{"id":57107,"date":"2019-10-26T20:49:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T00:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=57107"},"modified":"2019-10-26T21:04:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T01:04:30","slug":"rockets-run-past-eastern-michigan-in-ot-37-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/10_26_2019\/rockets-run-past-eastern-michigan-in-ot-37-34","title":{"rendered":"Rockets Run Past Eastern Michigan in OT, 37-34"},"content":{"rendered":"

Junior quarterback Eli Peters hit junior tight end Drew Rosi for a 15-yard touchdown in overtime to lead Toledo to a 37-34 victory over Eastern Michigan Saturday in a rain-soaked Glass Bowl. <\/p>\n

The Eagles took the lead in overtime, 34-31, on a 24-yard field goal by Chad Ryland. Toledo was faced with third-and-10 from the 15-yard line when Peters hit Rosi on a corner route to send the Rockets into a wild celebration.<\/p>\n

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Bryant Koback rushed for a career-high 259 yards in Toledo’s 37-34 overtime win over Eastern Michigan Saturday in the Glass Bowl.<\/p><\/div>Sophomore running back Bryant Koback led the Rocket offense with a career-high 259 yards and two touchdowns. Peters, starting his first game of the season in place of injured quarterbacks Mitchell Guadagni and Carter Bradley, completed 9 of 18 passes for 138 and two touchdowns. Junior Shakif Seymour added 94 yards rushing as Toledo racked up 504 yards of total offense, 366 on the ground.<\/p>\n

The win moves Toledo to 5-3, 2-2 in Mid-American Conference play, a game behind Ball State (3-1) and a half-game behind Western Michigan and Central Michigan (both 3-2). Eastern Michigan falls to 4-4, 1-3 MAC.<\/p>\n

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Quarterback Eli Peters smiled after completing the game-winning touchdown pass in overtime.<\/p><\/div>Toledo jumped on the board first on their opening drive, scoring on a five-yard run by Koback that capped a 15-play, 67-yard drive. <\/p>\n

Later in the first quarter, the Rockets missed a chance to add to their lead when Koback lost the ball at the pylon on an attempted dive into the end zone, resulting in a touchback for EMU.<\/p>\n

Evan Davis connected on 26-yard field goal early in the second quarter to boost Toledo’s lead to 10-0. <\/p>\n

EMU cut the lead to 10-7 on a one-armed touchdown grab by Arthur Jackson from Mike Glass from 24 yards out. On their next possession the Eagles tied the score on a 29-yard field from Chad Ryland.<\/p>\n

Toledo wasted no time to start the second half, moving 44 yards in three plays to a take a 16-10 lead. Ronnie Jones set up the drive with a 48-yard kickoff return. Seymour finished the drive with a seven-yard run. The extra point was no good due to a bobbled snap. <\/p>\n

The Rockets added to their lead on a 19-yard TD pass from Peters to Bryce Mitchell. Peters hooked up with Rosi for the two-point conversion to make the score 24-10. <\/p>\n

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Eli Peters threw for 138 and two touchdowns in the dramatic overtime victory.<\/p><\/div>Moments later, Koback made it 31-10 with a 54-yard TD run. <\/p>\n

EMU came back with an 11-play drive that was capped by a four-yard rushing TD by Glass. The Eagles went for two points on the conversion, but the pass attempt fell incomplete, making the score 31-16.<\/p>\n

In the fourth quarter, EMU cut the lead to 31-24 on a three-yard TD and a two-point conversion run by Vann. With 8:18 to play. Vann scored again on a 26-yard TD run to tie the score with 2:35 left. The Eagles recovered a Toledo fumble and had a chance to win it in regulation, but Ryland’s 33-yard attempt sailed wide right with 1:03 to play.<\/p>\n

In overtime, the Eagles took possession first and grabbed a 34-31 lead on a 24-yard field goal by Ryland. <\/p>\n

Toledo was faced with third-and-10 from the 15-yard line when Peters hit Rosi on a corner route to send the Rockets into a wild celebration.<\/p>\n

Up next, the Rockets host Kent State Tuesday, Nov. 5. Kickoff time will be announced soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Toledo Rockets battled the Eastern Michigan Eagles and the elements for a big overtime victory, 37-34, Saturday in the Glass Bowl. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,56,5,1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57107"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57114,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57107\/revisions\/57114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}