matt Rodgers 5-3 2 . 2 ...... 82 Jeremy LaFrance 12-12 2 . 2 ...... 71 Mike Ward 12-12 1 . 1 ...... 47 Al-Teric Balaam 1-0 . 1 1 ...... 75 Corey Woods 12-12 1 . 1 ...... 25 DeVoe Torrence 7-3 1 . 1 ...... 37 Branko Rogovic 12-0 1 . 1 ...... 16 Patrick Nicely 8-7 1 . 1 ...... 73 Jake Anderson 12-12 1 . 1 ...... 65 Adam Bice 10-0 1 . 1 ...... TM TEAM 6-0 ...... 1 . 43 Adam Steiner 12-0 ...... 1-0 . . . Total...... 12-0 488 377 865 65-186 11-63 13-180 38 5 6-0 10 4 . Opponents...... 12-0 446 318 764 70.0-285 26-165 13-256 45 13 11-0 12 2 1 Akron Inside Opponent Red-Zone Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs ---- Failed to score inside RZ ---- Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game Sep 05 at Penn State...... L 7-31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 12 MORGAN STATE...... W 41--0 8 6 34 4 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 19 INDIANA...... L 21-38 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 26 at Central Michigan...... L 21-48 3 3 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 10 OHIO...... L 7-19 3 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Oct 17 at Buffalo...... L 17-21 5 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Oct. 24 at Syracuse...... L 14-28 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 31 at Northern Illinois...... L 10-27 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Nov 07 KENT STATE...... W 28-20 5 3 21 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Nov 13 TEMPLE...... L 17-56 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 20 at Bowling Green...... L 20-36 4 3 13 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Nov 27 EASTERN MICHIGAN...... W 28-21 3 2 14 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 38 25 151 19 12 7 6 3 5 2 3 0 0 25 of 38 (65.8%) Opponents Inside Akron Red-Zone Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs ---- Failed to score inside RZ ---- Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game Sep 05 at Penn State...... L 7-31 7 4 24 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 Sep 12 MORGAN STATE...... W 41-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 19 INDIANA...... L 21-38 5 5 31 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 26 at Central Michigan...... L 21-48 8 6 41 6 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Oct 10 OHIO...... L 7-19 5 3 12 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 Oct 17 at Buffalo...... L 17-21 3 3 21 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 24 at Syracuse...... L 14-28 5 4 28 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 31 at Northern Illinois...... L 10-27 4 4 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 07 KENT STATE...... W 28-20 4 4 20 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 13 TEMPLE...... L 17-56 4 4 28 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 20 at Bowling Green...... L 20-36 6 4 28 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Nov 27 EASTERN MICHIGAN...... W 28-21 2 2 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 53 43 267 35 20 15 8 3 3 2 0 1 1 43 of 53 (81.1%) 2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap 2009 University of Akron INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATS RUSHING No-Yds/TD PSU MORGAN IND CMU OHIO BUFFALO SYR NIU KENT TEMPLE BGSU EMU Joe Tuzze RB...... 55-244/2 2-19/0 3-9/0 1-0/0 12-62/1 14-60/1 7-17/0 DNP - 8-42/0 8-35/0 DNP DNP Broderick Alexander RB...... 59-198/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 19-48/0 13-42/0 4-8/0 13-46/0 10-54/0 Alex Allen RB...... 59-188/5 9-6/0 9-32/1 8-29/0 3-3/0 1-1/0 2-23/1 1-2/0 - 3-2/1 3-7/0 6-33/0 14-50/2 Dale Martin RB...... 25-167/0 DNP 6-64/0 DNP DNP DNP 1-0/0 3-13/0 1-2/0 3-23/0 3-17/0 3-38/0 5-10/0 Matt Rodgers QB...... 40-156/3 3-7/0 3-58/0 10-18/1 13--7/2 11-80/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DeVoe Torrence RB...... 30-146/0 DNP 3-7/0 2-32/0 4-0/0 - 13-90/0 8-17/0 DNP DNP DNP - DNP Dashan Miller WR...... 8-108/1 - - 1--2/0 - - 1-4/0 - - 2-23/0 1-13/0 1-21/0 2-49/1 Norman Shuford RB...... 28-57/0 8-4/0 8-19/0 5-18/0 5-11/0 2-5/0 - - - DNP DNP DNP DNP Nate Burney RB...... 14-47/0 DNP 9-28/0 2-14/0 DNP - DNP 1--5/0 DNP DNP 2-10/0 DNP DNP Patrick Nicely QB...... 42-46/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 3-18/0 6-0/0 9--35/0 4--19/0 6-20/0 5--3/0 7-33/0 2-32/0 Andre Jones WR...... 6-34/1 ------2-8/0 - 3-8/1 1-18/0 - - Jeremy Bruce WR...... 8-33/0 1--2/0 1-7/0 1--3/0 - 2-12/0 - - - 1-9/0 1-5/0 - 1-5/0 Jared Wackerly QB...... 1-2/0 DNP - DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-2/0 DNP DNP

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD PSU MORGAN IND CMU OHIO BUFFALO SYR NIU KENT TEMPLE BGSU EMU Andre Jones WR...... 33-553/4 - - - - - 4-53/0 3-90/1 6-154/1 6-93/0 5-41/1 8-114/1 1-8/0 Jeremy LaFrance WR...... 43-520/2 5-53/0 - 3-10/0 3-54/0 5-65/0 5-62/0 5-46/0 1-18/0 8-126/2 2-15/0 2-12/0 4-59/0 Deryn Bowser WR...... 21-307/5 3-63/1 8-86/3 3-86/1 1-6/0 4-47/0 2-19/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Dashan Miller WR...... 16-257/0 1-8/0 2-40/0 1-17/0 - 2-27/0 2-36/0 1-26/0 1-14/0 1-12/0 1-8/0 3-44/0 1-25/0 Jeremy Bruce WR...... 29-219/1 3-30/0 4-42/0 1-9/0 1-5/0 3-20/0 2-15/0 3-17/0 2-9/0 2-17/0 1-6/0 5-47/1 2-2/0 Anthony Meriwether WR...... 5-67/0 - - - 2-45/0 - - - - - 3-22/0 - - Nadir Brown WR...... 5-64/0 - 1-3/0 DNP 1-5/0 DNP DNP - - - 2-22/0 1-34/0 - Alex Allen RB...... 6-40/0 1-4/0 - 1-12/0 - 1-13/0 - 1-3/0 - - - 1-3/0 1-5/0 Nate Burney RB...... 5-40/0 DNP - 3-26/0 DNP - DNP - DNP DNP 2-14/0 DNP DNP Dale Martin RB...... 8-37/0 DNP - DNP DNP DNP 1-6/0 1-2/0 1-7/0 1-12/0 2-3/0 1-2/0 1-5/0 Joe Tuzze RB...... 5-29/0 - - - 2-14/0 3-15/0 - DNP - - - DNP DNP Kyle Weber TE...... 4-26/0 - - - - 1-0/0 1-9/0 - - - 1-4/0 - 1-13/0 Norman Shuford RB...... 2-17/0 - 1-15/0 1-2/0 - - - - - DNP DNP DNP DNP DeVoe Torrence RB...... 5-8/0 DNP - 1-3/0 2--2/0 - - 1-4/0 DNP DNP DNP 1-3/0 DNP Broderick Alexander RB...... 2-3/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-2/0 1-1/0 - - - Curtis Brown WR...... 1-3/0 DNP - DNP DNP - DNP 1-3/0 DNP DNP - DNP -

PUNT RETURN No-Yds/TD PSU MORGAN IND CMU OHIO BUFFALO SYR NIU KENT TEMPLE BGSU EMU Jalil Carter...... 1-38 - - 1-38 ------Jeremy Bruce...... 9-24 - 3-8 2-23 - 1--1 1-0 1-0 1--6 - - - - Jeremy LaFrance...... 4-22 ------1-11 1-0 2-11 Diamond Weaver...... 1-20 - 1-20 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Andre Jones...... 4-18 - - - - - 2-14 - 2-4 - - - -

KICK RETURN No-Yds/TD PSU MORGAN IND CMU OHIO BUFFALO SYR NIU KENT TEMPLE BGSU EMU Dashan Miller...... 31-798 3-52 - 4-72 7-189 3-56 1-27 4-191 - - 5-111 1-22 3-78 Jalil Carter...... 13-246 1-42 1-14 - - 1-20 3-67 1-22 5-71 - 1-10 - - Jeremy LaFrance...... 3-86 ------1-38 1-31 1-17 Andre Jones...... 3-59 ------3-59 -

INT. RETURN No-Yds/TD PSU MORGAN IND CMU OHIO BUFFALO SYR NIU KENT TEMPLE BGSU EMU Manley Waller...... 3-50 - 1-37 - - - 1-2 DNP - - 1-11 - - Miguel Graham...... 3-62 - - - - 1-0 ------2-62 Mike Thomas...... 2-0 1-0 ------1-0 - - - Brian Wagner...... 2-33 - 1-32 - 1-1 ------Wayne Cobham...... 2-24 - - 1-0 - - - - - 1-24 DNP - - Jalil Carter...... 1-11 - - - - - 1-11 ------

ALL-PURPOSE YDS Total PSU MORGAN IND CMU OHIO BUFFALO SYR NIU KENT TEMPLE BGSU EMU Dashan Miller...... 1163 60 40 87 189 83 67 217 14 35 132 87 152 Andre Jones...... 664 - - - - - 67 98 158 101 59 173 8 Jeremy LaFrance...... 628 53 - 10 54 65 62 46 18 126 64 43 87 Deryn Bowser...... 307 63 86 86 6 47 19 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jalil Carter...... 295 42 14 38 - 20 78 22 71 - 10 - - Joe Tuzze...... 277 19 9 4 76 75 17 DNP - 42 35 DNP DNP Jeremy Bruce...... 276 28 57 29 5 31 15 17 3 26 11 47 7 Alex Allen...... 228 10 32 41 3 14 23 5 - 2 7 36 55 #16 Patrick Nicely’s PASSING #5 MATT RODGERS’s PASSING Game Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Game Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic at Penn State...... DNP at Penn State...... 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 4 0.0 Morgan State...... DNP Morgan State...... 6 3 0 50.0 24 0 13 0 0 83.6 Indiana...... DNP Indiana...... 23 14 4 60.9 165 1 49 3 17 100.7 at Central Michigan...... DNP at Central Michigan...... 19 12 0 63.2 127 0 36 5 29 119.3 Ohio...... 23 9 0 39.1 98 0 38 1 7 74.9 Ohio...... 19 10 2 52.6 89 0 30 0 0 70.9 at Buffalo...... 34 17 2 50.0 200 0 26 2 23 87.6 at Buffalo...... DNP at Syracuse...... 25 16 0 64.0 191 1 46 5 42 141.4 at Syracuse...... DNP at Northern Illinois...... 27 11 0 40.7 124 0 21 3 16 79.3 at Northern Illinois...... DNP Kent State...... 34 19 1 55.9 261 2 59 0 0 133.9 Kent State...... DNP Temple...... 29 15 1 51.7 99 1 11 2 12 84.9 Temple...... DNP at Bowling Green...... 32 22 0 68.8 259 2 34 1 4 157.4 at Bowling Green...... DNP Eastern Michigan...... 18 11 2 61.1 117 0 25 0 0 93.5 Eastern Michigan...... DNP TOTALS...... 222 120 6 54.1 1349 6 59 14 104 108.6 TOTALS...... 69 39 6 56.5 405 1 49 9 50 93.2 2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap 2009 University of Akron INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATS TACKLES...... UA-A Total PSU MORGAN IND CMU OHIO BUFFALO SYR NIU KENT TEMPLE BGSU EMU Brian Wagner LB...... 72-60 132 7-2 3-6 8-4 10-6 7-4 2-8 2-1 6-6 10-5 6-3 5-10 6-5 Mike Thomas LB...... 39-32 71 3-3 0-3 7-1 2-2 2-1 2-4 3-1 3-7 2-0 4-2 3-4 8-4 Jalil Carter S...... 35-23 58 2-0 - 3-0 3-0 - 6-6 4-2 6-4 3-4 3-0 3-6 2-1 Almondo Sewell DL...... 29-24 53 - 1-2 4-0 4-4 3-1 3-0 3-1 4-7 1-2 3-4 0-1 3-2 Miguel Graham CB...... 38-14 52 3-1 2-1 6-1 0-1 3-0 4-1 2-0 3-3 5-1 4-0 4-1 2-4 Wayne Cobham S...... 25-24 49 0-2 2-3 2-2 2-4 3-2 3-1 5-6 1-0 3-2 DNP 0-2 4-0 Hasan Hazime DL...... 29-20 49 1-5 1-1 2-0 - 4-1 4-2 2-2 3-3 2-2 3-0 0-3 7-1 Manley Waller CB...... 34-13 47 6-0 0-2 5-2 5-0 3-0 2-1 DNP 1-0 0-3 2-2 6-3 4-0 Sean Fobbs LB...... 20-21 41 4-2 1-1 3-0 3-1 3-0 1-3 4-2 1-5 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 Aaron Williams LB...... 18-16 34 4-5 3-4 3-1 5-1 1-0 2-5 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Tyler Campbell S...... 21-10 31 3-1 - 4-1 6-1 3-1 0-2 DNP 1-1 0-1 4-2 - - Will Fleming LB...... 12-14 26 DNP 1-0 - - 2-1 0-1 0-2 0-2 3-0 0-1 3-5 3-2 Shawn Lemon LB...... 14-10 24 - 2-2 DNP 4-1 - 2-1 3-3 0-2 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 James Harvey DL...... 10-13 23 0-3 0-1 1-0 0-1 2-2 3-0 0-3 2-2 - 2-0 0-1 DNP Andre Jones...... 10-11 21 4-3 1-1 1-2 1-3 2-2 - 1-0 - - - - - Marcus Lemon LB...... 10-9 19 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 DNP 1-4 0-1 - 3-1 2-0 2-0 Amin Kabir LB...... 12-6 18 1-0 - 2-0 DNP - 0-1 2-2 2-3 2-0 - DNP 3-0 Dan Marcoux DL...... 8-7 15 1-1 - 1-1 1-1 1-0 - 0-2 1-2 - - 1-0 2-0 Deni Odofin DL...... 5-10 15 0-2 0-1 - 0-1 - 1-0 1-0 0-2 1-1 1-0 0-3 1-0 Marvase Byrd CB...... 9-4 13 - 1-1 2-0 - - 2-3 2-0 - - - 2-0 - Kevin Davis S...... 5-8 13 DNP - DNP 1-0 DNP - - 1-2 DNP 2-2 1-4 - Josh Richmond S...... 6-3 9 0-1 1-0 - 2-0 2-0 - - - 1-1 - 0-1 - Matt Little LB...... 6-3 9 DNP 0-1 - 0-1 DNP - 0-1 - 2-0 4-0 - - Antoine Jones DL...... 1-5 6 - - - 1-2 - - 0-1 DNP - 0-1 0-1 - Troy Gilmer LB...... 2-4 6 0-1 - DNP DNP DNP 0-1 1-1 DNP DNP - - 1-1 Doug Richardson S...... 1-5 6 0-1 0-2 DNP - - - DNP 0-1 - 1-0 0-1 - Jared Province LB...... 4-1 5 - DNP 0-1 4-0 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Diamond Weaver CB...... 1-1 2 1-1 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Joe Rash DL...... 1-1 2 DNP DNP DNP 0-1 1-0 DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Al-Teric Balaam LB...... 0-1 1 DNP 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Branko Rogovic...... 1-0 1 ------1-0

