Zips Fall in Double Overtime at Eastern Michigan 30-27

Tuesday, November 14

Ypsilanti, Mich.

7:00 PM

University of Akron

2-9 , 1-6

Eastern Michigan

5-6 , 3-4

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2nd

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Akron

Eastern Mich.

Zips Fall in Double Overtime at Eastern Michigan 30-27

November 14 | Football

Box Score

YPSILANTI, Michigan -- Akron took Eastern Michigan to extra periods Tuesday night on the road inside Rynearson Stadium, but fell 30-27 in double overtime.

Akron QB Jeff Undercuffler led Akron's passing attack with 223 yards through the air, while QB Tahj Bullock added 20 yards on the ground and one touchdown.

Zips RB Lorenzo Lingard led all Zips rushers with 71 yards and one touchdown in the contest, while WR Daniel George paced the receiving corps with five catches for 83 yards. Akron WR Jasaiah Gathings followed with seven catches for 80 yards.

Defensively, LB Shammond Cooper collected a team-best nine tackles, 2.0 TFL, and one sack. Nate Thompson added four tackles, 1.0 TFL, and one sack. The defense limited the Eagles to 315 total yards.

The Akron offense converted on 63.2 percent of third-down attempts going 12-for-19 on the day. The Zips also went 1-for-1 on fourth down.

How It Happened

Akron scored first with 11:27 left in the second quarter to take a 7-0 lead.Eastern Michigan then tied it up at 7-7 before the Zips responded with a seven-yard touchdown rush from to retake the lead at 14-7.

After Eastern Michigan tied the game at 14-14, Akron got on the scoreboard again with 8:00 left in the fourth quarter with a 23-yard field goal from to retake the lead at 17-14.Eastern Michigan scored to take a 24-17 lead, but the Zips got on the scoreboard again to tie it at 24-24.

Akron scored again, a 36-yard field goal from Wiley in the second overtime, and grabbed a 27-24 lead in the process. Akron didn't score again and Eastern Michigan tacked on six more points to finish off the game.

Game Notes

» Akron and Eastern Michigan both had exactly 315 yards of total offense, while the Zips had a 240-214 advantage through the air.
» Akron had their highest scoring quarter in the second period, when they put up 14 points.
» Akron converted 12 of 19 third downs while Eastern Michigan was successful on 6 of 14.
» The Zips had two players with more than eight tackles in the ballgame led by Cooper, who had nine.
» Akron went 1-for-1 on fourth down, converting on 100 percent of attempts.
» Akron won the time of possession battle 34:18 to 25:42.
» Undercuffler completed 73.1% of his passes on the day, going 19-for-26 while averaging 8.6 yards per attempt.
» Austin Smith led the Eagles passing attack, completing 20 of his 32 attempts for 214 yards and one touchdown.
» Hamze El-Zayat was Eastern Michigan's leading receiver with 92 yards.

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The Zips return to InfoCision Stadium for Senior Day and the final regular season contest of the season against the Ohio Bobcats on Friday, Nov. 24 at Noon.