[Careless Whisper]

Turnovers Doom Tartans on Thursday Night
CMU gained more yards offensively than BGSU, but turned the ball over four times in a 49-21 loss



Sophomore quarterback Justin Keyes rushed for 124 yards and two scores in the defeat. (Jane Kane / Getty Images)

by Alicia Brown, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Bowling Green took advantage of four Carnegie Mellon turnovers this evening at Gesling Stadium, jumping out to a 28-7 halftime lead before cruising to a 49-21 win in a mid-week Mid-American Conference (MAC) matchup.

Carnegie Mellon (1-5, 1-2 MAC) owned advantages in rushing yards (266-137) and total offense (411-392), but suffered three interceptions and a lost fumble that gave Bowling Green (4-2, 2-1 MAC) control of the contest. The Tartan defense could only muster one turnover – a fourth quarter interception of Falcons backup quarterback Tyler Sheehan – and allowed Anthony Turner to throw for 212 yards and four scores.

“I feel like a broken record but we can’t keep getting off to slow starts,” said third-year head coach John Elliott. “I thought we were pretty even with (Bowling Green) for the majority of the night, but the turnovers made it tough to contend for a win. Two of the interceptions were just excellent plays by their defenders, which really put a damper in what I thought was a solid performance by our offense. Justin (Keyes) was able to move the chains on the ground and Jim (Manning) was efficient with the carries he got.”

Justin Keyes led the way rushing with 124 yards and two scores on 18 carries, while Jim Manning finished four yards shy of 100 on 15 touches. Despite the three interceptions, Keyes did manage to find Penn State transfer Kevin Cousins on a couple of downfield strikes, as the redshirt junior wide receiver tallied 82 yards on three catches.

Turner’s first touchdown pass to Marques Parks was followed by an interception from Antonio Smith near the red zone. After Keyes’ first score cut the gap to 14-7, Turner found Freddie Barnes for a 22-yard touchdown and then added another in the closing stages of the half – the latter coming off a Nate Satele fumble.

Two weeks after tying the NCAA single-game record for interceptions with five, sophomore cornerback Calvin Burton snagged his sixth of the season in the fourth quarter off of Sheehan.

Carnegie Mellon remains at home for the extended week, hosting Miami (Ohio) next on Saturday, October 18.

Bowling Green Falcons at Carnegie Mellon Tartans
Nov 9, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Bowling Green Falcons (4-2, 2-1 MAC)	7	21	14	7	49
Carnegie Mellon Tartans (1-5, 1-2 MAC)	0	7	7	7	21

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		BGSU	CMU
11:13	(BGSU) Anthony Turner 6-yard pass to Marques Parks (Sinisa Vrvilo kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		BGSU	CMU
14:32	(BGSU) Chris Bullock 5-yard run (Sinisa Vrvilo kick)	14	0
7:19	(CMU) Justin Keyes 3-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	14	7
3:10	(BGSU) Anthony Turner 22-yard pass to Freddie Barnes (Sinisa Vrvilo kick)	21	7
1:03	(BGSU) Anthony Turner 2-yard pass to Marques Parks (Sinisa Vrvilo kick)	28	7
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		BGSU	CMU
11:26	(CMU) Justin Keyes 2-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	28	14
5:11	(BGSU) Chris Bullock 3-yard run (Sinisa Vrvilo kick)	35	14
2:49	(BGSU) Anthony Turner 39-yard pass to Corey Partridge (Sinisa Vrvilo kick)	42	14
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		BGSU	CMU
12:17	(CMU) Nate Satele 2-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	42	21
1:09	(BGSU) Tyler Sheehan 43-yard pass to Eric Ransom (Sinisa Vrvilo kick)	49	21

Bowling Green Falcons PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Anthony Turner 15/23 212 4 0 Tyler Sheehan 1/4 43 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Chris Bullock 13 84 6.5 2 Willie Geter 5 39 7.8 0 Anthony Turner 2 12 6.0 0 Eric Ransom 1 3 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Marques Parks 6 49 8.2 2 Corey Partridge 5 77 15.4 1 Aaron Davis 2 28 14.0 0 Eric Ransom 1 43 43.0 1 Chris Bullock 1 36 36.0 0 Freddie Barnes 1 22 22.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Diyral Briggs 8 1 0 0 Cody Basler 4 0 0 0 Erique Dozier 3 0 1 0 Antonio Smith 1 0 2 0 Tarell Lewis 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Sinisa Vrvilo 0/0 7/7 7 -- PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Nick Iovinelli 1 64 64.0 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Tyrone Pronty 1 46 46.0 0 Corey Partridge 1 41 41.0 0 Chris Bullock 1 27 27.0 0

Carnegie Mellon Tartans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Justin Keyes 11/22 145 0 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Justin Keyes 18 124 6.9 2 Jim Manning 15 96 6.4 0 Nate Satele 3 20 6.7 1 Korey Harper 3 19 6.3 0 Tramon McCollum 1 7 7.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Pete Carlson 4 15 3.7 0 Kevin Cousins 3 82 27.3 0 Stephen Carter 3 20 6.7 0 David Young 1 28 28.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Matt Johnson 6 0 0 0 Aaron Crosby 5 0 0 0 David Brown 4 0 0 0 Todd Andriano 3 0 0 0 Calvin Burton 2 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Jon Foster 0/1 3/3 3 -- KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Jim Manning 5 135 27.0 0 Pete Carlson 1 16 16.0 0