5-6 , 3-4
Akron
6-5 , 4-3
Bulls Drop Road Contest at Akron, 42-21
11/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
AKRON, OH – In a battle of two teams fighting to be bowl eligible, the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York football team lost to Akron, 42-21, at InfoCision Stadium on Saturday. Akron quarterback Thomas Woodson threw a career-high four touchdown passes, all in the first half, to pace the Zips.
The Basics
Score: Akron 42, Buffalo 21
Records: Buffalo (5-6, 3-4 MAC), Akron (6-5, 4-3 MAC)
Location: InfoCision Stadium, Akron, OH
Attendance: 15,727
Weather: 48 degrees, light rain
How It Happened
Scoring Plays
- After the teams traded punts, Akron scored on its second possession when Thomas Woodson found Jerome Lane for a 29-yard touchdown (UB 0, UA 7, 10:34 1Q)
- One play after a UB fumble, Woodson hit Austin Wolf for a 36-yard touchdown. (UB 0, UA 14, 9:04 1Q)
- The Bulls got on the scoreboard when Joe Licata floated a 5-yard pass into the end zone for Marcus McGill. It capped a 13-play, 80-yard drive for the Bulls. (UB 7, UA 14, 12:22 2Q)
- Akron took advantage of good field position and needed only five plays to drive 36 yards and scored on an 11-yard pass from Woodson to Imani Davis. (UB 7, UA 21, 7:51 2Q)
- The Bulls drove 76 yards on 10 plays, capped by a Jordan Johnson 1-yard touchdown run to cut the Akron lead to seven. (UB 14, UA 21, 2:26 2Q)
- On the ensuing possession, Akron drove 75 yards on five plays and Woodson threw his fourth touchdown pass of the half, his second to Lane, to put the Zips ahead, 28-14, late in the half. (UB 14, UA 28, :41 2Q)
- Akron scored its first rushing touchdown of the game when Donnell Alexander scored from seven yards out to cap a 6-play, 58-yard drive. (UB 14, UA 35, 5:42 3Q)
- Alexander scored his second rushing touchdown of the game on a 35-yard run to cap a 7-play, 85-yard scoring drive (UB 14, UA 42, 8:38 4Q)
- Jordan Johnson scored his second rushing touchdown of the game, a 2-yarder, to cap a 5-play, 62-yard drive (UB 21, UA 42, 7:24 4Q)
Inside the Numbers
- Akron outgained UB, 475-392, in total offense.
- Ron Willoughby had a career-high 11 catches for 105 yards in the game.
- Anthone Taylor rushed for 98 yards on 18 carries (5.4 YPC). Jordan Johnson rushed for 33 yards and a pair of scores.
- Joe Licata finished 32-for-51 for 262 yards, a touchdowns and two interceptions.
- Nick Gilbo had a team-high 10 tackles in the game.
- The UB defense had seven tackles for loss. Gilbo, Chris Ford and Brandon Crawford each had 1.5.
Key Stat
- Akron won the turnover battle, 3-0.
Game Changer
- After UB scored to cut the lead to 21-14 with 2:26 left in the half, Akron drove 74 yards on five plays and scored a touchdown with 41 seconds left in the half to regain a 14-point advantage.
Nota-BULLS:
- Nick Gilbo now has 105 tackles on the year. He is first UB player since Khalil Mack in 2013 to have a 100 tackles in a season.
- It was Ron Willoughby's fifth career 100-yard receiving game and second in as many weeks.
- Willoughby now has 56 catches on the year – a new season high for the senior receiver.
- Joe Licata became just the 17th quarterback in Mid-American history to throw for 9,000 yards in a career (9,198).
- Licata's 32 completions were the sixth most in a single game in school history.
- Jordan Johnson has scored eight touchdowns over the last five games.
- Tyler Grassman became just the second punter in school history to go over 10,000 career punting yards (10,158).
Up Next
The Bulls will close out the regular season against Massachusetts on Friday at UB Stadium. The Minutemen are 2-9 overall and 1-6 in the MAC.
Team Stats
UB 0, AKRON 7
AKRON - LANE, Jerome 29 yd pass from WOODSON, T. (STEIN, Robert kick) 7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:02
UB 0, AKRON 14
AKRON - WOLF, Austin 36 yd pass from WOODSON, T. (STEIN, Robert kick) 1 plays, 36 yards, TOP 0:07
UB 7, AKRON 14
UB - MCGILL, Marcus 5 yd pass from LICATA, Joe (MITCHESON, Adam kick) 13 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:40
UB 7, AKRON 21
AKRON - DAVIS, Imani 11 yd pass from WOODSON, T. (STEIN, Robert kick) 5 plays, 36 yards, TOP 1:15
UB 14, AKRON 21
UB - JOHNSON, Jordan 1 yd run (MITCHESON, Adam kick), 10 plays, 76 yards, TOP 2:49
UB 14, AKRON 28
AKRON - LANE, Jerome 28 yd pass from WOODSON, T. (STEIN, Robert kick) 5 plays, 74 yards, TOP 1:40
UB 14, AKRON 35
AKRON - ALEXANDER, D. 7 yd run (STEIN, Robert kick), 6 plays, 58 yards, TOP 3:01
UB 14, AKRON 42
AKRON - ALEXANDER, D. 35 yd run (STEIN, Robert kick), 7 plays, 85 yards, TOP 3:39
UB 21, AKRON 42
UB - JOHNSON, Jordan 2 yd run (MITCHESON, Adam kick), 5 plays, 62 yards, TOP 1:13
