Ohio vs. Toledo Game Notes :: Notes and milestones from Ohio's 43-40 loss at Toledo

Oct. 20, 2007

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2007 Ohio Football

Game Notes vs. Toledo

Sat., Oct. 20, 2007

Glass Bowl - Toledo, Ohio

First Half:

- Brad Bower's 14-yard rush on Ohio's first offensive possession was his longest of the year.

- On Ohio's first offensive possession, Kalvin McRae carried the ball six times, which moved him past Steveland Hoofkin (767) for second place on the program's all-time rushes list.

- Ohio scored first for the fourth time in eight games this year, and the second week in a row.

- With 11:55 remaining in the second quarter, Bower hooked up with Taylor Price for a 54-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the drive ... It was the longest reception of Price's career ... It also marked the third-longest play from scrimmage this year.

- With his first carry of the second quarter, Toledo's Jalen Parmele moved into seventh place on the program's all-time rushing list, surpassing Roland Moss.

- With 30 seconds remaining in the half, Bower was intercepted for the third time, a new career-high.

At the Half:

- Ohio out-gained Toledo 265-96 in the half, and 110-52 on the ground.

- Ohio had 13 first downs to Toledo's five.

Second Half:

- With 13:26 remaining in the third quarter, McRae ripped off a season-long run of 65 yards for a score ... It was one yard shy of his previous career-long of 66 yards ... It also pushed him over the 100-yard mark for the 17^th time in his career.

- Bower was intercepted for a fourth time with 10 minutes remaining in the third, extending his career-high.

- A 29-yard carry with 2:16 remaining in the third put Parmele past Kelvin Farmer into sixth place on Toledo's career rushing list.

- With 14:17 remaining in the game, Toledo took its first lead of the game on a one-yard run by Parmele.

- Theo Scott recorded a new Ohio career-long rush of 26 yards during the 13^th minute of the fourth quarter.

- With a six-yard touchdown run with 12:49 remaining, McRae tied a career-high with three rushing scores in the same game.

- A 45-yard touchdown run with 12:05 remaining shattered Parmele's previous career-high of 173 yards rushing and put him over the 200 yard mark ... That marked the second time in the last four games Ohio has yielded 200+ yards to one back.

Final:

- Taj Henley had a new career high with 10 tackles.

- McRae had a season-high with 182 rushing yards.

- McRae tied a personal best with three rushing touchdowns ... Three scores in a game on the ground is the second-highest total in Ohio history ... With three scores, he now has 13 for the season, which ranks third on Ohio's single season list ... He has the record of 15 set last year.

- Michael Braunstein extended his school streak of consecutive field goals made to 12-straight, and his national-leading streak to 20-straight dating back to last year.

- Bower's four interceptions thrown is tied (15^th time) for the third-most in a single game in Ohio history ... Dontrell Jackson was the last to do it in 2002.

- Julian Posey had career-highs with seven tackles, two forced fumbles and two pass break-ups.

- Mark Parson had a career-high three pass break-ups.

- The 560 yards of total offense rank as the fifth-highest single-game total in Ohio history.

- The 83 combined points tied for the ninth-highest single-game total in Ohio history.

- Ohio had 40 points in the loss, marking the fourth-highest total in Ohio history in such a case ... The last time Ohio had 40-plus points in a loss was on Oct. 6, 2001 against No. 23 Toledo (48-41).

- Ohio has allowed 40-plus points in consecutive games for the first time since the 2004 season (41-Bowling Green, 42-Kent State).

- Ohio has lost 16-straight games at Toledo ... The Bobcats' last win in the Glass Bowl was in 1967 ... Ohio has lost 11-straight games to the Rockets overall.

- Toledo's Parmele set a new career-high with 241 yards rushing ... That is the most that Ohio has yielded to one rusher this year.