MAC Football Week #2 Quick Notes

From the MAC office

MAC all-time non-conference wins versus ranked teams

Aug. 28, 2003 - at NIU 20, #15/#14 Maryland 13 - OT

Sept. 6, 2003 - BGSU 27, at #16/#20 Purdue 26

Sept. 20, 2003 - Marshall 27 at #6/#6 Kansas State 20

Sept. 20, 2003 - at Toledo 35, #9/#11 Pittsburgh 31

Sept. 20, 2003 - Northern Illinois 19 at #21/nr Alabama 16

1999 Dec. 27 - #11/#11 Marshall 21 vs. #25 BYU 3 – Motor City Bowl

Sept. 5, 1998 - Miami 13, at #12 N. Carolina 10

Oct. 4, 1997 - Miami 24, at #12 Virginia Tech 17

Sept. 16, 1995 - Miami 30, at #25 Northwestern 28

Sept. 14, 1991 - C. Michigan 20, at #18 Mich. State 3

Sept. 20, 1986 - Miami 21, #8 LSU 12

Dec. 19, 1981 - Toledo 27, #20 (UPI) San Jose State 25 - California Bowl

Sept. 16, 1972 - BGSU 17 at #18 Purdue 14

Oct. 13, 1962 - Miami 10 at #9 Purdue 7

MAC QUICK NOTES

THIS WEEK
The conference race gets going with three league games this week. Preseason favorite Northern Illinois hosts Ohio, West Division challengers meet in the Toledo at Western Michigan match up, and Bowling Green hosts Buffalo. Four MAC teams play opponents from the Big Ten. Ball State will welcome Indiana while Central Michigan plays at Michigan, Eastern Michigan is at Michigan State and Miami is at Purdue. Akron is at North Carolina State; Kent State at Army; and future MAC member Temple holds its home opener against Louisville.

QUICK HITS
Northern Illinois’ Garret Wolfe rushed for 171 yards on 26 carries and caught five passes

for 114 yards in the Huskies’ 35-12 loss at #1 Ohio State. In his last three games vs. Big Ten opponents, Wolfe has rushed for 564 yards, an average of 188 yards per game (148 vs. Michigan and 245 vs. Northwestern in 2005). Toledo’s 45-43 overtime loss was its first extended loss in school history. The Rockets are 3-1 all-time in OT contests. WR Steve Odom caught a pass in his 38th consecutive game, the longest active streak in the nation. Ball State won its season opener Thursday in a conference match up vs. Eastern Michigan 38-20. The Cardinals have won four of their last five games dating back to last year after starting the 2005 campaign 1-6.

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FAMILY REUNION
Former Ball State head coach Bill Lynch is in his second season at Indiana, BSU’s opponent on Saturday, as the assistant head coach plus coaches the quarterbacks and tight ends. Coach Lynch, who is the father of Ball State quarterback Joey Lynch was an assistant coach at Ball State from 1990-92 and was the school’s head coach from 1995-2002. Coach Lynch guided the Cardinals to the 1996 Mid-American Conference Championship and a berth in the Las Vegas Bowl plus a MAC West Division Co-Championship in 2001. Billy Lynch, who played football and basketball at Ball State from 1997-2002, is the wide receivers coach at Indiana and he is the brother of Ball State quarterback Joey Lynch and the son of Indiana assistant head coach Bill Lynch. Billy played wide receiver and point guard for the Cardinals, leading BSU in receptions as a senior with 40 catches for 419 yards and a 10.9 yards-per-catch average.

REDSHIRT REVIEW
Redshirt freshman James Starks dashed 18 yards for a touchdown for a 9-3 win in Buffalo’s opener at home vs. Temple. The victory marked the debut of head coaches for both teams – Turner Gill at Buffalo and Al Golden at Temple. It marked the Bulls first season-opening win since joining the I-A ranks in 1999. Temple played 11 true freshmen in the game. Another redshirt frosh, quarterback Dan LeFevour of Central Michigan, came off the bench and accounted for 293 yards of total offense in his first collegiate game in a 31-24 loss to Boston College. His 72 rushing yards were a game-high and included a 41-yard run on third and four in the first quarter that set up a field goal. He threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Ontario Sneed on third-and-10 midway through the third quarter to pull CMU within 17-10, then scored on runs of two yards and one-yard in the fourth quarter to cut the Boston College lead from 31-10 to 31-24. He was 7-for-10 passing for 106 yards on the final two scoring drives. He accounted for all 82 yards of offense (73 passing, nine rushing) on the final scoring drive and capped with a fourth-and-goal scoring run from the 2-yard line. In his first collegiate game and start, Freddie Barnes (redshirt freshman) set a Bowling Green rushing record for a quarterback by gaining 158 yards on 29 carries with 2 TDs in the Falcons 35-14 loss against Wisconsin. He also completed 12 of 19 passes for 82 yards. Barnes scored on runs of 21 and 2 yards for BGSU. He broke the old mark of 148 yards set by Josh Harris against Ohio on November 10, 2001. Kent State’s Eugene Jarvis (redshirt freshman), listed at 5-feet, 5-inches in height, and rushed for 109 yards vs. Minnesota.

FIRST TIMERS
Four other QBs stepped onto the I-A level for the first time last week. True freshman Nate Davis completed 7-of-8 passes for 108 yards and 3 TDs for Ball State against Eastern Michigan. Western Michigan’s Thomas Peregrin, a JUCO transfer from Bakersfield College, completed 9-of-12 attempts for 51 yards and a TD at Indiana. Kent

State’s Julian Edelman (7-of-13, 150 yards) and Temple, a future MAC member, had Adam DiMichele (19-of-24, 103) debut.

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