2011 <strong>Toledo</strong> <strong>Football</strong> Game RecapsGame #13 - <strong>Toledo</strong> 42, Air Force 41 (Military Bowl)Box Score1 2 3 4 F<strong>Toledo</strong> 21 7 7 7 42Air Force 14 14 7 6 41First Quarter6:38 TOLEDO - REEDY, Bernard 17 yd pass from OWENS, Terrance (CASANO kick)6:22 TOLEDO - THOMAS, Adonis 41 yd run (CASANO, Ryan kick)2:29 AF - JEFFERSON, Tim 22 yd run (HERRINGTON, Par kick)2:17 TOLEDO - PAGE, Eric 87 yd kick<strong>of</strong>f return (CASANO, Ryan kick)1:36 AF - DEWITT, Mike 3 yd run (HERRINGTON, Par kick)Second Quarter9:43 AF - CLARK, Asher 1 yd run (HERRINGTON, Par kick)7:49 TOLEDO - REEDY, Bernard 49 yd pass from OWENS, Terrance (CASANO kick)2:07 AF - WARZEKA, Jonath 37 yd pass from JEFFERSON (HERRINGTON kick)Third Quarter8:56 TOLEDO - ROBINSON, J. 37 yd interception return (CASANO, Ryan kick)5:59 AF - DEWITT, Mike 2 yd run (HERRINGTON, Par kick)Fourth Quarter5:01 TOLEDO - REEDY, Bernard 33 yd pass from OWENS, Terrance (CASANO kick)0:52 AF - KAUTH, ZACK 33 yd pass from JEFFERSON (HERRINGTON rush failed)<strong>Toledo</strong> Air ForceFIRST DOWNS 17 20RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-123 55-248PASSING YDS (NET) 216 159Passes Att-Comp-Int 27-21-1 22-13-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 59-339 77-407Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Kick<strong>of</strong>f Returns-Yards 6-156 6-97Interception Returns-Yards 1-37 1-2Punts (Number-Avg) 5-41.0 5-28.8Fumbles-Lost 2-1 4-1Penalties-Yards 5-46 3-15Possession Time 25:47 34:13Third-Down Conversions 5 <strong>of</strong> 11 7 <strong>of</strong> 18Fourth-Down Conversions 0 <strong>of</strong> 0 5 <strong>of</strong> 6Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 4-4Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-9 1-10Individual StatisticsRUSHING: TOLEDO-THOMAS, Adonis 22-108; FLUELLEN, David 5-28; WIL-LIAMS, M. 1-0; OWENS, Terrance 1-0; TEAM 2-minus 3; DANTIN, Austin 1-minus10. Air Force-WARZEKA, Jonath 6-95; JEFFERSON, Tim 14-61; COBB, Wesley 14-45; DEWITT, Mike 7-24; CLARK, Asher 12-14; MACARTHUR, Ty 1-11; HUNTER,Mikel 1-minus 2.PASSING: TOLEDO-OWENS, Terrance 19-24-0-210; DANTIN, Austin 2-3-1-6. AirForce-JEFFERSON, Tim 13-22-1-159.RECEIVING: TOLEDO-PAGE, Eric 13-59; REEDY, Bernard 4-126; THOMAS,Adonis 3-15; STAFFORD, Kenny 1-16. Air Force-KAUTH, ZACK 4-77; WARZEKA,Jonath 3-50; CLARK, Asher 2-2; HUNTER, Mikel 1-18; HIRNEISE, Brand 1-6; FREE-MAN, Joshua 1-5; PICKETT, Daniel 1-1.Att: 25,042Dec. 28, 2011Washington, D.C. - <strong>Toledo</strong> used its powerful <strong>of</strong>fenseand a bend-but-don’t-break defense to capture an exciting42-41 victory over Air Force in the Military Bowl, ina game that came down to the final minute. The Rockets(9-4) never trailed in a see-saw affair in which there werethree ties and the largest point margin was 14 points.With 52 seconds left in the game, Air Force scored whatappeared to be the game-tying touchdown when Falcons receiverJonathan Warzeka caught a wide open 33-yard passfrom quarterback Tim Jefferson.Air Force (7-6) lined up in a traditional extra-point formationbut opted to go for two points on a trick play. HolderDavid Baska took the snap and headed for the end zone,but sophomore defensive end Jayrone Elliott stripped theball loose from Baska. The ball bounced in the direction <strong>of</strong>Parker Herrington, who tried to scoop up the loose ball butending up kicking it out <strong>of</strong> the end zone leaving the Rocketswith a 42-41 advantage and their first bowl victory since2005.The victory was a great vindication for a Rocket teamthat had survived numerous injuries this season--includingthree key injuries to its defense in this game. It was also adramatic debut for head coach Matt Campbell, the Rockets’<strong>of</strong>fensive coordinator who was named head coach just 16days previously after Tim Beckman left to take the helmat Illinois. Campbell, at 32 the youngest head coach in theNCAA-FBS, coached the game from the coaches box, butmanaged to get down on the field in time to get a post-gameGatorade shower from the players.GAME NOTESMatt Campbell won his debut as head coach calling the playsfrom the coaches box; associate head coach Louis Ayeni servedas the on-field representative for the Rockets...