Bowling Green State University Athletics
Noting the Falcons' Win over Kent State
November 01, 2008 | Football
Nov. 1, 2008
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - A few notes from the Bowling Green State University football team's 45-30 win over Kent State University at Doyt L. Perry Stadium Saturday afternoon (Nov. 1) ...
* Redshirt freshman Jason Rice did a little bit of everything in Saturday's win ... Rice, who entered the day with zero rushes or passes in his collegiate career, ran the ball eight times for 91 yards and a touchdown ... he also completed a 42-yard pass ... and, Rice had five tackles in the game as well.
* Junior Tyler Sheehan had 159 yards passing, completing 16 of his 23 tosses ... additionally, Sheehan did a great deal of damage on the ground ... he rushed for a career-high 109 yards and a TD on 14 carries.
* Sheehan's previous career high was 65 yards rushing, in last year's win at Eastern Michigan ... in fact, he entered Saturday's KSU offense with 114 career rushing yards.
* Sheehan had a career-high 83 rushing yards in the first half alone.
* BGSU tied a season scoring high ... the Falcons also scored 45 points in a win at Wyoming on Sept. 27.
* The Falcons set season standards in rushing attempts and yards, with 46 carries for 261 yards vs. the Golden Flashes ... BGSU's previous season highs had been 40 rushes (at Wyoming) and 175 yards (at Akron; Oct. 11).
* BGSU rolled to a 28-0 halftime lead on the team's most impressive offensive opening half of the season ... the Falcons picked up 330 yards in that first 30 minutes ... BG's previous first-half highs this year were 24 points and 215 yards, both in Cheyenne, Wyo.
* In that first half, the Falcon defense held KSU scoreless, allowing just three first downs and 129 yards of total offense ... the BG defense recorded three three-and-out stops and picked off two KSU passes ... the only other Golden Flash drive was two rushes for a total of eight yards to end the half.
* The first two carries of Rice's collegiate career were runs of 12 and six yards to end the first quarter.
* Then, on the first play of the second quarter Sheehan handed the ball off to Rice, who threw to a wide-open Chris Wright for 42 yards, down to the KSU 12-yard line ... the pass, as mentioned, was the first of Rice's collegiate career.
* Rice, obviously, had career-high totals in rushes, rushing yards and passing yards ... his total of five tackles also was a career best ... Rice entered the game with a total of seven tackles this year.
* Five plays later Sheehan found Corey Partridge on a one-yard touchdown pass to put the Falcons up, 14-0. It was Partridge's fourth touchdown in as many games.
* Anthony Turner had opened the scoring on an 11-yard run in the opening quarter ... it marked his third rushing score of the season and the 20th of his BG career ... Turner's TD put BG up, 7-0, with 5:19 in the first quarter (after the Sinisa Vrvilo PAT, obviously), and marked the Falcons' first lead of at least seven points since the EMU game on Oct. 4.
* BG entered the day averaging 106.6 yards per game on the ground ... the Falcons had 15 carries for 89 yards in the first quarter alone on Saturday ... Turner had 40 yards and Sheehan 33 in that opening 15 minutes.
* Wright had career-high totals of seven receptions and 96 yards ... his prior bests had been five catches and 83 yards in last season's Akron game.
* Jimmy Scheidler, "Mr. Touchdown," got into the end zone for the seventh time this season, catching a 21-yard pass from Sheehan in the second quarter ... he had career-high totals of four receptions for 47 yards in the game.
* Scheidler's receptions-per-game average increased, but his touchdowns-per-catch percentage actually dropped ... Scheidler now has 16 receptions this season, with 'only' seven of those resulting in TDs.
* Rice and Andrew Beam each scored the first touchdowns of their BGSU careers ... Bean scored on a seven-yard run early in the fourth quarter, while Rice got outside for a 33-yard score with 4:26 left in the game.
* Sheehan's 109 rushing yards included a 16-yard TD run in the final minute of the first half ... it was his fifth rushing TD this year and the eighth of his career.
* Vrvilo connected on a 42-yard field goal in the third quarter ... after making 2-of-8 field-goal tries to open the year, the senior now has made his last six attempts.
* Defensively, Jerett Sanderson and P.J. Mahone each recorded first-half interceptions ... it was the second pick for each player this season, and was Mahone's second in as many games.
* Mahone now has nine career interceptions, tying Kenny Lewis for the career lead among active Falcons.
* Andrew Johnson recorded his first career blocked kick as he denied a KSU 41-yard field-goal attempt in the fourth quarter ... Lewis picked up the blocked kick and return it 25 yards.
* On the ensuing drive, Rice had runs of 26 and 10 yards, before Beam scampered into the end zone for his first career score.
* BGSU now leads the all-time series with Kent State, 54-16-6 ... the Falcons have won two consecutive meetings and seven of the last eight matchups with the Golden Flashes.