SACKS...... UA-A Total PSU MORGAN IND CMU OHIO BUFFALO SYR NIU KENT TEMPLE BGSU EMU Hasan Hazime DL...... 3-0 3.0 - - - - - 1.0-3 1.0-11 - - - - 1.0-1 Shawn Lemon LB...... 3-0 3.0 - - DNP - - 1.0-9 - - - - 1.0-4 1.0-2 Deni Odofin DL...... 1-1 1.5 ------1.0-8 0.5-3 - Brian Wagner LB...... 1-0 1.0 - 1.0-4 ------Dan Marcoux DL...... 1-0 1.0 1.0-5 ------Sean Fobbs LB...... 1-0 1.0 ------1.0-10 - - - - Jalil Carter S...... 0-1 0.5 ------0.5-3 -

TFLS...... UA-A Total PSU MORGAN IND CMU OHIO BUFFALO SYR NIU KENT TEMPLE BGSU EMU Hasan Hazime DL...... 6-4 8.0 1.5-4 0.5-1 - - 1.0-1 1.0-3 1.0-11 - 1.5-3 - 0.5-0 1.0-1 Brian Wagner LB...... 4-6 7.0 0.5-1 1.0-4 - 0.5-1 1.0-2 1.5-4 - - 2.0-6 - 0.5-0 - Shawn Lemon LB...... 5-3 6.5 - 1.5-3 DNP - - 2.5-15 - - 0.5-1 - 1.0-4 1.0-2 Deni Odofin DL...... 4-4 6.0 - - - 0.5-0 - - 1.0-3 0.5-1 1.5-5 1.0-8 0.5-3 1.0-2 Sean Fobbs LB...... 5-2 6.0 - 1.0-3 - - - 1.0-1 2.0-7 1.0-10 0.5-0 - - 0.5-1 Almondo Sewell DL...... 4-3 5.5 - 0.5-1 - - 1.0-3 1.0-2 - 1.5-3 - - 0.5-1 1.0-1 James Harvey DL...... 3-2 4.0 - 0.5-1 - - 1.5-4 1.0-2 - 1.0-1 - - - DNP Aaron Williams LB...... 3-2 4.0 1.5-3 1.5-3 1.0-3 - - - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jalil Carter S...... 2-2 3.0 - - - 1.0-9 - - - 0.5-0 - 1.0-2 0.5-3 - Mike Thomas LB...... 1-3 2.5 0.5-1 ------0.5-1 - 0.5-1 1.0-3 - Matt Little LB...... 2-0 2.0 DNP - - - DNP - - - 1.0-3 1.0-1 - - Wayne Cobham S...... 1-1 1.5 - 0.5-1 - - 1.0-6 - - - - DNP - - Manley Waller CB...... 1-1 1.5 - - - - - 1.0-1 DNP - - 0.5-1 - - Kevin Davis S...... 1-1 1.5 DNP - DNP - DNP - - 1.0-1 DNP - 0.5-1 - Miguel Graham CB...... 1-1 1.5 ------1.5-3 Josh Richmond S...... 1-0 1.0 - 1.0-1 ------Will Fleming LB...... 1-0 1.0 DNP ------1.0-1 - - - Dan Marcoux DL...... 1-0 1.0 1.0-5 ------Jared Province LB...... 1-0 1.0 - DNP - 1.0-2 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Tyler Campbell S...... 0-1 0.5 - - - - 0.5-0 - DNP - - - - - 2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap The Last Time It Happened... By Akron AKRON TEAM 100 Yards Rushing...... 142, Dennis Kennedy vs. Buffalo, 11-13-08 500 Yards Total Offense...... 547 vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-18-08 150 Yards Rushing...... 153, Dennis Kennedy vs. Temple, 11-28-08 550 Yards Total Offense...... 607 vs. Central Michigan, 11-08-03 175 Yards Rushing...... 182, Dennis Kennedy vs. Bowling Green, 10-11-08 600 Yards Total Offense...... 607 vs. Central Michigan, 11-08-03 200 Yards Rushing...... 277, Dennis Kennedy vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-18-08 300 Yards Rushing Offense...... 339 vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-18-08 25 Rushing Attempts...... 25, Dennis Kennedy vs. Temple, 11-28-08 400 Yards Rushing Offense...... 440 vs. Liberty, 10-12-02 30 Rushing Attempts...... 30, Dennis Kennedy vs. Toledo, 11-05-08 500 Yards Rushing Offense...... 503 vs. Northern Arizona, 09-28-91 2 Touchdowns Rushing...... Alex Allen vs. Eastern Michigan, 11-27-09 300 Yards Passing Offense...... 389 vs. Western Michigan, 10-06-0 3 Touchdowns Rushing...... Dennis Kennedy vs. Buffalo, 11-13-08 400 Yards Passing Offense...... 455 vs. Memphis, 12-26-05 4+ Touchdowns Rushing...... 5, Bobby Hendry vs. Eastern Michigan, 11-24-01 50-Yard Run...... 52, Dennis Kennedy vs. Bowling Green, 10-11-08 70-Yard Run...... 73, Dennis Kennedy vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-18-08 BY OPPONENT 80-Yard Run...... 87, Greg Lomax vs. Kent State, 11-08-97 100 Yards Rushing...... 102, Alex Gillet, Eastern Michigan, 11-27-09 90-Yard Run...... 92, Greg Lomax vs. Ohio, 10-25-97 150 Yards Rushing...... 170, Delone Carter, Syracuse, 10-24-09 Two Players Rushing for 100 Yards (each) ...... Brandon Payne (108) and 200 Yards Rushing...... 210, P.J. Hill, Wisconsin, 08-30-08 ...... Bobby Hendry (110) vs. Kent State, 11-23-02 250 Yards Rushing...... 270, Garrett Wolfe,Northern Illinois, 12-01-05 250 Yards Passing...... 259, Patrick Nicely vs. Bowling Green, 11-20-09 300 Yards Rushing...... 376, Travis Prentice, Miami, 11-06-99 300 Yards Passing...... 389, Chris Jacquemain vs. W. Michigan, 10-06-07 30 Rushing Attempts...... 37, James Starks, Buffalo, 11-13-08 400 Yards Passing...... 455, Luke Getsy vs. Memphis, 12-26-05 40 Rushing Attempts...... 42, Garrett Wolfe,Northern Illinois, 12-01-05 20 Pass Completions...... 22 , Patrick Nicely vs. Bowling Green, 11-20-09 3 Touchdowns Rushing...... 3, Delone Carter, Syracuse, 10-24-09 30 Pass Completions...... 39 , Chris Jacquemain vs. Kent State, 10-03-08 4+ Touchdowns Rushing...... 5, Thomas Hammock, NIU, 10-14-00 40 Pass Attempts...... 40, Chris Jacquemain vs. Cincinnati, 09-27-08 70-Yard Run...... 71, Chris Bullock, Bowling Green, 11-20-09 50 Pass Attempts...... 59, Luke Getsy vs. Memphis, 12-26-05 Two Players Rushing for 100 Yards (each)...... Chad Spann (125) and 2 Touchdown Passes...... Patrick Nicely vs. Bowling Green, 11-20-09 ...... DeMarcus Grady (109), Northern Illinois, 10-31-09 3+ Touchdown Passes...... 3, Chris Jacquemain vs. Morgan State, 09-12-09 300 Yards Passing...... 338, Tyler Sheehan, Bowling Green, 11-20-09 3+ Interceptions Thrown...... 4. Matt Rodgers vs. Indiana, 09-19-09 400 Yards Passing...... 486, Phil Horvath, Northern Illinois, 09-24-05 300 Yards Total Offense...... 322, Chris Jacquemain vs. Buffalo, 11-13-08 20 Pass Completions...... 23, Tyler Sheehan, Bowling Green, 11-20-09 350 Yards Total Offense...... 361, Luke Getsy vs. Central Michigan, 09-16-06 30 Pass Completions...... 30, Spencer Keith, Kent State, 11-07-09 400 Yards Total Offense...... 402, Chris Jacquemain vs. W. Michigan, 10-06-07 40 Pass Attempts...... 40, Daryll Clark, Penn State, 09-05-09 100 Yards Receiving...... 114, Andre Jones vs. Bowling Green, 11-20-09 50 Pass Attempts...... 59, Spencer Keith, Kent State, 11-07-09 150 Yards Receiving...... 154, Andre Jones vs. Northern Illinois, 10-31-09 4 Touchdown Passes...... 4, Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan, 09-26-09 200 Yards Receiving...... 223, Jabari Arthur vs. Western Michigan, 10-06-07 5+ Touchdown Passes...... 5, Boo Jackson, Ohio, 11-22-08 10 Receptions...... 10, Deryn Bowser vs. Cincinnati, 09-27-08 3 Interceptions Thrown...... 3, Daniel Raudabaugh, Miami, 11-14-07 50-Yard Reception...... 59, Jeremy LaFrance from Patrick Nicely vs Kent State, 11-07-09 400 Yards Total Offense...... 514, Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan, 11-23-07 60-Yard Reception...... 60, Bry Williams from C. Jacquemain vs. W. Michigan, 10-06-07 100 Yards Receiving...... 132, Tyshon Goode, Kent State, 11-07-09 70-Yard Reception...... 77, David Harvey from Luke Getsy vs. Buffalo, 11-09-06 150 Yards Receiving...... 197, Freddie Barnes, Bowling Green, 11-20-09 80-Yard Reception...... 80, Andre Jones from Alex Allen vs. Northern Illinois, 10-31-09 200 Yards Receiving...... 214, Lee Evans, Wisconsin, 09-06-03 2 Touchdowns Receiving...... Jeremy LaFrance vs. Kent State, 11-07-09 10 Receptions...... 12, Freddie Barnes, Bowling Green, 11-20-09 3+ Touchdowns Receiving...... 3, Deryn Bowser vs Morgan State, 09-12-09 3 Touchdown Receptions...... 3, Taylor Price, Ohio, 11-22-08 Two Players Receiving 100 Yards (each) ...... Jabari Arthur (137) and 75-Yard Reception...... 99, Lee Evans from Jim Sorgi, Wisconsin, 09-06-03 ...... David Harvey (133) vs. Central Michigan, 09-16-06 Two Players Receiving 100 Yards (each)...... Antonio Brown (174) and Kickoff Return for TD...... 98, Dashan Miller vs. Syracuse, 10-24-09 Bryan Anderson (131), Central Michigan, 11-23-07 Free Kick Return for TD...... 89, Andre Jones (78) and Alphonso Owen (11) Kickoff Return for TD ...... 41, Keith Morgan, Bowling Green, 11-20-09 ...... vs. Western Michigan, 10-06-07 Punt Return for TD...... 66, Delano Greenl, Temple, 11-13-09 100-Yard Kickoff Return...... Jamie Goodwin at Connecticut, 10-25-03 70-Yard Punt Return...... 81, Stafford Owens, Ohio, 11-13-04 Punt Return for TD...... 85, Domenik Hixon vs. Ball State, 10-23-04 Blocked a Field Goal...... Vince Agnew, Central Michigan, 09-26-09 70-Yard Punt Return...... 85, Domenik Hixon vs. Ball State, 10-23-04 Blocked Punt...... Melvin Payne, Ohio 10-10-09 200 All-Purpose Yards...... 217, Dashan Miller vs. Syracuse, 10-24-09 Blocked Punt Returned for TD...... Melvin Payne, Ohio 10-10-09 250 All-Purpose Yards...... 263, Dennis Kennedy vs. Buffalo, 11-13-08 Returned Interception for TD...... 51, P.J. Mahone, Bowling Green, 11-02-07 Interception for TD...... 62, Miguel Graham vs. Eastern Michigan, 11-27-09 Had Three Interceptions...... 3, Brian Lainhart, Kent State, 10-04-08 Intercepted 2 Passes...... 2, Miguel Graham vs. Eastern Michigan, 11-27-09 Fumble Return for TD...... 33, Sean Baker, Ball State, 09-13-08 Fumble Return for TD...... 0, Sean Fobbs vs. Temple, 11-13-09 75-Yard Fumble Return for TD...... 99, Quan Dillahunt, Howard, 09-20-03 Blocked Field Goal...... Hasan Hazime (37-yd att) vs. Northern Illinois, 10-32-09 50-Yard Field Goal...... 50, Stephen Gostkowski, Memphis, 12-26-05 Blocked a PAT...... Eric Lively vs Toledo, 11-05-08 500 Yards Total Offense...... 523, Central Michigan, 09-26-09 Had a Defensive 2-Pt Conversion...... Shawn Lemon (98 yds) vs. Toledo, 11-05-08 Less Than 150 Yards of Total Offense...... 127, Morgan State, 09-12-09 Blocked Punt...... Jalil Carter vs. Indiana, 09-19-09 UA Allowed a Safety...... Jahmal Brown, Bowling Green, 11-20-09 Blocked Punt Returned for TD...... 0, Aaron Willliams vs. Indiana, 09-19-09 50-Yard-Field Goal...... 51, Igor Iveljic vs. Western Michigan, 10-06-07 55-Yard Field Goal...... 56, Daron Alcorn vs. Toledo, 09-12-92 UA Recorded a Safety...... Brion Stokes vs. Ohio State, 09-08-07 ...... Chevin Pace vs. Western Michigan, 10-06-07 2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap September 5, 2009 September 12, 2009 GAME 1 Beaver Stadium (104,968) GAME 2 InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field (27,881) Akron...... 7 Akron...... 41 #8/9 Penn State...... 31 Morgan State...... 0

