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Six Turnovers Doom Bowling Green in 35-30 Loss to Winless Minutemen
BOWLING GREEN, OH - The Massachusetts Minutemen (1-4, 1-0) picked up their first win of the year this afternoon on the road at Bowling Green (2-4, 1-2). It took six turnovers for the Minutemen to pull off the narrow 35-30 victory, but, as they say, a win is a win.
UMass led by as 35-7 in the third quarter before Bowling Green started to mount a comeback, bolstered by a 52-yard scoop-and-score fumble return touchdown late in the third quarter.
Bowling Green's offense came alive in the second half and the UMass offense fell asleep at the wheel, allowing the Falcons to pull to within 35-30 with 4:44 left, a streak of 23 unanswered points.
The UMass offense, which had struggled in the second half, finally put together a nice drive after the ensuing kickoff, however, as they methodically drove the ball down the field and eventually made it to inside the Bowling Green five-yard line before time expired as they drained the last half quarter of the game to seal the defining victory, the first win of head coach Lee Williamson's career.
"I felt like we got a little lucky with the turnovers, but we'll take any win we can get," explained Williamson. "I thought we played really well today, but we got a little comfortable when we got up big and let our foot off the gas, which was disappointing. We have a lot of work to do, but today's a nice start."
The UMass defense held Bowling Green to only 98 yards rushing, though the pass-happy Falcons' offense had little reason to run the football after falling behind early. More impressively, the Minutemen forced six turnovers, including four interceptions of Bowling Green quarterback Matt Schilz and two fumble recoveries.
Offensively, UMass was without starting running back Jordan Broadnax, who suffered an injury during practice this week and is also expected to miss next week's game against Miami University.
Even in Broadnax's absence, the Minutemen rushed for 180 yards as a team. Matt Carini led the way with an impressive 106 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries. Stacey Bedell also added 65 yards on the ground.
Mike Wegzyn passed for 222 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception for UMass. D.J. Woods (6 Rec, 50 Yds, 2 TD) caught two touchdown passes and Bernard Davis (4 Rec, 46 Yds, TD) caught Wegzyn's other touchdown pass.
UMass will host Miami University next week. The Redhawks are off to a surprising 3-2 start this season, including 1-0 in MAC play.
Massachusetts 35, Bowling Green 30
UMass - 07 / 21 / 07 / 00
BGSU - 00 / 07 / 10 / 13
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter:
(3:51) TD UMass: M. Carini, 1 Yd run (7-0 UMass)
2nd Quarter:
(6:01) TD UMass: B.Davis, 14 Yd pass from M. Wegzyn (14-0 UMass)
(3:30) TD UMass: D. Woods, 2 Yd pass from M. Wegzyn (21-0 UMass)
(2:28) TD BGSU: A. Givens, 10 Yd run (21-7 UMass)
(0:21) TD UMass: M. Carini, 4 Yd run (28-7 UMass)
3rd Quarter:
(4:59) TD UMass: D. Woods, 1 Yd pass from M. Wegzyn (35-7 UMass)
(3:40) FG BGSU: T. Tate, 23 Yd FG (35-10 UMass)
(1:14) TD BGSU: C. Walker, returned fumble 52 Yds (35-17 UMass)
4th Quarter:
(7:37) TD BGSU: C. Rolf, 5 Yd pass from M. Schilz (2-Pt Failed) (35-23 UMass)
(4:44) TD BGSU: A. Givens, 9 Yd pass from M. Schilz (35-30 UMass)
(All Stats UMass / BGSU)
First Downs: 23 / 16
Total Offense: 402 / 387
Rushes-Yards-TD: 49-180-2 / 16-98-1
Comp-Att-TD: 21-30-3 / 25-36-2
Passing Yards: 222 / 289
Turnovers: 2 / 6
Total Yards: 524 / 591
Penalties-Yards: 4-30 / 1-9
T.O.P.: 25:39 / 10:21
UMass Minutemen
M. Wegzyn: 21/30, 222 Yds, 3 TD, Int
M. Carini: 30 Car, 106 Yds, 2 TD, 4 Rec, 31 Yds
S. Bedell: 14 Car, 65 Yds
B. Dowling: 4 Rec, 52 Yds
D. Woods: 6 Rec, 50 Yds, 2 TD
B. Davis: 4 Rec, 46 Yds, TD
J. Santos-Knox: 7 Tkl, TFL, Int
T. Dudley-Giles: 6 Tkl
M. Lee: 4 Tkl, Int
R. Jette: 3 Tkl, Int
E. Saint-Vil: Tkl, Int
B. Lucas: 0/0 FG, N/A Long, 5/5 PAT
J. Strait: 5 Punts, 215 Yds, 43.0 Avg, 1 Inside 20
Bowling Green Falcons
M. Schilz: 25/36, 289 Yds, 2 TD, 4 Int, 2 Car, 14 Yds
A. Givens: 13 Car, 82 Yds, TD, 5 Rec, 42 Yds, Rec TD
R. Burbank: 4 Rec, 81 Yds
S. Joplin: 5 Rec, 68 Yds
C. Gallon: 4 Rec, 39 Yds
C. Rolf: 3 Rec, 17 Yds, TD
G. Martin: 11 Tkl, 3 TFL
D. Gilbert: 9 Tkl, 5 TFL
C. Truss: 8 Tkl
D. McKoy: 7 Tkl, TFL, Int
C. Walker: FR TD
T. Tate: 1/1 FG, Long 23, 3/3 PAT
B. Schmiedebusch: 2 Punts, 76 Yds, 38.0 Avg, 0 Inside 20
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