Week 11 Football- Schedule, Pressers, Two-Minute Drill
Bowling Green’s Eddie George
Upcoming Schedule
Tuesday, November 4
*Miami at Ohio, 7 PM ET (ESPN2 | Live Stats)
*UMass at Akron, 7 PM ET (CBSSN | Live Stats)
Wednesday, November 5
*Kent State at Ball State, 7 PM ET (ESPNU | Live Stats)
*Northern Illinois at Toledo, 7 PM ET (ESPN2 | Live Stats)
Saturday, November 8
*Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan 1 PM ET (ESPN+ | Live Stats)
*Conference Game
Two-Minute Drill
• Western Michigan came from behind to down rival Central Michigan 24-21 in front of the largest crowd, 29,299, at Stafford-Smith Field at Waldo Stadium since 2015, reclaiming the Victory Cannon trophy on Saturday Nov. 1. With the win, WMU also retained the Michigan MAC Trophy.
• Buffalo played their most complete game of the season to defeat Bowling Green, 28-3, at Doyt Perry Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 1. Big plays on offense, defense and special teams helped the Bulls improve to 4-1 in Mid-American Conference play.
• Ohio downed Eastern Michigan, 28-21, to earn its first road victory of the season on Saturday, Oct. 25. Parker Navarro put up a career-high 315 passing yards and two touchdown passes. Two Bobcats had 100-plus receiving yards as Chase Hendricks recorded 112 yards on 10 catches with two touchdowns and Rodney Harris tallied 103 yards.
• Kent State erased an 18-point deficit to defeat Bowling Green 24-21 on Saturday, Oct. 25, snapping a two-game losing streak in the rivalry series. The Golden Flashes trailed 21-3 late in the third quarter before scoring 21 unanswered points to claim their first victory over the Falcons since 2022.
• Akron rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to beat Buffalo 24-16 on Saturday, Oct. 25, snapping the Bulls’ seven-game winning streak over the Zips. Akron handed Buffalo its first MAC loss of the season, outscoring the Bulls 21-6 in the second half with three touchdowns and four interceptions.
• Dequan Finn threw for a touchdown and ran for another in the fourth quarter as Miami rallied for a 26-17 victory to take sole possession of first place in the MAC on Saturday, Oct. 25. The RedHawks have now won 11 straight regular-season conference games.
• Northern Illinois rushed for over 300 yards and forced three turnovers on defense to reclaim the Bronze Stalk trophy with a 21-7 win over Ball State on Saturday, Oct. 25. Chavon Wright led all players with a season-high 166 rushing yards, while Telly Johnson Jr. also rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown.
Week 11 P-O-W
MAC Football Offensive Player of the Week
Broc Lowry, Western Michigan, Quarterback
RS Sophomore, Canfield, Ohio (Canfield)
Broc Lowry engineered a fourth quarter comeback to down Central Michigan 24-21. WMU faced a fourth and five at the CMU seven yard line and Lowry fired a pass to Tailique Williams in the corner of the endzone to give the Broncos its first and only lead of the game with just over two minutes to play.
Lowry ended up with 150 yards passing and one touchdown, while also running for 82 yards and a touchdown. With Lowry leading the offense, the Broncos scored the final 10 points of the game. His rushing touchdown tied the game up at 14-14 midway through the third quarter. It was his eighth touchdown of the season, the first Bronco QB to reach eight since 1977.
P-O-W
MAC Football Defensive Player of the Week
Red Murdock, Buffalo, Linebacker
Graduate, Petersburg, VA (Hopewell)
Red Murdock had a game-high 13 tackles and added 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack in Buffalo’s win over Bowling Green. He also had a forced fumble that the Bulls recovered, leading to a touchdown in the final seconds of the first half. It was Murdock’s 17th career forced fumble giving him the all-time NCAA record for career forced fumbles.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/PVTfpR7tCqo?si=4QYH7aKPM4eyqjgI
MAC Football Special Teams Player of the Week
Palmer Domschke, Western Michigan, Kicker
RS Junior , Bolingbrook, Ill. (Neuqua Valley)
Domschke was perfect on extra points and nailed a clutch 46-yard field goal in the fourth quarter in WMU’s come-from-behind win over Central Michigan. Domschke was called into action with with just over nine minutes left and hit the field goal from 46 yards, cutting CMU’s lead to 21-17. It was the seventh field goal of 40+ yards that Domschke has made on the season.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/EgE9FM6FUaM?si=1I_kQxRFnnKV0pC3
Victor Snow, Buffalo, Wide Receiver
R-Jr., Webster, NY (Webster-Schroeder)
Victor Snow returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown to help Buffalo defeat Bowling Green, 28-3. With the Bulls leading 21-0, Snow’s touchdown early in the third quarter, put the game away for the Bulls. It was the first punt return for a touchdown by a UB player in 10 years.
