Oct. 30, 2004
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -
The Bowling Green State University football Falcons picked up a 41-20 victory over Eastern Michigan University Saturday evening (Oct. 30). Some notes and numbers from the game...
Senior center Scott Mruczkowski set a school-record tonight with his 45th start on the offensive line. Rob Fehrman (1997-00) set the previous school record with 44 on the O-Line.
BGSU scored on its first possession for the fourth straight game.
With six wins, BGSU has clinched its fourth straight winning season, a first for the program since in 10 years (1991-1994).
For the fifth time in six games, sophomore Omar Jacobs eclipsed the 300-yard barrier when he completed 30 of 44 passes for 333 yards and 3 TDs.
Junior Charles Sharon had his fifth career 100-yard receiving effort (143 yards), and his second of the season. He also established a career-high in receptions in a game with 10. Sharon has two touchdown receptions (12 yards and 24 yards) and is now tied for third all-time at BGSU with 21 TD receptions (Stan Hunter, 1982-85). He leads the team with eight TD catches this season.
Senior Todd DiBacco had his first career TD reception on an eight-yard pass from Jacobs in the first quarter.
With his 128 yards rushing, junior P.J. Pope became just the 10th player in Falcon history to eclipse the 2,000-yard rushing barrier and now has a career total of 2109 yards on the ground. It marked the sixth time and second instance this season that he has reached the century mark in rushing yards.
Senior Shaun Suisham connected on a 21-yard field goal and a 23-yarder and now has made 41 of 59 field goals in his career to move into fourth place on the BGSU all-time list. He also had two touchbacks and now has 19 this season.
Junior Mitchell Crossley had his first career fumble recovery and returned it 30 yards for a TD. It was the Falcons' fourth non-offensive TD of the season, and first fumble return for a score since the 2002 season when Mitch Hewitt recovered a fumble in the end zone against Kansas. Crossley also forced a key fumble in the fourth quarter. It was his fourth career forced fumble. He finished with seven tackles and 3.5 TFLs.
Five different players led the team with seven tackles including Crossley, junior Jelani Jordan, freshman Deaudre Perry, senior Daniel Sayles, and junior Teddy Piepkow.
In addition to Crossley's two sacks, Sayles and senior Jovon Burkes also had a QB sack.
BGSU held an opponent under 100 yards rushing for the fourth time in five games, and the Falcons have won 14 games in a row when they hold a team under 100 yards rushing. BGSU allowed 45 yards on 27 carries.
With 501 yards of total offense, BGSU improved to 15-0 since 2001 when topping the 500-yard barrier in a game.
The Falcons now have a five-game winning streak after beginning the year with a 1-2 record.
BGSU has won seven consecutive games vs. Eastern Michigan, dating to a 21-13 EMU win in 1989.
The Falcons now have a 13-game winning streak against MAC West Division opponents at Doyt Perry Stadium, and BGSU has 16-straight regular-season wins at home (last regular-season loss was a 24-21 setback to Miami; Nov. 3, 2001).
BGSU has 14 consecutive wins in the month of October, since a 37-28 loss at Western Michigan on Oct. 13, 2001).
All-time, the Falcons now have a 16-3 record in night games at Perry Stadium.