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The eighth-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions dominated the first half AKRON — Akron seniors Chris Jacquemain and Deryn Bowser helped the Zips open a sold out en route to a 31-7 victory over Akron Saturday afternoon at Beaver Stadium in the teams’ InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field in fine fashion, hooking up three times for touchdowns, in 2009 season opener. UA’s 41-0 victory in the facility’s grand opening Saturday afternoon. The Lions held a 344-8 advantage in total offensive yards in the first half and led 31-0. The The shutout was Akron’s first since 1992 (a 13-0 win over Ohio) and the Zips’ defense has Zips made some adjustments at halftime and put up nearly 200 yard of offense in the second not allowed a score over its last six quarters (final two at Penn State and four versus Morgan half, scored once and kept PSU off the scoreboard. Overall, the UA defense kept Penn State’s State). The Zips held a 436-127 advantage in total offense and UA only allowed three first offense to just 99 rushing yards. (PSU had 136 yards rushing, but had 37 on a fake punt.) downs in the contest. It marked the first time since Nov. 11, 2006 Morgan State’s defense, Penn State took the opening kickoff and used a 36-yard Daryll Clark to Derrick Moye pass ranked among the NCAA FCS top two over the last two years, had allowed over 400 yards of to set up an early 7-0 Nittany Lion lead. Evan Royster capped the seven-play, 84-yard drive total offense and the 127 yards of offense the Bears gained was the most dominant perfor- with a five-yard rushing touchdown. Two possessions later, PSU took advantage of a Zips pen- mance by the Zips defense since Nov. 24, 2006 when Kent State managed just 116 yards and alty on special teams and drove 26 yards for a 14-0 advantage. Clark scrambled and hit Chaz eight first downs. Powell on an eight-yard pass for the second score of the game. Both teams drove into scoring position on their first drives. Akron’s Branko Rogovic missed The Lions were in prime position to score again as Andrew Dailey intercepted a Chris Jac- on the first drive from 28 yards and MSU’s Kemar Scarlett later missed from 40 yards. quemain pass. However, two plays later, Jared Province broke up a pass that would eventually After an Akron punt, Zips’ sophomore Manley Waller picked off Morgan State quarterback be intercepted by Mike Thomas, his first career pick. Carlton Jackson - who began his career at Akron - and returned the ball 37 yards to the Bears’ Akron’s defense settled in and forced a field goal, which was missed. On the next PSU nine. Two plays later, UA’s Jacquemain hit an open Bowser in the left corner of the north drive, the Lions used a fake punt – a 37-yard run by Dailey, to get in field goal range again, endzone for a nine-yard score, the first touchdown scored on Akron’s campus since November this time Jeremy Boone converted from 29 yards for a 17-0 Lion lead. 25, 1939. Penn State was able to put together a nine-play, 57-yard scoring drive to post a 24-0 score The Zips extended their lead to 14-0 as the second quarter began on a 16-yard Jacque- with 1:33 left in the first half. Clark hit Moye in the right corner of the endzone for the 22- main-to-Bowser pass. On Akron’s second possession of the second quarter, sophomore signal yard score. After a three-and-out by the UA offense, Penn State struck quickly with a three- caller Matt Rodgers engineered an eight-play, 53-yard drive. In the drive he had a 12-yard run play drive, all completions by Clark. The first was a 42-yard pas from Clark to Moye and the and an 18-yard run to the MSU one. Senior Alex Allen capped the drive with a one-yard run, last was a 19-yard TD pass from Clark to Graham Zug for a 31-0 halftime margin. the 11th score of his career, for a 21-0 lead. The Zips’ Jalil Carter took the kickoff to start the second half and returned it 42 yards. Akron pushed its advantage to 24-0 with 49 seconds left before the break as Rogovic split Jacquemain hit Jeremy Bruce for Akron’s initial first down of the game and eventually drove the uprights from 31 yards out, his first career field goal made. to the two, but a fourth and goal rush came up short. On the ensuing PSU possession, Manley On the Zips’ first drive of the second half, Akron reeled off 11 straight running plays from Waller caused a fumble, which Thomas recovered. On the next play, Jacquemain hit Deryn the MSU 45 to the Bear three. The final play of the drive was a three-yard Jacquemain-to- Bowser on a post route for a 40-yard touchdown pass, providing the eventual final of 31-7. Bowser pass for a 31-0 advantage. On their next drive, the Zips’ Rogovic hit a 32-yard field Jacquemain finished by completing 13-of-22 passes for 158 yard with a TD and an INT. goal for a 34-0 UA advantage. Jeremy LaFrance led the Zips with five receptions (53 yards), while Bowser had three recep- As the fourth quarter began, freshman UA linebacker Brian Wagner picked of Jackson and tions for 63 yards, including the score. Clark paced PSU completing 29-of-40 for 353 yards showed his excellent form as a standout high school running back and returned the ball 32 with three TDs and a pick. Powell had seven receptions for 65 yards, while Moye had six for yards for a TD, making the score 41-0. 138. Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Morgan State 0 0 0 0 0 Record: (0-1) Akron 0 0 7 0 7 Record: (0-1) Akron 7 17 10 7 41 Record: (1-1) Penn State 14 17 0 0 31 Record: (1-0) Scoring Summary MSU Akron Scoring Summary Akron PSU 1st 03:23 AKRON Deryn Bowser 9 yd pass from Chris Jacquemain (Branko Rogovic kick), 2-9 0:48 0 7 1st 11:18 PSU Evan Royster 5 yd run (Collin Wagner kick), 7-84 3:42 0 7 2nd 14:04 AKRON Deryn Bowser 16 yd pass from Chris Jacquemain (Branko Rogovic kick), 6-30 2:01 0 14 03:43 PSU Chaz Powell 8 yd pass from Daryll Clark (Collin Wagner kick), 5-26 2:30 0 14 09:37 AKRON Alex Allen 1 yd run (Branko Rogovic kick), 8-53 2:40 0 21 2nd 06:15 PSU Collin Wagner 29 yd field goal, 8-43 4:30 0 17 00:49 AKRON Branko Rogovic 31 yd field goal, 10-51 2:01 0 24 01:33 PSU Derek Moye 22 yd pass from Daryll Clark (Collin Wagner kick), 9-57 3:13 0 24 3rd 06:15 AKRON Deryn Bowser 3 yd pass from Chris Jacquemain (Branko Rogovic kick), 12-45 6:18 0 31 00:30 PSU Graham Zug 19 yd pass from Daryll Clark (Collin Wagner kick), 3-66 0:37 0 31 01:58 AKRON Branko Rogovic 32 yd field goal, 7-34 2:49 0 34 3rd 06:07 AKRON Deryn Bowser 40 yd pass from Chris Jacquemain (Branko Rogovic kick), 1-40 0:07 7 31 4th 14:08 AKRON Brian Wagner 32 yd interception return (Branko Rogovic kick) 0 41

AKRON PENN STATE MSU AKRON FIRST DOWNS...... 8 25 FIRST DOWNS...... 3 23 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 30-28 30-136 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 23-41 49-250 PASSING YDS (NET)...... 158 379 PASSING YDS (NET)...... 86 186 Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 24-13-1 44-32-1 Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 20-11-2 28-16-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 54-186 74-515 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 43-127 77-436 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards...... 0-0 1-2 Punt Returns-Yards...... 0-0 4-28 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 4-94 2-43 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 6-98 1-14 Interception Returns-Yards...... 1-0 1-12 Interception Returns-Yards...... 0-0 2-69 Punts (Number-Avg)...... 7-39.0 3-40.3 Punts (Number-Avg)...... 8-37.1 1-24.0 Fumbles-Lost...... 0-0 1-1 Fumbles-Lost...... 4-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards...... 7-59 3-20 Penalties-Yards...... 11-66 1-5 Possession Time...... 25:19 34:41 Possession Time...... 25:12 34:48 Third-Down Conversions...... 3 of 14 8 of 15 Third-Down Conversions...... 1 of 11 11 of 17 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 3 1 of 1 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 1 of 1 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 0-1 4-7 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 0-0 6-8 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 1-5 4-15 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 0-0 1-4

