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Woodside-to-Thompson keys Toledo win over CMU

10/23/2016

 
Scoring flurry follows defensive first half
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Toledo, OH – Junior wide receiver Cody Thompson caught four touchdown passes and the Rocket defense contained a dangerous Chippewa offense to help Toledo to a 31-17 victory over Central Michigan at the Glass Bowl Saturday afternoon.

Toledo moves to 6-1, 3-0 in MAC play. Central Michigan fell to 5-3, 2-2 in conference games.

Thompson caught TD passes of 16, 16, 11 and 34 yards—all in the second half—from junior quarterback Logan Woodside to  . . . 

. . . account for all of the Rockets'  28 second-half points. Woodside completed 23-of-32 passes for 264 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions.
 
STAT LEADERS
Thompson ended up with seven receptions and 122 receiving yards, while senior Kareem Hunt led the rushing attack with 87 yards.

Toledo's defense did a good job containing CMU senior quarterback Cooper Rush, who entered the game ranked second in Chippewa history with 85 TD passes. Rush was 18-of-31 for 229 yards, one TD and one interception. Two other Rocket interceptions were called back due to roughing-the-passer penalties.

LOW SCORING FIRST HALF
The first half was a battle of defenses and field position, with Toledo taking a 3-0 lead into the locker room.  Toledo scored on its opening drive, a 34-yard field goal from Jameson Vest. The Rockets had another chance to add points in the second quarter but Vest's 33-yard attempt was wide right.

CMU lost out on a chance to take the lead on its final drive of the half when Devon Spalding fumbled into the end zone after catching a pass for a 16-yard gain to the UT one-yard line.

Toledo jumped out of the gate to start the second half, scoring on its first two possessions. The Rockets started the half with a seven-play, 62-yard drive that ended when Woodside hit Thompson for a 16-yard TD. Following an interception by senior safety Connery Swift, the first of his career, Woodside and Thompson hooked up again from 16 yards out to make the score 17-0 with 9:35 to play in the quarter.

CHIPPEWAS RESPOND
Central Michigan answered with its first score of the game on a quick five-play drive that was capped off with a 20-yard run by quarterback Cooper Rush to cut the lead to 17-7. A few moments later, a 36-yard field goal by Chippewa kicker Brian Eavey made it 17-10.

Woodside found Thompson in the end zone for the third time, this time an 11-yarder, to up the Toledo lead to 24-10 with 11:36 to play.

The Rockets snuffed out CMU's last best chance to get back into the game when senior safety DeJuan Rogers broke up a fourth-down pass with 10 minutes to play. Toledo added onto the score when Thompson caught his fourth TD of the game, a 34-yarder with 7:30 remaining.

Central Michigan scored its final touchdown with 4:11 left when Rush hit Tyler Conklin from four yards out. The drive was kept alive by two roughing-the-passer calls that wiped out Rocket interceptions.

UT ran out the clock by gaining two first downs on its final possession.

The Rockets return home to face Ohio in a Thursday night battle at the Glass Bowl. Kickoff time is set for 7:30 p.m. Central Michigan begins a three-game stretch against MAC East teams Saturday when it hosts Kent State.
 
(Courtesy of UT Athletics)

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