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Bulls Dismantle Eastern Michigan for Third Straight Win
11/2/2019 5:15:00 PM | Football
YPSILANTI, MI – The University at Buffalo football team won its third straight game in convincing fashion, defeating Eastern Michigan, 43-14, at Rynearson Stadium on Saturday afternoon. It was Buffalo's first-ever win at Eastern Michigan in five tries.
Saturday's win was arguably the Bulls' most complete performance of the season, dominating on both offense and defense.
Starting with the defense, the Bulls held Eastern Michigan to only 25 rushing yards in the game and 210 total yards with most coming late in the contest. The Bulls had five sacks and limited the Eagles to only six first downs in the game, tying the fewest by an opponent in UB's FBS era.
Offensively, UB doubled the Eagles in yardage, rolling up 460 yards of total offense. It was a balanced attack with 252 rushing yards and 208 yards passing.
Quarterback Kyle Vantrease had his best game as a Bull. The redshirt-sophomore threw for a career-high 208 yards and a touchdown and rushed for two other scores. Jaret Patterson rushed for 160 yards and two touchdowns on the day. The sophomore running back went over 2,000 yards for his career.
Antonio Nunn had a career-high seven catches for 87 yards and a touchdown. Kevin Marks also found the endzone to go along with 90 rushing yards.
Eastern Michigan, the top passing offense in the MAC, struck first in the game by connecting on an 80-yard touchdown pass to take a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter. However, it was all UB from there.
The UB defense made another statement play late in the first quarter, when Chibueze Onwuka sacked the EMU quarterback in the endzone for a safety to cut the lead to 7-2. On the ensuing possession, the Bulls marched 61 yards on 11 plays and took the lead when Marks, with the help of the entire offensive line, willed his way into the endzone, from nine yards out, to give the Bulls a 9-7 lead.
Marks' touchdown sparked a 27-point second quarter for the Bulls. On a fourth down play at the Eastern Michigan 16-yard line, Vantrease called his own number on a bootleg and fooled everyone, waltzing into the endzone untouched. Vantrease added his second score of the game on a quarterback sneak to extend the UB lead to 22-7. The Bulls capped off their tremendous second quarter, with just nine seconds left on the clock, when Vantrease found Nunn on a fade in the corner of the endzone to give Buffalo a 29-7 lead at the half.
The second half was the Jaret Patterson show as the elusive running back ran for 91 yards and two touchdowns to help seal the win for the Bulls.
Onwuka led the UB defense with five tackles and a sack. He had one of UB's five sacks on the day. Tyrece Woods, Taylor Riggins, Frendy Darelus and Max Michel also added sacks for the Bulls. Aapri Washington secured his second interception of the season in the fourth quarter.
"I think this team is playing with a lot of confidence right now and that's exciting," head coach Lance Leipold said. "I'm proud of them. I'm proud of the job our assistant coaches have done to this point and we've got to keep building on it."
The Bulls improved to 5-4 overall and 3-2 in MAC play and will next play at Kent State on November 14.
Saturday's win was arguably the Bulls' most complete performance of the season, dominating on both offense and defense.
Starting with the defense, the Bulls held Eastern Michigan to only 25 rushing yards in the game and 210 total yards with most coming late in the contest. The Bulls had five sacks and limited the Eagles to only six first downs in the game, tying the fewest by an opponent in UB's FBS era.
Offensively, UB doubled the Eagles in yardage, rolling up 460 yards of total offense. It was a balanced attack with 252 rushing yards and 208 yards passing.
Quarterback Kyle Vantrease had his best game as a Bull. The redshirt-sophomore threw for a career-high 208 yards and a touchdown and rushed for two other scores. Jaret Patterson rushed for 160 yards and two touchdowns on the day. The sophomore running back went over 2,000 yards for his career.
Antonio Nunn had a career-high seven catches for 87 yards and a touchdown. Kevin Marks also found the endzone to go along with 90 rushing yards.
Eastern Michigan, the top passing offense in the MAC, struck first in the game by connecting on an 80-yard touchdown pass to take a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter. However, it was all UB from there.
The UB defense made another statement play late in the first quarter, when Chibueze Onwuka sacked the EMU quarterback in the endzone for a safety to cut the lead to 7-2. On the ensuing possession, the Bulls marched 61 yards on 11 plays and took the lead when Marks, with the help of the entire offensive line, willed his way into the endzone, from nine yards out, to give the Bulls a 9-7 lead.
Marks' touchdown sparked a 27-point second quarter for the Bulls. On a fourth down play at the Eastern Michigan 16-yard line, Vantrease called his own number on a bootleg and fooled everyone, waltzing into the endzone untouched. Vantrease added his second score of the game on a quarterback sneak to extend the UB lead to 22-7. The Bulls capped off their tremendous second quarter, with just nine seconds left on the clock, when Vantrease found Nunn on a fade in the corner of the endzone to give Buffalo a 29-7 lead at the half.
The second half was the Jaret Patterson show as the elusive running back ran for 91 yards and two touchdowns to help seal the win for the Bulls.
Onwuka led the UB defense with five tackles and a sack. He had one of UB's five sacks on the day. Tyrece Woods, Taylor Riggins, Frendy Darelus and Max Michel also added sacks for the Bulls. Aapri Washington secured his second interception of the season in the fourth quarter.
"I think this team is playing with a lot of confidence right now and that's exciting," head coach Lance Leipold said. "I'm proud of them. I'm proud of the job our assistant coaches have done to this point and we've got to keep building on it."
The Bulls improved to 5-4 overall and 3-2 in MAC play and will next play at Kent State on November 14.
Team Stats
UB
EMU
Total Yards
460
210
Pass Yards
208
185
Rushing Yards
252
25
Penalty Yards
25
8
1st Downs
26
6
3rd Downs
7
2
4th Downs
4
1
TOP
42:24
17:36
1st Quarter
UB 0, EMU 7
EMU - SEXTON, Mathew 80 yd pass from GLASS, Mike (RYLAND, Chad kick) 4 plays, 94 yards, TOP 1:21
UB 2, EMU 7
UB - ONWUKA, Chibuez 1 yd safety
2nd Quarter
UB 9, EMU 7
UB - MARKS, Kevin 9 yd run (MCNULTY, Alex kick), 11 plays, 61 yards, TOP 5:17
UB 16, EMU 7
UB - VANTREASE, Kyle 16 yd run (MCNULTY, Alex kick), 4 plays, 25 yards, TOP 2:04
UB 22, EMU 7
UB - VANTREASE, Kyle 1 yd run (MCNULTY, Alex kickfailed), 8 plays, 61 yards, TOP 2:43
UB 29, EMU 7
UB - NUNN, Antonio 10 yd pass from VANTREASE, Kyle (MCNULTY, Alex kick) 7 plays, 57 yards, TOP 2:28
3rd Quarter
UB 36, EMU 7
UB - PATTERSON, Jare 1 yd run (MCNULTY, Alex kick), 11 plays, 81 yards, TOP 5:47
4th Quarter
UB 43, EMU 7
UB - PATTERSON, Jare 1 yd run (MCNULTY, Alex kick), 13 plays, 39 yards, TOP 7:48
UB 43, EMU 14
EMU - HUTCHINSON, P. 1 yd run (RYLAND, Chad kick), 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:49
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
15
TD
1
YDS
208
INT
0
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