Akron Opens November with 35-6 Loss at Bowling Green

Saturday, November 2

Bowling Green, OH | Doyt Perry Stadium

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Akron Opens November with 35-6 Loss at Bowling Green

November 02 | Football

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – In its last Saturday contest of the season, Akron football dropped a 35-6 decision at Bowling Green in Mid-American Conference action at Doty Perry Stadium on Saturday.

For the Zips (0-9 overall, 0-5 MAC), redshirt junior QB Kato Nelson (Hollywood, Fla.) returned to the starting line-up. He went 9-of-24 for 60 yards as the Zips had 100 total yards of offense.

Defensively, redshirt sophomore LB Bubba Arslanian (Aurora, Ohio) tallied a career-best 19 tackles, a career-high 2.0 TLF, a sack for a loss of nine yards, and a forced fumble. Senior DB Alvin Davis, Jr. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) followed with 15 tackles, a TFL, and a break-up.

Grant Loy led the Falcons (3-6 overall, 2-3 MAC), going 12-of-20 for 113 yards and a touchdown. Andrew Clair led all rushers with 86 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries.

Akron received the ball first and went right to work. The Zips marched down to the red zone where redshirt freshman PK Cory Smigel (North Royalton, Ohio) converted a 35-yard field goal to jump on the scoreboard first.

The Falcons punted on their opening drive. A bad snap gave the Zips the ball back on the 35. UA once again turned to Smigel, who converted another 35-yard field on a six-play, 17-yard drive. The Zips led, 6-0.

BGSU closed out the first quarter with a two-yard touchdown run by Andrew Clair. The Falcons led at the quarter break, 7-6.

In the second quarter, the Falcons capitalized on two UA turnovers. Loy converted a two-yard pass to Morris for a touchdown, giving BGSU a 14-6 edge. Loy then scored on a six-0yard run to take a 21-6 advantage into the locker room at halftime.

On the opening drive of the third quarter, the Akron defense held Bowling Green. The Falcons went for it on a 4^th-and-22 from the 30. Alvin Davis broke up a pass in the end zone, preventing the Falcons from scoring and giving Akron the ball back.

BGSU continued to take advantage of turnovers. Later in the third, Nelson was sacked for a loss of 12 yards and fumbled. BG recovered and scored a touchdown three plays later to go ahead 28-6.

With four minutes to go in the third, the skies opened, and the rain came. On a BG punt, Akron recovered a fumble on bad snap, securing good field position on the 31. However, the Zips could not convert and turned the ball over on downs to open the fourth stanza.

Bowling Green added a four-yard rushing touchdown to jump ahead, 35-6, for the game's final score.

Akron has a 10-day break before moving into mid-week MACtion. The Zips host Eastern Michigan on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field.