RUSHING: RUSHING: Akron - Joe Tuzze 2-19; Matt Rodgers 3-7; Alex Allen 9-6; Norman Shuford 8-4; TEAM 1-minus 2; Jeremy Morgan State - Devan James 10-24; Allen Singletary 5-18; Domanick West 1-3; Cameron George 4-(1-); LaFrance 1-minus 2; Chris Jacquemain 6-minus 4. Carlton Jackson 3-(-3). Penn State - Evan Royster 14-61, 1 TD; Andrew Dailey 1-37; Kevin Newsome 2-12; Stephon Green 7-10; Akron - Dale Martin 6-64; Matt Rodgers 3-58; Alex Allen 9-32, 1 TD; Nate Burney 9-28; Chris Jacquemain Devon Smith 1-7; Daryll Clark 3-5; Joe Suhey 2-4. 4-20; Norman Shuford 8-19; Joe Tuzze 3-9; Levon Morefield 2-8; Devoe Torrence 3-7; Jeremy Bruce 1-7; PASSING: TEAM 1-minus 2. Akron - Chris Jacquemain 13-22-1-158, 1 TD; Matt Rodgers 0-2-0-0. PASSING: Penn State - Daryll Clark Daryll 29-40-1-353, 3 TDs; Kevin Newsome 3-4-0-26. Morgan State - Carlton Jackson 10-19-2-87; Donovan Dickherson 1-1-0-(-1). RECEIVING: Akron - Chris Jacquemain 13-22-0-162, 3 TDs; Matt Rodgers 3-6-0-24. Akron - Jeremy LaFrance 5-53; Deryn Bowser 3-63, 1 TD; Jeremy LaFrance 3-30; Dashan Miller 1-8; Alex RECEIVING: Allen 1-4. Morgan State - Winfred Digs 6-47; Trey Charles 1-26; Terrell White 1-8; Lamont Bryant 1-5; Edwin Baptiste Penn State - Chaz Powell 7-65, 1 TD; Derek Moye 6-138, 1 TD; Graham Zug 5-62, 1 TD; Joe Suhey 4-40; 1-2; Allen Singletary 1-(-2). Devon Smith 2-25; Evan Royster 2-6; Brandon Beachum 1-14; A. Quarless 1-12; Stephon Green 1-9; Mickey Akron - Deryn Bowser 8-86, 3 TDs; Jeremy Bruce 4-42; Dashan Miller 2-40; Norman Shuford 1-15; Nadir Shuler 1-8; Curtis Drake 1-7; Brett Brackett 1-minus 7. Brown 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS: Akron - Mike Thomas 1-0. Penn State - Andrew Dailey 1-12. INTERCEPTIONS: Morgan State - None. Akron - Manley Waller 1-37; Brian Wagner 1-32, 1 TD. AKRON TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Brian Wagner 7-2; Aaron Williams 4-5; Andre Jones 4-3; Manley Waller AKRON TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Brian Wagner 3-6; Aaron Williams 3-4; Wayne Cobham 2-3; Shawn 6-0; Sean Fobbs 4-2; Mike Thomas 3-3; Hasan Hazime 1-5. Lemon 2-2; Miguel Graham 2-1; Almondo Sewell 1-2; Mike Thomas 0-3. 2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap September 19, 2009 September 26, 2009 GAME 3 InfoCision Stadium—Summa Field (18,340) GAME 4 Kelly/Shorts Stadium (20,032) Akron...... 21 Akron...... 21 Indiana...... 38 Central Michigan...... 48

AKRON — Akron trailed by three, 17-14, at halftime, but could not overcome four second-half MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Central Michigan’s Dan LeFevour accounted for six of the his turnovers as Indiana handed the Zips a 38-21 setback at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field. team’s seven touchdowns – passing for four touchdowns and running for two, as the Chippe- The Hoosiers, the first Big Ten opponent to come to Akron for a football game, took a was handed Akron a 48-21 loss on a rainy afternoon at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. 7-0 lead 15 seconds into the game as Ray Fisher returned the opening kickoff 71 yards for a LeFevour rushed for 140 yards on 19 attempts and completed 23-of-31 passes for 197 touchdown. Indiana pushed its advantage to 10-0 on its first offensive series with a 13-play, yards in the victory. 61-yard drive capped with a 25-yard Nick Freeland field goal. Both teams missed field goals on their opening drives. Despite being pinned on its own 12 Akron struck right back. On its first play from scrimmage after the IU field goal, Matt after an Akron punt, Central Michigan marched the 88 yards in four play, thanks to a 53-yard Rodgers hit Deryn Bowser on a long pass, which only counted for a 28-yard reception after run by LeFevour followed by a 27-yard LeFevour to Cody Wilson touchdown pass. a UA penalty. However, two plays later, the duo hooked up again for 49-yard scoring play to On the ensuing drive, Akron lost its first fumble on the season and the Chippewas pushed make the score 10-7. The pass was Rodgers’ first career TD pass and Bowser’s fifth TD in three it advantage to 13-0 three plays later on a four-yard LeFevour to Kito Poblah TD. games. CMU started the second quarter with a one-yard LeFevour touchdown run, putting the Indiana looked to regain the momentum, methodically driving, until Akron senior Wayne Chippewas up 20-0. The drive only covered 27 yards after a 34-yard punt and 25-yard return Cobham intercepted an IU pass on the Akron three. The pick was the first of Cobham’s career. by Antonio Brown. The Zips had only allowed two yards in punt returns prior to the contest. The teams traded punts over the next four drives. On that fourth punt, Jalil Carter Akron used a big play on special teams to trim its deficit to 20-7 with 10 minutes left in blocked a Chris Hagerup punt on approximately the IU 28, which rolled into the endzone and the second. A bad snap on a CMU punt forced its punter to run the ball. Akron took over at recovered by Aaron Williams for a Zips’ touchdown and 14-10 lead. The last time UA blocked the CMU 11 and, two plays later, Matt Rodgers scrambled and ran 10 yards for the score. a punt and scored was six games ago when Carter blocked a punt that was recovered by Wil- Central Michigan answered right back. Thanks to a long run by Brown, LeFevour capped liams in a 47-30 win over Toledo, also an ESPNU national telecast. the drive with a two-yard touchdown for the 27-7 lead. The Chippewas then took advantage The Hoosiers immediately took the lead back, marching 77 yards in 12 plays. Quarterback of a personal foul call on Akron and scored on a nine-yard Pass from LeFevour to Brown for a Ben Chappell was 5-of-5 on the drive, including a 10-yard strike to Mitchell Evans for the 34-7 cushion with 1:02 left before the break. score with 33 seconds left before the break. Akron opened the second half with a defensive stand as linebacker Brian Wagner, who fin- Early in the third quarter, Akron’s Tyler Campbell forced a fumble, which Brian Wagner ished with 16 tackles, picked off LeFevour. On CMU’s second drive of the second half, Akron’s recovered. However, three plays later, Rodgers was intercepted by Austin Thomas, who re- defense forced a punt, which only went 16 yards for CMU. The Zips got inside the CMU 10 turned the ball 31 yards to the Akron 18. Chappell took advantage of the short field and would after a 31-yard Rodgers to Jeremy LeFrance pass. Two plays later, Rodgers capped the four- hit Max Dedmond for a three-yard TD pass for a 24-14 lead. Indiana tried to take advantage of play drive with a one-yard sneak for his second score of the day, making the score 34-14. a pick on the Zips’ ensuing drive, but Almondo Sewell blocked a 38-yard IU field goal attempt. Central Michigan resumed a 27-point lead, 41-14, after LeFevour threw his fourth TD of Indiana would get an interception on a third straight drive and get inside the UA 20. This the game, a 13-yarder to Brown. Paris Cotton put CMU on top 48-14 with a three-yard rushing time the Hoosiers would capitalize as Trea Burgess scored from five yards out for a 31-14 touchdown. cushion. The Hoosiers put the game out of reach with an 11-play, 67-yard scoring drive with The Zips kept battling, putting together an efficient drive with Joe Tuzze getting the final Darius Willis getting the final two yards to go up 38-14. nine yards and scoring his first career touchdown. Rogers provided the game’s final margin with a 9-yard scamper late in the fourth quarter. Rodgers completed 12-of-19 passes for 127 yards with LaFrance leading the way with three receptions for 54 yards. Tuzze has a team-high 62 rushing yards on 12 attempts, getting Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score 5.2 yards per carry. Indiana 10 7 7 14 38 Record: (3-0) Akron 7 7 0 7 21 Record: (1-2) Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Akron 0 7 7 7 21 Record: (1-3,0-1) Scoring Summary IU Akron Central Michigan 13 21 7 7 48 Record: (3-1,1-0) 1st 14:45 IND Ray Fisher 91 yd kickoff return (Nick Freeland kick) 7 0 07:14 IND Nick Freeland 25 yd field goal, 13-61 5:03 10 0 Scoring Summary Akron CMU 05:51 AKRON Deryn Bowser 49 yd pass from Matt Rodgers (Igor Iveljic kick), 3-60 1:23 10 7 1st 07:11 CMU Cody Wilson 27 yd pass from Dan LeFevour (Andrew Aguila kick), 4-88 1:06 0 7 2nd 06:15 AKRON Aaron Williams 0 yd blocked punt return (Igor Iveljic kick) 10 14 05:21 CMU Kito Poblah 4 yd pass from Dan LeFevour (Andrew Aguila kick failed), 3-12 0:46 0 13 00:37 IND Mitchell Evans10 yd pass from Ben Chappell (Nick Freeland kick), 12-77 5:32 17 14 2nd 14:39 CMU Dan LeFevour 1 yd run (Andrew Aguila kick), 7-27 2:54 0 20 3rd 08:26 IND Max Dedmond 3 yd pass from Ben Chappell (Nick Freeland kick), 5-18 2:34 24 14 09:59 AKRON Matt Rodgers 10 yd run (Igor Iveljic kick), 2-11 0:51 7 20 4th 14:23 IND Trea Burgess 5 yd run (Nick Freeland kick), 4-19 1:43 31 14 06:47 CMU Dan LeFevour 2 yd run (Andrew Aguila kick), 7-65 3:12 7 27 07:10 IND Darius Willis 2 yd run (Nick Freeland kick), 11-67 5:29 38 14 01:02 CMU Antonio Brown 9 yd pass from Dan LeFevour (Andrew Aguila kick), 10-66 4:00 7 34 00:35 AKRON Matt Rodgers 9 yd run (Igor Iveljic kick), 9-77 3:11 38 21 3rd 08:42 AKRON Matt Rodgers 1 yd run (Igor Iveljic kick), 4-40 1:02 14 34 03:40 CMU Antonio Brown 13 yd pass from Dan LeFevour (Andrew Aguila kick), 11-68 5:02 14 41 INDIANA AKRON 4th 09:42 CMU Paris Cotton 3 yd run (Andrew Aguila kick), 13-76 6:30 14 48 FIRST DOWNS...... 22 16 06:19 AKRON Joe Tuzze 9 yd run (Igor Iveljic kick), 8-56 3:23 21 48

RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 46-180 30-106 AKRON CMU PASSING YDS (NET)...... 175 165 FIRST DOWNS...... 15 30 Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 31-20-1 23-14-4 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 37-69 53-326 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 77-355 53-271 PASSING YDS (NET)...... 127 197 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 19-12-0 31-23-1 Punt Returns-Yards...... 0-0 3-61 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 56-196 84-523 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 4-121 5-76 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards...... 4-136 1-0 Punt Returns-Yards...... 0-0 3-31 Punts (Number-Avg)...... 3-31.0 5-41.6 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 8-187 3-24 Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1 1-0 Interception Returns-Yards...... 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards...... 4-45 5-52 Punts (Number-Avg)...... 5-41.4 1-16.0 Possession Time...... 34:51 25:09 Fumbles-Lost...... 2-1 2-0 Third-Down Conversions...... 10 of 15 1 of 7 Penalties-Yards...... 6-51 11-110 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 0 0 of 0 Possession Time...... 24:39 35:21 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 5-5 1-1 Third-Down Conversions...... 1 of 12 10 of 14 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 3-17 0-0 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 2 0 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 3-3 6-8 RUSHING: Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 0-0 5-29 Indiana - Darius Willis 15-66, TD; Trea Burgess 13-59, TD; Demetrius McCray 12-45; Tandon Doss 1-9; Bryan RUSHING: Payton 3-3; Mitchell Evans 1-0; TEAM 1-(-2). Akron - Joe Tuzze 12-62, 1 TD; Norman Shuford 5-11; Alex Allen 3-3; DeVoe Torrence 4-0; Matt Rodgers Akron - DeVoe Torrence 2-32; Alex Allen 8-29; Norman Shuford 5-18; Matt Rodgers 10-18, TD; Nate Burney 13-(-7), 2 TDs. 2-14; Joe Tuzze 1-0; Dashan Miller 1-minus 2; Jeremy Bruce 1-(-3). CMU - Dan LeFevour 19-140, 2TDs; Paris Cotton 16-75, 1 TD; Antonio Brown 5-65; Tyler Reed 5-34; Carl PASSING: Volny 5-26; TEAM 2-(-3); Brett Hartmann 1-(-11). Indiana - Ben Chappell 18-28-1-163, 2 TDs; Mitchell Evans 2-2-0-12; Adam Follett 0-1-0-0. PASSING: Akron - Matt Rodgers 14-23-4-165, TD. Akron - Matt Rodgers 12-19-0-127. RECEIVING: CMU - Dan LeFevour 23-31-1-197, 4 TDs. Indiana - Tandon Doss 7-60; Demario Belcher 5-49; Mitchell Evans 4-43, TD; Terrance Turner 2-12; Max RECEIVING: Dedmond 2-11, TD. Akron - Jeremy LaFrance 3-54; Anthony Meriwether 2-45; Joe Tuzze 2-14; DeVoe Torrence 2-minus 2; Deryn Akron - Deryn Bowser 3-86, TD; Nate Burney 3-26; Jeremy LaFrance 3-10; Dashan Miller 1-17; Alex Allen Bowser 1-6; Jeremy Bruce 1-5; Nadir Brown 1-5. 1-12; Jeremy Bruce 1-9; DeVoe Torrence 1-3; Norman Shuford 1-2. CMU - Antonio Brown 9-89, 2 TDs; Kito Poblah 4-20, TD; Cody Wilson 3-43, TD; Bryan Anderson 3-22; Paris INTS: Indiana - Austin Thomas 2-77; Tyler Replogle 1-30; Andre LaGrone 1-29. Akron - Wayne Cobham 1-0. Cotton 2-21; David Blackburn 1-4; Sean Skergan 1-(-2). AKRON TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Brian Wagner 8-4; Mike Thomas 7-1; Miguel Graham 6-1; Manley Waller INTERCEPTIONS: Akron - Brian Wagner 1-1. Central Michigan-None. 5-2; Tyler Campbell 4-1; Almondo Sewell 4-0; Aaron Williams 3-1; Wayne Cobham 2-2. AKRON TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Brian Wagner 10-6; Almondo Sewell 4-4; Tyler Campbell 6-1; Aaron Wil- liams 5-1; Wayne Cobham 2-4; Manley Waller 5-0; Shawn Lemon 4-1. 2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap October 10, 2009 October 17, 2009 GAME 5 InfoCision Stadium—Summa Field (16,381) GAME 6 UB Stadium (13,750) Akron...... 7 Akron...... 17 Ohio...... 19 Buffalo...... 21

AKRON — Two costly fumbles proved to be too much to overcome as the University of Akron BUFFALO, N.Y. — Akron true freshman quarterback Patrick Nicely, making his first career football team suffered a 19-7 setback to Ohio University on the first UA on-campus Homecom- start, led the Zips to a 17-14 lead after a field goal with 9:57 left in the game, but Buffalo ing at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field. rallied to score with six minutes left and intercepted a deflected pass with 1:32 left for a After dismissing three-year starting quarterback Chris Jacquemain from the team in week 21-17 decision at UB Stadium. three, sophomore Matt Rodgers was pressed into the starting role. Late in the second quarter, Nicely became just the fourth true freshman to start at quarterback with the Zips, joining Rodgers was lost for the game — and ultimately the season — with an injury, forcing true Brian Magrill (1994), Mic Hutton (1969) and Ron Boruszkowski (1962). He finished by com- freshman Patrick Nicely to see his first collegiate action. pleting 17-of-34 passes for 200 yards with two interceptions. Another UA freshman, redshirt The Bobcats took advantage of a short field to take an early 3-0 lead after a 25-yard Akron DeVoe Torrence, also had a solid game, rushing for 90 yards on 13 attempts (6.9 per carry). punt on the first possession. Chris Garrett had a 20-yard rush to get Ohio in scoring range and The teams traded punts on their first possessions. On the first play of Buffalo’s second Matt Weller capped the 10-play, 35-yard drive with a 27-yard field goal. drive, Akron’s Manley Waller picked off Zach Maynard at the UB 27. However, Akron fumbled The Zips looked to put points on the board just prior to halftime. Akron got down to the on third and two at the UB four. The Zips defense responded by forcing the Bulls to a three- Ohio four before Rodgers was tackled on the three and fumbled, which Patrick Tafua recov- and-out with Akron taking possession on the Buffalo 35 after the UB punt. ered in the endzone. The play was even more costly as Rodgers was injured on the play and On the ensuing possession, the Zips fumbled again near the UB goal line when Nicely was did not return. Rodgers was the Zips leading rusher with 80 yards on 11 attempts while he hit from behind and coughed up the ball. UA junior left guard Mike Ward, who has now started completed 10-of-19 passes for 89 yards with two interceptions. al 30 games of his UA career, recovered the ball in the endozone for his first TD and an early On the first drive on the second half for the Zips, Akron was forced to punt from its own 7-0 Zips’ lead. 15. Melvin Payne came up with the block and recovered the ball in the endzone for a 10-0 Buffalo tied the game at 7-7 midway through the second quarter. The Zips were backed up Bobcat lead. against their own goal line and forced to punt. Needing just 42 yards to score, the Bulls used Akron’s next possession resulted in a punt as well. However, it was the Zips which came up a 17-yard run by Maynard and a 20-yard Maynard to Naaman Roosevelt pass to get into scoring with a big play. The ruby-style punt was muffed by OU’s Riley Dunlop with UA’s Brian Wagner possession. Maynard and Roosevelt hooked up again from seven yards out for the game-tying came up with the fumble recovery. Starting at the Bobcats’ 30, Nicely a 16-yard run and, four score. plays later, Joe Tuzze scored from three yards out to make the score 10-7. The Zips opened the second half with a nice drive, which stalled and resulted in a missed Wagner, who entered the game as the MAC leader in tackles and ranking fifth in the NCAA, field goal. Then, with four minutes to go in the third, Buffalo replicated its scoring formula led Akron in tackling for the fifth consecutive game, getting 11 stops. from the first half. Akron had a short punt and the Bulls only need 43 yards to score. Maynard After the Zips missed a game-tying field goal late in the third, Ohio drove 64 yards in eight hit Roosevelt with the same crossing route, this time from eight yards out, for a 14-7 UB lead. plays and took a 13-7 lead to start the fourth after another 27-yard Weller field goal. On the As the third quarter drew to a close, Jalil Carter intercepted a Maynard pass. DeVoe Tor- ensuing kickoff, Dashan Miller fumbled, which Gerald Moore recovered. Theo Scott hit Ter- rence reeled off a 16-yard run followed by a 19-yard run to put the Zips in scoring position. rence McCrae on a seven-yard TD and the two-point conversion was unsuccessful for eventual Four plays later, senior Alex Allen topped the drive with a one-yard plunge over left guard to final margin of 19-7. tie the game at 14-14. Scott led the Bobcats, completing 11-of-21 passes for 132 yards and a TD. Akron’s defense forced a quick punt and the Zips took over at the UB 35. Nicely hit Dashan Miller on a quick out , which went for 14 yards, and then hit Jeremy Bruce for eight yards. Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score The drive stalled, but Branko Rogovic split the uprights from 30 yards out to give Akron a 17- Ohio 3 0 7 9 19 Record: (4-2,2-0) 14 lead. Akron 0 0 7 0 7 Record: (1-4,0-2) Buffalo answered right back with a nine-play drive to regain the advantage, 21-17. May- nard had three completions for over 15 yards on the drive, including two to Roosevelt, and Scoring Summary Ohio Akron Mario Henry scored from one yard out. 1st 09:00 OHIO Matt Weller 27 yd field goal, 10-35 4:26 3 0 The Zips drove to the UB 29 late in the game, but a Nicely pass across the middle was 3rd 10:49 OHIO Melvin Payne 0 yd blocked punt return (Matt Weller kick) 10 0 tipped and ultimately intercepted by Domonic Cook at the UB 22. He returned the ball 55 08:07 AKRON Joe Tuzze 3 yd run (Branko Rogovic kick), 5-30 1:35 10 7 yards and the Bulls ran out the clock for the win. 4th 14:04 OHIO Matt Weller 27 yd field goal, 8-64 3:45 13 7 Defensively for the Zips, Carter led the way with 12 tackles and an interception, while 10:56 OHIO Terrence McCrae 7 yd pass from Theo Scott (pass failed), 5-33 3:00 19 7 MAC Freshman of the Year candidate Brian Wagner had 10 stops.

OHIO AKRON Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score FIRST DOWNS...... 14 21 Akron 0 7 0 10 17 Record: (1-5,0-3) RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 41-160 34-159 Buffalo 0 7 7 7 21 Record: (3-4,1-2) PASSING YDS (NET)...... 132 187 Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 21-11-1 42-19-2 Scoring Summary Akron UB TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 62-292 76-346 2nd 14:47 AKRON Mike Ward 0 yd fumble recovery (Branko Rogovic kick), 5-35 2:16 7 0 08:47 UB Naaman Roosevelt 7 yd pass from Zach Maynard (A.J. PRINCIPE kick), 5-42 1:43 7 7 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 3rd 04:34 UB Naaman Roosevelt 8 yd pass from Zach Maynard (A.J. PRINCIPE kick), 6-43 3:16 7 14 Punt Returns-Yards...... 2-13 1--1 4th 12:56 AKRON Alex Allen 1 yd run (Branko Rogovic kick), 5-40 2:32 14 14 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 2-59 5-84 09:57 AKRON Branko Rogovic 30 yd field goal, 5-22 1:17 17 14 Interception Returns-Yards...... 2-8 1-0 05:59 UB Mario Henry 1 yd run (A.J. PRINCIPE kick), 9-68 3:49 17 21 Punts (Number-Avg)...... 5-31.6 3-20.7 AKRON BUFFALO Fumbles-Lost...... 2-1 3-3 FIRST DOWNS...... 19 19 Penalties-Yards...... 6-50 6-68 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 30-134 37-107 Possession Time...... 33:33 26:27 PASSING YDS (NET)...... 200 205 Third-Down Conversions...... 5 of 15 8 of 17 Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 34-17-2 35-20-2 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 1 of 2 2 of 3 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 64-334 72-312 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 3-5 1-3 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 1-7 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards...... 3-14 1-7 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 4-94 4-72 RUSHING: Interception Returns-Yards...... 2-13 2-55 Ohio - Vince Davidson 12-69; Chris Garrett 7-38; Donte Harden 12-29; Taylor Price 1-14; Gary Fortune 2-7; Punts (Number-Avg)...... 6-32.8 6-31.0 Theo Scott 6-4; TEAM 1-(1). Fumbles-Lost...... 2-1 1-0 Akron - Matt Rodgers 11-80; Joe Tuzze 14-60, TD; Patrick Nicely 3-18; Jeremy Bruce 2-12; Norman Shuford Penalties-Yards...... 5-33 5-49 2-5; Alex Allen 1-1; TEAM 1-(-17). Possession Time...... 27:32 32:28 Third-Down Conversions...... 5 of 14 6 of 14 PASSING: Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 0 0 of 1 Ohio - Theo Scott 11-21-1-132, TD. Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 3-5 3-3 Akron - Patrick Nicely 9-23-0-98; Matt Rodgers 10-19-2-89. Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 2-12 2-23 RUSHING: RECEIVING: Akron - DeVoe Torrence 13-90; Alex Allen 2-23; Joe Tuzze 7-17; Dashan Miller 1-4; Dale Martin 1-0; Patrick Ohio - Riley Dunlop 3-29; Terrence McCrae 3-20, TD; Taylor Price 2-40; Jahan Olyea 1-36; Nathan Caldwell Nicely 6-0; Mike Ward 0-0, TD. 1-4; LaVon Brazill 1-3. Buffalo - Mario Henry 20-62, TD; Zach Maynard 6-36; Ike Nduka 6-14; Brandon Thermilus 3-5; Team 2-(-10). Akron - Jeremy LaFrance 5-65; Deryn Bowser 4-47; Jeremy Bruce 3-20; Joe Tuzze 3-15; Dashan Miller 2-27; Alex Allen 1-13; Kyle Weber 1-0. PASSING: Akron - Patrick Nicely 17-34-2-200. Buffalo - Zach Maynard 20-35-2-205, 2 TDs. INTS: Ohio - Steven Jackson 1-5; Patrick Tafua 1-3. Akron - Miguel Graham 1-0. RECEIVING: Akron - Jeremy LaFrance 5-62; Andre Jones 4-53; Dashan Miller 2-36; Deryn Bowser 2-19; Jeremy Bruce AKRON TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Brian Wagner 7-4; Hasan Hazime 4-1; Wayne Cobham 3-2; Tyler Camp- 2-15; Kyle Weber 1-9; Dale Martin 1-6. bell 3-1; Almondo Sewell 3-1; Andre Jones 2-2; James Harvey 2-2. Buffalo - Naaman Roosevelt 12-100, 2 TDs; Brett Hamlin 5-76; Mario Henry 2-17; Ike Nduka 1-12. INTERCEPTIONS: Akron - Jalil Carter 1-11; Manley Waller 1-2. Buffalo - Domonic Cook 1-55; Mike Newton 1-0. AKRON TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Jalil Carter 6-6; Brian Wagner 2-8; Aaron Williams 2-5; Hasan Hazime 4-2; Mike Thomas 2-4; Miguel Graham 4-1; Marvase Byrd 2-3; Wayne Cobham 3-1; Sean Fobbs 1-3. 2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap October 24, 2009 October 31, 2009 GAME 7 Carrier Dome (36,991) GAME 8 Huskie Stadium (10,148) Akron...... 14 Akron...... 10 Syracuse...... 28 Northern Illinois...... 27

