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2011 Toledo Football Game RecapsGame #12 - Toledo 45, Ball State 28Box Score1 2 3 4 FToledo 7 14 7 17 45Ball State 0 7 0 21 28First Quarter8:31 TOLEDO - THOMAS, Adonis 4 yd run (CASANO, Ryan kick)Second Quarter13:41 TOLEDO - WILLIAMS, M. 11 yd pass from OWENS, Terrance (CASANO kick)8:57 BALLST - EDWARDS, Jahwan 1 yd run (SCHOTT, Steven kick)0:52 TOLEDO - REEDY, Bernard 30 yd pass from OWENS, Terrance (CASANO kick)Third Quarter9:09 TOLEDO - McDOWELL, C. 3 yd pass from OWENS, Terrance (CASANO kick)Fourth Quarter14:25 BALLST - FAKES, Zane 5 yd pass from WENNING, Keith (SCHOTT kick)12:29 TOLEDO - PAGE, Eric 14 yd pass from OWENS, Terrance (CASANO kick)10:21 BALLST - DONNIGAN, D. 4 yd run (SCHOTT, Steven kick)3:29 TOLEDO - CASANO, Ryan 35 yd field goal2:35 TOLEDO - ROBINSON, J. 58 yd interception return (CASANO, Ryan kick)0:50 BALLST - GIBSON, Torieal 10 yd pass from WENNING, Keith (SCHOTT kick)Toledo BSUFIRST DOWNS 27 25RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 50-240 22-78PASSING YDS (NET) 267 317Passes Att-Comp-Int 33-27-0 53-37-2TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 83-507 75-395Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-1 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-39 5-66Interception Returns-Yards 2-62 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 4-32.8 4-42.5Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1Penalties-Yards 12-115 2-10Possession Time 35:43 24:17Third-Down Conversions 7 of 15 6 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 4-5Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-9 0-0Individual StatisticsRUSHING: TOLEDO-THOMAS, Adonis 25-141; WILLIAMS, M. 15-61; OWENS,Terrance 4-25; MACON, Dwight 2-7; FLUELLEN, David 3-5; TEAM 1-1. Ball State-EDWARDS, Jahwan 13-60; DONNIGAN, D. 5-12; WENNING, Keith 4-6.PASSING: TOLEDO-OWENS, Terrance 27-32-0-267; PAGE, Eric 0-1-0-0. BallState-WENNING, Keith 36-52-2-308; ORSBON, Briggs 1-1-0-9.RECEIVING: TOLEDO-PAGE, Eric 16-145; THOMAS, Adonis 3-26; REEDY,Bernard 2-42; WILLIAMS, M. 2-22; McDOWELL, C. 2-12; SCOTT, Cordale 1-12;STAFFORD, Kenny 1-8. Ball State-TOMLINSON, Jack 9-97; ORSBON, Briggs 9-96;SMITH, Jamill 8-57; GIBSON, Torieal 5-41; FAKES, Zane 2-15; EDWARDS, Jahwan2-2; RYAN, Connor 1-6; DONNIGAN, D. 1-3.Att: 6,873Nov. 25, 2011Muncie, IN – Toledo wasn’t playing for a MAC Championship,but the Rockets nevertheless gave championshipeffort and easily dispatched a respectable Ball State team,45-28. The win gave UT a share of the MAC West Divisioncrown with Northern Illinois with a 7-1 league mark.Senior Eric Page caught a career-high 16 passes for 145yards and set the UT record for receptions in a season (112)to lead a Rocket team that arrived at Scheumann Stadiumnot knowing if their battle with Ball State would be for ashot at the league title. But just about as the UT-BSU gamegot underway, the NIU-Eastern Michigan ended with theHuskies holding on to a an 18-12 victory, clinching a shareof the division title and a trip to the MAC ChampionshipGame vs. Ohio on Dec. 2. NIU secured the nod over UTthanks to its 63-60 win over the Rockets on Nov. 1.Toledo still had a lot to play for, though, namely a bowlberth. The MAC has three automatic bowl tie-ins and acouple of other back-up possibilities, so an eighth win wasimportant to the Rockets to help their chances for post-seasonplay.The Rockets mostly dominated the action, outgainingBall State in total yardage, 507-395. Sophomore TerranceOwens completed his first 14 passes of the game and endedup 27-of-32 for 267 yards and a career-high tying four TDs.Senior Adonis Thomas led the ground attack with 141 yardson 25 carries.GAME NOTESThe win gave UT back-to-back 7-1 MAC seasons for the first timein school history. The last time UT dropped fewer than two conferencegames over a two-year span was in 1970 and 1971 when itwas 10-0-0 (5-0 in each season)....UT set a school record with itsfifth straight game scoring 40 or more points. The previous markof four was set in 2004...Eric Page set a school record in the firstquarter when he caught his 104th pass of the season...Page’s 16catches are the second most in school history, trailing only NickMoore’s 20 receptions vs. Michigan in 2008. He also is now tiedwith Lance Moore (2001-04) for most career touchdown receptionswith 25 and ranks second for most touchdown catches in a seasonwith 10 (behind Moore’s total of 14 in 2004)...Page now has 112catches for 1,123 yards for the season, ranking first- and fifth-bestin UT’s single-season record book, respectively....Adonis Thomastopped the century mark for a fourth-consecutive game and 10thtime in his UT career. Thomas’ 10 career 100-plus yard efforts aretied for seventh in school history...Terrance Owens opened thegame with 14 straight completions with his first incompletion comingwith just over eight minutes remaining in the second quarter...Junior QB Austin Dantin sat out his second straight contest with