THIS WEEK IN THE MAC
Saturday, September 10th
Ohio at Penn State, Noon ET (ABC)
South Alabama at Central Michigan, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
*Western Michigan at Ball State, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Akron at Michigan State, 4 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
Eastern Kentucky at Bowling Green, 4 pm ET (ESPN3)
Holy Cross at Buffalo, 6 pm ET (ESPN+)
Robert Morris at Miami, 6 pm ET (ESPN3)
Eastern Michigan at Louisiana, 7 pm ET (NFL Network)
Kent State at Oklahoma, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
NIU at Tulsa, 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT (ESPN+)
UMass at Toledo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
2 MINUTE DRILL
• Ohio (1-0) opened the 2022 season Saturday evening (Sept.3), defeating Florida Atlantic (1-1), 41-38, at Frank Solich Field at Peden Stadium. The night also brought new career highs for redshirt junior quarterback Kurtis Rourke, breaking multiple of his personal records. Rourke hit 345 passing yards, surpassing his 308 yard record and threw four touchdown passes, beating his previous record of three.
• Sophomore Dequan Finn threw for 216 yards and ran for 64 yards to lead Toledo (1-0) to a 37-0 victory over Long Island University at the Glass Bowl Thursday night. Toledo’s defense was virtually impenetrable all night, holding LIU to just 113 yards of total offense.
• Eastern Michigan used a stellar offensive outing to earn a 42-34 win against Eastern Kentucky University inside “The Factory” at Rynearson Stadium Friday, Sept. 2. Senior quarterback Taylor Powell led Eastern Michigan’s (1-0) passing attack with 271 yards through the air, tossing three touchdowns and one interception. The signal caller also added one touchdown on the ground.
• Northern Illinois (1-0) built a three touchdown lead midway through the third quarter before holding off a late Eastern Illinois comeback
attempt to top the Panthers, 34-27, on Thursday night at Huskie Stadium. NIU had a balanced run/pass attack as Rocky Lombardi threw for 192 yards on 14-of-22 passing and the Huskies combined for 187 rushing yards with running backs Mason Blakemore, Antario Brown and Harrison Waylee each accounting for one touchdown.
• The Joe Moorhead era for Akron Zips football opened with a 30-23 overtime win over Saint Francis (Pa.) on Thursday evening at InfoCision Stadium as junior QB DJ Irons threw for 273 yards and two touchdowns. Sophomore RB Cam Wiley ran for 85 yards on 21 attempts with two touchdowns.
