By EVAN MEYER
This Saturday’s game between the Akron Zips and the Buffalo Bulls looms large in the Eastern Division as the Zips look to rebound after seeing their three-game winning streak come to a screeching halt at the hands of West Division-leading Toledo last week.
Meanwhile, the banged-up Bulls need . . .
This Saturday’s game between the Akron Zips and the Buffalo Bulls looms large in the Eastern Division as the Zips look to rebound after seeing their three-game winning streak come to a screeching halt at the hands of West Division-leading Toledo last week.
Meanwhile, the banged-up Bulls need . . .
. . . a victory as they have lost three straight in Mid-American Conference play since opening the conference campaign with a win at Kent State. Buffalo fell to Miami Saturday.
THE SERIES
Saturday’s afternoon tilt is the 17th lifetime meeting between the two schools with the Zips holding a 10-6 advantage. Buffalo has won three of the last four games in the series, including last season’s meeting in Amhest 44-20,.
It is the eighth lifetime game in Akron (third at InfoCision Stadium) UA holds a 6-1 edge on home turf. UB’s only win came in 2008, with the Bulls using four overtimes to post a 43-40 victory in the final game at Akron’s famed Rubber Bowl
Here's more on the two teams:
BUFFALO BULLS (4-2, 2-0 MAC)
>>> The Bulls lost their third consecutive game Saturday, this one A 24-14 setback at Miami.
>>> The Bulls will start their third quarterback this season as QB Kyle Vantrease made his first collegiate start against MU, The true freshman completed 17-of-41 with for 202 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Vantrease is a native of Stow, Ohio a town north of Akron
>>> Junior WR Anthony Johnson leads the MAC and ranks fourth in the Football Bowl Subdivision with 827 receiving yards through the first eight games
>>> Sophomore Emmanuel Reed leads the ground game with 495 yards and five touchdowns
>>> Junior LB Khalil Hodge leads the MAC and FBS in tackles, averaging 1.4 total stops per game, He has has registered four games with 17 or more tavkles and already is 10 shy of the school record (in the FBS era) for tackles in a single season
AKRON ZIPS (4-4, 2-1 MAC)
>>> The Zips three-game winning streak came to an abrupt end last Saturday in Toledo as the Western Division leading Rockets scored touchdowns on three of their first four possessions. The good start put UT in control and the Rockets went on to a comfortable 48-21 win.
>>> Senior QB Thomas Woodson played three quarters of the contest and completed 18-of-33 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns. He has thrown at least one touchdown in seven of the eight games so far this season.
>>> WR Tra’Von Chapman picked up his first touchdown pass as a receiver early in the third quarter when he caught a 17-yard pass from Woodson.
>>> Junior QB Robbie Kelley threw his first touchdown pass a 47-yarder to Kwadarrius Smith early in the fourth quarter
>>> LB Ulysses Gilbert led the defense with eight total tackles (three solo) and an interception of UT’s Logan Woodside in the first quarter. It was just Woodside’s second interception of the season.
Saturday’s afternoon tilt is the 17th lifetime meeting between the two schools with the Zips holding a 10-6 advantage. Buffalo has won three of the last four games in the series, including last season’s meeting in Amhest 44-20,.
It is the eighth lifetime game in Akron (third at InfoCision Stadium) UA holds a 6-1 edge on home turf. UB’s only win came in 2008, with the Bulls using four overtimes to post a 43-40 victory in the final game at Akron’s famed Rubber Bowl
Here's more on the two teams:
BUFFALO BULLS (4-2, 2-0 MAC)
>>> The Bulls lost their third consecutive game Saturday, this one A 24-14 setback at Miami.
>>> The Bulls will start their third quarterback this season as QB Kyle Vantrease made his first collegiate start against MU, The true freshman completed 17-of-41 with for 202 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Vantrease is a native of Stow, Ohio a town north of Akron
>>> Junior WR Anthony Johnson leads the MAC and ranks fourth in the Football Bowl Subdivision with 827 receiving yards through the first eight games
>>> Sophomore Emmanuel Reed leads the ground game with 495 yards and five touchdowns
>>> Junior LB Khalil Hodge leads the MAC and FBS in tackles, averaging 1.4 total stops per game, He has has registered four games with 17 or more tavkles and already is 10 shy of the school record (in the FBS era) for tackles in a single season
AKRON ZIPS (4-4, 2-1 MAC)
>>> The Zips three-game winning streak came to an abrupt end last Saturday in Toledo as the Western Division leading Rockets scored touchdowns on three of their first four possessions. The good start put UT in control and the Rockets went on to a comfortable 48-21 win.
>>> Senior QB Thomas Woodson played three quarters of the contest and completed 18-of-33 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns. He has thrown at least one touchdown in seven of the eight games so far this season.
>>> WR Tra’Von Chapman picked up his first touchdown pass as a receiver early in the third quarter when he caught a 17-yard pass from Woodson.
>>> Junior QB Robbie Kelley threw his first touchdown pass a 47-yarder to Kwadarrius Smith early in the fourth quarter
>>> LB Ulysses Gilbert led the defense with eight total tackles (three solo) and an interception of UT’s Logan Woodside in the first quarter. It was just Woodside’s second interception of the season.
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