<strong>Toledo</strong> is now 9-3in bowl games and 1-0 vs. Air Force...Sophomore WR BernardReedy caught a career-high three TD passes and was named gameMVP...Eric Page scored the third Rockets’ touchdown on an 87-yard kick<strong>of</strong>f return, his first kick<strong>of</strong>f return TD <strong>of</strong> the season andfourth <strong>of</strong> his career...Page finished the game with 13 receptionsand is now in a three-way tie with Marshall’s Josh Davis andWMU’s Jordan White for first place among all-time MAC careerreception leaders with 306...Senior RB Adonis Thomas rushed for108 yards for the Rockets, giving him 1,011 yards for the season.It was his fifth-consecutive 100-yard game and 11th in his career...Jermaine Robinson returned an interception for a touchdown, thesecond straight game that he took an interception to the house...UT set a school record with its sixth-straight game scoring 40 ormore points.
2011 <strong>Toledo</strong> <strong>Football</strong> StatisticsTEAM STATISTICS TOLEDO OPP--------------------------------------------------------SCORING....................... 549 412Points Per Game............. 42.2 31.7FIRST DOWNS................... 309 273Rushing..................... 142 97Passing..................... 152 149Penalty..................... 15 27RUSHING YARDAGE............... 2777 1726Yards gained rushing........ 3012 2086Yards lost rushing.......... 235 360Rushing Attempts............ 555 438Average Per Rush............ 5.0 3.9Average Per Game............ 213.6 132.8TDs Rushing................. 32 17PASSING YARDAGE............... 3480 3494Comp-Att-Int................ 291-425-7 286-457-14Average Per Pass............ 8.2 7.6Average Per Catch........... 12.0 12.2Average Per Game............ 267.7 268.8TDs Passing................. 34 34TOTAL OFFENSE................. 6257 5220Total Plays................. 980 895Average Per Play............ 6.4 5.8Average Per Game............ 481.3 401.5KICK RETURNS: #-Yards......... 56-1075 82-1809PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards......... 20-240 13-125INT RETURNS: #-Yards.......... 14-203 7-17KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 19.2 22.1PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 12.0 9.6INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 14.5 2.4FUMBLES-LOST.................. 14-7 25-16PENALTIES-Yards............... 95-822 72-553Average Per Game............ 63.2 42.5PUNTS-Yards................... 61-2275 63-2541Average Per Punt............ 37.3 40.3Net punt average............ 33.3 35.3TIME OF POSSESSION/Game....... 31:59 28:013RD-DOWN Conversions.......... 90/188 63/1783rd-Down Pct................ 48% 35%4TH-DOWN Conversions.......... 9/16 17/294th-Down Pct................ 56% 59%SACKS BY-Yards................ 23-194 10-71MISC YARDS.................... 0 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 72 56FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 15-19 8-13ON-SIDE KICKS................. 0-1 1-7RED-ZONE SCORES............... (49-53) 92% (45-51) 88%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS........... (40-53) 75% (38-51) 75%PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. (66-67) 99% (50-53) 94%ATTENDANCE.................... 132941 207859Games/Avg Per Game.......... 6/22157 6/34643Neutral Site Games.......... 1/25042SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total-------------------- --- --- --- --- --- ---TOLEDO.............. 168 100 125 156 0 - 549Opponents........... 79 127 62 141 3 - 412