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Andre Jones played three positions and Dashan Miller set a UA record, but DeKalb, Ill. — Andre Jones posted a career high with 154 receiving yards, including an 80-yard it was not enough to overcome 170 rushing yards and three touchdowns by Syracuse’s Delone touchdown, but Northern Illinois scored 21 unanswered in the fourth quarter to secure a 27- Carter as the Orange defeated the Zips 28-14 at the Carrier Dome. 10 victory at Huskie Stadium. Jones started at wide receiver, while he played both corner back and quarterback, and The Zips, who started a true freshman quarterback two weeks prior, was forced to burn scored an 11-yard touchdown. Jones ended with three receptions for 90 yards, two carries another redshirt as true freshman Broderick Alexander made the start at running back for for eight yards and one tackle. Miller, who would earn MAC East Special Teams Player of the the Akron. He finished with 19 carries for 48 yards and is the first true freshman to start at Week, set a school record in kickoff return yards with 191 on four attempts, including a 98- running back since Terry Cameron in 1978. yard TD. (The previous record was 180 on 8 att. by Matt Carter in 2001.) Also in the game, Northern Illinois took the opening kickoff and drove deep into UA territory before the Zips Zack Campbell booted a 76-yard punt, the third-longest in UA history. came up with a stop forcing a field goal. On the 37-yard attempt, sophomore Hasan Hazime Syracuse took the opening kickoff and marched to the Akron 25 before Hasan Hazime had broke through the line and blocked the kick. an 11-yard sack, which forced an SU punt. The Zips were forced to punt on the ensuing drive, After a UA punt, the Huskies got a 21-yard run by Chad Spann to start the drive, which but Mike Jones muffed the return and UA true freshman long snapper Adam Steiner recovered ended with a 22-yard Mike Salerno field goal to give NIU an early 3-0 lead. With just under the ball. Then, Akron, after a 26-yard Patrick Nicely to Miller pass, turned the ball back over three minutes prior to halftime and after a Sean Fobbs sack, NIU’s Salerno hit a 37-yard field on a fumble. Two plays later, Akron got the ball right back when a high snap resulted in Miguel goal to put his team up 6-0. Graham recovering the loose ball, giving the Zips possession on the SU 13. On second-and- The Zips looked to cut their deficit in half prior to the break, but the field goal attempt eight from the SU 11. Nicely hit Jones on a post route for an early 7-0 lead. The pass was sailed wide right. However, Akron had the ball to start the third quarter and used two passes additionally Nicely’s first career TD and Jones’ first of the season. of 21 and 20 yards from Patrick Nicely-to-Jones to reach the NIU 17. The drive stalled, but Syracuse answered back two drives later, thanks to tailback Carter. The Copley native car- Bronko Rogovic split the uprights from 34 yards out to make the score 6-3. ried the ball five times in the seven-play, 60-yrad drive, including the final seven, to tie the NIU was driving midway through the third quarter, but a penalty would eventually lead game at 7-7. With just over four minuts left before the break the Orange’s Jones reeled off to a punt, which rolled in the endzone for a touchback. On the first play, running back Alex a 17-yard run capped the drive with a two-yard plunge to put Syracuse on top 14-7. Allen took a handoff and found an open Jones for an 80-yard touchdown, giving the Zips a Undaunted, Nicely led the Zips down the field, thanks to a 33-yard pass to Jones. With 10-6 advantage. four seconds left, Bronko Rogovic came on for a 29-yard field goal, but the kick sailed wide The lead was short lived. As the fourth quarter began, Spann looked to be stopped near left to keep the score 14-7 at halftime. the 15, but he broke a tackle and raced to the endzone for the 28-yard score. After the point Akron did not let the missed field goal deter them as Miller took the second half kickoff after, NIU led 13-10. and returned it 98 yards for a touchdown, tying the game at 14-14. As the first half ended for On its next possession, NIU took advantage of an Akron offside penalty for new life, lead- Akron, the second half began for Syracuse, seeing an nice drive stall and eventually end with ing to a two-yard Spann touchdown run and a 20-10 Huskie lead. a missed field goal. Akron made a push late to get back in the game, but Nicely was sacked and fumbled at However, on the ensuing possession, Akron only had a sixx-yard punt, which led to a the NIU 13. The Huskies tacked on a final score, a seven-yard Nathan Palmer run with under Syracuse touchdown and 21-14 lead. The four-play, 28-yard drive was capped with an 11-yard a minute to play to provide the final, 27-10. Greg Paulus to Marcus Sales pass for the score. After battling an illness the previous week, and getting just three tackles, Brian Wagner Early in the fourth quarter, Carter had a career-long 53-yard run to the UA eight and two returned to form with a team-high 12 tackles, followed by Almondo Sewell (11), Jalil Carter plays later he gave his team a 28-14 lead with a four-yard touchdown run. (10) and Mike Thomas (10). Nicely completed 16-of-25 passes for 191 yards. Wayne Cobham paced the Zips defense with 11 tackles. Brian Wagner, who entered ranked sixth in the NCAA in tackles, only had Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score three as he played sparingly due to illness. Akron 0 0 10 0 10 Record: (1-7,0-4) The statistics were nearly even at the break, UA’s 151 yards on 28 plays to SU’s 157 on 29. Northern Illinois 3 3 0 21 27 Record: (5-3,3-1) However, Akron only had nine offensive plays for seven yards in the third quarter, allowing the Orange to pull away in the second half. Scoring Summary Akron NIU 1st 02:41 NIU Mike Salerno 22 yd field goal, 8-46 3:40 0 3 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score 2nd 02:50 NIU Mike Salerno 37 yd field goal, 10-45 5:00 0 6 Akron 7 0 7 0 14 Record: (1-6,0-3) 3rd 10:42 AKRON Branko Rogovic 34 yd field goal, 10-55 4:18 3 6 Syracuse 0 14 7 7 28 Record: (3-4,0-2) 05:25 AKRON Andre Jones 80 yd pass from Alex Allen (Branko Rogovic kick), 1-80 0:11 10 6 4th 13:35 NIU Chad Spann 28 yd run (Mike Salerno kick), 6-47 2:52 10 13 Scoring Summary Akron SU 07:59 NIU Chad Spann 2 yd run (Mike Salerno kick), 7-53 3:56 10 20 1st 04:55 AKRON Andre Jones 11 yd pass from Patrick Nicely (Branko Rogovic kick), 2-13 0:43 7 0 00:46 NIU Nathan Palmer 7 yd run (Mike Salerno kick), 5-27 2:13 10 27 2nd 12:20 SYR Delone Carter 7 yd run (Ryan Lichtenstein kick), 7-60 3:01 7 7 04:14 SYR Delone Carter 2 yd run (Ryan Lichtenstein kick), 8-66 3:36 7 14 AKRON NIU 3rd 14:44 AKRON Dashan Miller 98 yd kickoff return (Branko Rogovic kick) 14 14 FIRST DOWNS...... 12 18 06:47 SYR Marcus Sales 11 yd pass from Greg Paulus (Jake Smith kick), 4-28 1:31 14 21 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 24-31 54-275 4th 10:46 SYR Delone Carter 4 yd run (Jake Smith kick), 4-59 1:49 14 28 PASSING YDS (NET)...... 204 62 AKRON SYRACUSE Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 28-12-0 18-10-0 FIRST DOWNS...... 9 20 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 52-235 72-337 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 24-0 46-234 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 PASSING YDS (NET)...... 191 105 Punt Returns-Yards...... 3--2 3-32 Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 25-16-0 18-12-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 6-77 3-43 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 49-191 64-339 Interception Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg)...... 7-33.4 5-49.0 Punt Returns-Yards...... 1-0 4-33 Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1 1-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 5-213 3-54 Penalties-Yards...... 7-45 9-105 Interception Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Possession Time...... 22:56 37:00 Punts (Number-Avg)...... 7-41.7 4-35.0 Third-Down Conversions...... 0 of 10 10 of 19 Fumbles-Lost...... 2-2 4-2 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 0 1 of 1 Penalties-Yards...... 8-80 4-30 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 1-2 4-4 Possession Time...... 26:19 33:39 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 1-10 3-16 Third-Down Conversions...... 1 of 11 2 of 9 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 0 1 of 1 RUSHING: Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 1-2 4-5 Akron - Broderick Alexander 19-48; Dale Martin 1-2; Patrick Nicely 4-(-19). Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 1-11 5-42 Northern Illinois - Chad Spann 21-125, 2 TDs; DeMarcus Grady 20-109; Nathan Palmer 2-30, TD; Me’co RUSHING: Brown 10-13; TEAM 1-(-2). Akron - DeVoe Torrence 8-17; Dale Martin 3-13; Andre Jones 2-8; Alex Allen 1-2; Nate Burney 1-(-5); Patrick Nicely 9-(-35). PASSING: Syracuse - Delone Carter 30-170, 3 TDs; Mike Jones 2-29; Donte Davis 3-26; Ryan Nassib 4-14; Greg Paulus Akron - Patrick Nicely 11-27-0-124; Alex Allen 1-1-0-80, TD. 2-9; Antwon Bailey 1-7; TEAM 4-(-21). Northern Illinois - DeMarcus Grady 10-18-0-62. PASSING: Akron - Patrick Nicely 16-25-0-191, TD. RECEIVING: Syracuse - Greg Paulus 12-17-0-105, TD; Ryan Nassib 0-1-0-0. Akron - Andre Jones 6-154, TD; Jeremy Bruce 2-9; Jeremy LaFrance 1-18; Dashan Miller 1-14; Dale Martin RECEIVING: 1-7; Broderick Alexander 1-2. Akron - Jeremy LaFrance 5-46; Andre Jones 3-90, TD; Jeremy Bruce 3-17; Dashan Miller 1-26; DeVoe Tor- Northern Illinois - Perez Ashford 4-30; Willie Clark 3-18; Marcus Lewis 2-11; Kyle Skarb 1-3. rence 1-4; Alex Allen 1-3; Curtis Brown 1-3; Dale Martin 1-2. Syracuse - Marcus Sales 6-61, TD; Alec Lemon 2-22; Antwon Bailey 2-(-3); Van Chew 1-15; Delone Carter INTERCEPTIONS: None. 1-10. AKRON TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Wayne Cobham 5-6; Jalil Carter 4-2; Sean Fobbs 4-2; Shawn Lemon 3-3; AKRON TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Brian Wagner 6-6; Almondo Sewell 4-7; Jalil Carter 6-4; Mike Thomas Marcus Lemon 1-4; Mike Thomas 3-1; Almondo Sewell 3-1; Hasan Hazime 2-2; Amin Kabir 2-2. 3-7; Miguel Graham 3-3; Hasan Hazime 3-3; Sean Fobbs 1-5; Amin Kabir 2-3; James Harvey 2-2. 2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap November 7, 2009 November 13, 2009 GAME 9 InfoCision Stadium—Summa Field (20,802) GAME 10 InfoCision Stadium—Summa Field (10,927) Akron...... 28 Akron...... 17 Kent State...... 20 Temple...... 56

