Buffalo Beats BGSU, 44-14

Friday, November 23

Bowling Green, Ohio

12:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Buffalo

November 23, 2018 | Football

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By: by Jason Knavel, Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications

Bowling Green, Ohio – The Buffalo football team earned a trip to the Mid-American Conference Championship game Friday, defeating Bowling Green 44-14 in the final game of the 2018 season for the Falcons. Buffalo improved to 9-3 with the win and clinched the MAC East Division. BGSU finishes the year with a record of 3-9 overall and 2-6 in MAC play. The loss snapped Bowling Green's two-game win streak.

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HOW IT HAPPENED

Bowling Green and Buffalo exchanged first quarter touchdowns and the game was tied at 7-7. After Buffalo's Jared Patterson scored the first of his two touchdowns, Scott Miller caught a seven-yard touchdown pass from Jarret Doege to tie the score.
Buffalo then scored the final 27 points of the first half, including three second-quarter touchdowns.
The Bulls extended the lead to 44-7 before Grant Loy found Miller for a 63-yard touchdown pass for the final 44-14 score.

OFFENSIVE NOTES

Scott Miller finished his career with four catches for 115 yards and two touchdowns. Miller ends the season with 1,148 yards – the third most in a single-season in program history. Only Freddie Barnes (1,770 yards in 2009) and Roger Lewis (1,544 yards in 2015) had more.
Miller's two touchdowns give him 23 receiving touchdowns in his career, tying him with Roger Lewis for sixth in program history.
Miller also climbed to ninth all-time at BGSU in all-purpose yards (3,736) and tied for third in career receptions (215).
Jarret Doege's touchdown pass was his 27^th of the season, moving him into a tie for fourth in school history in a season. It was also his 39^th career touchdown pass, moving him into a tie for eighth all-time in that category – tied with Erik White.
Grant Loy was 1-for-1 passing for 63 yards and a touchdown. He also ran the ball five times for 36 yards.

DEFENSIVE NOTES

Brandon Harris closed his career with 19 tackles in the game, giving him 131 in a season. That's the most for a BGSU defensive player since Austin Valdez recorded 141 in 2015.
Harris added a pass break-up and a quarterback hurry.
Jonah Harper concluded his career with a career-best eight tackles. He also blocked an extra point.
Senior Clint Stephens recorded the 11^th interception of his career.
Junior Jerry McBride and freshman Caleb Biggers each had nine tackles in the contest. For Biggers, it is a career-high.
Freshman Jevon Henderson posted a career-best five tackles and redshirt freshman Walter Haire posted the first tackle of his career.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

Redshirt sophomore Matt Naranjo punted six times for an average of 45.0 yards per punt. He had a career-long 72 yarder, landing one punt inside the 20.
Nate Needham was a perfect 2-for-2 on extra points, concluding the season 34-for-34.
Bowling Green allowed one punt return for zero yards. The Falcons entered the game allowing just 1.36 yards per punt return to rank fourth in the country.

UP NEXT

Bowling Green's season comes to a close and the Falcons will open the 2019 season Aug. 29 at home against Morgan State.
BGSU also plays at Kansas State Sept. 7, hosts Louisiana Tech Sept. 14 and plays at Notre Dame Oct. 5.