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The Falcons used seven plays to cover 68 yards during a drive that culminated in one-yard touchdown run from Bryson Denley. However, Louisiana Tech responded with a three-play, 60-yard touchdown march and followed that by returning an interception for a touchdown on BGSU's next possession.
Bowling Green had an opportunity to tie the game early in the second quarter after a short punt gave them the ball at the Bulldogs' 29. The Falcons turned the ball over on downs at the doorstep of the end zone, and Louisiana Tech traveled 94 yards in four plays to pull ahead 21-7.
The Falcons' defense accumulated five sacks and two takeaways, while the offense was led by Quintin Morris' 90 receiving yards and Davon Jones' 48 rushing yards.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• BGSU ran 85 plays, rushing for 119 yards and passing for 171. They have rushed for 100 or more yards twice in three games and are averaging 168.67 yards per game on the ground.
• Davon Jones led the team with 48 rushing yards on 13 carries and maintains his perch as the team leader in rushing for the season, earning 171 yards on 37 carries (4.62/rush). His appearance in the starting lineup was the first of his career.
• Darius Wade completed passes to eight different receivers and threw for 171 yards. He now has 503 passing yards and three touchdowns in 2019. He also rushed for a personal single-game high of 48 yards.
• Quintin Morris led the team with six receptions for 90 yards, falling just shy of his single-game best marks in both categories (8 receptions and 93 yards). Morris is the team leader in 2019 with 12 catches for 171 yards (14.25/rec.) and two touchdowns.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• BGSU's five sacks are the most by the team in a single game since forcing six against Buffalo in the final game of the 2016 season.
• The Falcons' rush defense held the Bulldogs to 129 yards on 36 carries (3.6/rush). They also allowed only four third-down conversions in 13 attempts.
• Linebacker Kholbe Coleman was all over the field, more than doubling his season total in tackles with 13. That marks his career best for tackles in a game. Coleman also earned a sack, his second of the season.
• Jamari Bozeman posted seven solo tackles and nine overall, while knocking down his sixth career pass break-up.
• Brandon Perce accumulated eight tackles for the second-consecutive week. He also made an acrobatic play to pull down his first-career interception.
• Jerry Roberts aided the defensive effort with a career-best eight tackles, as well as his first solo sack with the Falcons.
• David Konowalski continued an emphatic return to the field in 2019 with his first sack of the season, first fumble recovery, and six tackles. Konowalski now owns eight career sacks and four fumble recoveries.
• Melvin Jackson marked his first career start with a sack, his second of 2019, as well as four tackles.
• DeMontae Haigler made one tackle, but it contributed to BGSU's wave of sacks. It's Haigler's first sack of 2019 and the fourth of his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• Bryson Denley returned four kickoffs for 101 yards (25.25/kick). The four kick returns matched his career high, achieved last week, while the 101 yards set a new single-game best. In total, he led the team with 114 all-purpose yards.
• R.B. Marlow returned a kickoff for 22 yards, and James Harris returned the opening kick for 19. Jake Rogers returned one punt for 11 yards.
• Matt Naranjo punted eight times for 319 yards. He had an average of 39.9 yards per punt, but four of his kicks buried Louisiana Tech inside the 20 yard line, and he had a long of 55 yards.
NEXT
• Bowling Green opens the 2019 Mid-American Conference season next Saturday (Sept. 21) when the Falcons travel to Kent, Ohio to face the Kent State U