AKRON — Akron receivers Jeremy LaFrance and Andre Jones, as well as defenders Brian Wag- AKRON — Akron took advantage of two early turnovers to gain an early 17-7 lead, but Temple ner and Miguel Graham, came up big on several occasions to lead the Zips to a 28-20 victory scored 49 unanswered to win its eighth straight of the season, defeating the Zips 56-17. over rival Kent State, keeping the coveted Wagon Wheel for the third consecutive season. Temple jumped out to an early lead off the opening kickoff. After a first down, Chester LaFrance posted 126 yards receiving and scored two touchdowns in the victory. Jones Stewart hit Michael Campbell on a deep pass down the middle of the field which resulted in caught six passes for 93 yards and had an eight-yard rushing TD. Wagner had a team-high 15 a 63-yard touchdown, the longest pass play the Zips have surrendered this season. tackles, including two for losses, while Graham had a career-high six pass breakups, to earn Akron answered right back to tie the game at 7-7 with a seven-play, 78-yard drive. Andre MAC East Defensive Player of the Week Honors. Jones accounted for 36 yards, including an 11-yard reception, an 18-yard rush and a nine- Kent State took the opening kickoff and, after a 25-yard run by Jacquise Terry on the yard touchdown catch from Patrick Nicely. Flashes’ first play from scrimmage, eventually took an early 3-0 lead on a 37-yard field goal On the ensuing drive, Manley Waller picked off Temple’s Stewart for Waller’s third inter- by Freddy Cortez. ception of the season. The UA drive stalled, but Bronko Rogovic split the uprights from 45 The Zips answered back, taking advantage of a pooch kickoff and subsequent penalty to yards out for a 10-7 UA advantage. The kick was the longest of the season for the Zips and start their drive on KSU 45. Akron got a 10-yard run from Broderick Alexander, a 19-yarder the longest since Igor Iveljic’s 49-yarder versus Buffalo last season (a span of 11 games). from Dale Martin and a nine-yarder from Patrick Nicely to get in scoring range. Three plays On the following drive, Akron came with another turnover. Temple center John Palumbo later, senior Alex Allen punched it into the endzone for a 7-3 UA advantage. prematurely snapped the ball on the Owl 26 and Akron linebacker Sean Fobbs corralled the The teams settled down until early in the second quarter when, one play after a KSU punt, loose ball in the endzone for the score and a 17-7 lead. The score was the first of Fobbs’ Nicely hit LaFrance on a 59-yard touchdown pass for a 14-3 UA lead. career and the first UA fumble recovery for a score since Jones’ 64-yard return versus Central Kent State got back on track midway through the second quarter. Keith hit Dri Archer on Michigan on Nov. 23, 2007. a pair of long completions to start the drive. Later, the two hooked up again with a 22-yard Temple got back on track, apparently scoring on a 62-yard run by Jason Harper. However, touchdown, trimming the KSU deficit to three, 14-10. a personal foul during the run brought the ball back to midfield. Undaunted, Temple took ad- The Golden Flashes, on their next possession, came within one, 14-13, as time expired vantage of an Akron penalty and later got an impressive 22-yard touchdown run from James thanks to a 19-yard field goal from Cortex. However, the damage could have been worse. The Nixon, cutting the Zips’ lead to three, 17-14. Flashes had first and goal from the two, but Graham broke up three straight passes in the The Owls regained the lead, 21-17, midway through the second quarter (6:15 mark) on endzone to force the field goal and preserve the UA lead. a 66-yard punt return for a touchdown by Delano Green. Prior to the break, Bernard Pierce Akron opened the second half with an impressive drive, but a bad snap led to a missed broke off a 45-yard run and, two plays later, Stewart kept the ball on an option and scored field. However, after the UA defense forced a punt, Akron picked right back up with two long from seven yards out for a 28-17 lead. On the Zips first play from scrimmage after the TU runs by Joe Tuzze. Later, with UA inside the 10 yard line, Jones lined up at quarterback in the score, Nicely was intercepted by Wilbert Brinson, who returned the ball to the UA five. After “wildcat” formation and ran eight yards for the score, putting his team up 21-13. a Zips’ penalty, Pierce scored from two yards out and the point after put Temple up 35-17. The Zips pushed their advantage to 28-13 early in the fourth quarter. Nicely started the Temple kept the pressure on to start the third. After forcing an Akron punt, the Owls went nine-play drive with a 34-yard completion to Jones, then hit LaFrance on a key third down. up 42-17 after a 24-yard Stewart to Joe Jones screen pass for a score. The Owls pushed their On third and goal, Nicely hit LeFrance in the left corner of the endzone for what proved to advantage to 49-17 after a one-yard Stewart run as the fourth quarter began. After an Akron be the game winner and a 28-13 advantage. fumble, the Owls only needed five plays to cover 26 yards, the final five from Mat Brown, to Kent State cut its deficit to eight, 28-20, on a nine-yard Keith to Kendrick Pressley with make the score 56-17. 5:36 left to play. At the 2:29 mark, Akron was forced to punt, which was downed by Tyler Pierce finished with 97 yards on 19 attempts, while Campbell had three catches for 97 Campbell at the KSU one. Keith got his team rolling but the drive satlled near mid-field. On yards. For the Zips, Jones caught five passes for 41 yards. the fourth and 10, Akron’s Mike Thomas intercepted the ball at Akron 40-yard line with 33 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score seconds left to secure the 28-20 victory for the Zips. Temple 14 21 7 14 56 Record: (8-2,6-0) The Golden Flashes were held to just 38 yards rushing for the contest and, entering as one Akron 17 0 0 0 17 Record: (2-8,1-5) of the top teams in the nation for sacks with 30 on the season, the UA offensive line did not Scoring Summary Temple Akron allow a sack in the contest. 1st 12:34 TEMPLE Michael Campbell 63 yd pass from C. Stewart (Brandon McManus kick), 5-74 2:26 7 0 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score 09:30 AKRON Andre Jones 9 yd pass from Patrick Nicely (Branko Rogovic kick), 7-78 2:56 7 7 Kent State 3 10 0 7 20 Record: (5-5,4-2) 05:00 AKRON Branko Rogovic 45 yd field goal, 8-27 3:35 7 10 Akron 7 7 7 7 28 Record: (2-7,1-4) 03:06 AKRON Sean Fobbs 0 yd fumble recovery (Branko Rogovic kick) 7 17 00:10 TEMPLE James Nixon 22 yd run (Brandon McManus kick), 7-60 2:50 14 17 Scoring Summary Kent Akron 2nd 06:15 TEMPLE Delano Green 66 yd punt return (Brandon McManus kick) 21 17 1st 10:30 KENT Freddy Coretz 37 yd field goal, 9-60 4:30 3 0 01:06 TEMPLE Chester Stewart 8 yd run (Brandon McManus kick), 3-67 0:22 28 17 06:05 AKRON Alex Allen 1 yd run (Branko Rogovic kick), 9-60 4:23 3 7 00:31 TEMPLE Bernard Pierce 2 yd run (Brandon McManus kick), 1-5 0:12 35 17 2nd 14:37 AKRON Jeremy LaFrance 59 yd pass from Patrick Nicely (Branko Rogovic kick), 1-59 0:11 3 14 3rd 09:37 TEMPLE Joe Jones 24 yd pass from C. Stewart (Brandon McManus kick), 8-60 3:33 42 17 04:11 KENT Dri Archer 22 yd pass from Spencer Keith (Freddy Cortez kick), 8-72 3:00 10 14 4th 14:30 TEMPLE Chester Stewart 1 yd run (Brandon McManus kick), 15-80 7:46 49 17 00:00 KENT Freddy Cortez 19 yd field goal, 13-74 3:12 13 14 11:31 TEMPLE Matt Brown 5 yd run (Brandon McManus kick), 5-26 2:37 56 17 3rd 05:03 AKRON Andre Jones 8 yd run (Branko Rogovic kick), 11-73 3:45 13 21 4th 12:05 AKRON Jeremy LaFrance 6 yd pass from Patrick Nicely (Branko Rogovic kick), 9-75 4:07 13 28 TEMPLE AKRON 05:36 KENT Kendrick Pressley 9 yd pass from Spencer Keith (Freddy Cortez kick), 9-80 2:36 20 28 FIRST DOWNS...... 24 16 KENT AKRON RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 54-258 29-112 FIRST DOWNS...... 22 25 PASSING YDS (NET)...... 145 135 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 21-38 40-168 Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 12-6-1 34-19-1 PASSING YDS (NET)...... 377 261 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 66-403 63-247 Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 59-30-2 35-19-1 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 80-415 75-429 Punt Returns-Yards...... 2-70 1-11 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 3-47 7-159 Punt Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards...... 1-32 1-11 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 2-25 1-6 Punts (Number-Avg)...... 3-35.7 8-36.6 Interception Returns-Yards...... 1-0 2-24 Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1 2-1 Punts (Number-Avg)...... 6-37.0 6-36.2 Penalties-Yards...... 6-50 7-72 Fumbles-Lost...... 0-0 0-0 Possession Time...... 33:28 26:32 Penalties-Yards...... 3-25 4-32 Third-Down Conversions...... 7 of 12 5 of 14 Possession Time...... 27:22 32:38 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 0 0 of 0 Third-Down Conversions...... 6 of 18 4 of 12 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 4-4 1-1 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 3 0 of 1 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 2-12 1-8 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 4-4 3-5 RUSHING: Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Temple - Bernard Pierce 19-97, TD; Matt Brown 17-67, TD; James Nixon 2-33, TD; Chester Stew- RUSHING: art 7-28, 2 TDs; Jason Harper 1-27; Lamar McPherson 6-25; Delano Green 1-7; TEAM 1-(-26). Kent State - Jacquise Terry 7-18; Andre Flowers 6-11; Dri Archer 4-8; Spencer Keith 4-1. Akron - Joe Tuzze 8-35; Andre Jones 1-18; Dale Martin 3-17; Dashan Miller 1-13; Nate Burney 2-10; Broder- Akron - Broderick Alexander 13-42; Joe Tuzze 8-42; Dale Martin 3-23; Dashan Miller 2-23; Patrick Nicely 6-20; ick Alexander 4-8; Alex Allen 3-7; Jeremy Bruce 1-5; Jared Wackerly 1-2; Patrick Nicely 5-(-3). Jeremy Bruce 1-9; Andre Jones 3-8, TD; Alex Allen 3-2, TD; TEAM 1-(-1). PASSING: PASSING: Temple - Chester Stewart 6-11-1-145, 2 TDs; Vaughn Charlton 0-1-0-0. Kent State - Spencer Keith 30-59-2-377, 2 TDs. Akron - Patrick Nicely 15-29-1-99, TD; Jared Wackerly 4-5-0-36. Akron - Patrick Nicely 19-34-1-261, 2 TDs; Andre Jones 0-1-0-0 RECEIVING: RECEIVING: Temple - Michael Campbell 3-97, TD; Joe Jones 2-41, TD; Steve Maneri 1-7. Kent State - Tyshon Goode 8-132, TD; Dri Archer 8-90; Phil Garner 4-54; Kendrick Pressley 4-47, TD; James- Akron - Andre Jones 5-41, TD; Anthony Meriwether 3-22; Nadir Brown 2-22; Jeremy LaFrance 2-15; Nate on Konz 2-33; Sam Kirkland 2-13; Jacquise Terry 2-8. Burney 2-14; Dale Martin 2-3; Dashan Miller 1-8; Jeremy Bruce 1-6; Kyle Weber 1-4. Akron - Jeremy LaFrance 8-126, 2 TDs; Andre Jones 6-93; Jeremy Bruce 2-17; Dashan Miller 1-12; Dale Martin 1-12; Broderick Alexander 1-1. INTS: Temple - Wilbert Brinson 1-32. Akron - Manley Waller 1-11. . INTS: Kent State - Danny Sadler 1-0. Akron - Wayne Cobham 1-24; Mike Thomas 1-0. AKRON TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Brian Wagner 6-3; Almondo Sewell 3-4; Tyler Campbell 4-2; Mike Thom- AKRON TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Brian Wagner 10-5; Jalil Carter 3-4; Miguel Graham 5-1; Wayne Cob- as 4-2; Miguel Graham 4-0; Matt Little 4-0; Marcus Lemon 3-1; Kevin Davis 2-2; Manley Waller 2-2. ham 3-2; Hasan Hazime 2-2; Will Fleming 3-0; Almondo Sewell 1-2; Manley Waller 0-3. 2009 Akron Zips Game Notes 2009 Season Recap November 20, 2009 November 27, 2009 GAME 11 Doyt L. Perry Stadium (9,163) GAME 12 InfoCision Stadium—Summa Field (9,962) Akron...... 20 Akron...... 28 Bowling Green...... 36 Eastern Michigan...... 21

