Tyler Sheehan had a record-setting day, throwing for 338 yards and two touchdowns, to lead Bowling Green
to a 36-20 victory over Akron on Friday night.
Trailing 10-9, Sheehan threw scoring passes of 4 and 15 yards to Freddie Barnes to put the Falcons (6-5,
5-2 Mid-American Conference) ahead for good with 4:28 left in the third quarter.
Sheehan, who was 23-for-32, became the Bowling Green leader in career pass completions with 914, passing
Brian McClure (1982-85) with 900.
Barnes, who leads the nation in receptions per game (11.7), had 12 catches for 197 yards. Chris Bullock
rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown.
The Zips (2-9, 1-6) pulled within 30-20 with 10:50 left when Patrick Nicely threw the second of his two
touchdown passes, a 34-yarder to Andre Jones, but Keith Morgan returned the ensuing kickoff 41 yards for
a TD.
Nicely finished 22-for-32 for 259 yards.
BOWLING GREEN 36, AKRON 20
Akron
3
7
3
7
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20
Bowling Green
7
2
14
13
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36
First Quarter
Akr—FG Rogovic 27, 10:46.
BG—Geter 4 run (Norsic kick), 8:25.
Second Quarter
Akr—Bruce 10 pass from Nicely (Rogovic kick), 8:28.
BG—Brown Safety, 1:43.
Third Quarter
BG—Barnes 4 pass from Sheehan (Norsic kick), 7:27.
BG—Barnes 15 pass from Sheehan (Norsic kick), 4:28.
Akr—FG Rogovic 30, 1:37.
Fourth Quarter
BG—Bullock 1 run (Norsic kick), 12:41.
Akr—And.Jones 34 pass from Nicely (Rogovic kick), 10:50.
BG—Morgan 41 kickoff return (kick failed), 10:44.
A—9,163.
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Akr
BG
First downs
21
21
Rushes-yards
30-171
33-136
Passing
259
338
Comp-Att-Int
22-32-0
23-32-0
Return Yards
Punts-Avg.
2-30.0
3-32.0
Fumbles-Lost
2-1
1-0
Penalties-Yards
8-59
2-25
Time of Possession
28:57
31:03
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Akron, Br.Alexander 13-46, Martin 3-38, Allen 6-33, Nicely 7-33, D.Miller 1-21. Bowling Green,
Bullock 8-90, Geter 13-21, Barnes 4-15, Sheehan 6-13, Team 2-(minus 3).
PASSING—Akron, Nicely 22-32-0-259. Bowling Green, Sheehan 23-32-0-338.
RECEIVING—Akron, And.Jones 8-114, Bruce 5-47, D.Miller 3-44, LaFrance 2-12, N.Brown 1-34, Allen 1-3,
Torrence 1-3, Martin 1-2. Bowling Green, Barnes 12-197, C.Wright 3-41, Bullock 2-39, Scheidler 2-27,
Geter 2-16, Hutson 1-11, Hodges 1-7.