BOWLING GREEN — Akron led 10-9 at half and showcased an impressive run game, rolling up AKRON — The University of Akron football team wrapped up its 2009 season with a 28-21 win 151 yards and averaging 6.9 per carry. However, Bowling Green’s Tyler Sheehan and Freddie over the Eastern Michigan Eagles at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field. Barnes led the Falcons to 27 second-half points and a 36-20 decision at Perry Stadium. On the day, senior Dashan Miller helped the Zips out on all sides of the ball posting a com- Barnes, the nation’s leading receiver, caught 12 passes for 197 yards and two scores, while bined 152 yards, which included 78 yards in kick returns, 49 rushing and 25 receiving. Fellow Sheehan completed 23-of-32 passes for 338 yards. Akron too had a good quarterback and senior, Miguel Graham also went out in fine fashion as he picked off two passes – returning receiver tandem as Patrick Nicely completed 22-of-32 for 259 yards and two scores, while one for a 62-yard score, and getting six tackles – including 1.5 for losses. Andre Jones had eight receptions for 114 yards. The Zips took an early 7-0 lead thanks to senior running back Alex Allen, who had five Akron took the opening kickoff and drove 65 yards before Bronko Rogovic split the uprights rushes on the seven-play, 71-yard drive. After a 20-yard run by Miller, Patrick Nicely hit Jer- from 27 yards out for an early 3-0 UA lead. During the drive, the Zips had three rushes over emy LaFrance for a 24-yard completion to the EMU six. Two plays later, Allen found paydirt 20 yards, including a 22-yarder by Broderick Alexander, a 21-yarder by Dashan Miller and a from two yards out. 20-yarder by Nicely. (In Akron’s first 10 games, the Zips only had five runs of over 20 yards.) Eastern Michigan answered back with a 10-play, 5-2 yard drive, taking 5:16 off the clock. Bowling Green answered back, getting a 33-yard Sheehan to Barnes completion on its first The big play was a 26-yard screen play from Alex Gillet to Dwayne Priest to the Akron 27. play from scrimmage. A third down conversion and a defensive holding penalty gave BGSU Priest was stopped for no gain on his first attempt, but broke through for the score on his first and goal then got a four-yard Willie Geter touchdown run for a 7-3 advantage. second to tie the game at 7-7. Alex Allen showed his old form early in the second quarter, getting a season-long run of On the ensuing kickoff, Miller had a 42-yard kick return and, on the first play from scrim- 21 yards. After converting a fourth down, Nicely hit Jeremy Bruce in the right corner of the mage, caught a 25-yard pass from Nicely to the EMU 13. Allen capped the drive with an eight- endzone for a 10-7 lead. yard score, his second of the day and fifth of the season. The Falcons once again answered right back. Sheehan hit Barnes on a an impressive 24- The back and forth game continued as EMU once again grinded out a drive, consuming yard pass on third-and-10. Three completions put the Falcons in first and goal. Chris Bullock 4:05. Gillett broke one tackle at the line of scrimmage and out-ran the defense for a 27-yard gained two yards and Sheehan five to the UA two. Barnes took the direct snap to gain one score, knotting the game at 14-14. yard, but was inside the one yard line. Then, on fourth and inches, Brian Wagner, who had After the teams traded punts and turnovers, senior Miguel Graham picked off a Gillet pass 15 tackles, and Hasan Hazime stopped Sheehan one inch shy of the goal line. However, UA’s and returned it 62 yards for a touchdown to put the Zips up 21-14. EMU drove late in the first Alexander was stopped by Jahmal Brown for a safety for a 10-9 score at the half. half, but a field goal attempt as time expired fell short. Bowling Green opened the second half with Sheehan and Barnes doing most the damage The Zips rode that momentum to start the second half. Miller returned the kickoff 28 on a drive, including a 22-yard pass, an 11-yard pass and a four-yard shovel pass for a score, yards to the 50. Five plays later Miller took the ball on a reverse and scored from 29 yards to take a 16-10 lead. After an Akron punt, Sheehan hit Barnes on a short pass and Barnes out, putting the Zips up 28-14. turned it into a 53-yard gain to the UA 15. The two hooked up again on a fade route to the Eastern Michigan would come within seven, 28-21, with 1:53 left in the fourth quarter off left corner of the endzone for 15 yards to go up 23-10. of a three-yard rush from EMU’s Dwayne Priest. However the ensuing on-side kick was fielded Akron’s Jeremy LaFrance had a long kick return and Nicely found Jones for a 26 yards to by Akron’s Lafrance and the Zips ran out the clock for the victory. get in scoring range. Rogovic cut the deficit to 23-13 after a 30-yard field goal. BGSU continued to answer back after an Akron score. Chris Bullock capped an eight-play, 54-yard drive Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score with a one-yard run to put his team up 30-13. Eastern Michigan 7 7 0 7 21 Record: (0-12,0-8) Undaunted the Zips marched right back down the field. Nicely completed an 11-yard pass Akron 14 7 7 0 28 Record: (3-9,2-6) to Jones to convert a third down. On the next play, Nicely hit Jones for a 34-yard touchdown, cutting the deficit to 10 once again, 30-20. The score was the 11th TD reception for Jones, Scoring Summary EMU Akron and his 14th overall, putting him sixth on the UA career list for TD receptions. 1st 08:19 AKRON Alex Allen 2 yd run (Branko Rogovic kick), 7-71 2:41 0 7 On the ensuing kickoff, the Zips tried to sneak a short kick past the Falcons, but Keith 02:52 EMU Dwayne Priest 1 yd run (Joe Carithers kick), 10-52 5:16 7 7 Morgan caught the ball and returned it 41 yards for a touchdown. The point after was unsuc- 01:32 AKRON Alex Allen 8 yd run (Branko Rogovic kick), 3-38 1:10 7 14 cessful, making the score 36-20. 2nd 12:20 EMU Alex Gillett 27 yd run (Joe Carithers kick), 8-62 4:05 14 14 01:59 AKRON Miguel Graham 62 yd interception return (Branko Rogovic kick) 14 21 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score 3rd 12:55 AKRON Dashan Miller 29 yd run (Branko Rogovic kick), 5-50 1:57 14 28 Akron 3 7 3 7 20 Record: (2-9,1-6) 4th 01:53 EMU Dwayne Priest 1 yd run (Joe Carithers kick), 13-55 4:07 21 28 Bowling Green 7 2 14 13 36 Record: (6-5,5-2) EMU AKRON Scoring Summary Akron BGSU FIRST DOWNS...... 19 14 1st 10:46 AKRON Branko Rogovic 27 yd field goal, 10-68 4:14 3 0 08:25 BGSU Willie Geter 4 yd run (Matt Norsic kick), 6-73 2:14 3 7 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 43-172 36-193 2nd 08:28 AKRON Jeremy Bruce 10 yd pass from Patrick Nicely (Branko Rogovic kick), 17-86 9:27 10 7 PASSING YDS (NET)...... 148 117 01:43 BGSU Jahmal Brown safety 10 9 Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 31-16-2 18-11-2 3rd 07:27 BGSU Freddie Barnes 4 yd pass from Tyler Sheehan (Matt Norsic kick), 14-73 7:28 10 16 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 74-320 54-310 04:28 BGSU Freddie Barnes 15 yd pass from Tyler Sheehan (Matt Norsic kick), 4-68 2:03 10 23 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 01:37 AKRON Branko Rogovic 30 yd field goal, 6-45 2:41 13 23 Punt Returns-Yards...... 1--1 2-11 4th 12:41 BGSU Chris Bullock 1 yd run (Matt Norsic kick), 8-54 3:46 13 30 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 5-106 4-95 10:50 AKRON Andre Jones 34 yd pass from Patrick Nicely (Branko Rogovic kick), 5-60 1:51 20 30 Interception Returns-Yards...... 2-13 2-62 10:44 BGSU Keith Morgan 41 yd kickoff return (Matt Norsic kick failed) 20 36 Punts (Number-Avg)...... 5-33.2 3-45.0 AKRON BGSU Fumbles-Lost...... 2-0 1-1 FIRST DOWNS...... 21 21 Penalties-Yards...... 3-25 6-54 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 30-171 33-136 Possession Time...... 34:46 25:14 PASSING YDS (NET)...... 259 338 Third-Down Conversions...... 10 of 17 4 of 11 Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 32-22-0 32-23-0 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 1 of 2 0 of 2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 62-430 65-474 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 2-2 2-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 0-0 2-3 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards...... 1-0 0-0 RUSHING: Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 5-112 6-147 Eastern Michigan - Alex Gillett 19-102, TD; Dwayne Priest 18-36, 2 TDs; Corey Welch 5-29; DeAnthony White Interception Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 1-5. Punts (Number-Avg)...... 2-30.0 3-32.0 Akron - Broderick Alexander 10-54; Alex Allen 14-50, 2 TDs; Dashan Miller 2-49, TD; Patrick Nicely 2-32; Dale Fumbles-Lost...... 2-1 1-0 Martin 5-10; Jeremy Bruce 1-5; TEAM 2-(-7). Penalties-Yards...... 8-59 2-25 Possession Time...... 28:57 31:03 PASSING: Third-Down Conversions...... 5 of 11 10 of 14 Eastern Michigan - Alex Gillett 16-30-2-148; TEAM 0-1-0-0. Fourth-Down Conversions...... 1 of 2 0 of 1 Akron - Patrick Nicely 11-18-2-117. Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 3-4 4-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 2-10 1-4 RECEIVING: RUSHING: Eastern Michigan - Garrett Hoskins 3-35; Nick Olds 3-22; Dwayne Priest 2-26; Kinsman Thomas 2-22; Jacory Akron - Broderick Alexander 13-46; Dale Martin 3-38; Patrick Nicely 7-33; Alex Allen 6-33; Dashan Miller 1-21. Stone 2-15; Tyrone Burke 2-13; Corey Welsch 1-14; Trey Hunter 1-1. Akron - Jeremy LaFrance 4-59; Jeremy Bruce 2-2; Dashan Miller 1-25; Kyle Weber 1-13; Andre Jones 1-8; BGSU - Chris Bullock 8-90, TD; Willie Geter 13-21, TD; Freddie Barnes 4-15; Tyler Sheehan 6-13; TEAM 2-(-3). Dale Martin 1-5; Alex Allen 1-5. . PASSING: Akron - Akron-Patrick Nicely 22-32-0-259, 2 TDs. Bowling Green - Tyler Sheehan 23-32-0-338, 2 TDs. INTS: Eastern Michigan - Martavius Cardwell1-13; Marcell Rose 1-0. Akron - Miguel Graham 2-62, TD. RECEIVING: Akron - Andre Jones 8-114, TD; Jeremy Bruce 5-47, TD; Dashan Miller 3-44; Jeremy LaFrance 2-12; Nadir AKRON TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Mike Thomas 8-4; Brian Wagner 6-5; Hasan Hazime 7-1; Miguel Graham Brown 1-34; Alex Allen 1-3; DeVoe Torrence 1-3; Dale Martin 1-2. 2-4; Almondo Sewell 3-2; Will Fleming 3-2; Wayne Cobham 4-0; Manley Waller 4-0. Bowling Green - Freddie Barnes 12-197, 2 TDs; Chris Wright 3-41; Chris Bullock 2-39; Jimmy Scheidler 2-27; Willie Geter 2-16; Ray Hutsn 1-11; Adrian Hodges 1-7. AKRON TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Brian Wagner 5-10; Manley Waller 6-3; Jalil Carter 3-6; Will Fleming 3-5; Mike Thomas 3-4; Miguel Graham 4-1; Kevin Davis 1-4; Deni Odofin 0-3; Hasan Hazime 0-3.